11 Craziest Looks From The 2017 Met Gala

This year's Met Gala theme was avant-garde, and inspired by fashion's most conceptual designer, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons. As such, some truly out-there looks were to be expected.

1. Grace Hartzel

Model Grace Hartzel wore Dior haute couture, but the Internet more excited about her goth makeup, which is, apparently, a recreation of a Dior autumn/winter 2004 look. (Photo)

2. Cara Delevingne

Model/actress Cara Delevingne shaved her head for a film role. Like the true risk-taker that she is, the star embraced her baldness on the red carpet by painting her noggin in silver and embellishing it with Swarovski crystals. It strangely works! (Source | Photo)

3. Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy was swallowed up by this sartorial statement at the gala. The former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, daughter of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Met Gala honorary chair, 59, Kennedy wore a dressed designed by Rei Kawakubo herself. (Source)

4. Madonna

It's hard for anyone to make camo elegant, even Madonna. The 58-year-old singer stepped out in the tight dress adorned with leather sleeves, flashy gold and silver jewelry, and a green cape as she posed alongside renowned fashion designer Jeremy Scott. She even sported a silver grill. (Source)

5. Michele Lamy

Michele Lamy, muse and partner of designer Rick Owens, wore a red-and-pink Comme des Garcons dress that looked like a pile of unfinished tote bags. (Photo)

6. Rihanna

Rihanna brought it in this sculptural petal-covered dress from Comme des Garçons' 2017 couture line. How hard was it to get into? “It's actually really easy — booty shorts and you buckle some snaps,” she said. “The shoes now, took me an hour to get into." (Source | Photo)

7. Katy Perry

Katy Perry's dress, custom designed by John Galliano for Maison Margiela, is hard to decipher on a first glance, but consists of a wool coat sitting above a tulle and silk chiffon dress. She paired it with a chrome headpiece that read "witness" (the name of her new record?) and red lace veil. (Source)

8. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Former child stars and current fashion icons, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen made a rare appearance at the 2017 Met Gala. The 30-year-old twins came out of hiding for the annual soiree and did not disappoint with their strange boho-chic style. (Source)

9. Jaden Smith

Actor Jaden Smith showed up holding his—hair? The 18-year-old grinned as he flashed his blond dreadlocks on the red carpet. He later revealed that he decided to bring his hair as his date, because his sister Willow couldn't make it. (Source)

10. Pharrell Williams and Helen Lasichanh

Pharrell Williams and Helen Lasichanh started the fashion party on the red carpet with these unusual looks. The "Happy" singer came casual in ripped Comme des Garçons jeans, a studded leather jacket and a red flannel. His wife wore a Comme des Garçons look from Rei Kawakubo's Fall 2017 collection, and drew comparisons to a Teletubby and the couch from Blues Clues. (Source)

11. Solange Knowles

For the Met Gala, Solange Knowles, Beyoncé's sister, wore a head-to-toe Thom Browne coat that was unexpectedly puffy and paired with booties with ice-skate heels. (Source)

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Mystery Surrounds Treasure Trove of Gold Coins Hidden in Piano in Shropshire

The coins are 91.7% gold and would have been worth more than the price of a house at the time they were hidden in the instrument.

The hoard of gold coins was found hidden in an upright piano at a school in Shropshire

Investigators have been left scratching their heads as to why a treasure trove of gold coins was hidden in an old piano.

The collection of 913 coins, declared as treasure by a coroner on Thursday, was found hidden beneath the instrument's keyboard at a school in Shropshire as it was being retuned.

It is reported the hoard could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, though it still has to be formally valued.

Experts from the British Museum say the coins range in date from 1847 to 1915 and include 633 full sovereigns and 280 half-sovereigns.

They were found neatly stacked in several hand-stitched bags and would have been worth around £773 at the time they were hidden, well above the average house price of £619.

The collection is yet to be formally valued

The majority of the coins date from the reign of Queen Victoria and were found to be 91.7% pure gold.

At an inquest into the discovery, coroner John Ellery ruled that the gold coins were treasure but said: "We simply do not know how they came to be concealed."

