Fed Up with Abductions, Mexican Townsfolk Kidnap Gang Boss’ Mother
After seeing many of their loved ones kidnapped by a ruthless drug cartel, the people of Totolapan, a small town in Mexico’s Guerrero state decided it was time to fight fire with fire, so they kidnapped the drug boss’ mother. For years, Totolapan has been under the control of a gang known as “Los Tequillero”, led […]
Chinese Businessman Spends $25 Million Setting Up Sanctuary for 150-Strong Wolf Pack
A 71-year-old businessman from China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has earned the nickname “The Wolf King” after dedicating the last nine years of his life to raising 150 wolves of 8 different species, in a valley that has now come to be known as Wild Wolf Valley. Yang Changsheng discovered his passion for wolves in 2007. He […]
Mother Accused of Spoiling Her Kids with Mountain of Christmas Presents Buys Even More This Year
Emma Tapping, a mother-of-three from the Isle of Man, U.K, first made headlines last year, when she was accused of spoiling her children by getting them 87 Christmas presents each. That didn’t seem to bother her too much, as this year she bought even more gifts for them – 96 each. After Emma posted a picture […]
Bangkok’s Husky Cafe – A Must-See for Dog Lovers
If you’re a dog lover visiting Bangkok, you simply must stop by the True Love Café, a wonderful place where you can get a taste of Thai cuisine, or enjoy some refreshments in the company of dozens of adorable huskies. The True Love Café opened in 2013, when Chotiros Ratanabirabongse, Paw for short, a long-time husky breeder, decided to convert […]
South African Herbalist Walks Around Literally Dressed in Money
Michael Andile Dlamini, a successful herbalist from Nongoma, South Africa, has become known as Mzimb’okhalimali (a body dripping with money) after he started wearing a suit made of real banknotes, to show off his wealth. Dlamini started working as a healer three years ago, after finally listening to the voices of his ancestors. The 33-year-old claims that when […]
Lonely Grandmother Seeking Stand-in “Daughter” for All-Expense Paid Vacation
China’s incredible development over the last three decades has improved people’s quality of life, but today, loneliness and depression are the two biggest problems of the country’s rapidly aging population. This issues were recently brought to public attention by the heartbreaking plea of a 63-year-old woman looking for a young girl to accompany her on […]
Formen – A Line of Makeup Designed Especially for Men
Makeup and beauty products are generally created with women in mind, but one company seems to think that there’s a niche for men’s makeup as well. Formen actually has a whole line of makeup and skincare designed to fix several issues that men often struggle with. Formen is the brainchild of Andrew Grella, who first realized the […]
Man Builds Awe-Inspiring Home Reef Aquarium Large Enough to Scuba Dive in
Eli Fruchter, an aquarium enthusiast from Haifa, Israel, is one of the few people in the world who can swim in his living room surrounded by brightly-colored tropical fish. He is the owner of the largest home reef aquarium in Israel, and probably the world. For as long as he can remember, Eli loved aquariums. When […]
This Man Gets Paid $4,000 for Slicing a Leg of Spanish Cured Ham
Florencio Sanchidrián has been slicing Iberian ham (jamon) for the last three decades and today his name is synonymous with the Spanish delicacy. The 55-year-old is regarded as the world’s best ham slicer in the world, and he charges accordingly for his services – a reported $4,000 to slice a leg of ham. Born in the […]
Shop & Pray – Church Opens in Russian Shopping Center
The MEGA shopping center in Krasnoyarsk has become the first in Russia, and probably the world, to have its very own church, where busy shoppers can drop by and pray, take confession or simply get in touch with their spiritual side. It all started in spring of this year, when the shopping center management reached […]
The Mansion-Like Mausoleums of Mexico’s Drug Lords
From the outside, the Jardines del Humaya Cemetery, in Culiacan, Mexico’s Sinaloa state, looks pretty ordinary, but the deeper you go, the more you get the impression that the place is actually a rich suburb full of over-the-top mansions. These are actually the world-famous mausoleums of some of the most ruthless “narcos” in Mexico. They […]
Man Spends His Free Time Photographing Lost Gloves
48-year-old Mark Leigh, from Surrey, UK, is a self-confessed boring man who enjoys nothing more than to spend his days photographing lost gloves. It all started around three years ago, when Mark found a lone glove on a stairwell at his workplace and thought it was strange. The very next day, he spotted another one in […]
Weird Jobs of the World: Guarding John Lennon’s Glasses in Cuba
Aleeda Rodriguez Pedrasa has one of the most unusual jobs in the world – she gets paid by the Cuban government to make sure that a statue of John Lennon in Havana always has a pair of glasses on when tourists come to take a picture with it. In 1964, Fidel Castro declared a ban on […]
Tokyo Restaurant Will pay You $438 if You Can Eat This Giant Bowl of Ramen in 20 Minutes
If you love ramen and want to get paid for eating lots of it, I suggest visiting the Umakara Ramen Hyouri restaurant, in Tokyo, Japan. They will pay a cool 50,000 yen ($438) to anyone who finishes their giant bowl of delicious ramen in under 20 minutes, Easy money, right? Well, they don’t call these things eating […]
This Treadmill Bicycle Lets You Cycle to Work by Walking
Who could have imagined that a treadmill on wheels would one day become a thing?!? Lopifit is an unusual means of transportation that allows you to power an electric bicycle by walking on a treadmill. It’s actually way cooler than it sounds. Lopifit founder Bruin Bergmeester says it all started when he asked himself the question “How […]