Archive for September, 2009

8 Mind-Boggling Optical Illusions

If you’ve ever felt like you go a little cross-eyed after taking a peek at an optical illusion, then you know they can be a pretty intense phenomenon. What your eyes perceive when looking at one of these images is actually a visual illusion; you see the image as something different than what it is [...]

Iwasaki travels across 37 countries on $2

Man travels for eight years
Rides bicycle across 37 countries
Left his home in Japan with $2

A TOURIST has spent eight years travelling across 37 countries with the equivalent of $2, relying on his bicycle for transport.
Keiichi Iwasaki, 36, left his Japanese home in 2001 with just 160 Yen ($2) in his pocket after becoming bored with [...]