If some of you live in an apartment and have a balcony that serves as a storeroom, you can reconsider this option. The guy, whose balcony you’ll see in the pictures, completely reorganized his balcony and transformed it into something… useful. But some work was needed :)
 

Need to pass a test? There are at least two easy ways how you can cheat and not be caught. The detailed instruction is right after the jump.

Sailors are trained to… fall down into water from a height of 10-20 meters. Their “flight” is performed while they are in the boat. Such trainings were used to be organized once a year, but now sailors “fly” every three months. Falling down trainings should help people to survive on a steamer or ship in case of a real tragedy. I can imagine how brave and courageous you have to be to become a sailor. I feel that I won’t be able to fall down in a boat on purpose!

“I promise myself…” These great quotes by Christian D. Larson and these great photos made my day!

Being a newspaper photographer for over 20 years, Marcia Rules made a lot of great pictures of scenes that most people would never witness. Enjoy wonderful black and white photos after the jump.
 

This series of photos by Richard Renaldi is based on a rather simple premise. He meets two people on the street who are strangers to him as well as to each other and asks them to pose for a picture with the stipulation that they must touch each other in some fashion. Hence the name of the series: Touching Strangers.

Zombie is a popular character that can be found in books, movies, shoe and clothes design, games, etc. These artworks might inspire you to involve zombies into your life :)

Before Mayor Guiliani turned Times Square into a family friendly location it was known for violence, drugs and porn. It was a very dangerous place but at the same time exciting. These photos remind us of what it was like back in those days.

Animals, people, plants – anything is a subject to topiary. This art of creating sculptures in the medium of clipped shrubbery and trees is unbelievable. If only I could have a topiary sculpture in my garden, I’d be the happiest person on earth!

These chopper concepts are designed by Mikhail Smolyanov known as Solif in Russia. What can I say, all works seem pretty unique and original, and so they might find enthusiasts who would help to turn these concepts into real choppers.

Partial color can truly add some mystery to common black and white photos making them look amazing and interesting.

Everybody can easily create picture collages using free software, but the question is how good your work will be? Inside this post, you will see hilarious and often amateur social network photo collages and photo manipulations.

Common things can be easily changed and impress you when you look at them from a new angle. Enjoy!

Yes, you got this right.
This man’s name is Conrad Zdzierak, 30, who disguised as a black man and in only 3 hours could rob 5 banks and a drug store. So, right after the robberies, the police couldn’t even suspect the man as they were looking for a black man.
The bank employees didn’t even know that they were fooled. As a sophisticated disguise, Zdzierak used a “Hollywood-style rubber special effects mask and gloves that made him look like a black man.”

Earth Day is celebrated annually since 1970 in order to remind people how we affect this world and how our planet affects and sustains us. Great “Earth Day” photos are after the jump.

There is a way to hide your butt crack when you are wearing low-rise jeans. You can use this nice looking butterfly patch :)

This dangerous arsenal of weapons was confiscated from Italian football fans who attended the famous Rome Derby between the two major Rome teams, Lasio and Roma.

When parents in China can’t afford child care, they leave their kids on work or on the streets tied up… Very sad photos.

Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull’s volcano continued to spew ash all over Europe, it should remind all of us of the wrath that Mother Nature can wreak. As the volcano continued to rumble and hurl ash skyward it also brought us some beautiful scenery as these photos prove. Although the volcano shut down airports all over Europe, it also made for some gorgeous and interesting photography.

Previous post about the unpronounceable Icelandic volcano:

The Volcano That Stopped the Whole World