Japanese Aquarium Asks People to Video-Call Its Eels During Coronavirus Lockdown
Staff at a Tokyo aquarium have appealed to the general public to help them keep their garden eels accustomed to humans by video-calling the marine creatures during the current Covid-19 pandemic, when the venue is closed. The coronavirus pandemic has already affected the way we live, but it’s apparently taking a toll on aquarium eels […]
Man Returns Home After Seven Months, Finds It Taken Over by House Plants
A Chinese man who spent seven months away from his apartment in Langfang, Hebei Province, recently returned to find his home had transformed into a small botanical garden. The unnamed man took to social media to share videos and photos of what he found when he entered his home, after being away for almost seven […]
Chinese Parents Take Wealthy Son to Court For Not Taking Care of Them
An elderly couple from China’s Henan province took legal action against their own son for neglecting his duty of financially supporting them. Filial piety isn’t that important of a notion in the Western world, but in China it’s a big deal. Failing to take care of your elderly parents is actually considered a legal offense […]
How an Internet Meme Ruined a Photo Model’s Career and Private Life
A Taiwanese female model spent years battling online harassment after an innocent photo she shot for a photo agency was used for a completely unrelated news report and later turned into a meme. In 2012, international media (OC included) featured the story of a Chinese businessman who had allegedly sued his wife for misleading him […]
The Controversial Case of a High School Teacher Imprisoned for Bullying a Student to Death
South Korean media recently reported the disturbing case of a high-school teacher who scolded and humiliated a student in front of the class, causing him to take his life that same day. On April 26th, 2020 ethics professor at Youngshin Middle School in Pohang City referred to only as “A”, for personal privacy reasons, was […]
Indian Man Goes Out for Groceries, Comes Home with a Bride
An Indian mother got the shock of a lifetime this week when she sent her son out to get groceries and he came back with a woman he claimed was his wife. The unnamed woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad city told India’s ANI news agency that she had sent her son out to buy groceries, […]
At $390,000 This Ultra-Exclusive Mattress Costs As Much As a House
Made famous by Canadian rapper Drake, the Grand Vividus mattress by Swedish manufacturer Hästens and artist and designer Ferris Rafauli is a work of art that only the super-rich can afford. This month, Architectural Digest magazine featured Drake’s 50,000 square-foot mansion in Toronto, and despite all the cool amenities presented, all anyone could talk about […]
You’re Gonna Need a Bigger House: Kodak Launches World’s Largest Commercial Jigsaw Puzzle
Legendary photography company Kodak recently launched a gigantic jigsaw puzzle made up of 51,300 pieces and measuring a whopping 28.5 feet by 6.25 feet. If you’ve gone through all your jigsaw puzzles and are looking for a real challenge, Kodak just released what it calls “the world’s largest puzzle” (that you can buy), featuring images […]
In Full Pandemic, Thousands Gather to Hear Prophet Say God Will Cleanse World of Coronavirus
Last weekend, as most parts of the world enforced extreme social distancing measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, a crowd of thousands gathered in the Dominican city of Puerto Plata to listen to a popular “pilgrim” prophesize that God will rid the country and the whole world of this pandemic. In flagrant […]
Woman Miraculously Escapes After Being Buried Alive by Her Neighbors
A 57-year-old woman from Ukraine recently made international news headlines for surviving a brutal assault by her drunk neighbors which saw her beaten for hours and then digging her own grave in the local cemetery. Earlier this month, media outlets from the Ukrainian region of Poltava reported the shocking case of Nina Rudchenko, a woman […]
Aquarium Draws Criticism for Writing Popular Surnames on Live Fish
In a bid to make its exotic fish tank more appealing to visitors, an aquarium in the Chinese city of Guizhou wrote popular Chinese surnames on the live fish, attracting the wrong kind of attention in the process. Staff at the Guizhou Polar Ocean World thought they had struck gold when they came up with […]
Bored College Students Prank Roomate by Feeding Her Foot Shavings as Grated Cheese
Three female college students at Northwest Iowa Community College were recently arrested for pranking their roommate in one of the strangest and most disgusting ways imaginable. It’s unclear how the three girls – Ann C., a nursing student and member of the All-Iowa Academic Team, Kyiah Elaine K., a 19-year-old former Honor List student, and […]
China’s Plastic Surgery Poster Girl Has Had Hundreds of Procedures Done Since She Was 14
China’s cosmetic surgery market was estimated to be worth around $31 billion in 2018, with double digit growth per year, and at the forefront of it is a 30-year-old self-confessed cosmetic procedure addict who had her first work done when she was only 14. Wu Xiaochen, or Abby, as she is known on social media, […]
How a Simple Photo Changed the Life of a Pakistani Tea Maker Forever
In 2016, Arshad Khan was a “chaiwala” (tea maker) on the streets of Islamabad, in Pakistan, but then he looked into a stranger’s camera at exactly the right moment and that photo catapulted him to stardom. Arshad’s family has been making tea in Islamabad for almost 30 years, but he had only joined their stall […]
Africa’s Oldest First-Time Mother Gives Birth at Age 68
After three failed IVF attempts, a 68-year-old Nigerian woman and her 74-year-old husband fulfilled their dream of having their own children this month, by giving birth to healthy twins. Margaret Adenuga is thought to be the oldest first-time mother in Africa, after she welcomed a pair of twins at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, almost […]