A photographer snapping the aurora borealis might just have taken the best photograph of the Northern Lights ever, capturing the shape of a huge phoenix flying through the night sky. Hallgrimur Helgason captured the image over Kaldarsel, Iceland, and gained immediate attention…
Photographer and Instagrammer @m1rasoulifard captures the incredibly intricate ceilings of some of Iran’s oldest mosques to show off their hypnotizing mosaic patterns. The photographer’s Instagram account is a shrine to Iranian design and architecture, and you can see why. Many of…
A biker who saw a dog brutally beaten and thrown away by a truck driver rescued the terrified puppy and now has a new furry friend and “co-pilot”. Brandon Turnbow was riding his Harley Davidson on his way to meet his…
A pre-med student at New York City’s Columbia University, US, made a ridiculous attempt to get out of his midterm exams — he faked being in hospital using his Macbook charger and headphones as “convincing” medical tubes. Terrell Finner posted…
A cat with the prettiest blue eyes is causing a sensation on Instagram with his photogenic furry face and dreamy peepers. This is Coby, a British blue shorthair and social media su-purr-star. Born with bright blue eyes, Coby hadn’t quite grown…
A selection of unpublished and forgotten photographs from the National Geographic archives have just been released to the public, offering an amazing never-before-seen glimpse into the twentieth century. #1. A woman shops for a fur coat in New York City’s Bergdorf…
A recent poll of 66,000 single women and 44,000 men has identified the nationalities people find the sexiest. Nearly 8,000 women voted Irish men the sexiest in the world, with 5,000 men saying that Armenian women (think Kim Kardashian and her…
Following the recent story of a baby dolphin dying after being mauled by a crowd of tourists eager to take selfies with the animal, a shockingly similar video has appeared online showing a man pulling a shark from the sea and…
When 90-year-old Norma lost her husband and was diagnosed with cancer in the space of a week, she amazed everyone by rejecting treatment and heading off to travel the US. Two days after losing her husband of 60 years, Norma was told…
February 22nd is officially Cat Day in Japan, with people taking to social media to show off the weird and wonderful ways they’re celebrating their furry friends. People have been playing tricks on their cats, like this Twitter user who…
A brave man let graphic designers from 19 countries around the world Photoshop him into their culture’s ideal of male beauty. The project is inspired by Esther Honig’s Photoshop series, where she was retouched to artists’ native beauty standards, but with the male form as…
The latest bizarre trend to sweep the Internet is definitely the least practical; introducing hairy nails, created by style director and co-director of CND nail polish Jan Arnold. The furry nail art has been spotted on catwalks around the world and…
You might not expect to find a cutesy Swedish village tucked away in the mountains of Japan, but if you venture to Sweden Hills that’s the bizarre sight you’ll see. Located on Hokkaido Island, Sweden Hills doesn’t just look the part, it…
A man has built a makeshift wheelchair out of household items after his girlfriend’s dog lost the use of its back legs — and it cost just $40. When Brianna Ibarra’s dog, Benny, started dragging his hind legs, she was shocked to discover the cost of…
Japanese parents have been snapping and sharing the weird, inventive and downright uncomfortable ways their toddlers have fallen asleep with the hashtag #MyChildrenOutOfCharge. There’s this guy who just gave up. #我が子の電池切れ画像再掲だけどコレ。 pic.twitter.com/nnYAHhoXJz — まのり (@___huhuhu___) February 7, 2016 And this…
There’s a new brainteaser causing headaches around the Internet as this children’s puzzle combines simple math and not-so-simple visual trickery. The image has been doing the rounds on Facebook challenging people to work out the values of the fruits shown. But…