World’s Strangest

77th Menton Lemon Festival 2010 in FranceThe 77th Lemon Festival takes place from 12 February to 3 March 2010. Each year the festival follows a given theme, this year it is “Menton does cinema”. The Lemon Festival attracts each year more than 230,000 visitors. It’s the second biggest event on the Riviera after the Carnival [...]

Want to have a laugh? Then please get yourself over to Garrett Murray’s That’s Not Art, a scathing indictment of angsty pseudo-art posted on Tumblr blogs (I refuse to say “Tumblogs” as that’s a pseudo-word). Yes, we’re laughing AT these people, but come on, this is ridiculous: Murray’s commentary: You are in love with a ghost? How [...]

Your local convenience store may not accept bills larger than $20, but once upon a time you could have paid for your gum with a nice fresh $10,000 bill. What’s the story behind the large-denomination bills that the government used to issue? What big bills has the U.S. issued? In 1928, the federal government overhauled its system [...]

You might think that bras are pretty much fulfilling their function in life—they do their job and most of the time, they do it well. But lucky for us, some very creative inventors disagree. This post is for all of you who wear bras and have thought, “Man, I wish this thing did something else.” 1. [...]

[YouTube Video Clip] – via reddit If you only saw one YouTube clip today, make it this one. Here’s The Golden Age of Video by Ricardo Autobahn, made from movie clips (which ones? David Glover got them all figured out). We Came, We Saw, We Kicked Its Ass. Indeed. Lyrics, from YouTube submitter slipknotskate1: 1,2,1,2,3,4 We accept [...]

It’s no real surprise that Wikipedia has a thorough list of these, but it’s interesting to parse through the many, and find a neat collection of songs and albums that were based on, or influenced by books. Led Zeppelin has a scatological lyric library referencing JRR Tolkien, but let’s see what else is out there. 13. Alan Parson’s [...]

Today I bring you a new “web series about dressing like a grownup” presented by Jesse Thorn of The Sound of Young America (a public radio show that’s generally awesome) and Adam Lisagor of the hilarious podcast You Look Nice Today (A Journal of Emotional Hygiene). Anyway, Put This On is all about clothing — [...]

Halloween is almost here. Just remember, scaring people can be a dangerous business. Nice right cross. Really, people need to relax. Good to know this officer is on the job. OK, they can’t all be winners. It’s always fun to see the tiny ones run. Sometimes, the simplest pranks are the best. Now this is some good parenting right here. Let’s end [...]

Two years ago I blogged about how noise pollution takes a toll on our health: “Noise is linked with heart attack and stroke because it creates chronic stress that keeps our bodies in a state of constant alert.” But humans aren’t the only ones who are hurt by noise. According to a study reported in [...]

#120 – Week of September 25, 2009 Giga Galaxy Zoom! – [awesome project]Most Phantasmagorical Hair You’ll Ever See – [vintage]Scientists Create Magnetic Gas – [Money!.. It's a Gas]Drop your blood into this lamp to activate it – [design]Drawing with blood – and drawing with water – [art]Fantastic Concept Watches – [design]Weird Industrial Egg Digesters – [structures]Japan’s [...]