Chinese Man Finds Online Success Livestreaming Himself Sleeping
An amateur actor has become an unlikely celebrity on Chinese streaming platform Douyin by livestreaming himself sleeping to hundreds of thousands of curious viewers. The man, who goes by Yuansan on the internet, originally livestreamed himself sleeping on Douyin on February 9th, allegedly to verify whether he snores. When he woke up, he was shocked […]
Malaysian Couple Stun Wedding Guests with Splendid Chandelier Wedding Cake
Most of the guests at Malaysian actors Zahirah Macwilson and Aiman Hakim Redza’s wedding last Thursday were probably expecting something special, but none of them could predict an upside down wedding cake dropping from the ceiling. I’m not sure how happy Zahirah and Aiman are about being upstaged by a cake at their own wedding, […]
Volkswagen’s Best Selling Product Isn’t a Car, It’s a Sausage
The Volkswagen Golf has historically been the German car maker’s best selling model, but surprisingly it’s not the company’s best selling product. That title goes to the uber popular and reportedly delicious VW sausage. VW has been producing sausages at its car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, for nearly 50 years. The traditional wurst is such […]
Russian Hachiko Waits for His Master to Get Off Work Every Day
People passing by the Mega shopping center in the Russian city of Kaliningrad every day have gotten used to the blue sweater-wearing husky calmly waiting for something or someone on the cold pavement. He’s been dubbed the Russian Hachiko and the comparison actually makes some sense. The clean blue sweater that the Russian Hachiko wears […]
Supreme-Branded Oreo Cookies Allegedly Sell for Up to $90,000 Online
New York-based clothing brand Supreme recently teamed up with Oreo for a very limited edition line of branded cookies, which are now allegedly selling on eBay for tens of thousands of dollars. The red Supreme Oreos originally sold for $8 per rectangular pack, which is already pretty expensive for a pack of Oreo cookies, but […]
Indian Man Worships Donald Trump, Prays to Him Every Single Day
We know how devoted Donald Trump’s American supporters can be, but they have nothing on the US President’s Indian “devotee”. Bussa Krishna literally worships Trump as a god, praying to a life-size statue of him every day, and making offerings of vermilion, turmeric and flowers to an altar that he built himself. The 33-year-old from […]
This Japanese Smartphone Won’t Let You Take Inappropriate Photos
Japanese company Tone Mobile has been getting a lot of attention ever since it launched its Tone e20 model, the world’s first smartphone that prevents users from taking “inappropriate” (nude) photos. The Tone e20 is not a particularly attractive phone, and its spec sheet isn’t exactly impressive either, but it does one thing that no […]
Man Eats McDonald’s Menu 14 Months After Burying It in the Ground
Matt Nadin, a father of three from Barnsley, in the UK, wanted his 40th birthday to be special, so he celebrated it by eating a McDonald’s Big Mac menu that he had buried in his friend’s backyard a year before. Just before his 39th birthday, Nadin came up with the “McDonald’s 365” challenge, which basically […]
Belgian Man Has Been Eating Fries for Dinner Every Day for the Last 32 Years
A 45-year-old Belgian man claims that he has eaten only potato fries and a fricadelle – Dutch hot dog – for dinner every day ever since he was 13. Rudy Gybels, a resident of Schaffen in Belgium’s Flemish Brabant province, has had the same food for dinner every evening since he was a teenager. It […]
Indian Couple Buy Land Next to Tiger Reserve And Simply Let Nature Take Over
For the last two decades, Indian wildlife photographer and conservationist Aditya Singh and his wife have been buying land adjacent the famous Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, and simply letting the forest grow back as a refuge for big cats and other wildlife. In 1998, Aditya Singh left his comfortable job with Indian civil services […]
People Can’t Tell if This Animal Is a Fox or a Dog
Photos of an adorable “fox dog” have been doing the rounds on the internet over the past week, leaving people wondering whether the animal is a dog, a fox, or a mix between the two. The adorable Mya first drew the internet’s attention back in 2016, when her Instagram account went viral and she made […]
Arts Student Creates Fairytale Prom Dress for Sister Who Couldn’t Afford to Rent One
Maverick Francisco Oyao, a student taking up Bachelor of Culture and Arts Education at Western Mindanao State University in the Philippines, recently made news headlines around the world after surprising his sister with a one-of-a-kind prom dress that he made by hand. It all started earlier this month, when the Culture and Arts Education student […]
The Tailor Bird Uses Its Beak as a Needle to Literally Stitch Up Its Nest
As children, we learn that birds build their nests out of twigs and dry grass, but the truth is that bird nest architecture varies greatly, as demonstrated by the tiny Tailor Bird, which uses as its beak as a needle to stitch a protective nest out of leaves. Orthotomus sutorius, or the Common Tailor Bird, […]
How the World’s Largest Signature Is Used by NASA to Analyze Satellite Imagery
In the late 1990’s, when a Texas farmer decided to clear up some new grazing land for his cattle by leaving up just enough trees to spell his name in giant letters, he probably never imagined that his signature would one day be used by NASA to evaluate the quality of their satellite cameras. Jimmie […]
Japan’s Ingenious Solution to Help Turtles Cross Train Tracks
Turtles may be cute, but they are also slow and clumsy, which doesn’t really help them when they are trying to cross train tracks. Luckily, for the turtles in Japan’s Hyōgo Prefecture, railway operators and a local aquarium teamed up to find a solution. Between 2002 and 2014, disruptions of train operation caused by turtles […]