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The game featured in the light novels and anime Sword Art Online is becoming a VR reality, and the developers are looking for 208 people brave enough to test it. I don't know about you, but I'm not willing to get trapped inside the game.

Dankedainingu restaurant in Nagoya, Japan is probably the only place in the world to get an awesome Dragon Ball hot pot meal. The balls themselves are made of gelatin and little carrot stars, and are pretty much the coolest looking thing I've ever seen.


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Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki has announced plans to build a 2.5 acre nature park for children in Japan. The park, "The Forest Where the Wind Returns," will create a space for visitors to experience nature with all five senses. 

Miyazaki is personally funding the $2.5 million project, which will be built using local resources and labor. "The Forest Where the Wind Returns" is expected to open in 2018. With any luck, it'll be filled with forest spirits to visit.

A real life version of the Krusty Krab, the iconic fast food restaurant is set to open up in Ramallah, on the West Bank in Palestine. The restaurant has been designed to be an exact replica of Mr Krabs' establishment in Bikini Bottom, from the fixtures outside the building to the Krabby Patty burgers on the menu.

Here are more photos of the establishment under construction:

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A father an son have made a business out of creating these giant Transformers out of scrap metal and spare car parts.  The first took three years to make in an abandoned warehouse based on photos they got online, but they've now turned their hard work into a thriving business; they made about a million RMB (over $160,000 USD) last year.