A list of intriguing things
One: Hidreley Diao uses AI image processing software to create photorealistic portraits of everyone from Disney characters to kids of fictional couples (example: Monica + Chandler) and modern representations of historical figures—which is our favourite. For example: This modern-day Henry VIII:
Two: Remember the whole ‘blue vs gold dress’ insanity? The latest version involves not colours but digits… what number do you see? (Express UK)
Three: Libya held its first-ever beauty pageant for… chickens. Reuters filed a suitably entertaining video report.
Four: The New Lucky restaurant in Ahmedabad boasts a peculiar attraction. It’s built on an old cemetery—and you can dine alongside burial plots, likely of Muslim followers of a 16th century Sufi saint. In case you’re concerned about defiling the dead:
“The displayed graves in the restaurant are not meant to be disrespectful or overtly morbid either. In fact, Kutti claims that eating in the presence of the dead is good luck, or at least it has been for him as his business has flourished as a popular local hangout for more than a decade. Each morning the graves are cleaned and fresh flowers are placed near them out of respect.”