Attention Lord of the Rings fans, because a team of self-professed “ambitious architects and structural engineers” is crowdfunding $2.82 billion USD to build a full size replica of the mythical city Minas Tirith. If funded, work will begin in Northern England…
“You have two cows” is a form of political satire in which the fate of cows is used to demonstrate how certain political systems function. It’s a simple, pithy way to explain complex ideas, and now, brought to life with these illustrations. But how accurate are…
A record breaking solo high wire walk almost ended in tragedy after daredevil Spencer Seabrooke slipped off the rope and almost plummted to his death. Seabrooke lost his footing while 951ft in the air above the Chief North Gully, in British…
Things took an unexpected turn when an elderly man in his 80s who had gone to fish in a lake ended up driving into the water instead. Being the quintessential English man and not wanting to kick up a fuss,…
Jasenko Đorđević is a master of miniatures. The Bosnian artist sculpts using an unusual material — graphite. He transforms the tips of pencils into tiny men, flowers, animals, and everyday objects such as screws. The level of detail is awe-inspiring. Đorđević uses an X-acto…
Diana Kim hadn’t seen her father in decades. And she certainly wasn’t expecting to find him among a group of homeless people she was documenting in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 30-year-old learnt her trade from her father, whom she lived with in…
Senior photos these days seems to involve cute little dresses, unnatural poses, and summer meadows. Yawn. What is that Laura Ashley couch doing in the middle of a field? We don’t remember high school quite like this… And we’re not the only ones. Now…
There’s nothing quite like turtle tears to quench your thirst — if you’re a butterfly that is. Nope, this isn’t a photoshopped or extremely well-timed shot. It’s documented, albeit unusual, behavior known as lachryphagy (tear drinking). It’s one of several…
When Chicago mother and photographer Ivette Ivens saw a French bulldog puppy that was born on the same day as her son Dilan, she knew she had to get him. “I saw Farley’s birth date and just knew it’s meant to…
Pint-sized Rohan was only 3 years old when he went for his first board-breaking test at Paek Taekwondo in California, to earn his white belt. The little tyke had many adorable failed first attempts, prompting laughter from all. But Rohan’s instructor encouraged…
This will be the cutest thing you’ve seen all day. Are you ready? We present a baby Java mouse deer, born weeks earlier at Dutch zoo Natura Artis Magistra. The Java mouse deer is one of the smallest hoofed mammals in the…
Meet Hunter Scott. He’s a computer engineer from Georgia Tech who managed to do something pretty cool. Scott put his programming skills to good use and wrote a Twitter bot that automatically entered competitions. It won him on average four competitions per day, every day,…
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Meet Cara Duggan. She lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Earlier this week she tried to buy a used used juicer on Gumtree. Duggan’s mother, Kim, has stage 4 oesophageal cancer and a Nutribullet juicer is the best way for her to receive high-density nutrition.…
All little ones love hugging their soft toys, and this baby kangaroo is no exception. Tim Beshara, an adviser to Greens senator for Tasmania Peter Whish-Wilson, tweeted this adorable picture of an orphaned baby kangaroo hugging a teddy-bear earlier this…
When Andrea Diaz-Giovanini tried to get her nine-month-old son Samuel to talk by enticing him with a treat, she wasn’t expecting him to be upstaged by the family dog. While Andrea couldn’t coax Sam to say “Mama,” Australian Shepherd dog Patches manages to clearly articulate the…