Restaurant Slammed for Using Live Crabs as Prizes for Claw Machine
A popular seafood restaurant in Singapore has been criticized online for its “cruel” claw machine which gave patrons the chance to catch a live crab for $5 a token. The chief executive of House of Seafood has had to issue a public apology after a viral video showing people using a pink claw machine to […]
Ugandan Woman Marries Three Men at Once After Monogamous Marriage Fails
A 36-year-old woman from Amugagara, in Uganda, made national news headlines for marrying three men at once after her monogamous relationship failed. The daughter of a Christian pastor in Uganda’s Teso community, Ann Grace Aguti had been at odds with her clansmen ever since she decided to get multiple husbands. However, she always defended her […]
Chinese Bosses Wash Employees’ Feet to Thank Them for Working Hard
Two executives of a cosmetic company in China recently drew praise for an unusual way of thanking their staff for their loyalty and hard work – getting on their feet and washing the feet of their most hard-working employees. Chinese bosses are notorious for subjecting their employees to arduous and horrific punishments for not reaching […]
Teacher Buys Fake Tuberculosis Diagnosis Online So He Could Take Longer Vacation
An English teacher at a private school in China’s Inner Mongolia region was forced to make a public apology after having bought a fake tuberculosis diagnosis online, just so he could take a longer vacation for China’s National Day. The teacher, identified only as Mr. Du, reportedly paid 470 yuan ($67) for a fake chest […]
World’s Lightest Dessert Is 96 Percent Air, Weighs Just One Gram
Artisans at London-based design studio Bompass & Parr teamed up with scientists at the Aerogelex laboratory in Hamburg, Germany, to transfer the properties of the world’s lightest solid material into an edible dessert. Aerogel was invented in 1931, by American chemist Samuel Kistler as part of a bet he made with fellow scientist Charles Learned […]
Man Dies Trying to Eat 50 Boiled Eggs for Stupid Bet
A 42-year-old man in India’s Uttar Pradesh state lost his life trying to eat 50 boiled eggs in one go, as part of a stupid bet he made with a friend. On Monday, November 3rd, Subhash Yadav, 42, and a friend sat down to at get a bite to eat at the Bibiganj market in […]
This Famous Tree Log Has Been Floating Vertically for 120 Years And No One Knows Why
A floating tree stump known as the “Old Man of the Lake” has been bobbing in the blue water of Oregon’s Crater Lake for at least 120 years, baffling scientists with its upright orientation and allegedly even controlling the local weather. The first account of the Old Man of the Lake dates back to 1896, […]
Fake Cop Helps Police Stop Suspect in High-Speed Chase, Later Gets Arrested by Real Police
A North Carolina man who allegedly joined a police chase and later handcuffed the suspect at gunpoint was eventually arrested for impersonating a police officer. On the night of October 5, police in Wilson, North Carolina, got some unexpected help during a high-speed car chase. At about 11 pm, they stopped a car in search […]
11-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Gouges Crocodile’s Eyes Out to Save a Friend
Rebecca Munkombwe, an 11-year-old girl from Zimbabwe, is being hailed as a hero for allegedly saving a 9-year-old friend from the jaws of a crocodile by jumping on the reptile and gouging its eyes out. According to Zimbabwean media, Rebecca and her friends had just got back from a swim in a stream near their […]
Chinese Researchers Spark Outrage by Using Live Pigs as Crash Test Dummies
Chinese researchers have come under fire for using live, immature pigs as test dummies in high-speed crash simulations that killed seven of them immediately. Animal rights activists around the world accused the researchers of unnecessary cruelty, after it was reported that they had used fifteen live pigs as crash test dummies for a study. The […]
Man Faces Five Years in Prison for Using Live Cat as Weapon Against Police
A 59-year-old man from Moscow risks spending up to five years behind bard for allegedly using a live cat as a weapon against police, last year. On October 4, 2018, the suspect, Gennady Shcherbakov, was reportedly sitting at the foot of his apartment building’s stairwell. He had been drinking heavily and was causing a ruckus, […]
The Last McDonald’s Burger in Iceland Just Turned 10 And It Still Looks Edible
Iceland is one of the few countries in the world where McDonald’s doesn’t operate in. The fast food giant closed its last restaurant in the Northern-European country a decade ago, but the last burger they ever sold has been carefully preserved and it still looks surprisingly edible. On October 31st, 2009, Hjortur Smarason had the […]
Kindhearted Man Takes Care of Over 750 Dogs
When Sasha Pesic rescued a litter of abandoned puppies in 2008, he had no idea that in little over a decade he would have rescued about 1,200 canines and still be caring for over 750 of them. Sasha Pesic became known to the world in 2015, when a video of him acrobatically dropping down to […]
The Coffee-Painted Portraits of Nuria Salcedo
Nuria Salcedo is a self-taught artist who uses coffee to paint incredibly detailed illustrations and portraits of celebrities. While she also uses brown pencils for the most intricate parts of her artworks, her characters are always painted with various tones of coffee. A trained architect, Nuria Salcedo never took art classes. She always liked drawing, […]
Head Injury Makes 34-Year-Old Man Look Like a Child
Having youthful looks is usually regarded as an enviable asset, but for a 34-year-old man in Central China, looking like a boy less than half his age is apparently a curse. He cannot get married, and everyone considers him a child. For Zhu Shengkai,a 44-year-old man from a rural area in Xiantao City, Wuhan, troubles […]