Is it weird that this makes me hungry? For his ongoing celebrity portrait series, San Francisco-based artist Jason Mecie has created a portrait of Kevin Bacon (Footloose, Apollo 13, Stir of Echoes, etc.) made out of bacon. Yeah, I know – who would have ever thought you’d feel compelled to eat Kevin Bacon’s face…
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Christmas light installer vents frustrations by hiding pictures and messages in his lighting display
“Decay” – watch free full-length zombie movie made by physicists and filmed at Large Hadron Collider
Decay, a newly released movie filmed by Luke Thompson, a University of Manchester physics Ph.D. student and first-time filmmaker, was shot on location at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. It’s a low-budget “B-horror” film but the dark corridors at LHC give it a pretty eerie vibe and make it a pretty interesting watch. Set at the…
Hyper realistic (and disturbing) life-sized edible chocolate baby heads will give you the creeps
These baby heads, made by the baker of an assortment of other disturbing foods, Conjurer’s Kitchen, are made from solid white chocolate with dark chocolate highlights to give them an eerie, ultra-realistic look. They are life-size (the size of a newborn baby’s head) and completely edible (including the eyeballs if you are so inclined). They…
Real or Enhanced? Moustafa “Popeye” Ismail defends source of his record breaking arms
First Guinness decided to recognize Moustafa “Popeye” Ismail as the holder of the world’s largest arms. But at 31 inches in girth, detractors said “no way”. They insist the freaky set of guns are enhanced in some manner, either by steroids, silicone injections, or injections of synthol, a synthetic oil that expands and enhances muscle…
Chinese home owner refuses to move so China builds 4-lane highway “around” their home
This house, located in Xiazhangyang, a village in the Zhejiang province in China, is real. It is located in the middle of a newly constructed Chinese highway. Structures such as these, where the tenant refuses to move to make way for a public land project, are known as “nail houses”. This situation is possible because…
Creepy but beautiful insect works of art made from old watch parts
Justin Gershenson-Gates, typically sells steampunk-like jewelry made from old watch parts on his A Mechanical Mind website but occasionally he reveals odd, but beautiful, machine-like insect thingies made from tiny light bulbs, electronic circuitry and yes, old watch parts – and people can’t get enough of them. Gates has created mechanical mantises, scorpions, butterflies, and…
Stores using hidden cameras behind mannequin eyes to spy on customers
Mannequins are creepy enough anyway. Now we find out from Bloomberg that a number of high-profile chains are reportedly utilizing a new kind of high-tech mannequin fitted with a tiny camera to spy on shoppers. The EyeSee, created by Italian mannequin manufacturer Almax, uses a camera embedded in one of the mannequin’s eyes and facial…
What is wrong with this person’s eye? Wait, that’s not an eye… Unusual optical illusion
NASCAR driver fined $25,000 for tweeting from car during race
As if racing in NASCAR was not enough of an adrenaline rush, NASCAR racer Brad Keselowski can tweet while driving his race car. Brad Keselowski recently tweeted fans in the Daytona 500 prompting NASCAR to issue a new rule – no smartphones in the cars. Brad Keselowski tweeted during a race again last Sunday and…









