From the outside, Emma Cahill looks like your average school girl. She just turned 16 and attends St Mary’s Convent School in Worcester, England. She is active in sports and has many friends, but there’s one thing different about Emma. At 6′5, she is the tallest teenage girl in the UK.
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Posted 11/05/2009 10:15 am by Ron HoganBald Bespectacled Bears
Posted 11/04/2009 10:15 am by Ron HoganWe’ve seen a lot of unusual animals with odd medical problems, like the naked penguin and the world’s ugliest bird. While both those critters are pathetic in their own way, there’s nothing quite as sad (in a silly way) as the plight of poor Dolores and the other spectacled bears of Leipzig, Germany, who are […]
Read »Cool Costumes At The ING New York Marathon
Posted 11/03/2009 2:34 pm by Ron HoganThe New York Marathon ran this weekend. Surprisingly, the winner was an American; in fact, Eritrea-born Meb Keflezighi is the first American citizen to win the marathon since 1982 (the year after I was born). However, with an estimated 42,000 runners in the marathon this year, not all of them are hardcore professionals. There are […]
Read »China Causes Snow Storm To Fight Drought
Posted 11/02/2009 9:15 am by Ron HoganIn its battle with nature, the Chinese government has once again decided to meddle in forces they do not understand. They spent most of the time leading up to the Olympics seeding clouds to make it rain and lower pollution, and now to fight an unseasonable slate of dry weather, they’ve decided to take to […]
Read »World’s Largest Reclaimed Wood Treehouse
Posted 10/29/2009 11:56 am by Ron HoganIt’s the world’s largest treehouse, and it is made of nothing but reclaimed, recycled, and reused materials. God told Horace Burgess, of Crossville, Tennessee, to build a treehouse and promised that he’d never run out of materials. Ten stories, 100 feet of height, and $12,500 in nails later, he still hasn’t ended up short of […]
Read »Halloween-Theme Store Display Windows
Posted 10/28/2009 9:20 am by Ron HoganPart of the fun of Halloween for me is decorating. I love putting out pumpkins and ghosts and all that kind of thing (even though I hate having to take those decorations down come November). While I never worked in retail during the winter holiday season, I can appreciate a good Halloween window display, and […]
Read »Shark Vs. Mega Shark
Posted 10/27/2009 11:40 am by Ron HoganIn a real-life version of Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus, two colossal beasts squared off in the Pacific Ocean near Queensland, Australia. However, unlike the movie, this wasn’t a Mega Shark versus a Giant Octopus. This was a Mega Shark versus a slightly smaller shark. Like the movie, this fight to the finish was caught […]
Read »Hyper-Realistic Tiny Sculptures
Posted 10/26/2009 2:08 pm by Ron HoganLots of artists have been inspired by real people, but sculptor Adam Beane takes it a step farther. Despite having only been a sculptor since 2002, he produces some of the best, most photo-realistic toy-sized sculptures I have ever seen. Take a look; these things are incredible! Just look at that detail!
