No, it’s not ‘Old Greg’, though there is a bit of a resemblance. Meet Dade, a man from Indonesia. Believe it or not, the bark-like extensions consuming his body are actually warts. A form of HPV coupled with an immune deficiency has resulted in “cutaneous horns” on his hands and feet.
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hypertrichosis: a medical condition that causes excessive hair growth in places where hair is not normally expected to grow. In some cases the hair grows in one or more localized areas. In severe cases, the hair can cover the entire body.
This is Fedor Jeftichew at 14 years of age, also known as Jo-Jo the Dog Faced Boy. He was a well known feature in the Barnum & Bailey circus in the early 1800s.
This is Larry Romas Gomez, also known as Wolfboy. Much like Jo-Jo, he and his brother are circus performers. Additionally, he has been featured on the Maury Povich show, Ripley’s Believe It or Not and in a low budget film called Freakshow.
COMING SOON:
more bizarre disorders
no, really. i have a collection of them.
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“A giant plant which is named for its phallic shape and smells like a rotting corpse has begun to bloom in the Netherlands for the first time since it was planted 11 years ago”
“[The plant] will produce a burgundy red blossom with a giant phallic shape jutting out of it and a pungent fragrance designed to attract beetles to aid pollination”
11 years ago? Goddamn!
…and when have you ever heard the odor of a ‘rotting corpse’ described as a ‘pungent fragrance’? Oh, the Dutch.
In case you’re wondering what this penis plant looks like, as I was, here are some pictures that I found on good ol google image:
(please note the size of the man in comparison to the size of the plant)
…and here it is fully errect.
Or ‘in bloom’, in a more technical sense.
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“We don’t define what bathing suits men should wear so it doesn’t make much sense to do it for women. And besides, it’s not unusual for men to have large breasts that resemble women’s breasts,” he said.
I swear I’ve been arguing that point for years.
I’m, not so secretly, jealous that Sweedish boobies have the right to decide; the right to decide against tan lines! I wish I could enjoy such a freedom.
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“An emergency call for firefighters to respond to a traffic crash ended in a cautionary tale for everyone…when the firefighters got a second call to put out a fire — back at their own station house…”
“It’s not unusual for firefighters to have their cooking interrupted by emergency calls. But after the fire at the Waipahu station…a reminder was issued to all O’ahu fire stations to make sure that firefighters turn off cooking equipment when responding to emergencies”
YOU’RE FIRED!
… no really. Were it up to me, someone would be out of a job.
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