 $1,000 Moisturizers - Platinum-Infused La Prairie Skincare::What do you get when technology has reached its limits and real advances are nonexistent? You get a marketing dream-world in which concoctions of "rare" and expensive ingredients become the norm. La Prairie… [MORE] |
 YouTube Hitler Parodies - Viral Competition to Spoof "Downfall"::Hitler has often been parodied with varying degrees of success. This spoof video uses footage from Downfall, a recent Oscar-nominated movie about Hitler’s last days in his Berlin Bunker.
The idea is… [MORE] |
 40 Anti-Vegetarian Innovations::My poor vegetarian sister will hate me for writing this article. I just find all the products people are making out of meat, or that are inspired by meat, far too bizarre not to feature. I'm talking bacon… [MORE] |
 Hamburger Cakes - The Whopper Wedding Burger::Fast food junkies, Tom and Kerry Watts, celebrated their marriage with their dream wedding cake - a 42 pound, half a meter wide hamburger.
The gigantic burger weighed the equivalent of around 100 quarter… [MORE] |
 Criminal Fame - 10 Celebrity Mug Shots (Including Heather Locklear)::Sometimes celebrities, like Heather Locklear, get caught by the police, just like the rest of us. The big difference between us and the Heather Locklears of the world is that millions of people would not… [MORE] |
 Human Fires for Awareness - BBQ Stunt for Burn Victims::I do not know what is more unusual about this extraordinary publicity stunt: the fact that a man was intentionally set alight to raise awareness for burn victims, or that the stunt took place at the World… [MORE] |
 Sound Wave Chairs - Matthew Plummer Fernandez::This is not a Lego chair, rather it is a chair whose contour resembles the chart (shown) showing sound waves mapped on a 3D graph of volume (height), frequency (depth), and time (width).
The London-based… [MORE] |
 Natural-Born Mutations - 10 Bizarre Genetic Anomalies::These images unsettle me - although they shouldn't, as it is all the work of Mother Nature. I am not saying that these animals and humans are less important than anyone else--they are just really different,… [MORE] |
 'Lost' Location Found - Russia's Real-Life DHARMA Initiative::Proof has surfaced that the hit TV series 'Lost' may be somewhat based in fact.
'Lost' is supposedly filmed in Hawaii, but judging by these photos, it's plausible that filming also took place at the… [MORE] |
 Oddball Olympians - ESPN Brazil's Unusual Athletes::As featured on ESPN Sports in Brazil, there are some athletic champions that receive their accolades entirely outside the realm of professional sports, Olympics or prime time television.
ESPN's champions… [MORE] |
 Cabana Art Tours - Beach Huts on Parade::Earlier this summer, we saw the reinvented British beach huts for Bathing Beauties. The Bathing Beauties festival has been such a success that the revamped beach huts will travel throughout Europe.
The… [MORE] |
 Potato Jewelry - Spudz Necklaces::Potatoes are an unlikely material for making jewelry and yet Gail Larkin of Las Cruces, New Mexico does use the vegetable we most readily associate with fries to make her funky colorful adornments.
She… [MORE] |
 Guerrilla Glass Art - 'Bottle Banksy' Strikes England::A mystery artist, dubbed both the "Pic-glasso" and the "bottle Banksy," has been removing empty glass milk bottles from doorsteps in Stourbridge, England and then returning the bottles with elaborate pictures… [MORE] |
 Unusual Canned Foods - Bread in a Can::Bread in a can is now available in Japan. Reminiscent of world-renowned Spam, this canned bread features an easy-open airtight lid and is ideal for emergency sustenance.
The canned bread is available… [MORE] |
 Dessert Meat - The Hot Beef Sundae::Round cut steak, gravy, potatoes, cheese, garlic bread, and tomato. This sounds like a pretty good dinner, doesn’t it?
Now picture it all together not on a plate, but in a sundae dish. The steak and… [MORE] |
 Blogging for Sperm Donars - Girl Solicits Your DNA on Her Personal Blog::Inspired by the girls who have recently gone public to sell their virginity, a female blogger has put the word out publicly via her blog to find herself a sperm donor.
