Indian Universities To Teach Engineering Students That Batteries and Planes Were Invented in India Thousands of Years Ago
An Indian education organization recently sparked controversy by introducing an optional engineering course that teaches students that modern inventions like aeronautics, batteries, as well as knowledge of gravity existed in India during the Vedic Age, thousands of years ago. Human Resource Development Ministry (HRD) decided to introduce into the country’s engineering curriculum a controversial book […]
Lonely Female Shoppers in China Can Now Rent ‘Shopping Boyfriends’ by the Hour
Shopping malls in China have come up with an ingenious strategy to attract female shoppers. Many of them now offer attractive ‘shopping’ boyfriends that can be rented by the hour at really affordable rates. What started as a clever promotion for March 8th, International Women’s Day, has apparently become a year-long strategy to attract female […]
How One Woman’s Constipation Made Her Whole Family Millionaires
You’ll have a tough time finding someone who talks positively about their constipation problems, but one Utah woman is one of those rare exceptions, and for good reason. It was her constipation that inspired her to create a simple stool that now helps millions of people improve their bowel movements. Judy Edwards has been struggling […]
Teacher Turns Classroom into Pink Hello Kitty Paradise at Her Own Expense
Samelyn Lafuente, a young primary school teacher from Masbate City, in the Philippines, spent the last three years turning a bland classroom into a little girl’s real-life fantasy, decked in pink and full of Hello Kitty-themed decorations. Walking into Samelyn Lafuente’s classroom, you would be tempted to think that it’s an obsessed Hello Kitty fan’s shrine to […]
Family Sued Over Unpaid Electric Bills Place Blame on Their Cat
A family in Russia’s Barnaul region was recently taken to court by the local energy company for accumulating a debt of approximately 80,000 rubles ($1,218) in unpaid bills. In their defense, the accused claimed that it was all their cat’s fault, not theirs. It’s one thing for kids to say “the dog ate my homework”, […]
Lenin Tries to Stop Hitler from Becoming Mayor of Peruvian Town
Yungar, a remote town in the Peruvian Andes, has been receiving worldwide attention in the past couple of weeks, because of the efforts of a man named Lenin to stop one of the candidates, named Hitler, from running in the upcoming municipal elections. Hitler Alba Sánchez, also known as ‘Hitler of the Andes’ or ‘The […]
Someone is Stripping and Tying People to Lamp Posts in Mexican City and Nobody Knows Why
Last week, police in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta reported at least 11 cases of people completely stripped of their clothes tied to lamp posts and with the letter ‘R’ shaved on the back of their heads. So far, no one knows who orchestrated these attacks and why, as the victims all refuse […]
These Artworks Are Made from Moose Poop And They Are Selling Like Hot Cakes
A Maine artist managed to carve a unique niche for herself by using moose droppings as the main medium for her artworks. It’s not clear when or how Somerville resident Mary Winchenbach got the idea to use moose poop to make art, but after showing off her witty-named “Tirdy Works” at the Common Ground Fair, in […]
IT Professional Single-Handedly Builds Two-Storey House Using YouTube Tutorials
A young system analyst from Brazil managed to save about half the cost of building a two storey brick house, by doing all the work himself, instead of hiring a professional construction crew. With absolutely no construction experience behind him, he turned to YouTube tutorials and advice from family and friends. 33-year-old Evandro Klimpel Balmant and […]
Dolphin and Other Marine Life Abandoned in Japanese Aquarium That Closed Down Months Ago
International media outlets have been reporting the shocking case of a dolphin, dozens of penguins and other wildlife that have been abandoned in a derelict Japanese aquarium that closed down months ago. The operator of the Inubosaki Marine Park Aquarium in Choshi, a city in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture, closed down in January 2018, citing a […]
Russian Man Is First in Line to Buy New iPhone, Becomes Epic Meme Instead
A man named Valery recently became the star of what may very well be the most epic fail in the history of iPhone launches. After becoming the first person in a monstrously long queue to set foot inside the Apple store in Moscow to buy an iPhone XS, he left empty-handed because he couldn’t afford […]
Meet Kesha, the Only Cat on an Island Where Cats Are Banned
The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is mostly known as one of the few places on Earth where people are forbidden from dying, but few know that this place also has a ban on cats, with one exception, a purring feline that’s technically a fox. Cats weren’t always banned on Svalbard. It was only during the […]
Woman Fakes Pregnancy for Nine Months to Stop Partner from Leaving Her
A 37-year-old woman from Colombia recently shocked her entire country after managing to fake her pregnancy for nine months and then coming up with film-worthy story to explain the absence of a baby on her due date. And she did it all to keep her partner from leaving her. Antonela Santiago Padilla and her partner […]
Creative Farmer Makes Herself a Gorgeous Wedding Dress Out of 40 Discarded Cement Bags
A creative female farmer in China recently broke the internet with a gorgeous wedding dress she made out of 40 cement bags leftover after repairing her country house. 28-year-old Lili Tan has never taken fashion design courses, and spends most of her time farming, not creating wedding gowns, but looking at the amazing dress she […]
Lucifer’s Fingers – A Rare and Potentially Deadly Delicacy of the Sea
Because to their thick, finger-like trunks and their eerie claw-like feet, the gooseneck barnacles growing on the rocks of Portugal’s most south-western coastline are known as Lucifer’s Fingers. They are sometimes referred to as the truffles of the sea, both because of their rarity and high price, but also because of how hard and risky they are […]