Meet Yeon-woo Jhi, a South Korean “Muscle Barbie”
Yeon-woo Jhi is an IFBB Pro female bodybuilder with multiple major titles under her belt. The contrast between her cute, feminine face and impressively muscular body have also made her somewhat of an internet celebrity and earned her the nickname “Muscle Barbie”. Looking at 34-year old Yeon-woo Jhi, it’s hard to imagine that she was once […]
Reality TV Show Asks Participants to Trust Someone Else to Buy Them a House
Buying a home is one of the important financial and lifestyle decisions a person can make, so knowing exactly what you’re spending your money on is kind of important. Well, a Belgian reality TV show is flipping that idea on its head by asking participants to trust a couple of experts both with their finances and choosing […]
Belgian Town Hosts Wacky Seagull Screeching Championship
Aspiring seagull imitators from all over Europe recently gathered in the Belgian town of Adinkerke to take part in the first European Gull Screeching Championship. The wacky event took place in a local pub and required competitors to channel their inner gull, both vocally and physically. While the emphasis of the competition was on the sound […]
Japanese Food Stall Staffed by an Adorable Shiba-Inu Dog
Food stalls in Japan have apparently gone to the dogs. The aptly-named “Dog’s Sweet Potato Shop”, a small kiosk selling roasted sweet potatoes, in Sapporo, Japan is manned (dogged?) by a three-year-old Shiba-Inu dog. Japanese Twitter user @hina_shii_ver2 first learned about the unique “Dog’s Sweet Potato Shop” in her home city of Sapporo earlier this […]
Survival Nuts Try to Survive Three Weeks in Malaysian Jungle Naked And Without Food
Two university pals from the UK who wanted to do something inspirational and epic decided to spend three weeks in a Malaysian jungle, naked and without food, to “show that it can be done”. They quit 16 days into their adventure after one of them cut his hand with a machete. 26-year-old Daniel Olifi, a financial […]
Man Claims Supervisor Bullied Him by Constantly Farting in His Presence
Australia’s Court of Appeal has been tasked with deciding whether farting can be considered a form of bullying, after an engineer sued his former employer for allowing a supervisor to harass him in several ways, including by farting in his presence, as part of an alleged conspiracy to end his employment. 56-year-old David Hingst sued […]
The Story of Tibbles, a Pet Cat That Allegedly Rendered a Bird Species Extinct in Less Than a Year
The Lyall’s wren was a species of small, flightless birds that once thrived on Stephens Island, in New Zealand. It’s one of the many species that have been rendered extinct by the reckless introduction of predators in their natural habitat, but what makes this bird’s story unique is that it was allegedly both discovered and […]
Wind Turbines and Solar Panels Suspected of Killing Hundreds of Cows in France
In recent years, cattle farmers in France’s Brittany region have lost hundreds of cows to deaths that veterinarians simply cannot explain. After running various tests on their land, some now claim that the solar panels and wind turbines in the area are releasing too much electricity into the ground, which is slowly killing their animals. […]
Woman Knits Stylish Suit Out of Hundreds of Plastic Grocery Bags
Looking at Rosa Ferrigno’s new suit, you could swear it was knitted with regular yarn. It’s only when you touch it and hear the characteristic rustling of plastic that your realize there’s something special about it. In fact, the suit and jacket ensemble is made out of over 300 plastic grocery bags. At age 75, Rosa […]
Ethiopia’s Bizarre Love Affair with Raw Meat
In most places around the world, people are taught that eating raw meat is bad for them due to the high risk of contacting parasites and harmful bacteria, but in Ethiopia raw meat is a popular delicacy. Walking through the streets of Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, it’s not uncommon to see groups […]
Teen Pays Her Way Through College by Helping Chinese Parents Name Their Babies
Beau Jessup, a 19-year-old entrepreneur, has earned hundreds of thousands of dollars through her ingenious online service, Special Name, which helps Chinese parents choose an appropriate English name for their babies. Finding a suitable name for a baby is a big deal in China. When picking out their child’s Chinese name, parents usually select two […]
Female Vigilante Group Has Been Defending This Indian Forest for 20 Years
A group of 75 female volunteers from India’s Odisha state has spent every day of the last 20 years patrolling a 75-hectare forest to protect it from woodcutters and timber smugglers. In 1999, the eastern state of Odisha was ravaged by a supercyclone. People lost their homes, their crops and had to go without food […]
Man Spikes Co-Workers’ Drinks with LSD Because They Had “Negative Energy”
A 19-year-old Missouri man admitted to spiking co-workers’ drinks with LSD because they were “too uptight” and “needed to have better energy”. What’s the fastest way to change your co-workers’ mood and help them relax? Well, according to a young Enterprise Rent-A-Car employee, lacing their drinks with strong mood-altering drugs without telling them is one way of […]
Chinese Police Mocked for Using Alleged Criminal’s Childhood Photo for Wanted Poster
Police in Zhenxiong, China’s Yunnan province recently apologized after being ridiculed online for using a 17-year-old suspected criminal’s childhood photo for a wanted poster, because they couldn’t find a more recent one. Look at those chubby cheeks! Does this look like the face of someone who could commit gang crimes and other violent offences? Well, technically, […]
Tree Growing in the Stands of a Football Stadium Is Local Team’s Most Famous Supporter
The Resistencia Sport Club, a small football club in Paraguay’s second division, is the first in the world to make a tree growing in the stands of its stadium an official supporter, even offering it a membership card and complimentary jersey. Resistencia’s evergreen supporter is as old as the club, so both the team and […]