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Chilean Finger Painter Creates Mind-Blowing Masterpieces in under Three Minutes

Posted: 27 May 2014 04:15 AM PDT

43-year-old Fabian Gaete is an artist who specializes in finger painting. He's so good at his craft that he can actually create small finger oil paintings of breathtaking landscapes in under three minutes.

Fabian currently works his magic on the streets of Puerto Montt, Chile, where his 'live creations' are sold at six euros each (or 10 euros for three). He moves around with a large black suitcase filled with oil paints and glass panels. As soon as he receives a request for a painting, he quickly uses his fingers to fill the panels with mountains, trees, rivers, waterfalls and more. In no time at all, the painting is completed, sealed and handed over to its new owner.

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Korea’s Most Popular Fermented Fish Dish Smells Like a Public Toilet

Posted: 27 May 2014 02:25 AM PDT

Fermented foods aren’t exactly famous for their alluring smell and flavor, but South Korea’s popular 'hongeo' has just got to be the worst of the lot. It's definitely classified as one of the grossest foods in the world, even for 'foodie daredevils' who like trying out weird dishes.

What makes hongeo so bad? Well, for starters, it's made from a fish called skate, which just like sharks, has no bladder or kidneys. Its digestive waste simply oozes out of its skin in the form of uric acid. That's why sharks and skates need to be eaten fresh. But the Koreans seem to enjoy defying the norm in this case.

What they do is leave dozens of fresh skates (a cartilage-rich fish that resembles a stingray) stacked up in a walk-in refrigerator. Then they wait, sometimes as long as a month, for the fish to acquire a distinct 'aroma', reminiscent of a public urinal. When the smell reaches its worst, the skates are ready to be taken out, sliced up and served raw.

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Brown Moor Frogs Turn Blue During Mating Season

Posted: 27 May 2014 01:08 AM PDT

The moor frog certainly cannot turn into a prince with true love's kiss. But this seemingly uninteresting amphibian is capable of something quite spectacular – it changes color from a boring brown to an azure blue, just to be able to distinguish between genders during mating season. The 'before' and 'after' pictures are really quite unbelievable – it looks they're two different frogs.

A fully grown adult male moor frog is up to seven centimeters long and reddish-brown in color. But every year, between March and June, the frog exhibits chameleon-like tendencies. During this period, the frogs emerge from their winter hibernation and are naturally in the mood to procreate. They populate the ponds in the lowlands of Central and Southern Europe, completely filling the air with their mating calls. The sounds they create are similar to the noise of air released from a bottle under water.

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