Listening to the World’s ‘Sweetest Melody’ Makes Chocolate Taste Better
A sound expert at the University of Bristol in the UK created a special song designed to enhance the sweetness and intensity of chocolate. The “Sweetest Melody” is the result of over 60 years of scientific research into a phenomenon known as “multisensory integration,” where taste and hearing influence each other. Apparently, music with soft […]
Jewelry Store Owner Has 2-Carat Diamond Embedded into His Artificial Eye
After completely losing sight in his right eye, an Alabama jewelry store owner decided to personalize his new fake eye by having a diamond embedded in it. Alabama native Slater Jones might just have the world’s most expensive prosthetic eye. After losing his right eye as a result of a terrible illness, the young jewelry […]
Farmer Has 150 Tonnes of Potatoes Stolen After Social Media Post Claims He Was Giving Them Away
A Polish farmer was shocked to see this year’s harvest of potatoes disappear overnight after a viral social media post claimed that he was giving them away because he couldn’t sell them. A farmer from Dąbrowica, in Poland’s Podkarpacie region, lost 150 tons because of a fake social media post that encouraged people to go […]
Indian Man Fakes Death to See Who Would Attend His Funeral
A 74-year-old man who wanted to check who would grieve his passing faked his death and staged a mock funeral to see who would attend. The people of Konchi, a village in India’s Bihar state, were shocked to learn about the sudden passing of Mohan Lal, a local 74-year-old former Air Force veteran. It was […]
Woman Spends Over $200,000 on 400 Plastic Surgery Procedures Over 15 Years
A South Korean woman recently went viral after revealing that she spent 300 million won ($210,000) on about 400 cosmetic procedures during the last 15 years. Speaking during her appearance on tvN STORY’s hit entertainment show “It’s Okay to Be a Martian”, Gil Lee-won revealed that she first turned to plastic surgery in 2010 and […]
Scammers Make a Fortune Selling AI-Created Miracle Prayers to Gullible Believers
Brazilian police recently arrested 35 people in connection with an elaborate scam that involved selling people AI-created prayers for an average of $10 per prayer. The scam ring operated out of Nilópolis , in Brazil’s Baixada Fluminense region, for two years before finally being brought down by police. Its members ran a sort of call […]
Woman Allegedly Changes Eye Color While Pregnant so Her Child is Born with Blue Eyes
A young woman went viral on Russian social media after claiming that she underwent a procedure to change her eye color during her pregnancy so her baby would be born with the new eye color. Did you know there are multiple procedures that allow people to change their eye color? Apart from artificial iris implants, […]
Man Fakes Complete Blindness for Over 50 Years to Collect Disability Payments
A 70-year-old Italian man stands accused of pretending to be totally blind for over a century, during which time he collected over one million euros ($1.16 million) in disability payments. The case of a Vincenza man who unduly received over a million euros in benefits for total blindness over a period of 53 years has […]
Underground Public Toilet Gets New Lease on Life as Boutique Hotel
The Netty, a cozy boutique hotel located down a flight of stairs, in the middle of St. Giles Road, in Oxford, used to be a public toilet for over 100 years. Originally built in 1895, during the reign of England’s Queen Victoria, The Netty served as a gentlemen’s toilet until 2008, when it was closed for […]
Wolverine Frog Breaks Its Own Bones to Turn Them into Sharp Claws
The African Hairy Frog has a peculiar self-destructive ability that allows it to snap its toe bones when threatened to create bone claws that pierce its skin just like Marvel’s Wolverine. Trichobatrachus robustus, aka the Hairy Frog or the Wolverine Frog, is one of nature’s strangest creatures. The males grow thin, hair-like skin threads on […]
Bishop Forced to Resign After Being Accused of Having 17 Secret Lovers
A Peruvian bishop submitted his resignation to Pope Leo after a Vatican investigation revealed that he was secretly dating multiple women simultaneously. 51-year-old Ciro Quispe Lopez, the bishop of Juli, in Peru, stands accused of having up to 17 secret lovers. Although he denies the allegations against him as part of a defamation campaign by […]
Burning House Halloween Decoration is a Nightmare for the Fire Department
A South Carolina couple turned their home into a burning house Halloween decoration so realistic that people have been reporting it as an actual fire. To say Amanda Peden and Sam Lee are passionate about Halloween decorations would be an understatement. In 2021, they unveiled a broken plane with skeleton passengers, one of whom hung […]
Massive Brown Seweed Belt Spreading Through Atlantic Ocean Is Visible from Space
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is a shockingly large mass of brown algae almost double the width of the American continent, and clearly visible from space. The first major bloom of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt was observed by scientists in 2011. In the almost 15 years since, it has ballooned into a giant mass […]
The World’s Most Expensive Feather Weighs 9 Grams, Costs Almost $30,000
A rare and extremely well-preserved feather of the extinct huia bird was auctioned off for NZD$46,000 ($28.365), officially making it the world’s most expensive feather. Endemic to New Zealand, the huia bird has been extinct since the early 20th century. Already rare when the Europeans arrived on the island, the bird’s feathers became a target […]
Old Man Robs Supermarket to Get into Prison and Help His Inmate Grandson
Desperate to get into prison and help his young grandson, a 60-year-old man from Guadeloupe robbed a local supermarket at gunpoint and then waited patiently to be arrested. The unusual incident took place at the end of September in Sainte-Rose, a commune in the north of the Guadeloupe archipelago. A former firefighter with no criminal […]