“Fake” Doctor Operates on Patient While Watching YouTube Videos
An Indian doctor is being accused of causing the death of a 15-year-old boy after operating on him while watching YouTube videos on how to surgically remove gallbladder stones. Ajit Kumar Puri, a doctor at the Ganpati Hospital in Saran, India’s Bihar state, stands accused of causing the untimely death of a local teenager by […]
Trendy Acupuncture Technique Turns You into a Human Porcupine
A Japanese acupuncture clinic has gone viral for the large number of needles it sticks into patients to help cure them of physical and spiritual ailments. Acupuncture has been around for thousands of years, but practitioners often develop their own techniques in order to stand out from the competition. One such example is the Shirakawa […]
Company Lays Devious Trap to Fire Senior Employees Without Severance Pay
A Chinese company is being accused of tricking hundreds of employees into conducting illegal activities so it could then fire them without severance pay. Wuhan CITIC Design Institute, a company based in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province, recently found itself at the center of a huge scandal, after several prominent news outlets reported that it […]
Man Has 23 Teeth Extracted and 12 Implants Done on the Same Day, Dies Shortly After
Chinese authorities are investigating the case of an elderly man who died 13 days after having 23 teeth extracted and 12 implants inserted on the same day at a dental clinic. Ms. Shu, a resident of Yongkang City, in China’s Zhejiang Province, recently filed a complaint with the Municipal Health Bureau against a local dental […]
Vieux Boulogne – The World’s Stinkiest Cheese
The world is full of stinky cheeses, but according to a team of researchers from Cranfield University, France’s Vieux Boulogne is the stinkiest of them all. Limburger, Munster, Epoisses de Bourgogne, or Brie de Meaux are only some of the cheeses famous as much for their pungent aroma as for their taste, but the unofficial […]
Man Inhales Cockroach in His Sleep, Has Bad Breath for Three Days
A Chinese man who felt something crawling up his nose one night experienced particularly bad breath for three days before discovering he had a cockroach stuck in his trachea. A 58-year-old man in Haikou, China’s Hainan Province, recently experienced an entomophobe’s worst nightmare. One night, as he was sleeping, he woke up with a strange […]
Man with Amazing Memory Recites 14,000 Digits in Order to Set World Record
An Indian man with an incredible memory recently set a new world record by reciting a whopping 14,000 digits of Euler’s number in just 49 minutes. Deepu V has always had an uncanny memory when it came to numbers. He once set a national record by reciting 2,000 digits of the irrational number pi faster […]
Neurosurgeon Allegedly Has 13-Year-Old Daughter Drill Hole in Patient’s Skull
An Austrian neurosurgeon is currently under investigation for allegedly allowing her 13-year-old daughter to drill a hole in a patient’s skull during a brain operation. In January of this year, a 33-year-old man had to be flown to the University Hospital Graz, in the Austrian city of Graz, following a serious accident in a forest […]
Family Scams Restaurants by Placing Cockroaches on Their Own Plates
A Mexican family has been outed as scammers after being caught on video placing cockroaches on their plates at a restaurant just so they can then complain and leave without paying the bill. The Puerto Chale restaurant in Guadalajara, Mexico, recently took to social media to shame a family of scammers who had threatened to […]
Crocodiles Infest Indian City Following River Flood
The city of Vadodara, in the Indian state of Gujarat, is crawling with giant crocodiles following the overflowing of a local river caused by record rainfall. As if having to deal with the water flooding their homes and streets wasn’t enough, the people of Vadodara have to be on the lookout for giant crocodiles waiting […]