In the small, mountain valley town of Yeongju, 66-year-old blacksmith Seok Noh-ki had been bracing for closing his struggling workshop until his homi, a traditional Korean hand plow, began selling like hot cakes on Amazon.com and eBay Inc late last
Bearded men twirled, snipped and combed their facial hair to perfection for the French Beard Championship in Paris. Now in its third edition, the contest features 86 beard artists, preselected from a roster of 301 participants from across France, all
Since the 1986 global ban on commercial whaling came into effect, Japan’s whale supplies have come from annual, scientific expeditions to the Southern Ocean where a certain number of whales were caught for “research”. Critics have long maintained that these
Westdene, a suburb of Johannesburg in South Africa, is fast turning into a little heaven as graffiti artists’ playground, where the prominent artists are provided with clean walls by residents to produce their best works of art. The area now
High up in Poland’s picturesque Tatry Mountains Janina Rzepka is fighting gender stereotypes with the help of her wooly supporters. Rzepka is the country’s first certified female ‘Baca’ – or ‘Head Shepherd’ – a role traditionally reserved for men. To
As Facebook deals with global criticism for its platform’s role in promoting violence, the company says it’s taking new steps to slow the spread of hate. In a blog post published yesterday, the company noted action it’s recently taken in
A mouth-watering ice cream parlor called UES. with a hidden speakeasy behind it called “Storage” celebrates all things ice cream in New York’s Upper East Side.Workers at the shop in front scoop up ice cream that comes from SoCo Creamery,
The old saying “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” was in full effect in the California town of Petaluma, Californi.Nineteen mutts went jowl-to-jowl for the right to be crowned the World’s Ugliest Dog.The winner of the dubious title
Grey seals have the ability to copy speech and songs using the same production mechanism as humans, researchers at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews have found.Professor Vincent Janik of the Scottish Oceans Institute said the study of three young seals
Sandor Gonzalez gets fully kitted out in diving gear, grabs a canvas that he has given a special waterproof veneer, and swims out sixty metres to his easel fixed in the seabed around six metres below the surface.The artist said
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