An international media appeal as well as local research failed to shed any light on who put the 6kg hoard into the piano.

The instrument previously belonged to Graham and Meg Hemmings, from Saffron Walden in Essex, but they donated it to Bishop's Castle Community College in Shropshire after moving nearby in 2015.

A gold sovereign from the reign of Queen Victoria, dated 1847, was the oldest coin found

The couple had owned it for 33 years without any knowledge of its secret.

The hoard was discovered by tuning technician Martin Backhouse, 61, who initially thought the "gobsmacking" discovery was "moth repellent" before realising it was too heavy.

After slitting the stitching with his penknife, he realised there was "rather a lot of gold in this".

Both Mr Backhouse and the school could be in line for a windfall from the hoard's sale.

The collection of gold coins was found in this piano

Mr and Mrs Hemmings said they did not regret donating the piano to the school.

Mrs Hemmings said: "The sadness is, it's not a complete story. They've looked and searched for the people and they unfortunately haven't come forward.

"It's an incomplete story - but it's still an exciting story."

During the hearing, Peter Reavill, from the British Museum, said one of the packets contained an old Shredded Wheat advertising card, meaning the hoard was probably "repackaged" sometime during the Great Depression era.

SOURCE: News.sky.com

8 Awesome Twins That Became Internet Sensations

1. The Brazilian albino models who are changing the fashion industry

Lara and Mara Bawar are not your average supermodels, but their striking appearance is sending shockwaves through the fashion industry. The 11-year-old twins from São Paulo, Brazil, have albinism—a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin—but the girls have embraced their condition to the fullest.

In 2016, the twins' unique features caught the eye of Swiss photographer Vinicius Terranova. In a personal project now known as Flores Raras (“Rare Flowers”), Terranova photographed the girls—as well as their older sister, Sheila, who does not have albinism—to showcase how truly beautiful diversity can be. Lara, Mara, and Sheila have since been signed to model for Nike, Insanis, and Bazaar Kids, and they have also bagged over 70k Instagram followers. (Source)

2. The fashionable twins who took Instagram by storm

Fashionable twins Sophia and Sonia Okri are an Internet sensation. The stylish sisters were recently discovered on Instagram, and fans just can't handle the swag. Their coordinating outfits bring a whole new meaning to the term "twinning." (Source)

3. The twin marathon runners who crossed an Olympics finish line holding hands

Anna and Lisa Hahner are twins from Germany who also happen to be elite marathon runners. Both women qualified for this year's marathon final at the Rio Olympics and filled two of the three slots to represent their country at the games. They finished 81st and 82nd and crossed the finish line holding hands. Their times of 2:45:32 and 2:45:33 were about 15 minutes slower than their best, according to the BBC. (Source)

4. The hard rocking twin harpists who have millions of views on YouTube

The Harp Twins—aka, Camille and Kennerly, an identical twin, harp-playing duo—cover songs by Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Guns N' Roses. They have racked up millions of views on YouTube, and their videos are incredibly creepy yet hard to ignore—there's something bizarrely fascinating about the concept of identical twins playing harp, dancing, and looking right into your eyes. (Source 1 | Source 2)

5. The identical twins who make NSFW oil paintings

Crazy-talented L.A.-based sisters, Allie and Lexi Kaplan, also known as the Kaplan Twins, are taking the art world by storm with NSFW celebrity paintings that all started with Paris Hilton's sex tape. They also have the best sense of humor—the duo once had a project where they slept with plush toys and then sold them to followers for $333 a piece. (Source)

6. The twin soccer players who play for two different countries

Most siblings are used to heated backyard battles, but their rivalry never goes beyond the family home. The Flores twins, Monica and Sabrina, made soccer a shared passion. They practiced hard against each other while growing up, scarcely imagining that one day at the under-20 World Cup, they would be on opposite sides, with Monica representing Mexico and Sabrina the United States.

The girls started their soccer journey together and attended youth national team camps together from the age of 13. A couple of years later, things changed. Monica continued to play at a high level, joining Sabrina, the elder by 11 minutes, at Notre Dame where both studied pre-med. But when she was no longer invited to play with U.S. youth national team camps, she decided to try another route. (Source)

7. The twin hip-hop DJs who are taking the music world by storm

Sisters Brigitte and Jaimee Navarrete are on a mission—and they're only at the beginning of their journey. Everything they do is designed to set them apart from the crowd. 

