Married Man Fakes Covid-19 to Elope With His Lover
A 28-yeear-old married man from India recently made international news headlines for lying to his family about getting infected with the new coronavirus as an excuse to run away with his lover. On July 24, Manish Mishra called his wife to say that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and that he didn’t want to […]
Teen Claims Fitness Video Game Helped Him Achieve Impressive Physique
A Japanese self-described “nerd” has been playing Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure for the Switch for over six months, and he claims it helped him go from overweight to impressively chiseled. “This is the result of a nerd doing Ring Fit for half a year,” Japanese Twitter user ‘kzm’ posted, along with a picture of his […]
Gucci Is Selling Distressed Jeans With Grass Stains on Them for $765
Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci has sparked controversy with its new line of products for Fall 2020, which includes distressed jeans with what looks like grass stains on them. Distressed jeans have been around for a long time, but fashion companies have been pushing the envelope in this area for a while now. Back in […]
9-Year-Old Boy Drops Out of School, Spends Next 17 Years Chasing His Father’s Killer
Chinese media recently reported the fascinating story of a young boy who, after witnessing his father’s murder at the hands of a neighbor, when he was 9-years-old, spent the next 17 years trying to catch the culprit. Looking back on that fateful day of August 9th, 2000, Xiang Mingqian wishes he had never thrown that […]
Talented Bakers Create the World’s Most Amazing Carousel Cakes
Eddie Lebeau & Richard Amon, the two halves of London-based food art studio Tattooed Bakers pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in the world of cake art, with their functional carousel cakes being by far the most impressive. From marine cakes that exotic destinations almost to perfection, to sweet architectural wonders and doll-like […]
Underage Couple Forced to Marry After Dating After Sunset
A fifteen-year-old boy and a twelve-year-old girl in Indonesia were reportedly forced to marry after breaking a local custom that forbids dating after sunset. Child marriage has been a controversial issue in Indonesia for a long time, and last week it was once again brought into the limelight by the story of a young teenage […]
Indian Man Spends 30 Years Single-Handedly Digging Water Canal to His Village
Laungi Bhuiyan, a pensioner from the Indian state of Bihar, has become known as “Canal Man” after it was revealed that he spent 30 years of his life digging a 3-kilometer-long water canal, all by himself, using hand tools. The remote village of Kothilawa, in the Lahthua area of Gaya district, had always suffered water […]
‘Vertical Forest’ in Chinese Residential Complex Becomes Mosquito-Infested Jungle
The Qiyi City Forest Garden residential complex in Chengdu, China, was supposed to be a green paradise for its residents, but two years on, the vertical forest concept has turned into a nightmare. Back in 2018, the idea of living among dozens of exotic plants proved very exciting for the people of Chengdu, one of […]
Hongeo – South Korea’s Stinkiest Food Smells Like a Public Restroom
Hongeo is a bizarre South Korean dish with a pungent aroma that most people describe as a mix of dirty public toilet and wet laundry left untended for days. Made from skate, a bottom-dwelling ray fish, Hongeo is considered by far South Korea’s smelliest food. It’s so stinky that many South Koreans wouldn’t come near […]
The Curious Case of a 32-Year-Old Man Who Looks Like a 14-Year-Old Boy
According to his birth certificate, Denis Vashurin was born in 1987, but looking at him you would swear he was still in his early teenage years. Denis became one of the hottest topics on Russian social media after doing an interview with popular YouTube personality “Vasya na sene”. People can’t seem to get over how […]
The Photo-Like Pencil Drawings of Emanuele Dascanio
Emanuele Dascanio is a super-talented artist whose graphite and charcoal pencil drawings look like high-resolution black-and-white photographs. Looking at some of 37-year-old Emanuele Dascanio’s masterpieces, it’s easy to see why he sometimes takes hundreds of hours to complete a single piece. He often works 12 to 14 hours a day, often sacrificing his private life […]
Thailand’s ‘Pesticide Ducks’ Clean Rice Fields of Pests and Stubble
Every year, flocks of thousands of hungry ducks are released into vast rice paddies to clean the fields of unwanted pests and rice stubble left over from last harvest. Humanity has witnessed unprecedented technological advancements over the last few decades, but in Thailand, the world’s second largest rice exporter, farmers still use a centuries old […]
African Country Turns Off Mobile Internet to Discourage Cheating on University Exams
During the month of September, over 500,000 high-school graduates in Sudan will be taking their university admission exams, and to discourage applicants from cheating mobile internet will be turned off nationwide for three hours every day. Sudan has a long history of turning off its internet during protests in order to disrupt the coordination of […]
All Kabaddi World – Pakistan’s Insane Version of the WWE
All Kabaddi World is a popular Facebook channel that popularized a bombastic, over-the-top version of the ancient wrestling art of kabaddi. It’s basically a Pakistani version of World Wrestling Entertainment. The first time I watched a clip posted by All Kabaddi World, I was confused yet enthralled by these two topless men that seemed to […]
Indian ‘Spider Boy’ Effortlessly Scales Walls Without Any Equipment
A 7-year-old boy from India’s Uttar Pradesh state has been dubbed ‘Spider Boy’ for his ability to effortlessly scale 10ft walls using nothing but his bare hands and feet. Yasharth Singh Gaur, a class three student from the Indian city of Kanpur, was inspired by Marvel’s popular Spider-Man to try and scale the walls of […]