Bizarre “Death Experience” School Helps Depressed Koreans Appreciate Life by Locking Them in Coffins
A new treatment for suicidal patients in South Korea involves locking them up in wooden coffins. The fake “death experience” apparently helps students appreciate life better after confronting a simulated version of their last moments. The rate of suicide in Korea is on the rise, with about 40 people killing themselves every day. Experts believe […]
Japanese All-Boys School Crowns Its Prettiest Students in Annual Beauty Pageant
Every year, the prettiest student at Komaba High School, in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward, is crowned the winner of their annual beauty pageant. That doesn’t sound so odd, but here’s the catch – it’s an all-boys institution so the title of ‘Miss Komaba High School’ actually goes to a boy! The pageant is a part of ‘Culture […]
Marathon Runner-Up Faces Fraud Charges for Only Running Half a Mile of 26 Mile Race
In a bizarre turn of events, the second place winner at the Nairobi International Marathon last Sunday was arrested for blatant cheating. Julius Njogu apparently stayed hidden among the crowd for most of the 26-mile race before joining the other runners for about half a mile, on the last stretch and laying claim to the $7,000 prize […]
Iconic “Tree of Life” in Kalaloch Is a Monument to Resilience
Located on an eroded, partially caved in cliff on Kalaloch beach, within Olympic National Park in Washington, the Tree of Life is stubbornly hanging on to the eroding soil with just a few of its roots. Some call it magical, others immortal, I just think it’s resilient. The roots in the middle are exposed and […]
Indian Cook Can Dip Hands in Boiling Oil without Pain or Injury
Prem Kumar, from New Delhi, India, regularly shocks people with his high tolerance to heat – the man can fry fish with his bare hands, dipping them into and out of a wok of boiling oil. The 65-year-old runs a street food stall in Karol Bagh, where he serves fried fish to thousands of customers each day. […]
This Amazing Seattle Preschool Also Doubles as an Elderly Nursing Home
A facility in Seattle has come up with an innovative way of caterung to both the very young and the old. They’ve paired up a preschool with an elderly nursing home, so that the children and the 400-odd residents at the home have an amazing time with each other. The preschool, called the Intergenerational Learning Center, […]
Google Engineer Saves 90% of His Salary by Living Out of a Truck in the Company’s Parking Lot
In a bid to save money, Google employee Brandon S. has made the company’s vast parking lot his home. The 23-year-old software engineer lives out of a box truck parked near the search engine giant’s campus in Mountain View, California. Brandon started work at Google as a summer intern in 2014 – he rented a […]
Israeli Restaurant Gives 50% Discount to Jews and Arabs Who Share a Table
32-year-old Kobi Tzafrir has come up with the perfect peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – bonding over hummus! He’s offering a 50 percent discount to Arabs and Jews who choose to share the universally popular middle-eastern dish at his Tel Aviv restaurant, ‘Hummus Bar’. “Afraid of Arabs? Afraid of Jews?” his Hebrew poster on […]
11-Year-Old Entrepreneur Sells Secure Account Passwords for $2 Each
11-year-old Mira Modi is cashing in on her knowledge of strong, easy-to-memorize passwords. She started her own online business earlier this month, selling hand-generated cryptographic passwords for $2 each! “I’m a sixth-grade student in New York City,” Mira writes on her website. “This is my first business (other than occasional lemonade stands!). But I’m very excited about it and […]
This Woman Can Actually Smell if Someone Has Parkinson’s Disease
Meet Joy Milne, a woman with a peculiar sense of smell. Scientists in Scotland recently learned that she can actually sniff out people with Parkinson’s disease! “I could always smell things other people couldn’t smell,” Milne, 65 from Perth, said. But it wasn’t until much later that she began to correlate a particular ‘musky’ odor with Parkinson’s disease. She first […]
African Pastor Sells Anointed Pens That Help Students Pass Exams without Studying
A pastor in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe was in the news recently for selling hundreds of special, ‘anointed’ pens to local students. Prophet Sham Hungwe claims that the miracle pens will help students pass exams without even studying! “It is anointed and I declare passes when your children sit for exams; when you sit for exams,” he told […]
Chinese Professor Suggests Men with Lower Income Could Share Wives to Solve Bachelor Crisis
You can’t solve every problem with pure logic. Learning that the hard way is Zhejiang University economics professor Xie Zuoshi. He’s on the receiving end of a nation’s wrath after he suggested wife sharing to solve China’s gender imbalance issue. News reports say that China’s gender ratio at birth is about 1.02 to 1.07 boys born for every […]
Vivos – The Ultimate Doomsday Community Bunkers for the Rich and Paranoid
Lots of people are obsessed with the idea of a post-apocalyptic world, and playing to their fears and fantasies is Vivos – a company that creates luxurious Doomsday bunkers. Created by California entrepreneur Robert Vicino, the bunkers at are exclusively meant for those who can afford them, and deemed worthy of Vicino himself. The company claims […]
Japan’s Newest Fashion Craze – Realistic Cat Bags That Cost More Than a Real Cat
Japanese designer Pico has combined her love of cats and handbags to create a line of highly realistic faux feline purses. The bags are shaped like furry, adorable kitties complete with individual markings, whiskers, and tails. Each cat-bag is priced at about $500 to $700, but buyers don’t seem to mind the steep pricing at […]
Noodle Fan Has Tasted Over 5,600 Types of Ramen in the Last 20 Years
In his quest to discover the perfect instant noodle, Japanese ramen lover Toshio Yamamoto has tasted over 5,600 varieties from 40 countries, in the past two decades. He reviews every kind ramen he tries on his website and scores them on a scale of 1 to 5. The best rating he’s given out so far is […]