The World’s Fastest Animal Reaches Speeds of Over 300 Km Per Hour
Cheetahs are famous for their speed, but they don’t even come close to the world’s faster animal, a falcon that swoops on its unsuspecting prey at speeds of over 300 km per hour. The peregrine falcon is one of the most efficient predators on Earth, and it owes much of that efficiency to its unrivaled […]
Vietnamese Man Has a School of Wild River Fish for a Pet
A Vietnamese man has become famous in his home province of An Giang for taking care of thousands of wild river fish who visit his house every day for food. Muoi Phuc’s house in Long Kien, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, is a popular attraction for both locals and tourists. People routinely stop by to watch the […]
Woman Spends 12 Years Saving Up Money to Get Her Brother Married
A Chinese woman recently sparked controversy online after claiming that she has spent the last 12 years of her life trying to raise enough money to ensure that her brother finds a bride. It’s no secret that securing a bride in China is harder than in most other countries. One of the unexpected effects of […]
Queen of the Night – The Rare Flower That Only Blooms One Night a Year
Epiphyllum Oxypetalum is a popular species of cactus famous for producing large, fragrant, white flowers only one night per year. ‘Queen of the Night’ is only a nickname, but one that fits Epiphyllum Oxypetalum perfectly. Unlike the several species commonly referred to as Night-Blooming Cereus which also bloom at night time, producing large, fragrant flowers […]
Rough Weight Loss Massage Leaves Woman With Ruptured Kidney
A Chinese woman required emergency surgery to have half of her kidney removed after a rough weight loss massage session. The 41-year-old woman referred to only as Ms. Miao (a pseudonym) reportedly wanted to lose some weight with help of massage, so she went to a salon in Hangzhou, China’s Zhejiang province for a session. […]
Guy Faces Jail Time for Building His Own Ferrari F430 Out of a Toyota
A 26-year-old man was recently charged with forgery and breach of trademarks after it was discovered that his red Ferrari F430 was actually a modified Toyota MR Coupé. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza made the unusual seizure during a routine check in the town of Asti, Italy. Although the red Ferrari featured all the iconic elements […]
World’s Most Expensive Drug Costs $3.5 Million Per Dose
Hemgenix, a single-dose cure for a form of the blood-clotting disorder hemophilia, recently set a new world record for the most expensive drug ever at a whopping $3.5 million per dose. On Tuesday, The US Food and Drug Administration approved Hemgenix, a cutting-edge gene therapy designed to treat adults with hemophilia B, a serious genetic […]
Man Pays With His Forearm Thanks to Scannable Payment App Barcode Tattoo
A Taiwanese man has been getting a lot of attention on social media after getting a payment app barcode permanently tattooed on his forearm. The unnamed man recently took to the Taiwanese social media platform Dcard to share a functional barcode tattoo. Apparently, they had been contemplating getting a tattoo for a while, but they […]
Man Fired for Not Being “Fun Enough” Wins Right to Be Boring at Work
A French court recently ruled that a man fired from a consulting firm for not being fun enough at the workplace has the right to be as boring as he likes. In 2015, Cubik Partners, a French management consultancy based in Paris, fired Mr. T, whose full name was not disclosed for privacy reasons, arguing […]
Parents Punish Child Who Watches Too Much TV by Making Him Watch More TV
A Chinese couple recently sparked controversy online after punishing their child for watching too much television by making him stay up all night watching TV. It’s a problem most modern parents – myself included – deal with at some point. Kids today love looking at screens, be they big or small, and unless you do […]
Man Uses Imposter Wife to Get Legal Marriage Annuled
A Canadian judge recently canceled a marriage annulment after discovering that the “wife” who testified during court proceedings had been an imposter. Warren and Gina Zant married in the tropical Cook Islands on Nov. 27, 1999, but split two decades later, filing a separation agreement that stated that the ex-wife would receive survivor benefits under […]
The Anti-Pirate Houses of Ikaria Island
The Greek Island of Ikaria in the Aegean Sea is home to numerous camouflaged houses built under giant rocks to make them harder to spot by pirates. Nowadays, Ikaria is a popular tourist destination famous for its sandy beaches, picturesque villages and pristine natural landscape. But it wasn’t always the slice of paradise it is […]
The Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions of Sergey Artemyev
Sergey Artemyev is a Russian artist who specializes in oil on canvas and pastel on canvas paintings, including some of the best optical illusions we’ve ever seen. When creating painted replicas of real-life objects, depth and thickness are some of the toughest things to pull off, which makes sense, as creating painted renditions of three-dimensional […]
Chinese Wolf Whisperer Looks After 320 Wolves
A 26-year-old animal lover from China has been taking care of over 300 wolves at a wildlife rescue station in the country’s Inner Mongolia region. Ever since he was a child, Wang Nan was fascinated by the unity and bonds of wolves as a species, so when he got a chance to work with his […]
Honeypot Ants – The World’s Only Honey-Producing Ants
Honeypot Ants, or honey ants, are specialized workers of several species of ants whose sole job is to gorge on nectar until they become living honey-storage. Did you know that honeybees aren’t the only insects capable of producing the sweet, viscous, and brown-to-golden-colored natural product we know as honey? Several other species of bees, as […]