Crazy Facts
Bringing you some of the most craziest, most freakiest and most astonishing facts on this earth.
51. Motorcycle Temple
Strange Places and Customs
In Rajasthan, a state in India, there is a temple dedicated to the worship of a motorcycle. Any traveler that passes through the town stops by to pay their respects. In 1991 Om Banaji, also known as Om Banna, was riding his beloved Bullet motorcycle when he crashed and had a fateful accident. The police took the motorcycle, but the next morning the bike was found on the spot of the accident. Police confiscated the bike again, but same story. News spread of the Bullet bike and the people from the villages built a memorial to worship the motorcycle. The temple is called ?Bullet Baba's Temple.? Legend states paying your respects will ensure a safe travel.
In Rajasthan, a state in India, there is a temple dedicated to the worship of a motorcycle. Any traveler that passes through the town stops by to pay their respects. In 1991 Om Banaji, also known as Om Banna, was riding his beloved Bullet motorcycle when he crashed and had a fateful accident. The police took the motorcycle, but the next morning the bike was found on the spot of the accident. Police confiscated the bike again, but same story. News spread of the Bullet bike and the people from the villages built a memorial to worship the motorcycle. The temple is called ?Bullet Baba's Temple.? Legend states paying your respects will ensure a safe travel.
52. Ambulance Taxis
Strange Places and Customs
The super-rich in Russia feel that they should be afforded the same driving privileges as emergency workers driving people who were just in catastrophic accidents. Thus ?ambulance taxis? cropped up in Moscow. Comparable to five-star limos, Moscow residents pay up to $200 an hour to ride in the deluxe ambulances and blow through traffic lights.
The super-rich in Russia feel that they should be afforded the same driving privileges as emergency workers driving people who were just in catastrophic accidents. Thus ?ambulance taxis? cropped up in Moscow. Comparable to five-star limos, Moscow residents pay up to $200 an hour to ride in the deluxe ambulances and blow through traffic lights.
53. Toilet Theme Park
Strange Places and Customs
South Korea has a new theme park sure to delight tourists and locals alike.? The?Toilet Theme Park is a theme park devoted to the commode! The park honors the former mayor of Suwon, Sim Jae Duck, a.k.a. Mr. Toilet. Sim Jae Duck was born in his grandmother's toilet. Rather than be embarrassed by his arrival into the world, Mr. Toilet embraced his legacy and devoted his life public sanitation and the illustrious latrine. Inside the building is an exhibition hall featuring great toilet-related works of art, and bathroom signs from around the world.
South Korea has a new theme park sure to delight tourists and locals alike.? The?Toilet Theme Park is a theme park devoted to the commode! The park honors the former mayor of Suwon, Sim Jae Duck, a.k.a. Mr. Toilet. Sim Jae Duck was born in his grandmother's toilet. Rather than be embarrassed by his arrival into the world, Mr. Toilet embraced his legacy and devoted his life public sanitation and the illustrious latrine. Inside the building is an exhibition hall featuring great toilet-related works of art, and bathroom signs from around the world.
54. Coffin Therapy
Strange Places and Customs
A Ukrainian coffin maker has found a new way for people to come to terms with the end of their life.?Instead of fearing the coffin, just embrace it! Stepan Piryanyk has set up a room where clients can rest in his coffins! So far his clients describe the therapy as ?relaxing.? After a hard working day you can come in and just relax ? it's great. You go home in a completely different mood.
A Ukrainian coffin maker has found a new way for people to come to terms with the end of their life.?Instead of fearing the coffin, just embrace it! Stepan Piryanyk has set up a room where clients can rest in his coffins! So far his clients describe the therapy as ?relaxing.? After a hard working day you can come in and just relax ? it's great. You go home in a completely different mood.
55. Robot Restaurant
Strange Places and Customs
Tokyo has a new eatery in town: the?Robot Restaurant.Robots are not cooking meals and serving dishes. Robots are putting on a show. The theme for the robot show is 'Fighting Females'. Each performance is about an hour long. Halfway through the show is intermission where dinners is served fed in a bento box dinner.
Tokyo has a new eatery in town: the?Robot Restaurant.Robots are not cooking meals and serving dishes. Robots are putting on a show. The theme for the robot show is 'Fighting Females'. Each performance is about an hour long. Halfway through the show is intermission where dinners is served fed in a bento box dinner.
