The deified residents of the Temple of Pythons, when released to find food, sometimes slither across the road into a Catholic church that once hosted Pope Benedict XVI. The local priest, the snake handlers say, is always good enough to call or bring the gorging reptiles back to their own spiritual home. This is life in Ouidah, a mecca of spirits and gods worshipped by practitioners of Voodoo, a recognized religion in this former French colony in West Africa that is home to 9 million people. The religion has its own pope -- or two, depending on who you ask -- whose reign dates back to the 1400s and can be seen about town in his SUV. This past Thursday, local banks and the post office closed as the town celebrated its annual Voodoo Festival, an event increasingly drawing curious foreigners. With its mix of beliefs and traditions, the Voodoo practiced here shows both a clash of cultures and the ability for ancient traditional beliefs to adapt to modern life. Jean Zossoujbo, a guide at the Temple of Pythons, shows a python to a visitor to the temple in Ouidah, Benin, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Right: A Voodoo worshiper dances during the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah, Benin, on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.

Born in Africa to French wildlife photographer parents, Tippi Degré had a most unusual childhood. The young girl grew up in the African desert and developed an uncommon bond with many untamed animals including a 28-year old African elephant named Abu, a leopard nicknamed J&B, lion cubs, giraffes, an Ostrich, a mongoose, crocodiles, a baby zebra, a cheetah, giant bullfrogs, and even a snake. Africa was her home for many years and Tippi became friends with the ferocious animals and tribespeople of Namibia. As a young child, the French girl said, “I don’t have friends here. Because I never see children. So the animals are my friends."

A woman who suffered from a rare condition which made her grow into a 6ft 11ins giant has died suddenly at the age of 34. Tanya Angus, from Las Vegas, spent the last 12 years trying to find a cure for her acromegaly, which meant she couldn't stop growing. Until the age of 21, Tanya was just 5ft 8ins tall and weighed 130lbs. She rode horses, went dancing and had a boyfriend.

Photos of live sex webcam girls off duty. Most of them look kind of sad.

Surely everyone wants to be in a cozy place where it is peace and quiet, and you can hear only the noise of seagulls and waves. And in the evening it is cool to go to a local restaurant for a wine tasting. Have a look at these cozy toamns of Italia and pick your favourite.

A middle school biology teacher who was fired after students discovered she had starred in porn films has lost her bid to return to the classroom. Stacie Halas, 32, was sacked from Haydock Intermediate School in Oxnard, California, after students downloaded clips onto their smartphones of her appearing in films such as 'Big Sausage Pizza' and presented them to school officials. Halas, who appeared in the films under the name Tiffany Six, was fired from her job as a science teacher after the video surfaced in March but had hoped to make a return to the classroom. Be careful at work. Only 18+.

Puctures in this compilation are just ridiculously hilarious...)

A selection of the most hilarious WTF signs from around the world...

Amblypygi is an order of invertebrate animals belonging to the class Arachnida, in the subphylum Chelicerata of the phylum Arthropoda. They form a separate order of arachnids alongside the spiders, scorpions and others. Native to New Zealand and Australasia. Amblypygids are also known as whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions (not to be confused with whip scorpions that belong to the Arachnid order Thelyphonida). The name "amblypygid" means "blunt rump", a reference to a lack of the telson ("tail") carried by related species. Despite an offputting appearance, they are harmless to humans.

A comilation of the most inetersting pictures, taken by Google Street View Van. These are the most scandalous pictures.

The Japanese invented a special exerciser for women, which is very necessary for the most important part of the female body. Do you know, what it is?

A fresh compilation of hilarious demotivator posters for you... Enjoy!)

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Good things come in small packages, but great things come in huge packages.

People's faces get seriously messed up. Fourteen ads.

Because sometimes you just don't want to say it to their face.

You know you want to pick up a Lurlene McDaniel book about high schoolers dealing with their mortality, but which one do you chose?

The cuteness scale, put to the test.

Lately, we've been featuring a lot of posts centered around pet photography but who didn't feel a sudden burst of energy after seeing Serenah's awesome photo of a super-dachshund and who didn't crack a smile after looking at Ben Torode's cute photo of a musically-inclined kitten?

Using her own resin and non-toxic phosphorescence concoction, artist Miya Ando has coated 1,000 leaves and set them afloat in a pond in Puerto Rico. We've seen bioluminescent bodies of water radiating a brilliant sapphire hue against the night sky in the past, but Ando takes this natural occurrence and manually transfers the luminous beauty of bioluminescence in her public art project titled Obon [Puerto Rico]. During the day, the leaves' layered skin absorbs sunlight energy, which translates at night into a gorgeous path of drifting blue lights.

In this series entitled Nuées (Clouds), French photographer and visual artist Laurent Millet took the clouds right out of the sky and put them on display in glass boxes—or so it appears. Using perspective and a creative mind, the artist photographed his own hand, holding up three dimensional glass boxes that appear to contain the fluffy white puffs.

Surreal Streets is a series by French photographer Julie de Waroquier that explores the way the modern dreamer's private aspirations merge with the unforgiving reality of public streets. Anonymity becomes more and more a distant part of history with each passing day as people are expected to share themselves and their goals on public grounds. The photographer says, "In our society, our private and personal identities are built in public spaces, especially in the streets, theatres of our lives… I [want] to show how someone can build his/her inner identity in a world in which almost everything is public."

Most people rarely ever think about the laborers who put hours of work into making items that are so readily found in bulk, but photographer Michael Wolf offers some insight into the reality of where toys are made in his series titled The Real Toy Story. The project gives a whole new perspective to those dolls and action figures consumers purchase at any given store by revealing the countless Chinese factory workers slaving away in stuffy environments to construct piles of plastic toys.

Located about 4 hours northwest of Toronto, Canada, eco-friendly five-star resort E’terra Samara invites you to "escape the city lights for starry nights in the magical crispness of the Bruce Peninsula." The already inviting Canadian travel destination will soon add a series of 12 environmentally-friendly treehouse villas that will provide visitors with extreme luxury in the form of a futuristic design. The concept, developed by Farrow Partnership Architects, is designed to blend naturally into the surrounding land and to overlook the Georgian Bay.

Korean photographer Ahn Jun's Self-Portrait project features the dainty photographer on the ledge of some dangerously imposing buildings. We've seen our fair share of daredevils dangling off the ledge of towering structures, but there's something darker about Ahn's photography. The series appears to be a reflection of urban life from the somber perspective of an isolated girl amidst a jungle of concrete buildings.

Which one's the best?!

Has 4 kids and attributes her large hips to childbirth. She is now a model for big people. I'm not sure about this.... maybe lay off the cupcakes for a while?

Anna Kendrick is perhaps the most good looking and hilarious person on twitter right now. Need proof? Here it is!

Kids! Remember to use proper safety when using chainsaws! Wait a second....kids! Don't use chainsaws! As Eric Cartman would say, "how do I teach these kids to cheat?" They are complex creatures, these kids. Be careful with them.

Cuteness overload! These animals will be your best friends forever, as long as you feed them, maintain them, clean up after them... Regardless! Super cute!

China isn't even trying to make these look real anymore. Well, I guess that's what you get for shopping at the dollar store.

Imagine the best utopia ever. What would it look like? Perhaps something like this?