Meet Norman, the World’s First Psychopath AI
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have trained an artificial intelligence algorithm to become a psychopath by exposing it to gruesome and violent images on popular social network Reddit. Called Norman, after the iconic Anthony Perkins character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic “Psycho”, the AI was trained to perform image captioning, a popular deep learning method […]
Chinese City Introduces Special Walkway for Smartphone-Using Zombies
Authorities in the Chinese city of Xi’an recently inaugurated a special sidewalk lane designed for “phubbers” – people who walk while staring at their smartphones and ignore everything around them. Painted red, green and blue and featuring pictures of smartphones, the special lane is located on the busy Yanta Roan, in Xi’an, and is 80cm wide […]
Russian Fashion Blogger Conquers Social Media with Her Huge Eyebrows
Anzhelika Protodyakonova, a young fashion blogger from Russia, shot to social media flame after photos of her huge eyebrows, which cover most of her forehead, went viral on the internet. They say every cloud has a silver lining, and the story of how Anzhelika Protodyakonova became a popular online fashion blogger and a social media […]
Allegedly Self-Taught Pilot Flew Passenger Planes Without Ever Attending Aviation University
Russian media recently featured the story of Taras Shelest, a highly-regarded passenger jet pilot who turned out to be a complete fraud. Despite having never attended aviation university and instead faking his diploma, Shelest allegedly flew thousands of people all around the world for several years, until a bizarre incident finally exposed him. In August […]
Rare Condition Makes 18-Year-Old Student Look Like an 80-Year-Old Grandpa
Looking at Xiao Cui for the first time, you could swear he is at least 80 years old, but in fact he is only an 18-year-old high-school student suffering from a very rare health condition that has caused his facial muscles and skin to droop, making him look a lifetime older than he really is. […]
Tattoo Artist Creates Stunning Portraits Entirely Out of ASCII Code
Invented in the 1970s, ASCII art is still popular in online chats, on forums and websites, but one insanely talented tattoo artist is able to ink stunning portraits using only the 95 characters characters from the 1963 American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) standard on his clients’ skin. 31-year-old Andreas Vrontis has always been fascinated […]
The Mysterious Bent Trees of North America
To the casual observer, the thousands of bent trees scattered throughout the North American continent look like mere freaks of nature, deformed by the elements of disease, but a more careful analysis reveals that these trees bend sharply into right angles, parallel the earth, which suggests that they were intentionally shaped long ago, for an unknown […]
3-Year-Old Israeli Boy Baffles Doctors by Speaking English Without Ever Having Learned It
O’Neal Mahmoud, a 3-year-old from an Arabic-speaking Druze family in the Golan Heights, Israel, has amazed doctors with his ability to speak English with a British accent without ever having been exposed to the foreign language. Named after legendary basketball player Shaquille O’Neal, O’Neal Mahmoud didn’t speak at all until he was 2-years-old. Then he started making these unintelligible […]
The Sad Case of a Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Over a Bag of Herbal Tea
Ordering a bag of herbal tea on the internet sounds harmless enough, but, as one young Russian man learned a couple of years ago, it can sometimes land you in prison for a very long time. Alexei Novikov’s incredibly sad story began in September of 2015. The 34-year-old man was going to pick up his […]
The Man Who Became a Millionaire by Selling Fake Dog Balls
Gregg Miller is living proof that a crazy idea can sometimes turn out to be pure genius. He is the inventor of Neuticles, silicone implants for male dogs to replace testicles after neutering so they don’t lose their manly look, and he is a millionaire. Miller came up with the idea for a purely cosmetic replacement […]
Pregnant ‘Illegal Immigrant” Cow to Be Executed For Accidentally Crossing National Border
A pregnant cow from Bulgaria has been sentenced to death for “illegally” crossing the border into neighboring Serbia. She apparently didn’t know that Serbia isn’t a member of the European Union and could not return to her home country without the appropriate paperwork… Penka the cow sealed her fate last month, when she broke away from […]
The Russian Favelas of Sochi – How Car Garages Can Be Turned into Profitable Multiple-Storey Homes
The Russian city of Sochi is known as a popular seaside destination and for having hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics. But what most people don’t know about the seaside city is that it is home to a special type of residential complexes – so-called “Russian Favelas” made up of Soviet-era car garages converted into 3, […]
Unlicensed Surgeon Films Rap Videos While Operating on Unconscious Patients
An Atlanta-area dermatologist has been dubbed the “rapping doctor” for her unusual habit of filming herself and her staff dancing and rapping during surgery, with unconscious patients used as props, and posting the videos online for promotional purposes. Dr. Windell Boutté promotes herself as the “#1 Female Plastic Surgeon in the Southeast” despite not being […]
Australian Psychic Claims That She Can Smell Imminent Death on People
Ari Kala, a 24-year-old psychic from New South Wales, Australia, claims to have a very unusual clairvoyant gift – she can tell if people are about to die just by taking a whiff of them. The self-described ‘psychic coach’ apparently discovered her unique talent when she was just 12 years old, while visiting her terminally-ill uncle. […]
Werepups – Artist Creates Eerily Lifelike Werewolf Babies
Asia Eriksen, a horror enthusiast from Coaldale, Pennsylvania, has found an intriguing way of combining her artistic talent and her passion for horror – she spends weeks, sometimes even month,s creating custom werewolf babies called “werepups”. 34-year-old Asia Eriksen got the idea for her creepy Werepups as a child. The horror flick Silver Bullet got her […]