56. Foiled Again
Strange Places and Customs
Kristen McKenna like most women she probably wanted a little sparkle and glitz for her 39th birthday.?She was most likely hoping that would take place in the form of jewelery, not a tinfoil office. As a practical joke for her birthday, her co-workers wrapped every inch of her office with aluminum foil. The desk, chair, printer, file cabinet, phone, pencils, and pens took about two hours and two rolls to drape in the malleable material.
Kristen McKenna like most women she probably wanted a little sparkle and glitz for her 39th birthday.?She was most likely hoping that would take place in the form of jewelery, not a tinfoil office. As a practical joke for her birthday, her co-workers wrapped every inch of her office with aluminum foil. The desk, chair, printer, file cabinet, phone, pencils, and pens took about two hours and two rolls to drape in the malleable material.
57. Swamp Soccer
Strange Places and Customs
As the name suggests Swamp Soccer, this game is played in a swamp. Originated in Finland in the late 1990?s and has since been embraced by many countries such as the U.K., Russia, Iceland, Ireland, Switzerland, Brazil, and now China. Players compete in the Swamp Soccer World Championships, held outside the National Stadium in Beijing wth full regulations as per the game.
As the name suggests Swamp Soccer, this game is played in a swamp. Originated in Finland in the late 1990?s and has since been embraced by many countries such as the U.K., Russia, Iceland, Ireland, Switzerland, Brazil, and now China. Players compete in the Swamp Soccer World Championships, held outside the National Stadium in Beijing wth full regulations as per the game.
58. Kung Fu Fighting
Strange Places and Customs
An incredible display of Chinese martial arts took place in Henan, China.10,000 Kung fu students gathered for the country's Cultural Heritage Day to perform an extraordinarily synchronized show. Cultural Heritage day was established by the government six years ago and is intended to promote the protection of the country's rich cultural resources. The day honors China's boat-loads of cultural treasures. The country has 2,359 historic sites and almost 40,000 fixed relics on its mainland, according to the People's Daily.
An incredible display of Chinese martial arts took place in Henan, China.10,000 Kung fu students gathered for the country's Cultural Heritage Day to perform an extraordinarily synchronized show. Cultural Heritage day was established by the government six years ago and is intended to promote the protection of the country's rich cultural resources. The day honors China's boat-loads of cultural treasures. The country has 2,359 historic sites and almost 40,000 fixed relics on its mainland, according to the People's Daily.
59. Cave Homes
Strange Places and Customs
China's Shaanxi province, where the region's porous soil is particularly well-suited for easy digging is where the majority of these 'cave dwellers' or 'cavemen' live. It may sound funny or insulting calling someone a caveman/cavewoman in the 21st century but when you consider that most of these underground, burrowed dwellings have all the facilities of modern homes, perhaps in China it shouldn't be taken as an insult. The caves, or yaodong in Chinese, are usually dug into the side of a mountain. Their semicircular entrances are covered with rice paper or woven blankets to serve as makeshift doors.
China's Shaanxi province, where the region's porous soil is particularly well-suited for easy digging is where the majority of these 'cave dwellers' or 'cavemen' live. It may sound funny or insulting calling someone a caveman/cavewoman in the 21st century but when you consider that most of these underground, burrowed dwellings have all the facilities of modern homes, perhaps in China it shouldn't be taken as an insult. The caves, or yaodong in Chinese, are usually dug into the side of a mountain. Their semicircular entrances are covered with rice paper or woven blankets to serve as makeshift doors.
60. Indian Holy Man Amar Bharati
Strange Places and Customs
Sadhu Amar Bharati is an Indian holy man who claims that he has had his right hand raised in the air since 1973. 38 years later, his hand is just a useless piece of skin and bone with thick and twisted nails. Sources claim Amar Bharati felt disillusioned by all the fighting going on in the world, and decided to raise his right arm for peace.A respected Sadhu at the Kumbh Mela, in Haridwar, Amar has inspired other Sadhus to raise their arms for peace and harmony, and some of them have kept them raised for the last seven, thirteen, even 25 years.
Sadhu Amar Bharati is an Indian holy man who claims that he has had his right hand raised in the air since 1973. 38 years later, his hand is just a useless piece of skin and bone with thick and twisted nails. Sources claim Amar Bharati felt disillusioned by all the fighting going on in the world, and decided to raise his right arm for peace.A respected Sadhu at the Kumbh Mela, in Haridwar, Amar has inspired other Sadhus to raise their arms for peace and harmony, and some of them have kept them raised for the last seven, thirteen, even 25 years.
