Rare Condition Makes Sound of Other People’s Breathing Unbearable to Sufferer
A Scottish woman suffering from a rare condition called misophonia is so annoyed by the sound of other people’s breathing that she once asked doctors to surgically make her deaf. Misophonia is described as a strong dislike or hatred of specific sounds, which triggers strong emotional or physiological responses that would be considered unreasonable by […]
Couple Chain Themselves Together For Three Months in Ultimate Test of Love
A young Ukrainian couple decided to really put their relationship to the test by linking their hands together with a thick iron chain for a period of three months. This year, Alexander and Viktoria, a young couple from the Ukraine, decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day a bit differently. On February 14, they traveled to Kiev […]
Indonesian Woman Claims Gust of Wind Left Her Pregnant
Indonesian police are investigating the strange case of a 25-year-old woman who claims that she gave birth just an hour after a gust of wind got her pregnant. The young woman, identified as Siti Zainah, ahs become the subject of widespread ridicule in Indonesia after claiming to have been impregnated by a gust of wind, […]
Police Order Man to Spend 3 Days With Family, 3 Days With Girlfriend, Take 1 Day Off
Police in the Indian state of Jharkhand were in the news recently for settling a marital dispute by ordering a man to spend three days a week with his wife, three days with his girlfriend, and take one day off from both. It all started when Rajesh Mahato, a married man from Kokar Tiril Road, […]
The Body-Painting Illusions of Gesine Marwedel
Gesine Marwedel is a talented body-painting artist who has the power to transform the naked bodies of her models into mind-bending optical illusions. From swans, to owls, to dolphins, there doesn’t seem to be anything that German artist Gesine Marwedel can’t morph her models into, using body paint. But while most of her works are […]
Indian Man Turns Barren Land Into 10,000-Tree Orchard
An Indian man who started planting trees in a barren, sand-filled field 15 years ago is now being praised for transforming the wasteland into a 10,000-tree orchard. Satyendra Gautam Manjhi, a simple man from the small village of Imaliyachak, in the Indian state of Bihar, claims he was inspired to start planting trees after being […]
The Hottest Place On Earth Feels Like Walking on a Hot Iron Pan
Iran’s Dasht-e Lut desert is only the 25th largest desert in the world, but it holds the record for the highest ;and surface temperature ever recorded, over 70 degrees Celsius. Dasht-e Lut (Persian for “Emptiness Plain”) is a large salt desert that, scientists believe, formed on the bottom of a sea. Millions of years ago, […]
23-Year-Old Mother of 11 Has No Plans to Stop Growing Her Family
A 23-year-old Russian woman has become a mother of 11 in just 10 months time, after turning to surrogates in order to have as many babies as possible, as quickly as possible. Christina Ozturk only gave birth once, at the age of 17, when she had her first daughter Vika, but after marrying millionaire husband […]
Man Phones Police to Confess to Fake Murder in Hopes of Having Road Cleared of Snow
After having the road to his home blocked by heavy snowfalls, a Ukrainian man decided to call police and confess to a fictitious murder, in hopes that they would clear the road in order to reach him. According to police sources, on Saturday, February 13 an unnamed man from the village of Grybova Rudnya, in […]
Iron Shoe Training – Man Exercises by Walking With 150 Kg. Attached to His Feet
A Chinese man has been getting a lot of attention on Asian social media, because of his unique training regimen – walking with 150 kg of steel plates attached to his feet. Zhang Enshun, a 42-year-old man from Yulin City, in China’s Guangxi province, has been training in the art of “iron shoes” for the […]
Drunk on Art – The Wine Paintings of Sanja Jankovic
Young Serbian artist Sanja Jankovic creates beautiful paintings by using various types of wine – red, white, rosé – instead of oil paint, watercolors or acrylics. Sanja Jankovic has always tried turning things into art mediums, and after giving wine a go, she stuck with it. Not only did the end result look really cool, […]
Chinese Actress’ Nose Tip Dies After Botched Plastic Surgery
Popular Chinese film actress Gao Liu recently posted photos of her damaged nose on social media, as a warning about the possible dangers of plastic surgery done wrong. Liu, a young singer and actress who has starred in multiple films and TV programs and was considered an up-and-coming star in China, had gone off the […]
The Unique Oval Community Gardens of Copenhagen
The Naerum suburban district of Copenhagen, in Denmark, is home to one of the most visually appealing allotment gardens in the world – the “round gardens”, which are actually oval. Søren Carl Theodor Marius Sørensen is considered one of the greatest landscape architects to have ever lived, and the oval gardens of Naerum are one […]
12-Year-Old Boy Swallows 54 Magnets To See If Metal Would Stick To His Stomach
Human curiosity has been at the core of many breakthroughs throughout history, but its outcome isn’t always positive. The the case of this 12-year-old boy who swallowed dozens of magnetic balls, just to see if metal would stick to his stomach. Rhiley Morrison, and English schoolboy from Greater Manchester, had to undergo life-saving surgery after […]
Man And Swan Have Been Best Friends for the Last 37 Years
A retired postman from Turkey and a beautiful white swan have been inseparable for nearly four decades, and the story of their amazing friendship has melted the hearts of millions. When Recep Mirzan spotted a wounded swan in a filed in Turkey’s Edirne province, in 1984, he had no idea that he was about to […]