With her biological clock ticking,… [MORE] |
 38 Crazy Things People Do For Attention - From David Blaine's Dive of Death to Hurricane Tubin::Some people, like David Blaine, partake in extreme stunts to build their own media status, and hype their own courage. Others do it to promote a brand, enlisting creative ad agencies to put on mind blowing… [MORE] |
 32 Fascinating Blunders, Bloopers and Wipeouts::Whoops! This collection of brutal bloopers catalog the moments in time where someone’s royally messed up and Trend Hunter’s been there to catch them in the act.
There’s no discrimination here, especially… [MORE] |
 Human Air Bags - Prop Safety Devices For Seniors::Stuck for a gift for your grandparents this Christmas? Look no further than the human airbag.
Not intended for busy people speeding through the city streets, but for old age pensioners afraid of taking… [MORE] |
 Cybergothic Hairstyles - Cyberloxx::The Cybergothic movement is getting more and more popular. It is a bit like "future Gothic," but with fantastic outfits.
One of the most dominant traits of cybergothic people is their hair. The hairstyles… [MORE] |
 Breast Milk Ice Cream - PETA Asks Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Dairy::PETA is asking Ben and Jerrys to use breast milk as a substitute for the dairy in their ice cream, one of many crazy publicity stunts by the animal rights activists.
Tracy Reiman, PETA's executive vice… [MORE] |
 Sleep Standing Up - The Vertical Bed::Polyphasic sleep is the practice of sleeping multiple times in a 24-hour period rather than laying down for 8 straight hours.
How do you practice polyphasic sleep patterns while you’re at work? You could… [MORE] |
 Bizarre 'Gold' Rushes - Whale Poop Bonanza for New Zealanders?::A large whitish lump of what looked like lard washed up on the shores of Breaker Bay in New Zealand which sparked a “gold” rush amongst the locals. They thought might be ambergris, the excretion of sperm… [MORE] |
 Exotic Mineral Auctions - Sharon Stone for Sale::Believe it or not, Sharon Stone is about to go on sale in a public auction by Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, Texas, on September 28, 2008. For real!
Hold your horses though, the Sharon Stone that… [MORE] |
 Recycled Toy Lighting - DIY Doll Chandeliers::Uncovered in Portland, Utah and New York, these quirky chandeliers made out of recycled dolls could be the perfect DIY project for making good use of that doll collection you've outgrown.
The photo, which… [MORE] |
 Science Of Bad Pizza Toppings - The Onion Research Project::The Domino Pizza Science video is a spoof science report from The Onion News. In it, scientists willingly eat everything. I'm uncertain about the garbage pizza topping mentioned in the report, but there… [MORE] |
 Trampoline Coffee Tables - Fun-ctional Furniture by Alberto Bonomi::At first glance, the walnut-veneer-finished table looks like something you might see at a local coffee shop or your hip friend’s living room. Take another look though and you’ll see that the coffee table… [MORE] |
 $76,000 Neon Crystals - Daum's Chinese Zodiac Busts::The renowned crystal artists at Daum in France have been making high-end sculptures for collectors since the late 19th century.
Now, artist Chen Changwei has broken tradition, reinventing the Chinese… [MORE] |
 Living Jewelry - Bonsai Rings by Julia Goland::Julia Goland, an Israeli artist, makes amazing, wearable art jewelry including this bonsai tree. She crafts her art pieces using mostly leather but also includes wire, beads, fake moss, grass and other… [MORE] |
 Prison-Themed Restaurants - Alcatraz in Tokyo::Alcatraz is a prison-themed restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.
This establishment is a bit too quaint and esoteric for my taste, but if this place holds some allure for you, then you will undoubtedly get a… [MORE] |
 Illusionists Stunts - David Blaine's 'Dive Of Death' Over Central Park::Illusionist David Blaine has started his latest “trick” which involves him hanging upside down, without a safety net, 50 feet above New York’’s Central Park. His aim is to do this for 60 hours.
