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Woman Shares Her Body with 15 Different Personalities Who Can Each Take Control at Any Time

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 03:00 AM PST

Kimi Sands suffers from a very strange condition called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), otherwise known as multiple personality disorder. The 23-year-old, from Cardiff, Wales, shares her body with 15 different personalities any one of which can take control at any time.

In the movies, people suffering from DID are often portrayed as dangerous criminals or serial killers. Not Kimi, though. None of her personalities make her do anything horrible. At worst, she and her partner Chris Lee need to buy Christmas presents for all 15, making the holidays more expensive for them.

"Including myself, there are 16 individuals to get presents for," said Kimi. "These can be anything from alcohol for the older personalities to teddies for kids." That’s right, the personalities all belong to different age groups. Among them are 22-year-old Japanese chef Satou, 17-year-old exercise addict Fiona, and four-year-old twins Jack and Safyer. There's also a 23-year-old Yorkshire man, Ashy, and a party-loving bisexual, Theodore, aged 15.

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This Is What a 250-Pound Rubber Band Ball Created over 32 Years Looks Like

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 02:00 AM PST

35-year-old Zack Hample has devoted 32 years of his life to creating a giant ball made of elastic rubber bands. Which means he started making the ball when he was just three or four years old. There's something odd about a three-year-old trying to make a rubber band ball, at an age when most kids are just learning to play with a ball.

Perhaps this isn't so surprising, considering all the odd things Zack has done in his life. Just last year, we had featured him here on OC for a completely different achievement. Zack is the world's best bawl hawk. As of last year, he had collected over 5,800 balls at all the games he attended.

Now Zack is in the news again, for his giant rubber band creation. It cost him about $1,500 over the years to put bands together to make a large ball that weighs over 250 pounds. A video shows him rolling the ball around in his room, talking about how he created it.

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Guy Eats Out of Dumpsters for a Week to Highlight Food Waste

Posted: 24 Dec 2013 01:00 AM PST

Rob Greenfield, a 27-year-old adventurer from San Diego, took up a unique cause. He wanted to create awareness about the large amounts of food wasted in the U.S, so he decided to travel the country and eat out dumpsters for a week.

It's surprising, the kind of food Greenfield gets from the trash. His refrigerator is filled with fresh fruits, vegetables and bagels worth $200. And he hasn't paid a penny for any of it. All he does is 'dumpster dive' behind grocery stores, which means he shuffles through the food discarded by store workers. "Some people call it nasty," he says. "It's just a matter of perspective."

Greenfield has taken dumpster-eating to a whole new level. He created 21 Gourmet Dumpster Meals to showcase "the flaws in the American food system and inspire people to be part of the solution." Surprisingly, Greenfield does not encourage people to follow him and eat from dumpsters. "I don't recommend dumpster living to anybody. I recommend taking proper care not to put food in the dumpsters in the first place."

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