Man Brings Professional Clown to His Own Firing Meeting
A young copywriter for an advertising agency in New Zealand recently made international headlines for bringing a professional clown as a support person to a company meeting in which he he expected to be fired. Employers in New Zealand are legally required to offer employees the chance to bring a “support person” to so called […]
Loyal Dog Waits for His Owners in the Same Spot for Four Years, Finally Gets to See Them Again
We’ve featured several heartbreaking stories of faithful canines waiting for their owners in the same spot for years at a time, never to see them again, but this is one of those rare stories with a happy end. After spending four years waiting for his human masters, a lost dog in Thailand was finally reunited […]
Woman Dreams About Swallowing Her Engagement Ring, Does So in Real Life
A California woman who dreamed about swallowing her engagement ring during an apparent robbery woke up to find that the said ring was missing from her finger in real life as well. Last Tuesday night, Jenna Evans dreamed that she was on a high-speed train with her fiancé, when some “bad guys” appeared. In her […]
Ex-Con Wants to Go Back to Prison So He Can Watch Premium TV Channel for Free
We’re no strangers to weird stories here on OC, but this one’s a bit too weird even for us. A French burglar intentionally left traces of DNA all over the crime scene just so he would end up in prison and watch encrypted TV channel Canal+ for free. A monthly subscription to French premium television […]
Head Injury Causes Teen’s Memory to Reset Every Two Hours
For the past three months, Riley Horner, a teenage girl from Illinois, has been waking up every morning thinking it’s June 11. To make matters worse, her memory resets every couple of hours, so she can’t even remember things she did or people she met that very day. Riley’s troubles began after she got accidentally […]
Priests Drop Holy Water Over City to Cure It of “Drunkenness and Fornication”
Orthodox priests in Russia’s Tver Oblast region, literally reached new heights in their quest to save their congregations from addictive sins like drinking and fornicating. They got in an airplane and doused the whole city of Tver in holy water, in order to cleanse it. Metropolitan Savva of Tver and Kashinsky, Father Alexander Goryachev and […]
Russia’s Fascination with “Drug Bust” Marriage Proposals
Having armed men wearing combat masks manhandling you and simulating a drug bust hardly sounds like the scenario of a perfect marriage proposals, but it’s apparently all the rage in Russia. Imagine driving a car, minding your own business, when all of a sudden a black van cuts you off and slams the breaks forcing […]
Man Spends Tens of Thousands of Dollars Fighting $120 Speeding Fine, Still Loses
A 71-year-old man in the UK reportedly spent almost 30,000 pounds ($37,000) fighting a 100-pound speeding fine over several years, but in the end sill lost the case. Retired engineer Richard Keedwell’s troubles began in November of 2016, when during a day trip to Worcester, he was clocked by police doing 35mph in a 30mph […]
Woman Left with Mouth Stuck Open After Laughing Too Hard
A Chinese woman recently had to have her jaw set back in place by a doctor after she dislocated it by laughing too loudly. I guess laughter really wasn’t the best medicine for her, quite the contrary. The bizarre incident took place on September 1st, on a high-speed train heading to Guangzhou South Railway Station. […]
Turkish Minor Seen Smoking at Football Stadium Turns Out to Be 36-Year-Old-Man
Viewers of an exhibition match between two major football clubs last Sunday were outraged to see what looked like a child puffing away on a cigarette in the stands. However, the smoker turned out to be a lot older than he appeared. During a televised exhibition match between Bursaspor and Fenerbahce, two of Turkey’s biggest […]
Man Builds Children’s Playhouse Out of 2,000 Packets of Instant Noodles
A soon-to-be father in China recently made international news headlines after using 2,000 packets of expired instant noodles to build a playhouse for his unborn son. Photos of the unusual playhouse went viral online quickly after being posted on social media by the builder, a certain Mr. Zhang, from Huadian county, in Northeast China’s Jilin […]
Heartless Mother Sells Off Twin Babies to Settle Debt, Buys New Smartphone
A single mother in China was recently arrested after a police investigation revealed that she had sold her twin newborns for 65,000 yuan ($9,100) to settle her mounting debts and buy herself a new phone. According to Chinese newspaper Ningbo Evening News, the woman, who is in her 20s, resorted to selling her newborn twin […]
Family Stuck Atop Hidden Waterfall Saved After Sending Down Message in a Bottle
In a story that seems taken out of a Hollywood movie, an American family stranded at the top of a hidden waterfall in California, with no way to safely descend, managed to call for help by throwing a message in a bottle down into the waterfall. Curtis Whitson, his girlfriend, Krystal Ramirez, and their 13-year-old […]
Meet Mr. Bags, China’s Influential “Bag Whisperer”
When it comes to buying a fashionable handbag, there’s one figure most young Chinese women turn to for advice – Mr. Bags. With millions on followers on China’s most popular social networks and many of the world’s biggest bag brands fighting to gain his favor, this 27-year-old really has the Chinese bag game on lock. […]
Street Artist Creates Mind-Blowing Graffiti Optical Illusions
Portuguese street artist Vile has a gift that some would consider similar to a superpower – he can make concrete walls look transparent to the naked eye, using only cans of graffiti paint. Rodrigo Miguel Sepulveda Nunes, aka Vile, started doing graffiti when he was 14 years old. In college he studied Cartoon and Animation […]