Portugal’s ‘Chicken Girl’ – The Tragic Story of a Girl Who Grew Up in a Chicken Coop
In 1980, Portugal was shocked by the story of Maria Isabel Quaresma Dos Santos, a 9-year-old girl who had spent her entire childhood in a chicken coop, deprived of any human interaction and affection. Because of the effects growing up with chickens had on her behavior, Isabel became known as “Chicken Girl”. According to an article […]
Russian Man Gets Over 11 Years in Prison for Shamanic Medicine He Bought in Peru
A young Russian artist was recently sentenced to 11.5 years in prison for bringing home two small bottles of ayahuasca – a famous spiritual medicine prepared by indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin – that he bought while visiting Peru. Maxim Gert, a resident of Nizhny Tagil, a city in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast, had no idea […]
Nail Salon Gets Slammed Online for Sealing Live Ants in Transparent Acrylic Nails
A Russian nail salon has been slammed as ‘sick’ and ‘cruel’ on social media after posting photos and videos of live ants crawling inside models’ hollow acrylic nails. Moscow-based Nail Sunny beauty salon has built a reputation for pushing the envelope, and several of their quirky ideas have gone viral on social media like Instagram […]
Rare Medical Condition Causes Vietnamese Girl to Sweat Blood
An 11-year-old girl was recently admitted at the Quy Hoa National Leprosy Dermatology Hospital, in Vietnam, under suspicion of suffering from hematidrosis, a very rare medical condition in which people sweat blood. The young girl, identified only as N., to protect her privacy, allegedly started sweating blood three or four months ago, when her parents claim […]
Gongbang – South Korea’s Fascination with Watching Other People Study for Hours on End
Gongbang is the name of a growing live-streaming trend in South Korea, where people broadcast themselves studying in almost total silence for hours on end to dozens, sometimes hundreds of viewers who love nothing more than to watch them do it. Ask most popular streamers and they’ll tell you that the keys to a successful […]
Man Undergoes Extreme Procedures to Make His Face Look Like a Skull
Kalaca Skull, a 22-year-old tattoo artist from Colombia, has been making headlines all over South America for undergoing extreme surgical procedures to make his face look like a skull. Born Eric Yeiner Hincapié Ramírez, the young tattoo artist claims he had been fascinated by skulls ever since he was a child, but only started turning his […]
Man Fakes Mugging, Slashes His Own Arms to Avoid Buying Girlfriend Expensive Car
Men often go to great lengths to fulfill their loved ones’ wishes, but this story is a bout a guy who went to extremes to ensure that he wouldn’t have to fulfill a promise he had made to his girlfriend, while at the same time making sure that she didn’t blame him for it. Earlier […]
Bizarre Condition Allows Man to Turn His Legs 180 Degrees and Walk Backward
Moses Lanham, a 57-year-old man from Michigan, has become known as ‘Mr. Plastic’ for his unusual ability to turn his legs along with his knees 180 degrees and walk backward. Mr Plastic discovered his superhuman ability when he was only 14-years-old. He was climbing a rope in gym class when he lost his grip and […]
The Swiss Man Who Built a UFO Landing Port in Argentina Because Aliens Told Him to
This is the story of Werner Jaisli, a Swiss man who in 2008 started building a giant, star-shaped ‘ovniport’ – a UFO landing spot – in an Argentinian desert, because aliens telepathically ordered him to. It’s not clear exactly when Werner Jaisli arrived in Cachi, a small town in the Argentinian province of Salta, but […]
Man Falls Into Giant Hole After Stepping into It to Check if It’s Real
A man was recently injured after falling into an 8-foot-deep art installation at the Serralves Foundation Museum in Porto, Portugal. He apparently though it looked fake, so he decided to step into it to make sure. Created by acclaimed British artist Anish Kapoor in 1992, “Descent Into Limbo” is an optical illusion that looks like a black […]
Toronto Residents Put Neglected Pothole to Good Use, Turn It Into a Tomato Garden
After waiting for local authorities to fix a massive pothole for several months, residents of Poplar Plain Crescent, in Toronto, decided to make the best of it by transforming the hole into a community tomato garden. It’s unclear who came up with the idea of plating tomato seeds into the neglected pothole earlier this summer, but […]
Woman Offers Boyfriend Her Hand in Marriage, a Brand new Car and Cash If He Can Conquer His Fear of Heights. He Passes!
The Fuxi Mountain Skywalk, a glass, horseshoe-shaped glass bridge standing 360 meters above a canyon floor, was recently the scene of one of the most bizarre wedding proposals in human history. Xiao Jing, a 23-year-old woman from Xinmi City, in China’s Henan province, decided to pop the big question to her boyfriend of three years […]
Man Inflates 12 Tyre Tubes by Blowing Air Through One Nostril, Sets New World Record
You need an exceptional pair of lungs to inflate a tyre tube by blowing air into it through your mouth, but one Chinese man has recently set a new world record by inflating 12 tubes at the same time, with one nostril. 43-year-old Tang Feihu accomplished the impressive feat in just two and a half […]
Turkish Football Club Sells 18 Players to Buy 10 Goats and Generate Income
Gulspor, a small football club from one of Turkey’s lowest divisions, recently sold 18 of its players in order to buy 10 goats and generate extra income from milk and meat sales. The club’s president, Kenan Büyükleblebi, told Turkish media that the unusual decision was dictated by lack of funds, as there are virtually no sponsorships or […]
Man Puts Up 300 Billboards and Signs Overnight to Ask Girlfriend’s Forgiveness
A young Indian businessman who wanted to get back on his girlfriend’s good side after an argument put up 300 billboards and signs all over their local suburb, to let her know he wanted her forgiveness. It’s not clear what 25-year-old Nilesh Khedekar had done to upset his girlfriend, but he clearly thought it serious enough […]