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Snail Facials: Japan's Slimy New Beauty Trend

Although dermatologists question its effectiveness, snail mucus contains hyaluronic acid and proteoglycans, which are used in cosmetics.

The Bizarre Art of Binding Books in Human Skin

The story of one Civil War-era doctor’s quest to honor the memory of his patients. Flowers are overrated, anyway.

10 People Who Died After Eating Something Weird

President Zachary Taylor died after eating iced milk and cherries. He's hardly the first person—or the last—to meet his or her demise from eating or swallowing something suspicious. Here are 10 others.

11 Offbeat Commemorative Plaques

From presidential kisses to witchcraft to events that may or may not have actually even occurred, plaques are rich and often underestimated sources of history that’s weird, funny, or just plain creepy.

6 Unconventional Uses for the Tennis Ball

The golden years of tennis balls can be filled with purpose.

12 More Weird Books That Really Exist

We’ve already looked at a few prime examples of bizarre books on every subject from dating on a dollar budget to styling it up like Liberace, but the strangeness doesn’t stop there.

11 Dogs Performing Amazing Tricks

These dogs have mastered tricks beyond sit, shake, and play dead.

9 Awards You Don't Want to Win

Surprisingly, there are a lot of awards out there that you don’t want your name attached to.

8 Real-Life Vampire Crimes

“Lestat made me do it.”

10 Case Reports of Cotard’s Delusion

First reported in the 1700s, the mental disorder where people suffer the nihilistic delusion that they are dead or no longer exist, that's also called "Walking Corpse Syndrome" is still a mystery.

7 Bizarre Ways Kids Amused Themselves Before Video Games

In the old days, all a kid needed to have a good time was imagination, some throwing knives, and a couple of belts tied round his neck.

18 Outlandish Uses of Real and Fake Body Parts on Etsy

For millennia, artists have been using the human body as a source of inspiration. Here are some of the more innovative uses of the human body, actual and symbolic, available for purchase on Etsy.

10 Ambitious Yarn Bombing Projects

You've probably seen some greying crocheted yarn around a telephone pole, or a tree trunk that looks like it's wearing a giant leg warmer. That's yarn bombing, a form of graffiti that involves covering objects in public spaces with knitted, woven, or croc

The U.S. Military's Idiotic Idea for a Gay Bomb

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5 Crazy Examples of Fear in Advertising

It’s our duty to tell you about these five things you might not have known were out to ruin your life.

5 Extremely Emo Scientific Phenomena

Know someone who still thinks science is boring? Tell them to get a load of these five phenomena, which prove science can be as painfully poetic as a ghost falling in love with a cirrus cloud.

7 Jobs We’re Glad are Obsolete

Take comfort that time has swept away many horrible, dangerous, and stinky occupations. Here are seven jobs in which redundancy is a relief.

106 of the Least Popular Baby Names in American History

If you’re looking for a baby name and want something truly original, but with historical precedent, here’s your list

6 Wacky International Reality TV Shows

America has Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and The Apprentice, but other countries have TV shows about burning wood, human Tetris, and Celine Dion gargling during a performance of "My Heart Will Go On." Obviously, the States just isn't competing on the same lev

To Great Lengths: 7 Historic Cures for Impotence

We may think of the inability to get or maintain an erection as a problem reserved for the ruggedly handsome 50-year-old millionaires joyously piloting their yachts in the background of Viagra commercials. But there has never been a time or place where me

Opening a Shaken Coke Can Underwater

9 Terrible Props Used in Bank Robberies

Spaghetti sauce now joins a veritable grocery list of items that have managed to trick frightened bank employees.

The True Stories Behind 11 Famous Sideshow Performers

Although the sideshow has mostly disappeared from the American landscape today, we can still look back on the performers of yesteryear and see how they became the icons of the American circus culture. But the stories of the real-life people behind the leg

How Modern Family Almost Saved Osama bin Laden

There was a close call concerning the raid that killed bin Laden, and strangely it involved actor Eric Stonestreet.

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