In the Netherlands Sitting on a Pole for Hours on End Is a Competitive Sport
They say sports are good for your health, but they probably don’t mean the Dutch sport of Paalzitten or Pole Sitting, which sees competitors literally sitting on wooden poles for dozens of hours, until they surrender to either numbness or boredom. No one knows exactly how Paalzitten came to be, but some sources claim that […]
Meat Company to Launch World’s First Hot-Dog-Flavored Ice Cream Sandwich
If we were to make a global top 100 ice cream flavors list, hot-dog probably wouldn’t make the cut, but that hasn’t stopped American processed meat giant Oscar Mayer from announcing the launch of a hot-dog-flavored ice cream sandwich. Shaking up the hot-dog scene seems like a tall order, but Oscar Mayer is willing to […]
Chinese Scientists Use Innovative Chip to Power Autonomous Bicycle
While tech giants like Tesla and Google are working hard to perfect autonomous cars, a team of scientists in China is developing a self-driving bicycle and their results are pretty impressive. Showcased in a short video presentation, the autonomous bicycle developed by scientists at Tsinghua University, in Beijing, can balance itself while also avoiding obstacles, […]
The Indonesian Island That Somehow Makes Mammals Smaller
Ever since the remains of “Homo Florensis”, an extinct species of unusually short humans, were discovered on Flores Island, in eastern Indonesia, scientists have been fascinated with this patch of land, which apparently has the power to somehow make mammals shorter and smaller. It all began in 2004, when the remains of a human who […]
Star Basketball Player Banned After Urine Test Finds Him to Be Pregnant
American basketball player Donell “D.J.” Cooper has been banned from the sport for two years after a urine test found him to be pregnant. The 28-year-old point guard who last played for AS Monaco, in Europe, was suspended for two years by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) after a urine sample was found to contain […]
Woman Installs Hidden Cameras in Family Home, Sees Husband Poisoning Her Coffee
A Michigan man was recently given a surprisingly light prison sentence after being found guilty of repeatedly spiking his wife’s coffee with high doses of sleeping pills. Therese Kozlowski filed for divorce from her husband, Brian, in June of 2018 but continued living in the same house. In fact, he even made coffee for her […]
Brazilian Gang Leader Tries to Escape Prison by Posing as His Teen Daughter
A convicted drug trafficker serving a 73-year prison sentence at Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious prison embarrassed himself trying to break out by wearing a cheap silicone mask and mask wig and trying to pass himself as his 19-year-old daughter. 42-year-old Claudino da Silva, aka Baixinho (Shorthy), fancied himself the Brazilian version of Joaqin ‘El […]
Doctors Pull Over 500 Teeth from 7-Year-Old Boy’s Mouth
Dentists at a hospital in Chennai, India, were shocked to find over 520 teeth growing in the mouth of a seven-year-old boy who occasionally complained of toothaches. 7-year-old P. Ravindran was taken to Saveetha Dental College and Hospital in Chennai to have a swelling on his lower right jaw looked at. Dentists ordered an X-Ray […]
Mexican Mayor Forced to Dress Up as a Woman for Failing to Fulfil Campaign Promises
Politicians always make promises they can’t keep during electoral campaigns, but voters hardly ever hold them responsible for lying. Well, residents in a small Mexican town recently decided to teach their mayor a lesson for failing to fulfil his campaign promises by parading him in women’s clothes for four straight days. Javier Sebastián Jiménez Santiz […]
Meet Wally the Emotional Support Alligator
When you think of possible emotional support animal species, alligator probably isn’t at the top of the list. But that didn’t stop one Pennsylvania man from relying on a hug-loving alligator to keep his depression in check. 65-year-old Joie Henney received approval from his doctor to use an alligator as an emotional support animal, after […]
Pakistani Reporter Receives International Praise for Brave, In-Depth Reporting
Azadar Hussain, a news reporter for Pakistani channel GTV News, shot to worldwide fame last week after footage of his daring reporting of local floods went viral online. In a commendable attempt to show viewers what the people of Pakistan’s Kot Chatta region had to put up with following devastating floods, Azadar Hussain decided to […]
This Asian Moth Is Probably Nature’s Ultimate Camouflage Master
We’ve seen plants and insects posing as something else entirely in order to confuse their natural predators, but Macrocilix maia, a moth native to Southeastern Asia, takes mimicry to a whole new level by literally painting an entire scene on its wings. Looking at a Macrocilix maia moth, it’s impossible to ignore the scene painted […]
Boy Inserts Sewing Needle in His Urethra to Keep Himself Awake
When it comes to keeping your self awake while doing homework, I could think of much better techniques than inserting a 10cm metal needle through my urethra, but it seems that’s the best a 12-year-old boy in China could come up with. The unnamed by from Shanxi, China’s Xi’an province, was apparently so desperate to […]
Australian Brewery Launches Tea That Allegedly Tastes Like Beer
The makers of popular Australian beer Victoria Bitter have released a limited edition VB Tea that combines Ceylon black tea and Super Pride hops, the same variety of hops that gives Victoria Bitter its bitterness. The result, a cup of tea that tastes like beer. Or at least that’s what the people at Victoria Bitter […]
Indonesian Man Walks Backwards 800 Km to Meet the President
An Indonesian man has been making news headlines around the world for embarking on a unique challenge to save the environment. 43-year-old Medi Bastoni is walking backward some 800 kilometers, from his village in East Java all the way to the capital Jakarta, to meet the president. Bastoni set off from his home village of […]