Known as the hip-hop-oriented act Deux, the sisters had been DJs for a few years when they signed with SKAM Artists in 2016. Constant touring has helped build their abilities and confidence—Vegas, Miami and Denver are among their favorite cities to visit and play—and now they are making plans to build a full-fledged, musical brand.
(Source)

8. The sexy twin models from New York who are on the rising stars in the modeling world

Shannade and Shannon Clermont are identical twins, collectively known as the Clermont Twins. The sisters were the stars of Bad Girls Club Season 14. They also starred in Future's video “Real Sisters" and were shot by photographer Terry Richardson. The 21-year-old sisters from New York City are quickly becoming a smokin' hot modeling duo, and hopefully, we'll be seeing more and more of them. (Source)
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Women Keep Giving Birth After Eating This Legendary Pizza

If you're pregnant and feel like it's about time you gave birth, pop over to Hawthorne's and have 'The Inducer'.

The somewhat scarily nicknamed pizza has a growing reputation for sending expectant women into labour.

It's long been acknowledged that spicy food is associated with helping overdue mums give birth. Many have traditionally opted for a curry.

But The Inducer, a Buffalo Wing Pizza sold at Hawthorne's New York Pizza and Bar in Charlotte, North Carolina, is quickly gaining status for being hugely effective.

The pizza is on the restaurant's special menu. It features "medium-hot Buffalo sauce with chicken and mozzarella cheese". So don't tell an Italian if you're going to have one. Chicken being one of Italy's Culinary Sins, of course.

Pregnancy pizza

via Instagram

According to locals, the dish has sent multiple women into labour. Charlotte Five spoke to three women who claim they all gave birth after tucking in. Or even during.

The most recent is Henley Schmiedel. She was "just done with her pregnancy," so her girlfriends urged her to try The Inducer. She did, and, within hours, she was rushing to hospital. Henley's story has somewhat cemented the pizza in pregnancy folklore.

The pizza saw its first glimmer of a wider trend with Ali Aldrich, who gave birth after dining at Hawthorne's in 2010. Then came Kristin Kogan, who said that her waters broke after just a slice.

Word is spreading

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Restaurant owner Michael Adams said: “I think it’s amazing. When the first person posted that our Buffalo Wing Pizza induced their labour, several new mums followed up to say the same thing.

"I bet my wife wished she had known about the inducing pizza when she had our two kids at 9lbs plus.”

The NHS says that there are no scientifically proven ways of triggering labour. But there's no harm in ordering a spicy pizza.
SOURCE: Mirror.co.uk

Blanket of Spiderwebs Covers Entire Field

Visitors to a New Zealand park recently found the grass blanketed not by flowers, but by silk webs produced by what appeared to be thousands of tiny spiders.

A transparent layer of spider webs covers the grass in a New Zealand park. | Credit: Tracey Maris/Storyful

Park-goer Tracey Maris noticed something unusual about the scene on April 16 and captured video footage of the gently rolling silk waves. The web blanket was approximately 98 feet (30 meters) long and as wide as 7 to 10 feet (2 to 3 m), The New Zealand Herald reported. Webs covered ground near a soccer field at the Gordon Spratt Reserve in suburban Papamoa, near the Bay of Plenty on New Zealand's eastern coast, the newspaper said.

Initially, Maris thought the silk nets were unoccupied, she said. But as she and her family explored the webs' outer perimeter, they noticed that there were "little black things on top" — spiders, numbering in the thousands, Maris told The NZ Herald. "So, as you do, we screamed really loudly," she said.

Maris spotted the webs on a newly made tsunami evacuation mound, she told the news agency Storyful. "There was a bright glistening coming from the top of the mound. It looked almost like the hill was sparkling," Maris said. The elevated mound may have attracted spiders seeking higher ground after recent flooding from Cyclone Cook earlier that week, Maris told Storyful.

