The Skeleton Flower – The White Flower That Becomes Translucent When It Rains
Diphylleia grayi is not the most striking of flowers, in fact many people pass by it without even noticing its white, rounded petals. But that’s because they don’t know about its most impressive feature, turning translucent in contact with water. Native to wooded mountainsides in the colder regions of Japan, “skeleton flowers” bloom from mid-spring to […]
Woman Swallows 5-Inch Spoon While Using It to Dislodge Fish Bone Stuck in Her Throat
Doctors in Shenzen, China recently performed an emergency endoscopy to remove a 13-centimeter metal spoon from a woman’s duodenum, after she accidentally swallowed it while trying to dislodge a fish bone from her throat. The reckless patient, known only as Lily, reportedly swallowed the stainless steel spoon before the Qingming Festival on April 5, but […]
Miss Sunshine, the Woman Who Surrounds Herself with the Color Yellow
What started as a creative way to honor her late father turned into an obsession for Ella London, a 35-year-old woman from Los Angeles who has been wearing and surrounding herself with everything yellow for the last seven years. Ella has always loved the color yellow, but it only became an important part of her […]
Artist Carves Tree Leaves into Beautiful Works of Art
Kazakhstan-based artist Kanat Nurtazin describes his leaf cutting art as a way of giving tree leaves a second life in which they can tell a new story through his intricate designs. Four years ago, Kanat Nurtazin embarked on an project he named “100 Methods of Drawing” for which he experimented with various ways of expressing his […]
Man Who Spent 50 Hours at Internet Cafe Was Actually Left Paralyzed by Stroke
A 42-year-old man in Shenzen, China, was recently hospitalized with a stroke after the staff at a local internet cafe noticed that he hadn’t got up from his seat in 50 hours. According to CCTV footage, the unnamed man arrived at the internet cafe on the morning of March 31st and never once got up […]
Chinese Street Cleaner Donates Most of His Money to Impoverished Children
A 58-year-old street cleaner in China has been hailed as a hero after it was reported that he has donated over 180,000 yuan ($27,000) to dozens of poor children in the last 30 years, despite earning a monthly salary of just 2,000 yuan ($300). Mr. Zhao, a street cleaner from Shenyang, in China’s northeast Liaoning Province, […]
Man Destroys His Own Brand New Condo for Not Being Luxurious Enough
A Malaysian man recently went viral after filming himself thrashing a brand new condominium in the heart of Kuala Lumpur because it wasn’t as luxurious as the developer had promised. The unnamed man became an overnight internet celebrity thanks to a series of short Facebook clips in which he complains that the condo he allegedly […]
Meet Katya, the Brown Bear Serving a Life Sentence in a Kazakh Prison
Katya, a 36-year-old brown bear, is the only prisoner at the UK-161/2 penal colony in Kostanay, Kazakhstan, to be serving a life sentence. Ironically, even killers imprisoned here have sentences of no longer than 25 years. So what could a bear do to end up in prison? Well, Ekaterina, or Katya as most of the 730 inmates […]
Indulging by Proxy – Chinese People Are Hiring Others to Consume Tasty Food on Their Behalf
If you love eating and drinking for free and are looking to make some pocket change, there’s a job in China with your name on it. A new type of online service allows people to hire others to eat or drink their favorite treats, either to cure their boredom or satisfy their craving without the […]
Man Fakes Inability to Walk for a Decade to Collect Disability Pension
An Italian man who went to great lengths to convince everyone that he had lost the ability to walk after being involved in a staged car accident 12 years ago was recently exposed as a fraud. The incredible story of Roberto Guglielmi, an Italian con artist who managed to fool everyone, including doctors, neighbors and even […]
Zimbabwean Hunter Who Killer Over 5,000 Elephants Declares Himself “Totally Unrepentant”
Ron Thompson, a Zimbabwean hunter who killed over 5,000 elephants, hundreds of buffaloes and “many more” wild animals in his 50-year career, recently declared himself “totally unrepentant” about his resume, claiming that it’s conservationists who are the problem. The 77-year-old retired hunter recently sat down with English newspaper The Independent and said that he was […]
12-Year-Old Boy Has Been Piggybacking Disabled Friend Around School for Six Years
A 12-year-old boy from Meishan, in China’s Sichuan Province, has been hailed as a hero for making it possible for a disabled classmate to move around at school by carrying him on his back for the last six years. When he was only 4-years-old, Zhang Ze was diagnosed with a debilitating and incurable condition called myasthenia gravis, […]
Singer Performs for 106 Consecutive Hours to Break Guinness Record, Gets Disqualified
The only thing worse than singing for over 100 hours straight is finding out that it was all in vain. That’s what happened to Dominican singer Carlos Silver who, after performing for 106 consecutive hours in an attempt to set a new world record, learned that his attempt was disqualified by Guinness. Last week, Dominican […]
Ingenious Sprinkler System Turns Entire Japanese Hamlet into a Water Fountain
Kayabuki no Sato, a small hamlet in Kyoto famous for its traditional thatched roof houses, features a concealed sprinkler system that turns the whole place into a water fountain. Known as Miyama’s Thatched Village, Kayabuki no Sato has a higher percentage of thatched roof farmhouses than any other place in Japan. This makes it very popular with […]
Newly Married Woman Divorces “Cheap” Husband in Their Honeymoon
A newly-married woman from the UAE recently filed for divorce from her husband, who she accused of being too cheap and making her pay for everything. Arabic newspaper Al Baiyan reports that the unnamed woman filed a case in the Personal Status Chamber at Abu Dhabi court, asking for a divorce from her Iranian husband, even […]