Oddity Central

Oddity Central


Man Spends 1,000 Hours and $200,000 Turning a Cave into His Dream Home

Posted: 13 Jan 2016 04:36 AM PST

In search of a simpler life, a corporate honcho from Australia decided to give up his career and become a caveman. But not before spending an eye-watering £160,000 ($230,848) to renovate a 250-million-year-old cave in England to suit his tastes!

This ‘Hole in the Wall’ Is Actually a Secret Restaurant Serving Home-Cooked Caribbean Food

Posted: 13 Jan 2016 02:36 AM PST

Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood is home to a mysterious restaurant that serves delicious home-cooked Caribbean Food through a hole in the wall. That’s actually what the owner, a man named Papa who moved to Brooklyn from Jamaica eight years ago, and his patrons call the unique eatery.

World’s Most Prolific Patent Holder Wants to Beat His Own Cancer by Inventing a Cure

Posted: 13 Jan 2016 01:15 AM PST

Meet Yoshinari Nakamatsu, aka Dr. NakaMats, a prolific inventor and Japan's very own 'Patent King'. With over 3,500 patents to his name, the 87-year-old had no plans to retire – his dream was to live to the ripe old age of 144 and eventually produce at least 6,000 patents. Sadly, there's a serious obstacle to that goal now – he's been diagnosed with terminal cancer and isn't expected to be around much longer.

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