Tacky Twinning

Tired of being pitted against each other, two sisters decided to undergo multiple surgeries, only to realise, they have different beauty ideals

Twin sisters Chie and Chika Yoshikawa, in their mid 30s are famous in their home country of Japan for turning to plastic surgery repeatedly to attain their desired looks. The duo looked very different from each other about 10 years ago. They have spent around 40 million yen (R22,616,347) in cosmetic procedures, ranging from filler injections and face lifts to multiple nose jobs and double eyelid surgery.

Despite putting up with pain and long-term recovery, the shape of their eyes, their nose, and even their faces are still noticeably different. Nonetheless, the sisters have no regrets for their obsession with changing appearances and have embraced their roles as plastic surgery ambassadors.

It all started because the sisters would be pitted against each other, something that they both hated and thus decided to undergo a series of same procedures to look like each other. However, when they realised that they had different beauty ideals, they went for different surgeries. Now after many surgeries, they claim that they understand that beauty standards are ever-changing and they don’t always have to follow them to feel good about themselves.

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Time to turn your old gadgets into an artwork

While being glued to gadgets, have you also become attached to it? Fret not, you can turn those outdated devices into artworks! Lin Xi, a young woman from China has “gadget funerals”, which allows you to preserve those devices. Gadget funeral is an art of dismantling and mounting gadgets where components are rearranged onto framed canvases as a form of “cyber aesthetics”. You can hang those frames and admire it forever. After Xi posted her work on social media, she received over 200 orders, in a short span. Most of the orders comprised a Nokia 3650, a rare Vertu phone worth 200,000 yuan, watches and playstations.

How many are too many lenses

California-based ophthalmologist Katerina Kurteeva shocked the neitizens by posting a video of extracting 23 contact lenses from an elderly woman’s eyes. Kurteeva said that she had forgotten lenses for months, or even years. The viral video left millions wondering how anyone could forget that many lenses in their eyes.

Khud hi bol bacchan

A 23-year-old man, who never dated in his life, advertised himself on a billboard to find a girlfriend. Ed Chapman claims to have spent his young and adult life trying date conventionally, but had no success. He claims to have been overwhelmed by the number of messages from potential girlfriends since then.

Love in space

A Japanese woman tried to help a “Russian astronaut”, she met online, return to the Earth by paying 4.4 million yen (Rs 24,65,877). The 65-year-old, woman reportedly became enamoured with the “astronaut” when he declared his love and promised to shift to Japan,  but couldn’t afford to come back to Earth from space.

There’s a new kind of nut allergy

Almost 60 men so far have got an “allergic” reaction to their own orgasm and there could be more, said a recent study published in Urology Case Reports. Researchers believe the reaction could be a result of an allergic or autoimmune response to the sperm. The symptoms include muscle weakness, sneezing, fever, or issues with speech, concentration and memory.

Having backache? Crawl like a crocodile

Videos have gone viral of people in China going down on all four, crawling like crocodiles to get rid of their back pain. These videos, shot in cities like Xiangshan and Changsha, show a long queue of people wearing industrial gloves to protect their hands as they crawl. The movement is supposed to strengthen back muscles if practised regularly.

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