The Most Bizarre Products That Somehow Got Funded
1. The Ostrich Pillow
At first glance, the Ostrich Pillow looks like a wearable marshmallow for your head. Designed to help people nap anywhere, it wraps completely around your skull, covering your eyes and ears while leaving a small hole for breathing. The inventors swore it would revolutionize workplace power naps and travel snoozing. Despite looking like something out of a sci-fi comedy, it blew past its Kickstarter goal, raising over $195,000.
Social media had a field day with memes, yet that mockery only increased its visibility. People couldn’t resist trying it out “just to see what it felt like.” The absurd design became a kind of statement accessory for quirky productivity fans. Whether it truly helps with sleep or just earns you strange looks on the subway, it definitely proved one thing: if it's weird enough, people will fund it.
2. Potato Salad (The Kickstarter One)
Zack Danger Brown didn’t intend to change the crowdfunding world—he just wanted to make potato salad. Literally. His Kickstarter campaign started as a joke with a $10 goal. Somehow, the internet latched on to the idea and it exploded in popularity, eventually raising over $55,000. The campaign offered hilarious stretch goals like "better mayonnaise" and "a live stream of the cooking process."
What began as satire ended up funding a potato salad party for backers and turned Zack into a minor celebrity. The project sparked a debate over crowdfunding ethics, but it also demonstrated how bizarre humor and virality can override logic. People weren’t paying for food—they were paying to be part of a ridiculous cultural moment. Proof that the silliest ideas sometimes become the most memorable.