From the lines on […]
Take A Bite Out Of The Chocolate Skull
Posted 10/23/2009 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s a deliciously creepy treat! Made from your choice of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, or a “human bone” blend of white and milk chocolate, these incredible-looking chocolate skulls are full-sized and made from an actual mold of a human skull. You can order them from the Chocolate Skulls website. While they’re pretty expensive […]
Read »The Kitchen Of Tomorrow, Circa 1950
Posted 10/22/2009 3:06 pm by Ron HoganI absolutely love those weird old “glimpse into the future” promotional videos that Philco Ford, RCA Whirlpool, Frigidaire, and those sorts of companies used to produce. You know the ones I’m talking about: some hair-helmet early 1950’s model highlights things like electric blenders, kitchen computers, and steel appliances and we laugh because not only do […]
Read »Rudolph The Red-Nosed Pork Chop
Posted 10/22/2009 11:45 am by Ron HoganIt’s quite possibly the greasiest random food item to ever sport an image of beloved Christmas character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Sue Church, a woman in North Carolina, discovered her pork-chop Rudolph while cooking (or while eating, at least) and rushed over to her local television station to show off her weird, delicious discover. I […]
Read »Burger King’s Windows 7 Whopper
Posted 10/22/2009 9:15 am by Ron HoganToday is the launch date of the latest Microsoft operating system, Microsoft 7. To celebrate, MS is undertaking a lot of inventive marketing campaigns. If you thought the first Microsoft stores in the US and Windows 7 launch parties were crazy, just look at some of the things Windows is doing internationally. They’re giving free […]
Read »Chinese “Cat Girl” Growing Fine Gray Fur
Posted 10/21/2009 11:38 am by Ron HoganIt started out as a normal birthmark on the back of a 6-year-old girl. Li Xiaoyuan, like most of us, had a little mole. Unlike most of us, Li’s mole started growing. Well, the mole didn’t, but the hair inside the mole did, and now she’s become the “cat girl” of Fengkai, China. Poor little […]
Read »World’s Largest Matchstick Model
Posted 10/20/2009 11:21 am by Ron HoganIt might have taken him 32,000 man hours over 15 years, but David Reynolds has finally accomplished his dream. Using over 4 million matchsticks, he has built the world’s largest matchstick model. His inspiration wasn’t a F1 racer, Viking longboat, or Middle Earth, but the Brent Bravo North Sea oil rig.
Just how big is the […]
Time To Play “Find The Lizard!”
Posted 10/16/2009 8:24 am by Ron HoganCan you spot the leaf-tailed gecko in the picture above? How about if he didn’t have his mouth open? It’s not so easy then, is it? The Daily Mail has this and many other impressive examples of natural camouflage on display, and they’re all just as good or better as the one above. It’s amazing […]
Read »The Day The Earth Caught Fire
Posted 10/15/2009 2:50 pm by Ron HoganIf you’re in the mood for some stirring photography, there’s no greater example of the power and fury of planet earth than the volcano (AKA nature’s pimple). To promote the upcoming book Earth on Fire: How Volcanoes Shaped Our Planet by Angelika Jung-Hüttl and photographer Bernhard Edmaier, Treehugger has published a slide show of awesome […]
Read »Dream Man
Posted 10/15/2009 12:55 pm by Ron HoganEvery night, this man is in someone’s dreams. If you’ve seen this face, you’re not along. Since 2006, more than 2000 people around the world have had dreams in which they claim to have seen his mysterious face. Read about his unusual history, see other portraits, and explore the theories behind the most common dream […]
Read »Meet “La Bella Principessa,” da Vinci’s Lost Painting
Posted 10/14/2009 12:30 pm by Ron HoganImagine walking into a gallery in New York City and buying a painting. An obscure work, thought to be 19th Century German. It’s a well-made portrait, but nothing special. Then, after careful analysis and the lucky uncovering of a fingerprint, the truth is uncovered: for $19,000 you could have bought an original work of Leonardo […]
Read »Super Pumpkin Carvings
Posted 10/14/2009 7:42 am by Ron HoganIt’s not the most unusual list of pumpkin carvings I’ve ever seen. Aside from a few surprises, it’s your standard assortment of horror movie characters, sci-fi monsters, robots, and that kind of thing. However, it’s the details that went into these 130 creative Halloween pumpkins passed on via Neatorama that gets me going. These pumpkins […]
