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- Kazakh Village Affected by Mysterious Condition That Causes People to Suddenly Fall Asleep for Up to Six Days
- Belarusian Artist Specializes in Turning Mundane Appliances into Steampunk Masterpieces
- Party Like a Caveman at This Cave Nightclub in Cuba
| Posted: 22 May 2014 04:12 AM PDT Residents of the almost abandoned Soviet town of Krasnogorsk and the areas around Kalachi village, in Kazakhstan, are prone to a mysterious 'sleeping beauty' syndrome. The bizarre condition has people suddenly dozing off for as long as six days at a time. It's like a bad horror film – the illness has gripped these regions and no one knows the reason behind it. Scientists and experts are truly perplexed by the phenomenon. The weird sleeping illness isn't prevalent all the time. Instead, it comes in waves – the first one occurred in March 2013 and the second in May 2013. There have been three more since then – around New Year 2014, just after the winter holidays this year, and now again in May. A total of 40 to 60 people have suffered in the scarcely populated region. In most of the cases, the sleep is accompanied by temporary memory loss. |
| Belarusian Artist Specializes in Turning Mundane Appliances into Steampunk Masterpieces Posted: 22 May 2014 02:57 AM PDT Dmitry Tihonenko, from Belarus, is a household-appliance repairman with a passion for everything steampunk. Although he primarily uses his workshop to fix broken appliances, he has this amazing hobby going on on the side – creating steampunk masterpieces out of mundane, everyday objects. You have to to admit that even though modern appliances make our lives a lot easier, design-wise they are not always as cool-looking as we’d like . They're most often mass-produced, plastic replicas of each other. But that’s where Dmitry comes in – he takes boring appliances and converts them into something truly wonderful, as you can see in the pictures. |
| Party Like a Caveman at This Cave Nightclub in Cuba Posted: 22 May 2014 01:29 AM PDT Disco Ayala, in Trinidad, Cuba, is not your average party destination. It’s located on the outskirts of town, in a natural cave that was once the home of a notorious serial killer. After walking down the dusty street leading up to the tiny cave mouth, revelers take the stairs leading down to the gated entrance to one of the most unique discos on earth. You pay CUC$3 for entry and a drink, and go down the stairs, and then down another flight through a tunnel. Up to this point, the place looks like a normal cave, apart from a large banner that reads 'Disco Ayala'. But nothing can really prepare you for what lies within. As you step out of the narrow tunnel, the sight that awaits you is nothing short of spectacular – a large marble dance floor is set up in the middle of a large cavern, the bright light from a rock-carved bar catches your eye and the colorful lights dancing on the stalagmites will leave you speechless. Not to mention the loud latino music and the crazy performers. It’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen. |
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