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Artist Will Tattoo Anyone’s Name on Her Body for $10

Posted: 20 Jan 2015 03:06 AM PST

A Los Angeles artist is on a mission to cover her entire body with tattoos. She's offering herself up as a human billboard by tattooing people's names and designs all over her body, for as low as $10.

Illma Gore, 22, said that the initiative is a part of her 'absurd and beautiful' project called A Hundred Tiny Stories. She was actually trying to raise $6,000 through a Kickstarter campaign, in order to cover the cost of 60 hours worth of tattooing. She actually managed to raise a whopping $11,000, until the campaign got suspended.

"It's art," she explained. "It will annoy people or make them happy or make them smile. Either way, that's what art's supposed to do."

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Meet the Moranbong Band – North Korea’s Version of Spice Girls

Posted: 20 Jan 2015 02:28 AM PST

Believe it or not, North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, is actually a big fan of K-pop music. In fact, he’s so passionate about it that he hand-picked every member of the girl group 'Moranbong Band' – his country’s answer to the Spice Girls.

As a result of Kim Jong-un's endorsement, the band has been playing sell-out gigs across the country. Their first concert was so popular that the streets of Pyongyang were apparently deserted during the broadcast. Often dressed in conservatively sexy attire – with skirts cut well above the knee and hair clipped short – the Moranbong girls have received good reviews from local critics as well.

Although the band has been around for a few years, they appeared to have fallen out of favor in late 2013. But after a six-month hiatus, they were back to performing in April 2014 to rave reviews from Korean media, thus reclaiming their status as queens of North Korea's pop scene, and the darlings of primetime TV. Their comeback concert featured 'colorful numbers' such as 'O My Motherland Full of Hope', 'Our Father', and 'We Think of the Marshall Day and Night'.

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Professional Beggar Takes Credit Card Donations, Makes a Killing

Posted: 19 Jan 2015 11:58 PM PST

Damien Preston-Booth is probably the smartest, most resourceful beggar in the world. Every week, the 37-year-old from Lancashire travels all the way to London's Mayfair to accept donations from wealthy tourists – via credit card! He actually carries around a card reader to make sure he doesn't miss out on contributions from rich people who don't have cash on them.

Every Wednesday for the past five years, Booth has journeyed from his £300 a month rented apartment in Preston to London, where he pretends to be homeless, spending three days and nights sleeping rough and begging. He walks up to potential donors and tries appealing to their generosity. If they're ready to contribute, he quickly whips out his mobile card reader that transfers all payments to his PayPal account. The reader is linked via Bluetooth to his smartphone, and the donor receives a receipt for his donation.

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