After Typhoon, 2 Bent Mailboxes Charm Taiwan

A pair of roadside mailboxes that were uniformly bent by a falling signboard during a typhoon have become celebrities of sorts in Taiwan, drawing steady lines of people to snap photos and inspiring fan merchandise. Many Taiwanese think the public mailboxes resemble faces, and this side-by-side pair now looks especially cute because their poles are bent at similar angles. The mailboxes gained fame after Typhoon Soudelor ripped across the island last week. Strong winds tore a signboard from a building in central Taipei, bending the mailboxes to the right on their poles as it fell. (More Taiwan stories.)