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Text tattoos are really prone to errors. This Chi-Tonw tattoo is just one of the many misspelled tattoo where the tattoo artist was sue for negligence. The tattoo artist name Sam Hacker claimed that Michael Duplessis, the customer, knew that it was Chi-Tonw and not Chi-Town that was being tattooed on him. To which Duplessis denied.

“I was looking at each letter like an individual work of art, not at the spelling,” he said. “I guess he wasn’t either. I showed him the drawing, he said it was perfect. Then he paid me. I stenciled it onto him, he checked it in the mirror and he said, `Let’s do it.’.”

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This amazing 3D sidewalk arts are all creation by Julian Beeve. He is nicknamed Pavement Picasso because of this amazing sidewalk drawing that looks like real. He has been drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s.

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A green crucified frog sculpture is still in display in a Italian museum despite being criticized by different religious groups, even the Pope who denounced the sculpture.

The 3-foot-tall sculpture which is an ironic self-portrait and an expression of his angst is made by German artist Martin Kippenberge who died in 1997 at 43.

It "has offended the religious feelings of many people who consider the cross a symbol of God's love and of our redemption," Pahl quoted the pope as writing in the letter.

Pahl himself has long opposed the display of "Zuerst die Fuesse" ("First the Feet" in German), even staging a hunger strike this summer and saying he would not seek re-election unless it was removed.

The museum then moved the statue out of its foyer and into a less trafficked area on the third floor.

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Daryl, a.k.a. the Human Railroad, has amazing railroad tattoos in his body. He has spent 200 hours getting his tattoo which very intricate yet detailed with tracks, switches and tunnels.

Picture has been removed following the photographer's request. Please click the link below to see the of the "The Human Railroad".

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A perfect V12 engine made by Yee Job is made entirely from paper. He spent two year building it using the Japanese art Origami. This 63cm model, weighing just 1.5kg, has moveable parts which includes a crankshaft, a cooling fan, 12 rods and 12 pistons has 1978 individual pieces. If you want to build your own Origami V12, you can buy his for £80.

Traditional Origami only uses a small number of different folds, which can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs.

But Yee, from Montreal, Canada, says it is right to call his model Origami, adding: "The Origami-style interior structure is applied everywhere in the engine.

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This amazing photo-realistic human sculptures, except for it's sizes, are all made by Ron Mueck (born 1958), an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain.

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A 385 years lld gold combined toothpick and earwax Spoon was found from shipwrecked Spanish galleon, Santa Margarita, off the Florida Keys. The galleon sank in a 1622 hurricane. Divers also recovered ceramic pieces, spikes, ships' fittings, rigging elements and two skeleton keys.

The late 16th or early 17th century grooming tool, which weighs only about an ounce, was located by Blue Water Ventures diver Chris Rackley as he searched the area about 22 feet below the surface and 40 miles west of Key West. He says its value could exceed $100,000.

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An ancient Persian gold cup relic which served as childhood toy of John Webber is expected to fetch some 500,000 pounds. This ancient relic, which was made hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus Christ, stayed in a shoe box under his bed for years. His grandfather give the 5.5 inch high mug to him when he was a child back in 1945.

Experts said the method of manufacture and the composition of the gold was "consistent with Achaemenid gold and gold smithing" dating back to the third or fourth century BC.

The Achaemenid empire, the first of the Persian empires to rule over significant portions of Greater Iran, was wiped out by Alexander the Great in 330 BC.

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You think money is only for buying? Try money origami and see some cool things you can do with your money.

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This extraordinary picture of Chinese artist Li Wei is a self-portrait which creates an illusion of him sometimes dangling in a skyscraper. This collection of photos of him free falling from tall buildings sell up to $8,000.

Chinese artist Li Wei has produced an unsettling series of self-portraits involving his face reflected in mirrors in public places, and photographs of himself crashing into walls and sidewalks. His work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality.

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Look at this picture? Do you see lovers in intimate position? Well, children don't see that, they see something else - nine dolphins, according to research.

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