Kevdia – A Self-Balancing Walking Stick That Always Stands Upright
What good is a walking stick if you have to bend over to pick it up whenever it falls down? That was the question that inspired a Greek industrial designer to design Kevdia, a light yet durable walking stick that always stands upright. The secret of the Kevdia walking stick is a weighted self-balancing base […]
Woman Allegedly Finds Sanitary Pads in Her Hotpot Two Days in a Row
And the title for the world’s unluckiest diner goes to… A woman in Shenzen, China, who claims to have found sanitary pads in her hotpot, two days in a row, at two separate restaurants. The woman, known only as ‘Ni’ allegedly found the first sanitary pad while enjoying a hotpot at a restaurant chain called Haidilao, […]
Men in Thai Village Paint Their Fingernails to Avoid Being Attacked by Ghost Widow
Young men in Pu Hong, a small village in Thailand’s Kalasin province, have started painting their fingernails as a way to fend off an evil ghost who they hold responsible for the recent deaths of several locals. The bizarre trend became popular after the deaths of five residents of Pu Hong over the last three weeks. […]
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 […]