Chinese Aquarium Sparks Controversy with Life-Size Robotic Whale Shark
A Chinese aquarium has attracted a lot of criticism by replacing its real whale shark with a life-size robotic version that emulates both the look and the movements of the marine animal. On October 1st, Xiaomeisha Sea World in Shenzhen, China, reopened its gates to visitors after a five-year hiatus for renovations. The 60,000-square-meter marine […]
Scammers Operate Fake Bank Branch for 10 Straight Days
Scammers in India managed to set up and operate a fake branch of the country’s largest bank, the State Bank of India, for 10 days in order to trick people into paying to secure stable jobs there. The people of Chhapora, a village in India’s Chhattisgarh state, were surprised to see a branch of the […]
Woman Files Lawsuit to Stop Paying Alimoney to 22-Year-Old Daughter
An Argentinian woman filed a case in family court to be allowed to stop supporting her 22-year-old daughter financially because she neglected her university studies and didn’t have a job. The unnamed woman told family court judge María Laura Dumple that her 22-year-old daughter had been enrolled at the National University of Río Negro since […]
Man Complaining of Indigestion Had Live Cockroach in His Intestines
Doctors at a hospital in New Delhi, India, were shocked to find a live 3-centimeter cockroach in the small intestine of a patient complaining of stomach ache and indigestion. A 23-year-old man recently came to the Fortis Hospital, Vasal Kunj, to complain about stomach problems that he had been experiencing for about three days. He […]
Man Catches Wife in Bed with Another Man, Gets Prison Time for Extortion
A Chinese man was sentenced to six months behind bars after catching his wife sleeping with another man and accepting money as compensation for the cheating. In March 2021, Lu, a 33-year-old man from Shandong, eastern China, noticed that his wife was taking unusually long to get ready to take their daughter to her private […]
Man Develops Headpsin Bulge on Top of Head After Years of Breakdancing
A 30-something breakdancer who had been practicing head-spinning for about 19 years developed a protuberant and tender bulge on top of his head. According to a medical case study recently published in the BMJ Case Reports journal, head-spinning as part of breakdancing training can cause hairless bumps on practitioners’ heads. Also known as “headspin holes” […]
Diligent Burglar Breaks into Strangers’ Homes, Does Housework for Them
A Polish man was recently sentenced to 22 months behind bars for breaking into two homes and performing various chores, like hanging laundry and cleaning the floor. 36-year-old Damian Wojnilowicz must be so furious right now. Not only did he not get so much of a thank you from his “victims,” but he must now […]
Woman Becomes Police Officer to Catch Her Father’s Killer, Arrests Him 25 Years Later
A Brazilian woman who dedicated her life to catching her father; ‘s killer managed to finally bring her family peace by catching the runaway criminal to justice 25 years after the murder. On February 16, 1999, Givaldo José Vicente de Deus was shot and killed after a heated argument at a bar in the Brazilian […]
Museum Technician Unknowingly Throws Artwork in the Trash
A new lift technician at the Dutch art museum LAM assumed that a famous artwork that looks like two crushed beer cans was discarded trash so he threw it in the rubbish bin. All The Good Times We Spent Together is a modern artwork created by French artist Alexandre Lavet, but anyone unfamiliar with it […]
German Teenager Snitches on Parking Offenders as a Hobby
18-year-old Niclas Matthei has become known as the “Reporting Master” in his home country of Germany after snitching on thousands of parking offenders to the police. Not all heroes wear capes! Some wear neon green overalls and ride bicycles around busy streets hunting parking offenders and snitching on them to the police as a hobby, […]
Indian Couple Scam Victims of $4 Million with “Israel-Made Time Machine” Capable of Reversing Aging
An Indian couple is wanted by police for scamming dozens of unsuspecting victims by promising to make them look young again with the help of an Israeli time machine. Rajeev Kumar Dubey and his wife Rashmi Dubey pulled off one of the most incredible scams in the history of mankind. The Indian couple owned a […]
World’s Smallest Rubik’s Cube Is Just 0.19 Inches Wide, Costs Over $5,000
Japanese toymaker MegaHouse recently unveiled the world’s smallest Rubik’s Cube, an aluminum cube measuring only 0.19 inches per side and weighing just 0.33 grams, but with a price tag of $5,320. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original Rubik’s Cube invented by Hungarian sculptor Erno Rubik, Japanese toymaker MegaHouse set out to create the […]
Summer Heat Turns Adorable Store Sign into Nightmare-Inducing Horror
A small Japanese clothing store has gone viral after its sign featuring a cute baby turned into a horror attraction due to the intense heat and sunlight over the last couple of years. Hangai, a clothing and miscellaneous goods store in Nagahama City, Japan’s Shiga Prefecture, has had the same sign board for 10 years […]
Republican Candidate “Borrows” Family for Campaign Video
Derrick Anderson, a Republican candidate running for Congress in the U.S. state of Virginia, landed in hot water after allegedly borrowing a friend’s family for a campaign video. Derrick Anderson, a former Army Green Beret running for an open seat in Virginia’s 7th District, was recently accused of trying to mislead voters by posing with […]
Boy Who Complained of Bad Smell for Two Years Had Screw Stuck in His Nose
A 7-year-old Chinese boy who had been complaining about a mysterious bad smell for two years had a metal screw stuck in his left nostril. The unnamed boy from Jiaozuo, China’s Henan Province, had been telling his parents that he smelled something bad for at least a couple of years, but they could never figure […]