Pastor Finally Buried 2 Years After His Death Because Family Awaited His Resurrection
South African pastor Siva Moodley died in 2021, but his body was only laid to rest this month, after spending almost 600 days at a mortuary, because his family and parishioners were expecting him to come back to life. Siva Moodley, the founder of The Miracle Centre in Gauteng, north of Johannesburg, died on August […]
Man Learns His Online Girlfriend of One Year Was His Best Friend’s Wife
A Chinese man whose best friend’s wife had introduced him to his online girlfriend of over a year recently learned that the woman he had fallen in love with had actually been his friend’s wife trying to scam him. Mr. Zhou, a middle-aged man from Xuchang, China’s Henan province, had been trying to raise money […]
Meet Kleine Johanna, the World’s Heaviest Rideable Bicycle
Kleine Johanna a 4,800-pound behemoth built almost entirely out of scrap metal, was recently acknowledged as the heaviest rideable bicycle in the world by the Record Institute for Germany, a national version of the Guinness Book of Records. You’ve probably seen chunky bikes before, but surely nothing quite like Kleine Johanna. This unique contraption measures […]
Hotel EastLink – Getting a Room Here Is Literally Impossible
Located alongside a motorway outside of Melbourne, in Australia’s Victoria state, lies Hotel EastLink. At least what looks like a high-rise hotel, because in reality, it’s just an unusual sculpture. Designed by local artist Callum Morton, the Hotel EastLink was unveiled in 2007, and it has been confusing motorists ever since. It’s not as large […]
Japanese Civil Servant Fined $11,000 For Smoking on the Job 4,512 Times in 14 Years
A Japanese civil servant in Osaka was recently forced to return 1.44 million yen ($11,000) of his salary after being found guilty of smoking during work hours more than 4,500 times in 14 years. When people say smoking is an expensive vice, they are generally referring to the cost of cigarretes, but in cities like […]
Meet George, the Creepy Doll Made With a Real Person’s Hair and Eyes
Nottingham’s Haunted Museum is home to many macabre and fear-inducing attractions, but few as disturbing as George, a 1930s doll reportedly made using a dead person’s eyes and hair. Marrie Wesson, who founded the Haunted Museum of Nottingham with her husband in 2018, recently met antique expert Charlie Ross on BBC’s popular TV show Bargain […]
Man Exercises 8 Hours a Day for 20 Years, Now He Can’t Walk
A 60-year-old man who used to work out for 8 hours a day, walking, jogging, and doing hundreds of situps, developed severe degenerative arthritis and is barely able to move because of the pain. They say too much of a good thing is usually bad for you, and apparently, exercise is no exception. Chinese newspaper […]
Man Climbs 4,100m Mountain in Three-Piece Suit and Leather Shoes
A popular Japanese tailor and adventurer recently went viral on social media after climbing Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in Malaysia, in a three-piece suit and stylish leather suit. One of the last things you would expect to see at the top of the 4,095-meter Mount Kinabalu is a Japanese fellow wearing a pristine three-piece […]
This $43,000 Luxury Meteorite Purse Is Literally Out of This World
French luxury accessory brand Coperni recently unveiled a limited-edition “meteorite’ handbag that is hand-carved from a meteorite that fell on Earth thousands of years ago. It can be yours for just $40,000 euros ($43,000) As part of its Fall/Winter 23 fashion collection, Coperni has created a unique handbag that ‘combines archeology, design, as well as […]
Talented Soap Maker’s Creations Look Good Enough to Eat
Julia Popova, a talented soap maker based in Sankt Petersburg, Russia, creates amazingly detailed bars of soap that look like delectable desserts, liquor bottles or juicy fruits. Nine years ago, when Julia started making her beautiful soap bars, she only made them as gifts for family and friends, but she received such positive feedback that […]
29-Year-Old Woman Poses as Teenage High School Student to Relieve Glory Days
A 29-year-old South Korean woman who forged her birth certificate in order to pose as a 16-year-old teenager and enroll at a New Jersey high school claims she did it only out of nostalgia. In January of this year Hyejeong Shin, a 29-year-old South Korean woman and legal resident of the United States of America, […]
German Brewery Claims Its Beer in Powder Form Could Change Industry Forever
Neuzeller Klosterbräu, a brewery in eastern Germany, claims to have devised a way to create a powdered beer that, when mixed with water, tasted almost exactly like the original liquid beverage. The global beer industry is massive, but it’s also one of the least efficient in the world. Transporting large quantities of beer bottled in […]
The Disturbing Story of a Family Who Jumped from the Seventh Floor of Their Apartment Building
On March 24, 2022, the whole of Switzerland was shocked by the unexplainable act of a family of five from the town of Montreux who jumped from the balcony of their seventh-floor apartment. A year ago, in the span of about five minutes, Nasrine Feraoun, 41, her twin sister Narjisse, her husband Eric David, 40, […]
Parents Engaged in Legal Battle for the Right to Name Their Baby ‘Hades’
A young couple in France is currently engaged in a legal battle for the right to name their baby ‘Hades’, a name made famous by the god of the underworld from Greek mythology. Kristina Desgres and Rodrigo Velasquez, a young couple from the historic French port city of Saint-Malo, which happens to have the highest […]
The Holme – The World’s Most Expensive Mansion
The Holme, a 205-year-old London mansion is currently on the market for an eye-watering £250 million ($300 million), which makes it the world’s most expensive mansion. Known as the “White House of Regent’s Park”, because of its massive scale and similar style facade as that of Washington DC’s iconic presidential residence, The Holme features 40 […]