Televangelist Ordered to Stop Peddling Unproven Cure for Covid-19
A popular televangelist was recently issued a cease and desist order by the New York attorney general to stop promoting his cure-all product as a cure for the highly-contagious Covid-19 coronavirus strain. The last thing you would expect a holy man to do is promote a fake cure against a potentially deadly disease to desperate […]
The Intricate Avocado Carvings of Daniele Barresi
Daniele Barresi is a young food sculptor who specializes in turning avocados into veritable works of art that literally look too good to eat. A native of Bagnara Calabra, Italy, Daniele Barresi has been carving ever since he was just seven years old. He has also experimented with a wide range of mediums over the […]
Australian Newspaper Prints Extra Blank Pages to Mock Toilet Paper Crisis
This Thursday, the NT News, a local newspaper in Australia’s Northern Territory, printed an extra eight blank pages for readers to use in a pinch, as a way to mock the pointless toilet paper hoarding caused by the spread of the coronavirus. “Run out of loo paper? The NT News cares,” the front page of […]
Japanese Truck Driver Admits to Stealing Over 5,800 Bicycle Seats Over 25 Years
I don’t know what it is about Japanese men and bicycle seats, but for some reason some men can never have enough of these seats. Just a few months after writing about a man who stole 159 bike seats in a year, we now have the story of another Japanese man who claims to have […]
Lithuanian Man Locks Wife in Bathroom for Fear of Contacting Coronavirus
Lithuanian media recently reported the bizarre case of a man who locked his wife in the bathroom and refused to let her out, because she may have been infected with the dreaded coronavirus wreaking havoc around the world. On Wednesday, February 26th, at around 8:35pm, police in Vilnius, Lithuania, received a distress call from a […]
Food Illusionist Creates the Most Unappetizing-Looking Desserts
Chef Ben Churchill calls himself a “food illusionist” and while the title may seem a bit pompous, it’s actually quite fitting, as Churchill specializes in disguising delicious desserts as the most unappetizing things imaginable. Most chefs try their best to make desserts look as yummy as possible, but Ben Churchill does the exact opposite. He […]
103-Year-Old Man Marries 27-Year-Old Woman in Controversial Arranged Union
Since late last month, Indonesian social media has been buzzing with news of a controversial wedding in South Sulawesi, where a 103-year-old Dutch colonial war veteran recently married a 27-year-old woman. Photos and videos of the unlikely couple on their wedding day have been doing the rounds online for over a week now, sparking both […]
Birthday Party Ends in Tragedy After Dry Ice Is Dumped in Swimming Pool to Make the Water Cooler
A Russian influencer recently took to social media to share details of a freak accident that claimed the lives of her husband and several friends during a pool party for her 29th birthday. The victims reportedly suffocated after dry ice was unloaded into the pool. Ekaterina Didenko, an Instagram star with over 1 million followers, […]
Woman Realizes That Succulent She Had Been Watering for Two Years Was Made of Plastic
A California stay-at-home mom recently got her five minutes of online fame after taking to Facebook to reveal that the potted plant she had been watering and looking after for the last two years was actually made of plastic. On February 28, Caelie Wilkes shared a very funny revelation with her Facebook friends. While attempting […]
Japanese Youtuber Finds Online Fame by Cooking Stuff on His Computer’s CPU
Japan has always been a rich source of wacky news and ideas, and it doesn’t look like things are going to change anytime soon. Its latest offering – a YouTube channel focused mainly on cooking various foods on a hot computer CPU. You probably already know that CPUs tend to get very hot, especially under […]
This Lizard Shoots Blood Out of Its Eyes to Keep Predators at Bay
We’ve featured some interesting animal defense mechanisms in the past, from moths that camouflage as two flies feasting on bird poop, to caterpillars that mimic snakes, but this horned lizard’s secret weapon is on another level of weirdness. The regal horned lizard is a small reptile native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. Their […]
Japanese Furniture Maker Unveils the Ultimate Gaming Bed
Bauhutte, a Japanese retailer who specializes in furniture designed for gamers, recently launched what many are calling the ultimate gaming bed – a crazy contraption that includes a mattress, an elevated headboard, a desk, snack holder and even a flexible smartphone holder. If you’ve been asking yourself what the best solution for gaming was, a […]
Makeup Artist Has Been Painting Her Face Blue for Over Two Years
Lhouraii Li, a makeup and nail artist from Bradford, in the UK, has been getting a lot of attention on social media sites like Instagram due to her unique look; for the past two years, Lhouraii has been painting her face blue almost every day. To be fair, the 28-year-old makeup artist has always sported […]
CoronaCoin, a Cryptocurrency That Goes Up in Value the Worst the Covid-19 Epidemic Gets
A group of developers have created a controversial cryptocurrency that tracks the spread of the Covid-19 virus and goes up in value as the number of infections goes up and more fatalities are registered as a result. CoronaCoin (NCOV), a new token built on the Etherium blockchain, was created by a team of programmers and […]
UK’s Most Opinionated Man Has Been Sending Angry Letters to Newspaper Every Day Since 1978
A Liverpool man has been penning letters complaining about various things and sending them to the Liverpool Echo newspaper every day for the last 42 years. 70-year-old Bernie Carroll can’t even remember what he complained to the local council about in his very first letter, back in 1978. That’s unsurprising, considering that it was the […]