Airline Makes Japanese Woman Take Pregnancy Test in Order to Fly to US-Controlled Island
A Hong-Kong-based airline was forced to apologize for making a 25-year-old Japanese woman take a pregnancy test in order to board a flight to Saipan, a a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. The controversial incident reportedly took place in November of 2019, but was only covered in the media last […]
French City Installs 187 Solar Panels to Save on Energy Costs, Forgets to Connect Them
Officials in the French city of Roubaix recently revealed that the 187 photovoltaic panels that were supposed to generate green electricity for the local library had been installed six months ago, but not connected to the building’s electrical grid… In June of 2019, thew city of Roubaix announced with great fanfare that it had acquired […]
Indian Girl Sets new World Record for Most Yoga Contortions in One Minute
Most yoga practitioners struggle to pull off the Niralamba Poorna Chakrasana contortion just once in their lives, but one 11-year-old girl recently managed to do it a whopping 21 time in one minute, setting a new world record. On January 20, Riya Paladia, a gymnastics and yoga practitioner from the village of Gaulapar, in India’s […]