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- Australian Car-Crash Victim Wakes Up from Coma Speaking Fluent Mandarin
- Artist Creates Colorful Light Patterns Using Simple Pieces of Glass
- Share a Table with Your Dog – Philippines Cafe Serves Both Two-Legged and Four-Legged Customers
| Australian Car-Crash Victim Wakes Up from Coma Speaking Fluent Mandarin Posted: 09 Sep 2014 04:09 AM PDT When 22-year-old Australian car-crash victim Ben McMahon woke up from a week-long coma, the only language he could speak was fluent Mandarin. So fluent, in fact, that he is now a popular TV star in China! The incident took place in early 2012 – Ben was in a terrible car crash in Melbourne that left him battling for his life. While his survival seemed like a miracle, nobody was prepared for the bizarre twist that occurred when he finally regained consciousness a week later – his brain simply decided to switch from English to Mandarin. "Most of it's hazy, but when I woke up seeing a Chinese nurse, I thought I was in China," recalled Ben. "It was like a dream. It was surreal. It was like my brain was in one place but my body was in another. I just started speaking Chinese – they were the first words that left my mouth." |
| Artist Creates Colorful Light Patterns Using Simple Pieces of Glass Posted: 09 Sep 2014 03:10 AM PDT British artist Chris Wood creates breathtaking pieces of art using only two simple things – light and glass. He is an expert at painstakingly arranging small squares of delicate glass that reflect light in a certain way, thereby creating exquisitely colorful light patterns that dazzle the eye. Chris uses dichroic (two-color) glass, containing a special coating that alters the wavelength of light. So when he directs light through his wall-mounted glass structure, the glass alters the color and direction of the reflected light, resulting in a complex array of colors in continually changing patterns. |
| Share a Table with Your Dog – Philippines Cafe Serves Both Two-Legged and Four-Legged Customers Posted: 09 Sep 2014 02:41 AM PDT Even though a lot of restaurants are now pet friendly, there aren't too many places that actually have a separate menu for dogs. So Filipino chef and dog lover Giannina Gonzalez decided to fix that with her unique Whole Pet Kitchen – a small café that caters to dogs as well as humans. Located in San Juan city, Whole Pet Kitchen is the first pet bakery and dog café in the Philippines. Gonzalez, 29, said that she wanted a job where she knew what went into her dog's food, and she also wanted a place where she could share a table with her four-legged pet. She started the place in 2011, and it's been doing pretty ever since. "We wanted to reach out to a niche market; that's why the place is small," she revealed. "When Whole Pet Kitchen was opened, there were so many dog lovers who checked out the place, and now, the café has its own set of regulars who hang out and spend bonding moments with their pets." The café has two sets of menus – one for pets and one for humans. |
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