Man’s best friend is seen as anything but in Iran, where city workers gun down strays and conservatives view pet dogs as a corrupting Western influence. But in a rare animal shelter in the countryside west of Tehran, hundreds of lucky pups have found mercy, and a growing number of Iranians are learning to love them. [Full Story] Read More »
Do you dislike waiting a long time before the traffic light turns green? Well in Germany they found a solution of some kind.. Street Pong! Sandro Engel and Holger Michel are interaction design students at HAWK University, a college in Hildesheim, Germany. They wanted to discourage people from running across busy streets. So they found a way to make waiting ... Read More »
Workers at the downtown federal courthouse called in a bomb squad Thursday for a suspicious device, not realizing it was an S* toy. When the bomb squad arrived, they suited up in vests and helmets and approached the object. “It was oblong, egg-shaped, you could say, I think aluminum, with a cord coming out of it leading to a small ... Read More »
A cute little animation is circulating the social media circles recently, it is so adorable so we thought to share it with you. We are not sure of it’s origin, whether it was created by a Persian animator from scratch or it was borrowed of the web and the audio was dubbed afterwards. You can view the clip above. Read More »
A suspect wanted for allegedly stealing a BMW sedan led police on a chase in the Los Angeles Suburb of Van Nuys, He was traveling at speeds of up to 90 mph on the 405 Freeway as he was evading police and bailed out on foot and attempted to get away on a skateboard before he was blocked by a ... Read More »
In this short video, you see random men going in front of the camera and say their dialogue for a theoretical acting test / audition. A very interesting video edited in a unique way. We are not sure about the source of the clip if it was for a real movie or an art experiment. It reminds us a bit ... Read More »
Dario Rossi is a drummer who performs on the streets of Piazza Del Popolo, in Rome, Italy. But Rossi is no ordinary musician, because he doesn’t use drums. He displays his finely honed motor skills and exceptional hand-eye coordination using drumsticks and surprising items. Read More »
Gabriele Galimberti is an Italian photographer who undertook a mission to document the toys of children from around the world. Galimberti visited over 50 countries for this project in an attempt to document the differences in childhood between countries, represented by the children’s toys. Below are some of the photos from the series, titled “Toy Stories”. The range of toys ... Read More »
Prominent Iranian playwright and director Bahram Beizai will stage reading performances of his latest play “Ardaviraf’s Report” at Stanford University on January 24 and 25. The play is Beizaii’s theatrical rendition of an ancient Zoroastrian text that chronicles the journey of pious Ardaviraf to the other world where he travels through paradise, purgatory and the inferno. Ardaviraf meets many of ... Read More »
A would-be burglar in South Africa was sent packing last week by a guard dog that could only be described as adorably vicious. The tiny terror was so fearsome that the robber climbed two fences about as fast as he could in this video! Read More »