Marble Sculptor Makes the Most Uncomfortable Pillows
The fluffy pillows of Norwegian artist Håkon Anton Fagerås look perfect for smashing your face into after a long, hard day, but I wouldn’t recommend it, since they are carved out of white marble. For thousands of years, blocks of marble have been carved into awe-inspiring artworks by some of the most talented sculptors in […]
Woman Claims “Haunted” Elsa Doll Keeps Coming Back After Being Thrown Away
A Houston woman recently took to social media to complain about her daughter’s Elsa doll, which not only starts singing on its own even when switched off, but has also returned after being thrown away multiple times. Emily Madonia recalls that the problematic Elsa doll became a part of her family’s life on Christmas 2013, […]
Pack of Eight Dogs Exterminate 730 Rats in Just Seven Hours
Most people think that cats are nature’s ultimate rat catchers, but they’re actually a lot less efficient in catching and killing rodents than dogs. Rats are known to breed at an alarming rate, and in the English countryside it’s easy for farms to be overrun by disease-spreading rodents. When rats become too much for farmers […]
“Picasso Fish” Goes Viral for Looking Like a Real-Life Painting
A Japanese student recently uploaded a picture of a small fish he had caught to Twitter, where it quickly went viral because of the creature’s likeness to a painting. Featuring unusually large eyes, and blue-ish scales of various shapes and sizes, the unusually-looking fish instantly caught people’s attention. Taking a good look at it, it’s […]
Man Steals Speaker to Get Arrested and Avoid Getting Married to His Girlfriend
Getting cold feet is not as unusual as some people might think, but breaking the news to one’s fiancee that they no longer want to marry them can be tough, so some people come up with the most ridiculous scenarios… A young man from Shanghai, China, who was due to marry his girlfriend this year, […]
Chinese Authorities Apologize After Shaming People for Wearing Pajamas in Public
Wearing pajamas in public may not be a thing in the Western world, but it’s actually pretty popular in some parts of China, including the ultra-developed city of Shanghai, so when authorities in Anhui province decided to publicly shame a number of locals on their social media account for walking on the streets in their […]
Cat Goes Crazy, Keeps Owner Captive in the Kitchen for Two Whole Days
A Russian woman was allegedly unable to leave her kitchen for two days after her pet cat started behaving aggressively and tried to attack her whenever she tried to exit the room. This is the kind of news story that sounds so crazy, it has to be fake! At least that’s what I thought when […]
Politician Asks for His Car Keys Back After Accidentally Giving Them Away While Handing Out Keychains
A Peruvian politician recently took to social media to ask people for his car keys back, after giving them away by mistake while handing out keychains on the campaign trail. In a video posted on his Facebook page, Jovino Huerta, a congressional candidate for the Peruvian district of Huánuco, repeatedly asked his supporters to help […]
Soldier Pays $200 to Have US Dirt Shipped to Italy So His Son Could Be Born on Texas Soil
This story’s a little old, but for some reason it didn’t get much media attention in the States, and it just seemed like the kind of wacky news we like so much here on Oddity Central, so we decided to share it. Tony Traconi, a U.S. paratrooper stationed in the Italian province of Padova, had […]
Kiss Cam Allegedly Catches Infidelity at Soccer Match
An Ecuadorian man was allegedly caught red handed cheating on his partner with another woman, when the half-time kiss cam showed them kissing in the stands during a soccer match. Last Saturday, Barcelona of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s very own Barcelona soccer club, made its traditional yearly presentation during a friendly match against rivals Delfin, one of last […]
Man Fakes Own Kidnapping to Get Out of Attending His Wedding
When it comes to backing out of a wedding, faking your own kidnapping sounds like overkill, but that didn’t stop a Colombian man from using this technique to avoid attending his own wedding. The unnamed 55-year-old man, from the Colombian town of Pitalito was scheduled to marry his fiancee, a local woman, in front of […]
Tailoring Shop Sparks Controversy by Charging People $17 Just for Trying On Suits
A tailoring shop in the Spanish city of Bilbao has sparked a heated debate online after it was reported that it started charging people 15 euros ($16.7) just for trying on clothes. Camino Azula Pascual, co-owner of the Pascual Bilbao tailoring shop in downtown Bilbao, has been making custom men’s suits and tuxedos for 40 […]
Adorable Puppy Conquers Internet with Her Mesmerizing Eyes
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past week, you’ve probably seen one of the many videos of an adorable cocker spaniel with amazing eyes doing the rounds on social media. Her name is Winnie, and at only three-months-old she had already won hearts of millions around the world. With over 211,000 followers […]
African Man Find Out His Wife of Two Weeks Is Actually a Man
In a news story you would expect to read on websites like The Onion, a Ugandan holy man was suspended from his duties as imam, after it was discovered that he had unknowingly wed a fellow man. 27-year-old Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba, was recently suspended from his duties as a cleric at the Kyampisi Masjid Noor […]
Woman Puts Husband in DIY Chastity Belt to Prevent Him from Cheating
A Ukrainian man nearly lost his genitals after his wife put him in a painful DIY chastity belt for being unfaithful. The unnamed man in his 40’s, from the city of Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine, told doctors that he woke up one morning earlier this week to find a big metal nut screwed onto his […]