It is… [MORE] |
 Food That Texts You When It Spoils - Mold Alerts::A few years back, a scientist developed food labels that told you when fruits and vegetables were ripe (which I still haven't seen at the grocery stores). Well, now a group of scientists at Manchester… [MORE] |
 Bulletproof Handkerchiefs - The Damned::Able to stop a speeding bullet, I present you with the bullet-proof handkerchief, called “DÆmdur” or "The Damned". Sold by Liborius, this Kevlar pocket square will be limited in number to ten: five in… [MORE] |
 Geeky Political Tributes - Star Wars Presidential Election Posters::These two Star Wars election posters look like they are promotions for a presidential campaign far, far away, proving once again that the Star Wars theme can be integrated with just about anything.
People… [MORE] |
 X-Ray Body Paint - Art To Promote Healthy Eating::This body art is such a great picture story and a brilliant PR idea. The living art campaign promotes healthy eating, specifically encouraging the consumption of more fiber.
The model in the campaign… [MORE] |
 Omen Dolls - Stephanie Alice Rogers' Creepy Characters::Pretty faced dolls are giving way to realistic faces and odd faces. Each of these dolls by Stephanie Alice Rogers has a story to tell. She creates her doll artwork from fabric, clay, paint, wood, human… [MORE] |
 Dangerous Video Art - The Exploding Banana Head::William Lamson is a New York-based performance artist. His piece entitled "Think globally, act locally" involves him wearing a hockey mask with bananas attached; it makes him look like a banana porcupine.… [MORE] |
 Facial Piercing All-Stars - The Piercing King Has Over 300 Holes::Luis Antonio Aguero Torregosa from La Habana, Cuba is known in his hometown as the Piercing King because he has over 300 cosmetic holes in his face and countless other piercings all over his body.
As… [MORE] |
 Robot A-List Actresses - Photoshopped Celebrity Cyborgs::Jessica Alba, Carmen Electra, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Emma Watson, Halle Berry, Keira Knightley, and Jennifer Lopez are just a sample of Worth1000.com's Celebrity Cyborg… [MORE] |
 Shaving Faces Into Hair - 6 Bizarre Razored Hairstyles::These skillfully-shaved trompe l’oeil men’s hairstyles are so bizarre that they must be digitally manipulated. I can’t decide whether these men simply dozed off and were taken advantage of or if they are… [MORE] |
 Bizarre Energy Drinks - Chinese Deer Penis Wine::Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that deer penis, usually ingested while soaked in alcohol, is an effective remedy for athletic injuries.
In the lead-up to the Beijing Olympic games, however, Chinese… [MORE] |
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 Womb Casting - Personalized Vagina Molds as Art::Jamie McCartney is the only artist in the world offering an internal vaginal casting service.
During the project’s early days, McCartney used his knowledge of sculpture and advice from a doctor who’d… [MORE] |
 Sexist Days? - Move Over Pirate Day, Here Comes 'Bitch Day'::Forget about Talk Like A Pirate Day, there’s a much more interesting day coming up: the first ever Official Bitch Day on October 1st 2008. Governor Sarah Palin could surely use such a day after all the… [MORE] |
 Magnified Mystery Meats - Gross Edible Macro Photography::Put down that sandwich for this one. Is it a slug? Is it surgical waste? No, thanks to macro photography, it’s a close-up encounter with the innards of some of the processed meats that many of us eat on… [MORE] |
 Offensive Traveling Billboards - Aborted Fetus On Moving Truck::A pro-life group from California has shocked the people of North Texas with a 'rolling fetus' billboard truck, displaying pictures of an unborn fetus, as it traveled along a Dallas highway.
The billboard-covered… [MORE] |
 Serving Human Dairy - Swiss Restaurant Offers Breast Milk::Hans Locher, the owner of Storchen Restaurant near the Winterthur resort in Switzerland stirred up quite a controversy when he placed ads in newspapers offering to pay for human breast milk. He offered… [MORE] |
 World Record Photo Shoots - Guinness Launches 2009 Book With Smallest Man, Leggiest Woman::The Guinness Book of Records recently launched its 2009 edition with the most bizarre photo shoot on the steps of London’s Trafalgar Square.
It featured the world’s smallest man, Pingping from China… [MORE] |
 Dangerous Runways - 8 Scary Places to Touch Down::Drug runner pilot or commercial airline pilot, which would you choose to land on these freaky airstrips? I’m going with the dude that is probably stoned and is used to landing in the jungle at night with… [MORE] |
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