Air Guitar World Championship
To play an air guitar means to pretend to play a guitar without having one. The participants of this competition must play an air guitar for two songs of one minute each. Try it; it may turn out to be fun!
Category: Weird But True
Monkey Buffet Festival
There are around 2,000 to 3,000 monkeys in the Lopburi province of Bangkok. Each year, in the month of November, the monkeys are fed 4,000 kilograms of fruits, vegetables, cakes and candies. After the monkeys finish eating, the young people of the area dress up as monkeys and perform dances. People from all over the…
International Hair Freezing Contest
All we know of is freezing water and styling hair. But in Yukon, Canada every February, a hair freezing contest is held. The participants of the contest first dip their hair in hot water and then the cold air freezes their hair. It is a fun celebration and the winners just win a small amount…
Uncountable Varieties of Apples
It is said that ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’. If you take the saying seriously and try to eat one type of apple everyday even then it would take you 27 years to taste all kinds of apples that are available. And it does not stop at that, more varieties are getting…
The Natural Water Jugs
Watermelons contain lots of water. Watermelons keep you hydrated during summers. In olden days when people use to cross long, hot deserts by foot, they would carry watermelons with them. These watermelons served as water jugs. If you have watermelon with you then you always have water handy and flavoured water at the same time!
Garlic, the Mosquito Repellent
We do store different fruits and vegetables at home. Some need to be consumed fast as they spoil fast. Bananas are one such fruit which should be consumed fast, not only because they spoil fast but also because they attract mosquitoes. But do not worry in case you get too many mosquitoes at home, use…
Cover Your Nose
What happens when you cover your nose? Your sense of smell is not very strong right! But did you know that covering your nose changes your taste too? Surprising but true. If you cover your nose, apples, potatoes and onions will taste the same to you. Try it out!
Interesting Flavours of Ice Cream
We all love ice creams and usually go for our favourite flavour. Most of the children love chocolate or vanilla ice cream. But have you ever heard about a cactus flavoured ice cream? You haven’t? In Japan you get some very strange flavours of ice cream which may either excite you or disgust you. Some…
The Ice and Snow Festival
The Harbin International Ice and Snow festival is the largest ice and snow festival in the world. It is celebrated in China, during the winters. Big ice sculptures are displayed during the festival. The festival starts on January 5th and lasts till late February. Some of the activities during the festival include skiing, winter-swimming and the ice-lantern exhibition.
Puli Kali (Play of Tigers)
We love celebrating festivals. Some of the festivals celebrated are strange, interesting and funny at the same time. One such festival is ‘Pulikali’ celebrated in Kerala. This festival is celebrated on the day of Onam. During this festival, people paint their bodies red, black and yellow to look like tigers. They also wear a tiger…