Just Room Enough Island – The World’s Smallest Inhabited Island
Just Room Enough Island, is an aptly-named private-owned island with literally just enough room for its owners’ house, a couple of trees and a miniature beach with a pair of bench chairs. Part of the Thousand Islands archipelago on the border between the U.S. and Canada, Just Room Enough Island measures about 3,300 square feet […]
Scorned Investors Want to Exhume Dead CEO Who Took Password to Millions in Bitcoin to the Grave
The unexpected death of 30-year-old Gerald Cotten, CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, sent shock waves through the whole crypto currency last year, especially as he took the password to about $163 million USD in bitcoin to the grave with him. But now investors want his body exhumed to confirm Cotten’s identity and cause of […]
How a Common Fruit Started a Blue Food Craze in Brazil
The ripe berries of the genipa tree, called genipapo, have long been used throughout Central and South America to make syrups and liquors, but for a few years now unripe genipapo berries have become highly sought after for their ability to turn foods blue. The coloring properties of unripe genipapo berries have been documented since […]
Real-Life Pennywise the Clown in Ukraine Risks Spending 5 Years in Prison
A mysterious prankster who has been dressing up as Pennywise the evil clown from the popular “It” films and trying to scare passers-by has been getting a lot of attention in Ukraine, including from prosecutors who think the people behind the stunt deserve to be locked up. The real-life Pennywise was first spotted on the […]
The Hyper-Realistic Pencil Portraits of Alena Litvin
Moscow-based artist Alena Litvin has a very special gift – she can recreate a detailed photographic portraits using only colored pencils and mountains of talent. The results are often so impressive that you can barely tell the drawing apart from the photo. Looking at her amazing drawings, it’s very hard to believe that Alena is […]
Megachurch and Family of 2-year-Old Girl Who Died Suddenly Try To Bring Her Back to Life Through Prayer
Following the tragic death of their young daughter, a California family has asked members of their church, the Bethel Church in Redding, California, to help them attempt a miraculous resurrection through prayer, singing and praise. Early on Friday, 2-year-old Olive Alayne Heiligenthal stopped breathing in her sleep, and despite the best efforts of paramedics, who […]
Man Claims to Have Cooked Pork Roast Inside Car on Scorching Hot Day
A Western Australian man claims to have successfully cooked a whole pork roast by leaving it inside a car for about 10 hours on a very hot day. Although he conducted the experiment for fun, the man did warn people not to leave their kids or pets in their cars during the summer. Stu Pengelly, […]
Man Who Spent Decades with Face Stuck to His Thighs Can Finally Stand Up Straight
A 46-year-old man who reportedly spent the last three decades of his life with his face pressed against his thighs, after being diagnosed with a rare condition called ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Luckily he is now able to stand straight again after undergoing life-changing surgery to fix his hunched back. Li Hua was diagnosed with ankylosing […]
11-Year-Old Athlete Wins Multiple Gold Medals Running in Makeshift Shoes Made from Bandages
Rhea Ballos, an 11-year-old student of Salvacion Elementary School in Balasan, the Philippines, has become an overnight sensation after winning three gold medals in a provincial sports event, despite not having proper running shoes. The young athlete managed to win the 400-meter dash, the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run in the girls’ categories while […]
Father Makes 10-Year-Old Son Beg at Train Station to Teach Him a Life Lesson
A Chinese father sparked outrage on social media after it was reported that he made his son beg at a Shanghai train station as punishment for not doing his homework. Lat Thursday morning, Shanghai police responded to an emergency call about a young boy with a schoolbag on his knees begging for food in a […]
Mom Uses Several Life-Size Cardboard Cutouts of Herself to Trick Toddler Son Into Thinking She Is Always Around
A young Japanese couple have come up with an ingenious way of making their one-year-old son stop crying whenever he notices that his mother isn’t around – life-size cardboard cutouts of the woman placed strategically in the room he is playing in. Fuki Sato recently became an overnight sensation after photos of her life-size cutouts […]
Man Accidentally Blows Up Car by Lighting Cigarette After Using Too Much Air Freshener
A driver in West Yorkshire, UK, luckily escaped with only minor injuries after accidentally blowing up his car while in it, by trying to light a cigarette after spraying an excessive amount of air freshener. Passers-by and residents on Fountain Street, in Halifax, were startled by a powerful explosion at around 3.30 p.m. on Saturday. […]
Business Goes Viral for Letting Employees Take Days Off to Deal with Hangover
If you’ve ever had to go to work with a splitting headache after an alcohol-fueled long night on the town, you can probably appreciate this company’s policy of giving employees “hangover days” off work to put themselves back together. Let’s face, we all wish we could call in sick to work after having one, or […]
Meet Anuko, the Canine Version of Grumpy Cat
You may think it’s the most wonderful time of the year, but I know one canine who definitely disagrees. Well, at least he looks like he does anyway, as Anuko, a five-year-old Siberian Husky has one of the grumpiest faces I’ve ever since on a canine. Anuko first rose to internet stardom in 2015, when […]
Russian Television Launches Reality Show Centred Around Life at Secluded Monastery
In a time when reality TV is pretty much synonymous with the Kardashian name, launching a reality show centered around life at a secluded orthodox monastery hardly sounds like a winning idea, but one Russian TV channel is going ahead with the project anyway. A television channel entirely owned by a religious organization affiliated with […]