Bacon-Scented Patch Aims to Help Vegans Resist Meat Cravings
A professor of experimental psychology recently unveiled a wearable patch infused with bacon flavor that is supposed to help curb meat cravings. Charles Spence, a professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, teamed up with plant-based food company Strong Roots to create a patch that, when scratched, produces a smell similar to that […]
Teen Goes on Fishing Trip, Gets Stabbed in the Neck by Jumping Needlefish
A 16-year-old Indonesian boy suffered a horrific injury to his neck after a needlefish suddenly jumped out of the water and literally pierced his neck clean through, knocking him out of the boat he was fishing from. The freak accident occurred on January 18, when 16-year-old Muhammad Idul and his friend Sari decided to go […]
Japanese Postman “Couldn’t Be Bothered” to Deliver 24,000 Pieces of Mail
A 61-year-old postal worker from the Japanese city of Yokohama was recently arrested for hoarding around 24,000 pieces of mail that he had failed to deliver since back in 2003. Officials at Japan Post, the government-owned mail service, noticed there was something peculiar about the unnamed postal worker’s activity last year, and he was let […]
Man Has Been Living in Small Barrel at the Top of 25-Meter-Tall Pole for Over 70 Days
Vernon Kruger, a 52-year-old man from Dullstroom, a small town in South Africa, hasn’t set foot on the ground in 73 days, ever since he climbed into his “home in the sky”, a small barrel at the top of a 25-meter-tall pole. The first time Kruger climbed into his now famous barrel was 22 years […]
Marble Sculptor Makes the Most Uncomfortable Pillows
The fluffy pillows of Norwegian artist Håkon Anton Fagerås look perfect for smashing your face into after a long, hard day, but I wouldn’t recommend it, since they are carved out of white marble. For thousands of years, blocks of marble have been carved into awe-inspiring artworks by some of the most talented sculptors in […]
Woman Claims “Haunted” Elsa Doll Keeps Coming Back After Being Thrown Away
A Houston woman recently took to social media to complain about her daughter’s Elsa doll, which not only starts singing on its own even when switched off, but has also returned after being thrown away multiple times. Emily Madonia recalls that the problematic Elsa doll became a part of her family’s life on Christmas 2013, […]
Pack of Eight Dogs Exterminate 730 Rats in Just Seven Hours
Most people think that cats are nature’s ultimate rat catchers, but they’re actually a lot less efficient in catching and killing rodents than dogs. Rats are known to breed at an alarming rate, and in the English countryside it’s easy for farms to be overrun by disease-spreading rodents. When rats become too much for farmers […]
“Picasso Fish” Goes Viral for Looking Like a Real-Life Painting
A Japanese student recently uploaded a picture of a small fish he had caught to Twitter, where it quickly went viral because of the creature’s likeness to a painting. Featuring unusually large eyes, and blue-ish scales of various shapes and sizes, the unusually-looking fish instantly caught people’s attention. Taking a good look at it, it’s […]
Man Steals Speaker to Get Arrested and Avoid Getting Married to His Girlfriend
Getting cold feet is not as unusual as some people might think, but breaking the news to one’s fiancee that they no longer want to marry them can be tough, so some people come up with the most ridiculous scenarios… A young man from Shanghai, China, who was due to marry his girlfriend this year, […]
Chinese Authorities Apologize After Shaming People for Wearing Pajamas in Public
Wearing pajamas in public may not be a thing in the Western world, but it’s actually pretty popular in some parts of China, including the ultra-developed city of Shanghai, so when authorities in Anhui province decided to publicly shame a number of locals on their social media account for walking on the streets in their […]
Cat Goes Crazy, Keeps Owner Captive in the Kitchen for Two Whole Days
A Russian woman was allegedly unable to leave her kitchen for two days after her pet cat started behaving aggressively and tried to attack her whenever she tried to exit the room. This is the kind of news story that sounds so crazy, it has to be fake! At least that’s what I thought when […]
Politician Asks for His Car Keys Back After Accidentally Giving Them Away While Handing Out Keychains
A Peruvian politician recently took to social media to ask people for his car keys back, after giving them away by mistake while handing out keychains on the campaign trail. In a video posted on his Facebook page, Jovino Huerta, a congressional candidate for the Peruvian district of Huánuco, repeatedly asked his supporters to help […]
Soldier Pays $200 to Have US Dirt Shipped to Italy So His Son Could Be Born on Texas Soil
This story’s a little old, but for some reason it didn’t get much media attention in the States, and it just seemed like the kind of wacky news we like so much here on Oddity Central, so we decided to share it. Tony Traconi, a U.S. paratrooper stationed in the Italian province of Padova, had […]
Kiss Cam Allegedly Catches Infidelity at Soccer Match
An Ecuadorian man was allegedly caught red handed cheating on his partner with another woman, when the half-time kiss cam showed them kissing in the stands during a soccer match. Last Saturday, Barcelona of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s very own Barcelona soccer club, made its traditional yearly presentation during a friendly match against rivals Delfin, one of last […]
Man Fakes Own Kidnapping to Get Out of Attending His Wedding
When it comes to backing out of a wedding, faking your own kidnapping sounds like overkill, but that didn’t stop a Colombian man from using this technique to avoid attending his own wedding. The unnamed 55-year-old man, from the Colombian town of Pitalito was scheduled to marry his fiancee, a local woman, in front of […]