Category: Human Marvels
Carts of Darkness
"In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, local bottle pickers have created a thriving subculture of shopping-cart racing. Murray Siple, a former snowboarder and sport film director injured in a serious car accident ten years ago, captures the thrill of a high-speed race of one of the men and compares it to extreme sports."
Coney Island
Please note the pinheads on display.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Jan 26, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Holidays, Human Marvels, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Pop Culture, Public Humiliation, Recreation, 1940's
Category: Holidays, Human Marvels, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Pop Culture, Public Humiliation, Recreation, 1940's
What’s The Chances? - 2
Earlier this year we heard of the national lottery that drew the same numbers two weeks running. Now meet the man who has just won a lottery jackpot for the second time!The unnamed 34 year-old from the Limpopo province of South Africa beat 24 million to one odds to take the country's "PowerBall" draw for 30 million rand ($4 million), just seven years after winning 11 million rand ($1.5 million) from an earlier state lottery system with odds of 14 million to one. His feat is all the more remarkable given he claims to spend only 100 rand ($13) a month on tickets (Telegraph).
Posted By: Dumbfounded | Date: Tue Nov 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Games, Human Marvels, Money, Synchronicity and Coincidence
Category: Games, Human Marvels, Money, Synchronicity and Coincidence
Worst Laugh in the World?
Big Man Japan
Found by the inimitable Nick Jainschigg.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Aug 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Human Marvels, Movies, Reader Recommendation, Parody, Asia, Natural Wonders
Category: Human Marvels, Movies, Reader Recommendation, Parody, Asia, Natural Wonders
Swallowing 11 swords
Some people just have more interesting lives than others. I get the impression from the video there are trophies for sword swallowing, and it would be great to watch the competition.The last few seconds of the clip he swallows fire.
Naim Süleymanoğlu: The Pocket Hercules
This weightlifter from Turkey stands only 4 feet 10 inches tall, but can lift more than 3 times his bodyweight over his head.
Posted By: fyshstyxx | Date: Sat Jul 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Exercise and Fitness, Human Marvels
Category: Exercise and Fitness, Human Marvels
Alligator Wrestling
Eddie Snyder wrestles gators from jim on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Animals, Death, Human Marvels, Regionalism, Stupidity
Category: Animals, Death, Human Marvels, Regionalism, Stupidity
Thomas Inch and the Inch Dumbbell
Thomas Inch (1881-1963) was a famous weightlifter from England. He is most famous for having a 172 pound dumbbell that nobody else could lift off the floor with one hand. He would offer large sums of money to anyone that could lift it. It is possible, however, that his act was a scam, as he had 4 dumbells that looked the same but were different weights (bait and switch?) and he never challenged a handful of lifters that were considered stronger than him. He was also very careful in how he phrased his own lifting of the weight as he never really mentioned putting it overhead with just one hand.
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Posted By: fyshstyxx | Date: Thu Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Exercise and Fitness, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Human Marvels
Category: Exercise and Fitness, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Human Marvels
Young Dancer
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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Category: Human Marvels, Children, Dance
Category: Human Marvels, Children, Dance
Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Human Marvels, Movies, Documentaries, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers