Category: Oddities

So, you’ve been buried alive. We’re not going to lie to you — things are looking real bleak right now….

People who cheat death think that they deserve to keep right on living. To die soon after would be just…

Cutest ever! Inspired by the charm of wildlife, especially the owls that live nearby, the 42-year-old Russian artist Marina Yamkovskaya has…

Miniature Scenes. “On the surface, these photographs confront us with all of the hollow words, catchphrases and banalities we encounter…

Imaginative insects. Japanese artist Hiroshi Shinno builds hyperrealistic sculptures of insects that don’t exist, perfect forms of imaginative species that look as…

Underwater photography. Hawaiian photographer Christy Lee Rogers creates beautiful scenes of swirling figures swathed in colorful fabrics. She creates luminous large-scale images…

Willow the adventure cat. It’s been over 3 years since I left our hometown of Hobart, Tasmania, to travel around…

Missing Cat. Clive, a Norwegian Forest cat, disappeared from his home in December 2014 and left his owners Tanya and…

Adorable opossums. Instead of caving to the portrayal of possums as terrifying rat-like trash burglars, this collection of adorable possum pictures will…

Voodoo. In A.D. 64, a great fire broke out in Rome for six days, and devastated much of the city….

Flowers drenched in golden honey.  Brian Owens, based in Connecticut, creates large-scale oil pastel drawings of flowers. However, these aren’t your ordinary still-lifes….

Peter Stumpp (alternately spelled Stumpf, Stubbe or Stuppe) was a mid-16th century German farmer who was executed on Halloween in…

Everyone knows of hypnosis because of four infamous words: “You’re getting very sleepy.” But aside from old Hollywood films and…

The grey wolf. The battle between wolves and farmers has been going on since the beginning of time, and has…

Beijing-based MAD Architects earned themselves a place on the shortlist of the Southbank by Beulah competition with a green skyscraper that towers over the…

Nursing cat. Radamenes is an angelic little black cat in Bydgoszcz, Poland and has been through hell and high water. He…

Abhartach. Information on just how real this person was is sketchy, but that’s not entirely surprising. Record-keeping from the 5th and…

Anneliese Michel. Born in Bavaria in 1952, Anneliese Michel is perhaps the last embodiment of Satan you’d expect. Michel was…

Cute sea slugs. Most of these “slugs” are actually snails that have lost their shells and gained new characteristics through…

Crow rides on the back of an eagle. Phoo Chan, a talented California-based bird photographer whose photos have been featured by…

Artist used LSD. Countless artists have experimented with the effect drugs have on their work. User whatafinethrowaway, inspired by the…

Japanese filmmaker and animator Hayao Miyazaki has long delighted and inspired people around the world with his original imaginative universe….

Cute panda ant. The panda-ant may look cute, but its sting is painful! Technically not an ant but a wasp,…

Hilarious incorrect quotes. It’s safe to say that almost everyone has a t-shirt or two with their favorite band, tv…

False facts about the Titanic. The sinking of the Titanic was a disaster on a monumental scale, ending with the…

These hilarious pictures show what happens to you in the Russian army when you make a mistake. Forgot your rifle?…

Vietnamese people with the same last name. The existence of last names in Vietnam dates to 111 BC, the beginning…

Spiders can hear you ‘walking and talking’. If you’re already scared of spiders, you’re not going to like this next part….

The human eye. According to scientist and photographer Dr. Roger Clark, the resolution of the human eye is 576 megapixels….

Pain relievers in ancient times. Many believe that patients before the early 20th century had to endure dental repairs, tooth…