Estonian Supermarket Has a Giant Rock in the Middle of It
The Viimsi Shopping Center in the Estonian town of Haabneeme is famous for having a giant boulder square in the middle of it. There are many things one expects to find in a supermarket, but a giant rock is definitely not one of them. And yet, in one Estonian supermarket, a giant rock with a […]
In Japan, You Can Rent a Grandma for $23 an Hour
Ever wish you could talk to someone more experienced about your problems, or have them prepare you a delicious home-cooked meal? Well, that’s what Japan’s OK Grandma service is for! Client Services is a Japanese company that specializes in a wide variety of convenience services, from cleaning and housing services to childcare and pet-sitting services. […]
Criminal Escapes Prison by Hiding in a Released Inmate’s Luggage
A young inmate recently managed to escape a prison in Lyon, France, by taking advantage of a fellow inmate’s release, hiding in their luggage, and waiting to be carried out of the maximum security facility. The escape of 20-year-old Elyazid A. from Lyon-Corbas prison last Friday made national headlines all weekend, bringing into question both […]
55-Year-Old Man Elopes with Son’s Fiancee, Takes Family Jewels and Savings
A 55-year-old grandfather of three stands accused of eloping with the 22-year-old fiancée of his teenage son and taking his family’s savings and gold jewelry with him. They say the heart wants what it wants, and in the case of an Indian man, if this happens to be his son’s fiancée, then so be it! […]
China Uses World’s Largest Inflatable Balloon to Make Urban Construction Cleaner and Quieter
In order to keep dust and noise pollution to a minimum, Chinese authorities in the city of Jinan have installed the world’s largest inflatable dome over an area of 20,000 square meters. Urban construction is a dirty business that affects large areas around the construction site, but a unique project in Jinan, China, is proof […]
The World’s Longest Traffic Jam Lasted 12 Days, Stretched for 100 Km
In 2010, thousands of cars came to a standstill along the China National Highway 110, creating the now-famous China National Highway 110 traffic jam, which lasted 12 days and stretched over 100 kilometers. Identifying the longest traffic jam in history is tricky because it depends on the factors considered. For example, according to Guinness World […]
Canada’s Incredible Shrinking Mill Optical Illusion
The Shrinking Mill of Port Colborne, in Ontario, Canada, is an intriguing optical illusion that makes a giant grain elevator shrink the closer you get to it. Usually, things tend to appear smaller in the distance and grow in size the closer you get to them, but that rule does not apply to the grain […]
Kaffeost, Sweden’s Unique Cheese-Infused Coffee
There’s nothing strange about adding a bit of milk or cream to a cup of coffee, but in northern Sweden, they prefer a different kind of dairy with their coffee – cheese. Kaffeost is a combination of hot coffee and a particular type of cheese called leipäjuusto, which loosely translates to “bread cheese”. But there’s […]
Man Forgets Wife at Gas Station, Only Realizes 300 Km Later
A 62-year-old man in France put police on high alert after calling emergency services to report that he had forgotten his wife at a highway gas station and couldn’t remember which one. On July 5th, a Paris man left on vacation for Morocco with his wife and daughter in the family car. They made several […]
Woman with Severe Face Rash Claims She Hasn’t Removed Makeup in 22 Years
A 37-year-old woman from Jilin, China, has gone viral after revealing that she hadn’t properly removed makeup in over two decades, which ultimately caused a severe rash on her face. Known only as Gao, the Chinese woman took to social media to share her story as a warning to others to properly cleanse their face […]
Football Club Fined for Placing Talismans in Opponents’ Locker Room
A Chinese football club has been fined 30,000 yuan ($4,100) for attempting to channel evil spirits by placing paper talismans in the opponent team’s locker room. Changchun Xidu FC, who play in China League Two, have been found guilty of placing “a number of feudal superstitious items in the away team’s dressing room” before their […]
AI-Generated Band Gets Over 1Million Spotify Listeners in Just Two Weeks
AI-generated Psych-rock band The Velvet Sundown didn’t exist two weeks ago, but today they boast over half a million listeners on Spotify and are getting to put out their third album. The Velvet Sundown is either the hardest-working and most inspired rock group ever, or they are simply playing by different rules. The psych-rock band […]
Man Obsessed with Lab-Grown Viruses Raises Children in Complete Isolation
Italian police recently discovered two siblings, ages 6 and 9, raised on an isolated farm in Piedmont by their virus-obsessed father. During the flood that affected the Italian province of Piedmont in April, local carabinieri visited an isolated farm in the foothills of Lauriano, a small comune near Turin. They were there to issue a […]
Doctors Find Live Eel Swimming in Man’s Abdominal Cavity
A 33-year-old Chinese man who showed up at the emergency room with severe abdominal pain turned out to have a foot-long live eel in his abdominal cavity. Yesterday, Chinese newspaper Huaihua Daily reported the unusual case of a Hunan man who showed up at the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Medical University with a pale […]
Boy Neglected by Family Spends Time with Dogs and Communicates by Barking
An 8-year-old boy in Thailand’s Uttaradit Province, who had been neglected for years by his drug-addicted mother, spent most of his time with dogs and started communicating by barking. Paveena Hongsakul of the Foundation for Children and Women learned about an 8-year-old boy in a drug-infested’ red zone of Uttaradit Province who had been neglected […]