Homeless Man Returns Designer Wallet, Gets Rewarded with a Job and His Own Home
Woralop, a 44-year-old homeless man from Thailand, only had nine baht (¢25) to his name when he found a Hermes leather wallet with 20,000 baht ($579USD) and several credit cards. It was more than enough to buy him food and even a place to stay for weeks, maybe months, but he chose to return it. The […]
This Smart Self-Locking Handbag Aims to Curb Shopping Addiction
The iBag2 is a digitally programmable handbag designed to flash and vibrate when “danger spending zones” are hit and even self-lock if these discreet warnings are ignored by shopaholics. Launched by personal finance website Finder.com, the iBag2 is the result of a joint effort from a female-led team of engineers from robotics firm Colmac Robotics Ltd in Ireland […]
Tombs with a View at the World’s Tallest Vertical Cemetery
With the remains of around 100 billion dead people currently buried or otherwise stored on this planet, it’s no surprise that we’re running out of space for final resting places. The phrase “six feet under” just isn’t sustainable anymore, so architects are now looking to the sky as an alternative to sprawling ground cemeteries. High-rise cemeteries are […]
“Asskicker” Coffee Contains 80 Times More Caffeine Than Regular Brew, Comes with a Health Warning
Viscous Coffee, a café in Adelaide, Australia, sells a cup of super-coffee that contains five grams of caffeine – 80 times more than a normal cup of java and half the dose considered to be lethal. Called the “Asskicker”, the strong beverage comes with a health warning for people with heart problems and blood pressure issues. […]
Over 300 Reindeer Killed by Lightning in Unusual Natural Disaster
The Norwegian Environment Agency has recently released a series of haunting images of at least 323 dead reindeer – 70 of them calves – killed in what has been described as one of the deadliest lightning strikes ever. It is unclear exactly when the natural disaster occurred, but the hundreds of dead bodies were discovered on […]
145-Year-Old Man May Be the Oldest Living Human in Recorded History
Mbah Gotho, an Indonesian man from the island of Java, has official documentation that attests that he was born on December 31st, 1870. If confirmed, this would make him 23 years older than the than the official world record holder for world’s oldest human, French woman JeanneCalment who died at 122. Authorities in Gotho’s hometown of Sragen told […]
Man Literally Breaks Internet to Prevent Embarrassing Photo from Leaking Online
Aware that once something is on the internet, it says on the internet, a man from Weifang, China’s Shandong province, actually destroyed the physical internet infrastructure in his neighborhood to prevent some embarrassing photos of himself from appearing online. The man, only identified as Liu, had only recently arrived in Weifang in search of a job, […]
Woman Fights to Prove She Is Alive after Government Declares Her Dead
Barbara Murphy, of Roy, Utah, is giving the phrase “walking dead” a whole new meaning. The 64-year-old woman is alive and in pretty good health, but, for some reason, the Social Security Administration believes she died on in July 2014 and is attempting to take back two years’ worth of Social Security payments and recuperate Medicare or Medicaid treatment […]
Devout Christian to Carry Large Wooden Cross to Mountain Top after Getting Vision from God
48-year-old Emyr Mathias, a builder from Ceredigion, Wales, is preparing to embark on an epic 200-mile journey carrying a 25-kg wooden cross from St. Davids in Pembrokeshire to the top of Mount Snowdon, after getting a series of visions from the Lord. A devout Christian for the past 31 years, Emyr says he is taking on the monumental […]
This Artist’s Kisses Are Literally a Work of Art
Toronto-based artist Alexis Fraser, a.k.a. Lipstick Lex, is giving the phrase “makeup artist” a whole new meaning. She creates incredibly detailed portraits by kissing the canvas and leaving lipstick prints in just the right places. Fraser specializes in oil painting, but has also mastered a unique art form that she calls “kiss print pointilism”, which has […]
Legendary Dog Has Been Commuting 4 Miles Every Day for the Past 12 Years to Visit Minnesota Town
Bruno, a 12-year-old brown Chesapeake-Labrador mix, has become the symbol of Longville, a small Minnesota community of just over 150 residents. Over the past 12 years, he has been taking daily 4-mile trips from his owners’ home to Longville, just so he can spend time with the locals. To the people of Longville, Bruno is a […]
Creepy Pokemon Go-Like App Lets You Receive Visual Messages from Beyond the Grave
A Japanese tombstone company is using the augmented reality technology made popular by Pokemon Go to allow mourners to “catch” pre-recorded video messages from their deceased loved ones in cemeteries. Named “Spot Message”, the new Pokemon Go-inspired app is the brainchild of Yoshiyuki Katori, president of Ryoshin Sekizai, a tombstone company based in Katori, Japan’s […]
Artist Submerges Dress in Dead Sea for Three Months, Retrieves a Beautiful Salt Crystal
In 2014, Israeli artist Sigalit Landau submerged a 19th century-style gown into the lifeless waters of the Dead Sea, for a unique photo project. The dress was retrieved after three months, and as you can see in the photos below, the transformation is quite significant. For her latest project, an eight-part photo series called Salt Bride, Landau […]
Woman Hires Someone to Cut Off Her Hand and Foot So She Can Claim Health Insurance
A young Vietnamese woman recently shocked police after admitting that she had paid someone to cut off her left hand and foot, so she could claim a health insurance payoff of roughly $180,000. The extreme insurance scam reportedly began in May, when a 30-year-old woman named only as Ly Thi N convinced an acquaintance to cut […]
Chinese Parents Are Taking Kids as Young as Three to ‘CEO Training Courses’
In a bid to give their children a head start in life, wealthy Chinese parents are enrolling them in all kinds of early education programs, including CEO training courses. Chinese state media reports that an early education institute in Guangzhou, China’s Guangdong province, is offering a ‘CEO training course’ for kids aged between 3 and 12, […]