Read »The Frozen, Bloody Self-Portrait
Posted 10/12/2009 6:00 am by Ron HoganArtist Marc Quinn had an unusual idea. Using 4.5 liters of blood collected from his body over a 5-month period, he has assembled a self portrait. He didn’t mix the blood with clay, or paint with the blood, or anything of that sort. He took it one creepy step further and made the self portrait […]
Read »Marge Simpson, Playboy Covergirl
Posted 10/10/2009 4:59 pm by Ron HoganIn what has to be one of the most unusual publicity-gathering ploys I’ve ever seen, Playboy Magazine has recently announced that they’re going to have their first animated covergirl. And she’s not Lara Croft, to my amazement. Nope, instead Playboy is going after the animation fan with their selection of Marge Simpson for the cover. […]
Read »The Saddest Picture You Will See All Day
Posted 10/08/2009 11:15 am by Ron HoganFour-year-old Paige Bennethum didn’t want her father, Staff Sgt. Brett Bennethum, to go to Iraq when his unit got deployed from Fort Dix, New Jersey. As the soldiers fell into formation to prepare to make their departure, no one had the heart to pull Paige away. The result is the above heartbreaking photo taken by […]
Read »Winston Churchill’s Motivational Posters
Posted 10/08/2009 9:01 am by Ron HoganOf the many personalities involved in World War II, you would be hard pressed to find a guy more quotable than former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He was, by any stretch of the imagination, a real man’s man. Not only was he Prime Minister twice, he also served in the military, was a POW, […]
Read »Funniest Wedding Slideshow Ever
Posted 10/08/2009 7:35 am by Ron HoganI went to a wedding this weekend. It was a wonderful affair. It was outdoors, which was a little unusual, but it was under a gazebo or pavilion-type structure, there was a fire pit to keep the wedding party warm, and it was located in a beautiful historic plantation by a bend in […]
Read »Adorable Teacup Pigs Are The Latest Pet Craze
Posted 10/07/2009 9:45 am by Ron HoganOne of the problems with unusual pets is that they can be fairly expensive. For example, one of the hottest new pet trends is a £700 animal that stands only 14 inches tall and weighs, at most, 65 pounds. However, it’s intimately familiar to any fan of Babe, Charlotte’s Web, or Green Acres. They’re called […]
Read »The Weird And Wonderful Las Vegas
Posted 10/06/2009 7:30 am by Ron HoganI’ve seen a lot of cool image galleries lately, but not many as cool or complete as these two concerning America’s gambling mecca, Las Vegas. From vintage Vegas to the city’s modern architectural marvels, Vegas has always been a town that has pushed the limits of design and good taste in the best way possible. […]
Read »Inside The Nuclear Wasteland
Posted 10/06/2009 6:30 am by Ron HoganI have to admit that I have a serious fascination with Chernobyl. As the world’s most famous nuclear disaster, it’s a great study on what might happen to our cities and homes after an exchange of atomic weapons. As a Cold War baby, I have a pretty fierce fascination with all things nuclear war. Photographer […]
Read »Let There Be Light: Creative Lamps, Lanterns, And Light-Up Wallpaper
Posted 10/06/2009 6:00 am by Ron HoganNothing makes a room quite like lighting. A good light installation can make or break your space, adding texture and life. Whether it’s a bloody lamp for a horror theme or light-up wallpaper for awesome decoration, you can do a lot with a lamp. Check out these awesome 15 creative lamps and lighting designs from […]
Read »Is The Shroud of Turin A Forgery?
Posted 10/06/2009 4:00 am by Ron HoganOne of the most holy relics of the Roman Catholic Church is the Shroud of Turin. One of the most famous objects in the world, this 14-foot 4-inch by 3-foot 7-inch cloth is supposedly the burial shroud of Jesus. Unfortunately, says organic chemist Luigi Garlaschelli from the University of Pavia in Italy, it’s also a […]
Read »The World’s Worst Real Estate Listings
Posted 10/05/2009 5:00 am by Ron HoganIf you thought the house by the nuclear power plant was bad, you haven’t begun to witness real estate horror. Behold Lovely Listing, a what’s what of creepily edited photos, horrible house furnishings, accidental forced perspective, and, ahem, odd kitchen/bathroom hybrids like the one you see above. It’s a treasure trove of how not to […]
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