Hamburg Latex Festival
The German city of Hamburg recently held a festival devoted to latex and the people who have a bit of a fetish for it…
Video: Hay Bailing Shenanigans
Apparently this guy’s tractor doesn’t get satellite radio…
Video: Weirdest/Creepiest Things Ever Shown on TV
Might not be safe for work, depending on how uptight your workplace happens to be.
World Heritage Sites – Tobu World Square
Nikko, Japan is home to Tobu World Square, filled with 1:25th scale replicas of UN designated “World Heritage” sites.
Angkor Wat
The Parthenon
The Sphinx
The White House
The World Trade Center towers
Alhambra
Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower
The Forbidden City
Tokyo Sky Tree
Versailles
Sagrada Familia
Buckingham Palace
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
Meat Eating Cows…
…thank God there aren’t any!
These “Belgian Blue” monsters are literally the result of a genetic mutation.
Parenting by Dummies
No, it’s not the title of a new book in a series of “how to” guides: it’s the latest post on Offbeat Earth!
Comics Take On the ABCs
Who says comic books aren’t educational, or that they increase violent tendencies?
No, really, who says that? If you know, please tell us so we can track them down and punch them in their mou… err, here is artist Neill Cameron’s take on the alphabet using comic characters.
A Clockwork Orangutan
We lie, there’s no orangutans in this post. But how else was the joke going to work? It’s not like anything even rhymes with “orange”. You think it’s easy to come up with witty headlines for blog posts? Do you? Well it’s not.
Anyway, here’s some steampunk taxidermy by artist Lisa Black:
Mmm… tasty
No, these aren’t actual heads… just cleverly baked loaves of bread!
The baker/artist is Kittiwat Unarrom, from Thailand.
Ostrich Racing
Arizona’s a crazy place right now, what with all the immigration laws and Sheriff Joe’s chain gangs, and what-not. Heat must really make people crazy.
And that’s got to be the inspiration for this new sport to come out of the state:
