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Quirky Calendar for Nerds Goes on Sale in Germany

Quirky Calendar for Nerds Goes on Sale in Germany | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 A group of three self-confessed nerds hired a photographer to create a calendar that would appeal to fellow gamers and vintage technology fans.
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Orlan – The French Performance Artist Who Used Plastic Surgery to Challenge Beauty Standards

Orlan – The French Performance Artist Who Used Plastic Surgery to Challenge Beauty Standards | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 We’ve heard countless stories of women who go through procedure after procedure in an attempt to improve their looks, but when I first read about Orlan, a French performance artist, I was shocked.
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Sweet Art – The Gummy Bear Artworks of Johannes Cortes

Sweet Art – The Gummy Bear Artworks of Johannes Cortes | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 Gummy bears are a favorite treat for millions of people, young and old, but for German artist Johannes Cordes they are a muse, an art medium and his trademark. Cordes uses thousands of delicious gummy bears to create colorful works of art.
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Living Art – Museum Masterpieces Painted on Human Bodies

Living Art – Museum Masterpieces Painted on Human Bodies | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector have found an ingenious way to combine their passion for 19th century art with modern body-painting.
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Mind-Blowing Portrait Made by Hand with 2.1 Million Dots Hides an Amazing Story

Mind-Blowing Portrait Made by Hand with 2.1 Million Dots Hides an Amazing Story | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
The portrait below was painstakingly done by hand, in 138 hours, using a technique called stippling, which required the artist, Miguel Endara to “draw” it with around 2.1 million ink dots.
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Street Ghosts project - Google Street View made Street Art and Public Concern

Street Ghosts project - Google Street View made Street Art and Public Concern | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
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Controversial Artist Unveils Work Created with Hundreds of Dead Insects

Controversial Artist Unveils Work Created with Hundreds of Dead Insects | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
Damien Hirst is known as one of the most controversial artists of our time, and his latest work only adds to his reputation.
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Ukrainian Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Artworks from Sand and Seashells

Ukrainian Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Artworks from Sand and Seashells | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 Svetlana Ivanchenko is a talented Ukrainian artist who uses overlooked natural materials like sand, seashells, quartz, tree roots and tree bark to create wonderful mosaics that look almost painted by hand.
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Anamorphic Illusion Master Likes to Play with Our Minds

Anamorphic Illusion Master Likes to Play with Our Minds | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 Something about the image below is not what it seems, but you probably guessed that already. Why else would such a common looking photo be posted on a site like this, right? But can you guess what’s strange about it?
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Sharp Music at New York’s Annual Musical Saw Festival

Sharp Music at New York’s Annual Musical Saw Festival | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 Who would have thought that an ordinary carpenter’s handsaw could be used to produce music? But apparently it can, and has been for the past 300 hundred years.
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Eduardo Relero’s Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions

Eduardo Relero’s Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 Argentinian street artist Eduardo Relero has the special talent of turning something as dull as pavements into incredible three-dimensional artworks that put people in danger of walking into lampposts starring at them.
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Claw-Using Hairdresser Is a Real-Life Edward Scissorhands

Claw-Using Hairdresser Is a Real-Life Edward Scissorhands | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 If Edward Scissorhands could have tools for hands, why can’t real-life hairdressers? Well, there is this particular hairdresser from Fort Myers, Florida, who does have claw-hands.
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Celebrity Portraits Made from 5,000 Sweets Taste as Good as They Look

Celebrity Portraits Made from 5,000 Sweets Taste as Good as They Look | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
Mexican artist Cristiam Ramos uses over 5,000 individual sweets to create detailed portraits of various celebrities, without adding any paint (Celebrity Portraits Made from 5,000 Sweets Taste as Good as They Look http://t.co/OnDr8exe...)...
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Mind-Blowing Landmark Artworks Are Made Exclusively with Doodles

Mind-Blowing Landmark Artworks Are Made Exclusively with Doodles | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 If you think doodling is just child’s play, you definitely haven’t seen Sagaki Keita’s works yet.
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Dutch Artist Spends 20 Years Building Life-Size Replica of Noah’s Ark

Dutch Artist Spends 20 Years Building Life-Size Replica of Noah’s Ark | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 Inspired by Noah’s Ark from the Book of Genesis, Dutch artist Johan Huibers built a modern day replica spending a whopping $1.2 million on it.
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Style Oddities – Fake Braces Worn as Fashion Accessories

Style Oddities – Fake Braces Worn as Fashion Accessories | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it

It’s at times like this that I simply don’t understand fashion trends. I mean, what would prompt otherwise normal teenagers to consider something as horrendous as braces to be a fashionable accessories?

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11 Most Awesome Taxis

11 Most Awesome Taxis | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
Next time you order a taxi, you may be surprised.
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English Artist Creates Masterpieces by Painting with Tea

English Artist Creates Masterpieces by Painting with Tea | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
Liverpool-based artist Carne Griffiths creates magical artworks by combining traditional mediums like ink with drinks like tea, vodka, brandy, whiskey and other alcohols.
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Israeli Artist Upcycles Bicycle Chains into Intricate Dog Sculptures

Israeli Artist Upcycles Bicycle Chains into Intricate Dog Sculptures | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
Israel-based artist Nirit Levav has found a way to create beautiful art an recycle metal, at the same time. She uses discarded bicycle chains to create realistic sculptures of man’s best friend.
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Horses Inside Out – Horse Anatomy Painted on Live Horses

Horses Inside Out – Horse Anatomy Painted on Live Horses | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
Tweet English champion rider Gillian Higgins has devised a novel way to teach horse anatomy to veterinary students, riders and caretakers – she takes up to four hours to paint the animal’s skeletal and muscular systems on live horses,...
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10 Most Clever Safes You Can Actually Buy

10 Most Clever Safes You Can Actually Buy | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
Hide your money in plain sight with these safes.
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WATCH: Seriously Cool Helmet Lets You Live In 'Slow Mo'

WATCH: Seriously Cool Helmet Lets You Live In 'Slow Mo' | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
A German artist with some serious high-tech chops has created a piece of avant garde headgear that allows the wearer to slow down life.
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Polish Artist Builds Mind-Blowing Matchstick Church Models

Polish Artist Builds Mind-Blowing Matchstick Church Models | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 Children are generally not permitted to play with matchsticks, but nothing could keep Wieslaw Laszkeiwick away from the tiny sticks of wood.
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German Artist Creates Art from Chaotic Splotches of Tea, Coffee and Juice

German Artist Creates Art from Chaotic Splotches of Tea, Coffee and Juice | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
Stains of coffee and fruit juice are dreaded by most people, but German artist Angela Mercedes Donna Otto actually uses them as the basis for her creative artworks.
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Peter Bulow – New York’s Subway Sculptor

Peter Bulow – New York’s Subway Sculptor | Strange days indeed... | Scoop.it
 Peter Bulow, a psychiatrist from Washington Heights, is just like any other New Yorker – he spends a chunk of his day commuting on the Subway.
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