July 09: A bunch of grapes sold for a record price of nearly $11,000 at an auction in Japan. The 30 Ruby Roman grapes sold for 1.1m yen ($10,938) or about $350 for each ping pong ball sized grape, according to The Guardian. “We will display them at our store before giving our customers a […]
July 09: A Quebec man found a way to work his aerial drone into his grooming routine by using the device to wax his leg hair. David Freiheit recorded himself Thursday applying a Nair wax strip to his leg after fitting the strip with some wire. Freiheit then launched his drone, which was connected to […]
July 09: A man in a flooded Chinese city came up with a novel approach to keeping his legs dry — walking on stilts. The man was filmed Wednesday taking a stroll down a flooded street in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The man had his pant legs rolled up, but he appeared to be keeping out […]
July 02: An elephant in Thailand was fitted with a special prosthetic leg after losing the appendage during a land mine accident. Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation shared photos of Mosha the elephant as she was fitted with her new prosthetic for the first time. According to ABC News, Mosha was only 7 months […]
July 02: An American bodybuilder showed off both his strength and his balance by performing a set of push-ups while positioned on top of several vertical weight plates. Matt Arnold shared a video to his Instagram page showing him pushing himself off the ground and onto a set of six weight plates to perform plyometric […]
July 01: A visitor to the Greek island of Lefkada captured video of a man riding a moped with a dog balancing on the seat behind him. The video, filmed Friday by a passenger in a car traveling on a Lefkada road, shows a man riding a moped at the side of the road with […]
July 01: A man who became “best friends” with a cheetah at a South African sanctuary shared video of the affectionate feline cuddling and wrestling with him. Dolph C. Volker posted a video to YouTube showing one of his extended bonding sessions with Gabriel, a 10-month old cheetah at the Cheetah Experience sanctuary in Bloemfontein. […]
June 25: A Tennessee wedding took an unexpected turn when a sparkler held by a guest caused the bride’s hair to burst into flames. The video, filmed at a wedding in Munford, Tenn., shows the bride and groom exiting the ceremony under a canopy of sparklers held over their heads by wedding guests. The bride […]
June 24: The soon-to-be-opened glass side on the exterior of a Los Angeles skyscraper was filmed being tested out by thrill-seekers on the 70th floor. The riders can be heard screaming on the slide despite their distance from the camera. The slide, part of the tower’s $50 million Skyspace renovation project, is due to open […]
June 24 : A wildlife researcher at a station in Peru shocked her colleagues by running after a 6-foot snake and tackling the serpent before it could flee into the woods. The video, recorded May 30 at the Los Amigos Biological Station in Peru, shows a 6-foot yellow tailed cribo slithering toward some trees while […]