Posts by Adan Mathews

Hide-and-seek has been a summertime classic since probably forever or something, right? Even so, not everybody can be a natural. For some, it takes practice. In homage to all of those people, here are 30 kids who are still learning the ropes of the game: #30. This one’s pretty impressive, but also a poor spot....

Krishna Kumar is from Hyderabad, India, and he feels that achieving a world record is the “highest level of human achievement.” He is not alone in India. Guinness had to set up a new field office there in 2011 after the country made the third largest number of applications for world records, behind only the US and the...

Photographer Tim Samuel landed one of the luckiest shots of his life back in 2015 when he captured a fish swimming inside of a jellyfish off Byron Bay, Australia. Well, swimming might be a stretch, but see for yourself! I found a fish inside a jellyfish! He was trapped in there, but controlled where the...

Marriage is a big deal. So it’s no surprise that some couples go all out to let folks know they’re getting married. Which isn’t to say that one needs to spend a lot of money. Creativity rules with these 14 engagement announcements: #14. I don’t even know what the hell this is supposed to communicate....

Low prices aren’t always enough to sell merchandise – sometimes, you need to get the customer’s attention. What better way to do that than with a dash of humor/meme-theft? Here are 17 times shop owners took matters into their own hands and got creative to get their stuff flying off the shelves: #17. This one...

The US Navy has a prototype railgun that can fire a 25lb projectile at 4,500 miles an hour. The 32-foot barrel uses opposing electromagnetic currents to accelerate the projectile. It exits the barrel at a speed more than double the average bullet velocity. And the shoe that acted as a conductor splits away like something out...

Former model Jonathan Quiñonez lived out all of our dreams when he quit his job and hit the road to travel the world. But, to make sure that his mother wouldn’t worry, he brought a handy sign along with him. He states on Instagram, “Whatever your age is, if you have a Latin mom and a...

What if you could turn your disability into an opportunity for expression? How about superpowers, or at least special powers?… The Alternative Limb Project has been creating realistic and alternative prosthetic limbs since a 2-year-old inspired them to think more creatively about the process. Their collaborations with the people who wear the prosthetics are essential...

Switzerland-based photographer Thomas Leuthard is a master of street photography, and he was gracious enough to let the Cooperative of Photography follow him around Salzburg to document a few of his tricks. Some of them are easy tips you might already know, while others are things you’ll kick yourself for not thinking of… but almost all of them are...

We all love photos taken at just the right time, place, and/or angle… …and luckily for us, British photographer Denis Cherim is attempting to do an entire series of such happenstance in what he calls the Coincidence Project. I’ve picked out 17 of my favorites and proudly displayed them for you below: #17. Moon-in-one. #16....

Bored Panda called their version of this list “20+ Reasons Why Husbands Can’t Be Trusted”. That seems a bit too “King of Queens” for me (and for the list), and, once again, I can’t abide the rankings established by voters… so I dug through all 84 to rank up my list. Here are my top 25,...

It’s one thing to talk about love and the endurance of it, but quite another to see it manifest. Aside from being clever and fun, these couples have created a unique testimony to both love and endurance that says in the blink of an eye what might otherwise take years to explain. Bored Panda compiled...

Stage names are a fairly common thing. Unions won’t allow for repeats, so some people change names for that while others just want something with more *sizzle*. Here are the real names of 13 well-known folks. They might surprise you…. #13. Aubrey Drake Graham I guess this one isn’t so crazy – the word “Drake” is in there…...

Pierre Jean-Louis wanted to celebrate women who embrace their natural beauty. So, he started pulling pics of black women with natural locks from Instagram and adding natural elements like flowers, space, trees, and leaves in a series he calls “Black Girl Magic.” The results are a viral sensation and a celebration of natural beauty as embraced...

The Auschwitz Museum has thousands of mugs as part of their historical collection, but the staff found a surprise when they were preparing one of the 70 year-old relics for an exhibit. The mug, which had been looted by the Nazis from Jews who were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, held a secret…. A ring and a necklace had been well-secured...