Viral News About Russian Man Who Survived in Bear’s Den for a Month Is Actually Fake
If you’ve visited a news site over the last couple of days, you’ve probably read this incredible story of a Russian “mummified” man who was found more dead than alive after being attacked by a brown bear and somehow survived for a month. Well, it case you haven’t already guessed, it’s fake. The story of […]
Parents Name Son “Google” Hoping It Will Give Him a Leg Up in Life
A baby in Indonesia has been awarded the title of “world’s strangest name” after it was revealed that his parents legally registered him as “Google”; no surname or middle name, just Google, just like the search engine. The eight-month-old boy’s father, 31-year-old Andi Cahya Saputra, told Indonesian media that he first contemplated the idea of […]
This Snake Plays Dead When Threatened
The North American hognose snake, aka “puff adder, aka “zombie snake”, has a taste for the dramatic. When threatened, this natural-born artist likes to play dead in the most overacted way imaginable. The hognose snake got its first nickname, “puff adder”, for its main defense mechanism. To scare away threats, it sucks in air and […]
The Book That Grew – A Unique Book Grown By Manipulating Grass Roots
In an effort to promote sustainable agriculture, Irish as agency Rothco teamed up with German artist Diana Scherer to create The Book That Grew – a 22-page tome created by manipulating the roots of living plants to grow in the shape of letters and diagrams. We wrote about plant root manipulation for artistic purposes in […]
Woman Underwent Over 300 Cosmetic Procedures Because Mother Told Her She Wasn’t Pretty Enough as a Child
A 39-year-old former hostess and model from Japan recently went on national television and revealed that she spent over 30 million yen ($280,000) on cosmetic procedures in the last 21 years, after becoming traumatized that her mother had never been satisfied with her looks growing up. Tsubaki Tomomi had her first plastic surgery when she […]
Living Jewelry – The Shiny Cocoons of This Exotic Butterfly Look Like Gold Jewels
Butterfly pupae are easy targets for predators in search of an easy protein-rich meal, and one would think that the flashier the cocoon, the higher the chances of being spotted and eaten , but the Mechanitis polymnia, aka the orange-spotted tiger clearwing and its shiny, gold-like pods are proof that the opposite is true. The orange-spotted […]
World’s Longest Water Slide Will Take You on a Four-Minute Ride Through a Malaysian Jungle
Located on a jungle-covered hillside in Malaysia, the new 1,140-meter-long water slide being built at Penang’s Escape Theme Park will most likely be declared the longest in the world when it opens, in August 2019. The current Guinness record for the world’s longest water slide has been held by the 605-meter slide at Action Park, […]
Aggressive Seagulls Keep Couple Hostage in Their Own Home for Six Days
An elderly couple in the UK claimed that they were held hostage by a pair of seagulls nesting on the roof of their Lancashire home. Every time they tried to leave the birds would become aggressive and attack them. Roy and Brenda Pickard’s story sounds like a real life version of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Birds”. The […]
Man’s Occasional Headache Turns Out to Be Caused by Wood Splinters Stuck in His Brain for Five Years
A Chinese man who recently turned up at a hospital in Yunnan Province with a swollen eyelid and excruciating headache was shocked to learn that his condition was caused by several pieces of wood stuck in his brain. The 41-year-old man, surnamed Zhou, told doctors that he first realized something was wrong about two months […]
Mysterious Condition Causes Dog to Tense Up and Fall Over Whenever He Gets Too Excited
Peter, a one-year-old cocker spaniel from Sheffield, in the UK, has earned the nickname “Fainting Pete” due to his bizarre habit of suddenly stiffening and falling over whenever he gets to excited or nervous. Peter’s owners, Emma Clayton and Oliver Broomhead, adopted him from a family who could no longer look take care of him. […]
‘Argentinian Hachiko’ Spends a Year Waiting Outside Police Station Where Its Owner Was Arrested
Sheila, a Golden retriever mix from Buenos Aires, Argentina, has melted the hearts of millions around South America after it was reported that she has been patiently waiting outside a local police station ever since her owner was arrested there, over a year ago. The loyal dog reportedly showed up outside the police station in […]
Scammers Use Silicone Mask to Impersonate French Minister, Swindle $90 Million
In what has been described as one of the most daring rackets in history, one or more individuals used a silicone mask to impersonate France’s minister of defense, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and scam an estimated €80 million ($90 million) from wealthy victims. Jean-Yves Le Drian served as France’s defense minister from 2012 to 2017, and […]
Man Sues Brewery Because Pink Beer Promotion Made Him Feel Forced to Identify as a Woman
A Welsh man took UK brewery BrewDog to court over a gender equality promotion that made him feel forced to identify as a woman in order to buy his favorite beer at a discounted price. In March of 2018, Scotland-based brewery BrewDog swapped the blue label of its popular Punk IPA to a pink one and […]
Woman Had Surgical Clamp Lodged in Her Abdomen for 23 Years
A 62-year-old Russian woman recently learned that the acute pain she had lived with for over two decades was being caused by a surgical clamp forgotten inside her body after a cesarean. Ezeta Gobeeva, a pensioner from Russia’s North Ossetia region, had been complaining of an acute abdominal pain ever since she underwent a C-section […]
Fugitive Turns Himself In After His Wanted Poster Gets 29,000 Facebook Likes
Last month, a Connecticut fugitive struck a deal with the Torrington Police Department, promising that he would turn himself in if his wanted poster got more than 15,000 likes on Facebook. It took a bit longer than expected, but the man has made good on his pledge. 29-year-old Jose Simms was wanted for seven counts of failure […]