Everything you ever wanted to know about primitive head hunting tribes and the practice of shrinking heads. Includes a section on how to tell if your shrunken head is real or a cheap knock-off. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

From pebbles, to biro, to carpet. Each material is yet another way for Levi van Veluw to use on his skull which acts as a canvas.

The Dutch artist, posing in the same position, has managed to turn his head into a mini forest and a snowscape.

Other eye-catching pieces see him covering his face and shoulders in ink patterns, tree bark and hair. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

One doctor thought the bleeding, strange bumps on Aaron Dallas' head might have been a gnat bite. A specialist thought it was shingles. Then the bumps started to move. It turns out five bot fly larvae were living on Dallas' head, near the top of his skull. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

First, researchers grew enough fungus to give dandruff to 10 million people. Next, they sequenced its genes. Then they found out that not only does an icky fungus live on your head and cause dandruff - but it could be having sex. On your head. Right now. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Beard Head beard caps will protect your head from the cold and keep your upper lip and chin toasty warm, much like a real beard would!

For those of us not manly enough to grow a beard or the female Plimers picked by DoggyLives 9 months ago

A doctor has offered money for parents to check their child's head for lice and then give the lice to him. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

An Auckland woman wants answers after finding what looks to be a shrunken mouse's head in a packet of fozen food. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

This happens to me at least once a month. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink picked by suebe 7 months ago

Besides the head and body switching, some necks were stretched, one girl's arm was missing, and another girl's head was placed on what appeared to be a nude body, with the chest blurred. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Can a head live without a body? The answer should be simple: yes, but only for a little while. Scientists say that the brain continues to function for about two minutes after the heart stops. But can a lopped off head continue to survive after being completely severed from the body?
*classic interwebs* picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

This concept for a combination shower head/ MP3 player definitely falls under the unnecessary gadgets category, but that doesn't make it any less cool or imaginiative. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Workers at an Arizona cryonics facility allegedly mutilated the frozen head of baseball legend Ted Williams - even using it for a bizarre batting practice picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Archaeologists have unearthed a hoard of ancient Roman treasures, including a marble head of the Roman emperor Titus, during an excavation outside the southern Italian city of Naples. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

It may only be small. But, as the picture shows, what this grass snake lacks in size it more than makes up for in ambition. It has taken to eating goldfish more than ten times the size of his head after discovering them in Valerie and Raymond Bell's pond. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The head of an Ashanti king who was decapitated in the 1830 is being sent back by the Dutch government for a proper burial picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

A Chinese builder has miraculously survived after being speared through the head by a steel rod that plunged three inches into his skull.

Xu Jianguo, 35, was working on a building site in Chongqing City when the bar fell from the ninth floor and struck him. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A man has survived after being stabbed by his father in the head with a five-inch knife. Thirty-eight-year-old dad Wen Wen walked into a hospital casualty room in Xi'an, central China, with the entire blade buried in his head and just the handle sticking out. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Head of the north! picked by topofall 8 months ago

Did Soviet scientists in the the 40's manage to keep a dog's decapitated head alive and well? Did they graft one dog's head onto another's body to create a frankensteinian version of Cerberus?
Yes - these were early trials in life support technology, and you can watch the vintage film of the experiments online (not for the easily squicked). picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago