Chinese Government Bans Weird Buildings

On December 12, 2016 by Tim Newman
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Over recent years, architects working on China’s skyline have been allowed to let their imaginations run wild. As you will see from the images below, the sky is the limit – nothing is...

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China: Weird Photos Part 1

On December 11, 2016 by Tim Newman
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Over the years, we’ve covered a lot of interesting stuff from China. We covered stories about fake graveyards, towns designed to look like London and Paris, huge ghost cities, massive statues and so-called...

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Black Death Art: Plague Inspired Paintings

On December 10, 2016 by Tim Newman
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The Black Death peaked in Europe around 1348. It killed indiscriminately, it killed swiftly, and it killed en masse. Returning in waves, by the time it had ended, it had killed more than one-third of...

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Awesome Photos From Russia With Love: Part Y

On December 8, 2016 by Tim Newman
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Yes. I have more photos for you. If I do say so myself, this is quite possibly the best episode to date. There’s so much great stuff flowing from Russia at the moment. I...

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VIDEO: Feather Stars Look Like Magical Aliens

On December 4, 2016 by Tim Newman
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We’ve all seen a wide range of wildlife documentaries based on marine life. But the wonders truly are unending. Each time people go down there, they find something new and weird. Feather stars have...

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27 Soviet Era Album Covers

On December 1, 2016 by Tim Newman
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What follows is nothing more than a selection of Soviet era album covers. It doesn’t sound like much on paper but, in reality, it is very much indeed. Are they any funnier than...

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Raja Ravi Varma: A Royal Indian Master

On December 1, 2016 by Tim Newman
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Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) is one of the most celebrated Indian artists. He won the hearts and minds of the Indian people, past an present. Varma became popular for two important reasons. Firstly,...

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“We Are The World” – Japanese Karaoke Version

On November 20, 2016 by Tim Newman
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If you’ve ever had a hankering to watch Japanese grownups dress as 80s pop stars and sing a really terrible version of We Are The World by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, you’ve come...

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Barge Haulers On The Volga: The Life Of A Burlak

On November 20, 2016 by Tim Newman
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The painting above is Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870-1873) by Russian artist Ilya Repin. In Russia, it is iconic and has slipped into popular culture; it is at once a memory of harsher times and...

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VIDEOS: Aliens Abducting Cattle / I Want To Believe

On November 13, 2016 by Tim Newman
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When X-Files the series was at the heady height of its popularity, cattle mutilation and alien abduction were all the rage. I don’t think there was a dinner party in the Western world that...

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