All oddities
China Builds 288-Meter Outdoor Elevator to Help Children Reach School Easier
The impressive Fuyao Ladder elevator in China’s Yunnan Province was built to help the children in a remote mountain village reach their boarding school.
World’s Ugliest Hawaiian Shirt Was Designed to Make You Invisible to AI Surveillance Cameras
German designer Simon Weckert has created a summer shirt with a seemingly abstract pattern that actually works as camouflage for AI-powered surveillance cameras.
Man Gets Jail Time for Using Robot Vacuum to Record Cheating Wife
A Taiwanese man was sentenced to five months behind bars after recording his wife’s extramarital affair with a robot vacuum cleaner.
World’s Fastest Humanoid Robot Can Already Run Faster Than Usain Bolt
Superman, a humanoid robot developed by Chinese company Unitree, has surpassed the speed record set by the fastest human ever, Usain Bolt.
Indian Teen Allegedly Spent the Last Five Years in a Pond to Soothe Painful Skin Condition
Iqbal Sheikh, a 16-year-old youth from West Bengal, India, claims to have lived mostly in water for the past five years to soothe a mysterious skin condition.
Man Faces Up to 8 Years in Prison for Ordering Hundreds of Pizzas to Random Addresses
A 23-year-old Polish man could spend the next eight years of his life in prison for a stupid pizza delivery prank.
Dameisha, the World’s Most Crowded Beach
Dameisha Beach is just 1.8 kilmeters long, but it can sometimes host crowds of around 200,000 beachgoers, making it the world’s most crowded beach, by far.
Nine Lives, the Legendary Feral Cat That Feasted on Endangered Birds and Eluded Capture for 3 Years
A feral cat dubbed “Nine Lives” by New Zealand conservationists was responsible for the killing of dozens of endangered birds and avoided capture for three years.
Wealthy Woman Bankrolls Drama Series So She Can Star in It and Kiss Male Lead More Than 60 Times
A Chinese woman is being accused of financing a short-format drama series just so she could star in it and make out with the young lead actor more than 60 times.
Pastry Chef Spends Four Months Creating Awe-Inspiring 500-Kilogram Wedding Cake
Catalan pastry chef Marc Suárez recently unveiled his most impressive wedding cake yet, a masterpiece featuring tens of thousands of sugar paste petals and weighing half a ton.
Woman Arrested For Placing Over 2,000 Fake Orders on Online Manga Store in Less Than a Year
A young Japanese woman was recently arrested after placing nearly 2,100 orders on an online manga store and refusing to accept the products when they arrived.
Teenage Boy Suffers Temporary Hearing Loss After Listening to Cicadas for Four Hours
An 18-year-old boy in China suffered temporary hearing loss and required medical treatment after being exposed to high-pitched cicada sounds for over four hours.