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New crazy fashion style has swept Japan

Posted by Filed in Culture, Funny, Humor, Oddities Jueves 23 de mayo de 2013

Japan is famous for its oddities in all areas. What’s in the gastronomic part of that part of fashion. And here again at the peak polarity is quite absurd for. Young men and women are trying to copy the entire look of what they wear of each other with this new crazy fashion style. For us and not asian people, is difficult to differentiate between two or more asians, now with this is worse.

Chinese woman rehearsing his own funeral

Posted by Filed in Curiosity Jueves 4 de abril de 2013

Chinese woman rehearsing his own funeral. Now that’s funny and I think something stupid. Zeng Jia, a 22-year-old student from Wuhan, China, shocked family and friends when she invited them to a rehearsal of her own funeral so she could take part in the festivities while she is still alive.

The young student told members of the press that she got the idea for the morbid event after realizing that people spend a lot of time and effort on someone when they’re gone, and they never get the chance to appreciate and enjoy it.

Meet the fight Binissalem grapes

Posted by Filed in Curiosity Martes 2 de abril de 2013

Meet the fight Binissalem grapes. What a way to have fun and have a good time in this city. One of the most fun events of September took place in the village of Benissalem, on the island of Majorca, during Fiesta of La Vermada.

Over one thousand people, both locals and tourists, gathered in Binissalem, a village known for the quality of its wines, for what may have been the biggest grape fight in the world. Every year, at the end of September, the people of Binissalem organize a fiesta, to celebrate a successful grape harvest. The highlight of Fiesta of La Vermada is the grape fight that attracts people from all over the world, just like La Tomatina festival, held in Bunol, Spain.

A very dangerous and unusual restaurant in China

Posted by Filed in Curiosity Lunes 1 de abril de 2013

A very dangerous and unusual restaurant in China. Perhaps this is one of the most dangerous and amazing where you can enjoy good Chinese food.

Trekking in the mountains generally means having to survive on packaged food; but not if you’re in China. There’s a particular mountain in the Hubei Province, 12 km north of the city of Yichang, where you can actually experience fine-dining on the side of a cliff. Located in the Happy Valley of Xiling Gorge, the Fangweng hanging restaurant offers a breathtaking view of its natural surroundings to adventurers brave enough to set foot in it.

Alligator shirt that costs $ 91.500

Posted by Filed in Curiosity Lunes 1 de abril de 2013

Alligator shirt that costs $ 91.500. Incredibly this shirt has the sum of $ 91.500, made ​​in France. French luxury goods manufacturer Hermes has recently made headlines after it’s been discovered that its flagship store on Madison Avenue is selling a crocodile skin shirt for the mind-blowing price of $91,500.

Yes, today is April 1st, but this story is no joke. The pricey men’s garment was actually presented last fall as part of Hermes’ spring 2013 “crocodile chiffon” collection, but was only recently spotted in the company’s New York store. Judging by the French brand’s reputation for outrageous prices and the fact that the t-shirt is apparently made of innovative lightweight crocodile skin, everyone expected it to cost a small fortune, but probably not as much as four decent cars

Meet the real Scorpion King

Posted by Filed in animals Jueves 21 de marzo de 2013

Meet the real Scorpion King. Surprisingly one part of the world is a man who lives, plays and enjoys being with the scorpions, is therefore considered as the Scorpion King, literally.

Suang Puangsri, a 38-year-old man from Thailand lives in perfect harmony with his 4,600 pet scorpions.

Scorpions, grasshoppers, locusts and other insects are considered delicacies in Thailand and Suang Puangsri has been eating them for the last 10 years. To atone for this “crime” he has adapted his home in Uttaradit province, 600 km north of Bangkok, to live with 4,600 dangerous scorpions.

Buddha-shaped pears

Posted by Filed in Curiosity Jueves 21 de marzo de 2013

Buddha-shaped pears. Amazingly there is a technique for forming pears from tender as a Buddha. Gao has been working on his pear-growing technique for six years and this season he managed to grow 10,000 Buddha-shaped baby pears. Each fruit is grown in an intricate Buddha mould and ends up looking like a juicy figurine.

The ingenious farmer says the locals in his home village of Hexia, norther China, have been buying his Buddha pears as soon as he picks them from the trees. Most of them think they are cute and that they bring good luck.

Formula 1 made ​​entirely of bread

Posted by Filed in Art Miércoles 20 de marzo de 2013

Formula 1 made ​​entirely of bread. Now this is very curious. A group of people, especially bakers think about building a Formula 1 pure bread.

The team from the Royal Plaza on Scotts used 15 kg of yeast, 14 liters of water, 2 kg of salt and 10,800 ml of food varnish to create 1.000 loaves and 22 different kinds of bread. It took $ 15,000 and 549 hours of assembly work but I’m sure they’re all very proud of Their achievement.

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