Modern-Day Casanova in Thailand Marries 120 Women And They All Know About Each Other
Polygamy is illegal in Thailand, but that didn’t stop a modern-day Casanova from taking a whopping 120 wives and having 28 children with them. What’s even more unusual is that the women all know about each other and are fine with the arrangement. Tambon Prasert, the head of Phromnee district, in Thailand’s Nakorn Nayok province, some 90 […]
Chinese “Guardian of Dogs” Has Rescued Over 700 Strays in the Last 8 Years
Zhou Yusong is known as the “Guardian of Dogs” in his home city of Zhengzhou, China’s Henan Province. The kindhearted man has spent the last 8 years of his life rescuing stray dogs and offering them a home at his animal protection center. It all started in 2008, when Zhou Yusong, when he noticed an […]
Meet Cygnus, the Cat with the World’s Longest, Most Luscious Tail
Lauren and Will Powers, of Ferndale, Michigan, don’t need to dust their home like the rest of us. Their cat, Cygnus, does it for them just by walking around the place and wagging his incredibly long and fluffy tail. Cygnus Regulus Powers was recently featured in the 2018 Guinness Book of Records for having the “longest tail […]
Japanese Homeless Comedian Makes a Good Living Renting Himself to People for 45 Cents a Day
It’s hard to believe that anyone could survive on just 45 cents a day, especially if they don’t even have a place to sleep, but Japanese comedian Kotani Makoto has been doing it for a while now, and claims that he’s happier and more successful than ever before. But it’s not just that Kotani Makoto is doing […]
Woman with 12.4-Centimeter Eyelashes Sets Guinness Record
To say You Jianxia has long eyelashes would be a gross understatement. The average person’s lashes are between 0.8 and 1.2 cm-long, but the hairs growing on the edges of this woman’s eyelids reach a whopping 12.4 cm. That’s nearly 5-inches! The 2018 Guinness World Records category for “world’s longest eyelashes” was one of the most popular, […]
Doctor Performs Colonoscopy on Himself to Better Understand Patients’ Pain
In order to better understand what his patients go through, Dr. Feng Zhuo, a deputy director of the Proctology Department at a Shanghai hospital, recently performed a 15-minute colonoscopy on himself. Ask anyone who’s ever had a colonoscopy and they’ll tell you that it’s one of the most painful and uncomfortable things they’ve ever experienced. Despite sedation being […]
Indian Woman Claims She Hasn’t Eaten Solid Food in 60 Years
Saraswati Bai, a 75-year-old woman from India, claims that she hasn’t consumed a grain of rice, or any other solid food, for that matter, in the last 60 years. Apart from one banana a week – eaten only occasionally – she survives on water and tea alone. Saraswati remembers that she used to have a […]
Piero Manzoni – The Artist Who Became Famous for Selling His Own Poop
Ask anyone if they would pay anything to own another’s person’s poop, and they will most likely say “hell, no”. But everything changes when the said poop becomes a work of art. Case in point, “Artist’s Shit”, a collection of 30g tin cans allegedly containing the poop of Italian artist Piero Manzoni. Art collectors are […]
Mysterious Condition Causes Woman’s Eyes to Clamp Shut for Three Days at a Time
For the past 13 years, Natalie Adler, of Melbourne Australia, has been battling a strange medical condition that causes her eyelids to close for up to three days at a time, rendering her completely blind. After countless tests and procedures, doctors still don’t have a proper diagnosis. Natalie’s life changed dramatically one seemingly normal Sunday, […]
Indian Girl Allegedly Has “Cotton Tears” Oozing From Her Eyes Every Day
An 11-year-old from the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has allegedly been popping out 35 to 40 small white pebbles of what looks like cotton from her eyes, every day for over two weeks. Manasi, a sixth-grader from the village of Pachkhura, apparently started producing the bizarre white “cotton tears” on August 25, and her father, […]
Hermes Sells Rocks with Leather Straps as $840 Paperweights
Paying $840 for an original Hermes item seems like a great deal, but in this particular case we’re talking about a paperweight consisting of a rock and a calf leather strap. How do you even sell something like that? Well, the French luxury brand found a way – they are marketing the “galet pebbles” (rocks) […]
Start-Up Creates Portable Scanner That Can Detect Fake Designer Goods
New York-based startup Entrupy has invented a small, portable scanner that rich people can use to check the authenticity of designer bags in mere seconds. According to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the global counterfeit industry is worth around 460 billion dollars, a big chunk of which involves counterfeit luxury goods from […]
The Chinese Town Where Crickets Are Worth Much More Than Gold
Cricket fighting has been popular in China for thousands of years, and with the country in full economic boom, fans of the “sport” are investing more money into it than ever before. One town in particular has built an entire industry around the genetically-superior crickets living in the surrounding fields, and for good reason, as […]
Japanese Company to Sell Robot Dog That Faints If Your Feet Smell Bad
A Japanese company has created an adorable robot dog that can tell you how bad your feet smell, by using a powerful sensor embedded in its nose. If your feet don’t have bad odor, “Hana-chan” will happily wag its tale, if it detects moderately smelly feet, it will start to bark, and if they really stink, […]
“Birdman of Gujarat” Has Been Feeding Around 3,000 Birds Every Day, for 17 Years
Harsukh Bhai Dobariya, of Gujarat, India, is very popular with birds. Every day, between 2,500 and 3,000 parrots and sparrows visit his 4-acre farm to feed on tasty millet cobs and build their nests away from predators. Nicknamed “The Birdman”, Dobariya has spent the last 17 years of his life looking out for the birds and […]