Odd News: Corpses, pushups, avant-garde art and husband beaters

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  • Chongqing recently held an art event where a professor at the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts got four volunteers to paint on the "canvas" of five beautiful women wrapped in cloths. Some of the men were embarrassed. The professor in charge denied that this event had anything to do with the release of his new book and the subsequent book signing.
  • This kid from Guangxi, all of 6 years old, can do over 30 pushups in slightly more than 10 seconds. If that doesn't impress you, then consider the fact that he can do more than 10,000 pushups in a little more than three hours. After failing to break the world record last year because of what his dad called a failure to perform under pressure, the kid is set on breaking the world record this year.
  • This one is a bit graphic and contains scenes of wanton violence. This 38-year-old man was allegedly tortured by his wife. We're not talking S&M gone wrong here -- this guy was chained like dog and imprisoned in his house while his wife poured scalding water on his head, lit firecrackers near his eyes, and then poured salt, vinegar, and various other materials into his eyes. She would also occasionally starve him or threaten to stab him with a fruit knife if he tried to escape. She even once paraded him down the street, handcuffed. As of now, they are still married.
  • This Dalian factory specializes in corpses -- they clean them up, preserve them, and for some reason, have them posed in strange positions, e.g. sitting, like "The Thinker", or mid-stride, as if running. Many of the people that left comments think this is either sick or fake. See for yourself.

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