It is very likely that the field's silky cover is made of sheet webs, spun by members of the sheet web spider family, Thomas Scheibel, head of the Department for Biomaterials at the University of Bayreuth in Germany, told Live Science in an email.

Scheibel, who studies biomaterials like spider webs, explained that sheet webs are made up of not just one type of spider silk, "but typically several silks with different properties."

New Zealand hosts a variety of sheet web spider species, the largest of which is Cambridgea foliata. While the smallest sheet web spiders measure just a few centimeters across, C. foliata's leg span is "palm-sized," and it produces a web that can measure over 3 feet (1 m) across, according to a species description shared by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

"But it is impossible to tell which spider made the webs in the video," Scheibel told Live Science. "However, it is likely that all webs in the video are made by the same species — although probably several thousands of individuals." 

But even the efforts of several thousand spiders can last for only so long. Their work was partly destroyed by a dog that ran across the field shortly after Maris shot her video, and a thunderstorm wiped away what was left; when she returned to the park the next day, no sign of the web remained, Maris told Storyful.

"For me, it was being at the right place at the right time yesterday to see a phenomenon which is rarely seen," she said.  
SOURCE: Livescience

Heroes Rescue Driver Survives Truck Dangling Off Highway Bridge

A heart-pounding rescue was captured on video last week when a truck was teetering over the edge of a highway near the Surrey/Delta border in Vancouver. 

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According to the Vancouver Sun, Delta police say the incident occurred in the westbound lanes of Highway 17 on Thursday afternoon, although how and why the truck went through the barrier and over the edge is still under investigation. 

Sharlene Brooks of the Delta police said fire crews managed to get the driver out of the truck. “They just needed to make sure the vehicle was somewhat secure in order to get him out of the driver’s seat. He was the only occupant of the vehicle, which is again, very fortunate,” said Brooks. “We tried to call him but his phone was on the floor of the passenger side and he wasn’t moving.” 

Apparently, a toolbox fastened to the undercarriage of the truck is credited for stabilizing the truck on the barrier and preventing it from tumbling over the ledge. The unnamed driver works for Canadian Slab Distributors, whose human resources manager says the driver spent 30 intense minutes stuck in the truck. 

“He was sitting really still. He was so scared he was going to go over. It’s a good thing for that toolbox,” Jennifer Zandvliet told the Vancouver Sun. Zandvliet only learned of the accident after seeing pictures of the truck on news websites. “I zoomed in on the logo and it was our truck,” she said. “We tried to call him but his phone was on the floor of the passenger side and he wasn’t moving. I am just so happy he is safe.”

The driver was extracted from the vehicle, although he was taken to the hospital suffering serious injuries. According to reports, he is now at home resting. 

SOURCE: Lifedaily

Another Jaw-Dropping ‘Floating City’ Has Appeared over China

Another bizarre ‘floating city’ has apparently been filmed in the sky above baffled onlookers in China, in a video that has gone viral since. Optical illusion? Hoax? Or something entirely different we can’t explain?

Yet another video has appeared on social netwokrs showing what appears to be a floating city hovering in an overcast sky, as baffled onlookers were left shoked by massive strcutures that appared above the sky.

The video—which has gone viral—has been interpreted by many users as another example of floating cities. The video was filmed above Jieyang, in the Guangdong province in China.

Sadly, no other footage of the event has appeared, leaving many to question the veracity of the filming. Is this just another hoax?

Here’s the video:

Interestingly, this is the third time people have managed to record what appears to be a floating city above China. In early 2017, people in Yeuyang were left shocked after a similar phenomenon appeared in the sky.

In 2016, another set of images and video recordings surfaced on the internet showing another mysterious ‘floating city’ filmed above the clouds in Dalian in northeast China’s Liaoning Province.

In 2015, another ‘floating city’ was recorded over the city of Jiangxi, as an eerie cluster of buildings appeared just above the sky.

The Jiangxi ‘incident’ however, was explained by experts who concluded that the phenomena to be a natural mirage, an optical illusion called Fata Morgana.

Also in 2015, a floating city created confusion among residents of Foshan, as people watched in amazement a giant city appearing out of nowhere. According to media reports, thousands of people stood still, watching the ‘ghostly city’ in what has been the second apparition of a ‘flying city’ in China. The mysterious ‘city’ was reported to have giant skyscrapers and other smaller buildings which are ‘clearly’ visible in the image according to social network users.

A video from the 2015 sighting:

But not only have videos of floating cities been recorded over China, interestingly, similar events were also recorded around the world.

In 2011, hundreds of people from the small border town of Dulali in Darazo, Nigeria, claimed to have seen a huge ‘flying city in the sky’. “The giant floating city” appeared out of nowhere, the entire city was surrounded by a thin cloud, it flew very close to the ground, through these “clouds” witnesses claimed to have seen beautiful large buildings, towers and the sound of machines originating from the city. According to local reports, 10-year-old Ibrahim could not believe what he was seeing.

When reporters from the Nigerian national newspaper asked local residents about their opinion what they had seen, they said that it was the work of God, because of their religious beliefs. The Imam of the village, Mallam Shehu Liman, confirmed the sighting, though he attributed it to “Allah” and the “Djinn”, a reference to the spirits in the Islamic and Arab folklore. “We believe that perhaps God used those sightings for us to open our eyes and see how the Djinn live in their own world,” said Liman.

Reports of mysterious structures appearing in the sky have been reported since ancient times. Many of us are familiar with stories about strange creatures that appear out of nowhere, mysterious creatures coming out of giant crafts, flames, spheres, etc… These mythological “ships” were known in ancient India as the Vimana, mythological flying palaces or chariots described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics.

While most of these videos are ‘incredible’—what’s cooler than seeing a floating city?—it appears the explanation is actually much simpler than a ‘Massive alien city appearing from another dimension’.

What people saw most likely is a rare type of mirage called Fata Morgana—an optical illusion caused by specific weather conditions bending light rays.

As explained by Wired, a Fata Morgana occurs when the Sun heats up a layer of the atmosphere but the layer of air below it remains cool. When different layers of the atmosphere are different temperatures, a temperature gradient is generated. These different temperatures also mean differing densities between the layers.

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A BIZARRE floating “alien city” appeared in the sky above baffled onlookers in a mind-boggling video going viral.

'Alien-Like' Hercules Beetle Wriggles While Inside Pupa Before It Prepares to Emerge as Fully Grown Insect

"Like something right out of Aliens" - the footage is remarkable and shows someone holding the huge creature while it wriggles"

A Hercules beetle was captured on camera moving and squirming inside its pupa as it prepares to emerge as a fully grown insect.

The Hercules Beetle is in the pupa stage (Photo: Facebook/Hirofumi Kawano)

Described as "like something right out of Aliens" the creature can be seen moving around in the bizarre footage, as it prepares to break free.

Hercules beetles are a form of rhinoceros beetle that can reach more than 17cm long. They transform larvae to a pupa stage - as seen in the video - before they moult and the beetle emerges as an adult.

The footage was shared online by Ziya Tong, the host of a TV nature programme in Canada called Daily Planet.

It squirms around in the bizarre footage (Photo: Facebook/Hirofumi Kawano)

Ziya added the caption: "Woah. This is the pupa of a Hercules beetle.

"Like something right out of Aliens.

"And...it moves!"

Ziya, also shared a blog post from a writer who said the Hercules beetle was one of her favourite creatures.

The Epic Creature of the Month blog says: "The lifecycle of the Hercules beetle is not unusual for an insect but is longer than most.

"Once hatched from its egg, the larva spends up to two years tunneling/eating rotting wood; the larva looks like a large white caterpillar.

"Once they have stored enough energy they will turn into a hard shell and morph into the beetle, when the beetle is ready to come out they will moult (shed) their shell and emerge an adult.

"As adults they will roam the forest floor for decaying fruit, mate and fight; that's not a bad life if you ask me.

Hercules beetles are related to rhinoceros beetles (Photo: Facebook/Hirofumi Kawano)

"With its size, horns, strength, special body slam and longevity no wonder it is so famous.

"These same reasons are why I am deeming this creature epic!"

SOURCE: Mirror.co.uk