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- Chinese Farmers Make a Living Building Giant Transformers Models from Used Car Parts
- Seattle Artist Creates Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains
- Indiana’s Famous Grave in the Middle of the Road
| Chinese Farmers Make a Living Building Giant Transformers Models from Used Car Parts Posted: 27 Mar 2015 03:12 AM PDT A father-and-son duo from Hunan, China, have come up with a fun and profitable business idea – creating giant Transformers robots replicas from used car parts and scrap metal. Although they are farmers by profession, Yu Zhilin and his son Yu Lingyun switched to building the models in 2007, when they realised the potential in the Chinese market. And their hunch has proved right – they've managed cash in on the nation's obsession with Transformers, the highest grossing film of all time in China. They now make one million yuan a year (nearly $170,000), selling their army of robots.
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| Seattle Artist Creates Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains Posted: 27 Mar 2015 02:11 AM PDT A heavy downpour can spoil the best of plans, but who says you can't have fun with a bit of rain? Proving the fact is Seattle-based magician and artist Peregrine Church, with his rain-activated street art, called 'rainworks'. These paintings are invisible to the naked eye when dry, only making an appearance when it rains! Church said that he's passionate about making things that make the world a more interesting place. "Rainworks are pieces of street art that only appear when they're wet," he explained, "and they're messages or images designed to make people's rainy day a little bit better." He calls it the "ideal Seattle art" because of the constant rains in the city.
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| Indiana’s Famous Grave in the Middle of the Road Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:23 AM PDT If you happen to be cruising along County Road 400, in Johnson County, Indiana, you’re bound to stumble upon one of America’s strangest landmarks – a grave located dead in the middle of the road. The grave apparently dates back to before Amity village even had a paved road. In 1831, a 37-year-old woman named Nancy Kerlin died in the area, survived by her husband and 11 children. Keeping with her wishes, her husband William Barnett buried her at her favorite spot on a small hill, overlooking Sugar Creek. While road crews generally tend to flatten out such obstructions, in this case, they made sure to pour the asphalt around the grave. Why? Because they were terrified!
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