Man Suffers Heart Attack While Doing Homework with Son
A Chinese man got so angry while tutoring and helping his teenage son with his homework that he suffered a heart attack and almost lost his life Surnamed Zhang, the 40-something man from China’s Zhejiang province started experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain while helping his son prepare for senior secondary school entrance exams. […]
Russian Entrepreneurs Sell ‘Snowman Arms’ Online
Russian entrepreneurs looking to make a quick buck have started selling twigs online, marketing them as “perfect snowman arms” and asking for up to 5,300 rubles ($50) per pair. Russian media recently reported that online classifieds platforms have been inundated with ads for snowman spare parts. Apart from the snow itself, you can buy pretty […]
Restaurant Has Been Frying Burgers in the Same Grease for Over 100 Years
Dyer’s Burgers is a popular Memphis eatery that has been frying its meat patties in the same grease for over a century, claiming it is the secret to its delicious-tasting burgers. Elmer “Doc” Dyer founded his now-famous burger joint in Memphis in 1912, betting on his secret mix of seasonings to make the patties irresistible. […]
‘Professional Back-Scratchers’ Charge Up to $130 Per Hour
The Scratcher Girls is an unconventional relaxation therapy studio that charges clients up to $130 per hour for back-scratching and tracing services so relaxing they can put people to sleep. Over the years, we’ve featured our share of unusual services here on Oddity Central, from renting fat people by the hour to professional cuddling and […]
88-Year-Old Finishes 26-Mile Marathon, Proves Age Is Just a Number
At an age when most people struggle to move around without a cane or a crutch, 88-year-old Ploutarchos Pourliakas just completed his 12th consecutive Athens Marathon (42.195km / 26.22 miles) If you ever need a bit of extra motivation to get up off the couch and go for a jog, remember that an 88-year-old man […]
Living on the Edge in Bolivia’s ‘Suicide Homes’
Hundreds of buildings located on the edge of a steep earthen cliff on the outskirts of El Alto, in Bolivia, have been dubbed “suicide homes” because of the high risk of a devastating landslide. Located on Avenida Panorámica and in La Ceja, one of the busiest commercial areas of the city of El Alto, Bolivia’s […]
World’s Saltiest Body of Water Is So Salty It Doesn’t Freeze at -50 Degrees Fahrenheit
Located in Antarctica’s McMurdo’s Dry Valleys, the shallow Don Juan Pond is the world’s saltiest body of water. With a salt content that puts the Dead Sea to shame, it remains liquid even at -58 degrees Celsius (-50 Fahrenheit). At four inches deep, Don Juan Pond looks more like a large puddle than an actual […]
Japanese Ultra-Luxury Bottled Water Can Cost Up to $10,000 Per Liter
Fillico Jewelry Water is a Japanese company known for selling one of the most expensive bottled waters in the world, with exclusive limited editions selling for up to $10,000 per bottle. Water is one of the most basic human needs, so marketing and selling it as an ultra-luxury product is a pretty big challenge, even […]
Couple Who Married and Divorced 12 Times in 43 Years Investigated for Fraud
An Austrian couple who married and divorced each other a total of 12 times in the last 43 years is currently under investigation for financial fraud. Police in Vienna, Austria, are currently investigating the bizarre case of a couple who got married and then divorced 12 times over a period of 43 years in order […]
Cash-Strapped Student Extorts Hotels with Dead Cockroches and Used Condoms
A 21-year-old student from Taizhou, China, managed to extort over 60 different hotels for free stays and financial compensation by creating fake hygiene problems and promising to take actions against them. Jiang, a resident of Taizhou City, in China’s Zhejiang Province, came up with a particularly gross way of funding his traveling habit when he […]
Chinese Zoo Draws Criticism for Shockingly Thin Crocodile
China’s Guangzhou Zoo Has come under fire after videos of a shockingly thin crocodile housed there went viral online. Photos and videos of a crocodile so skinny that you can literally see its spine and count its ribs have been doing the rounds on Chinese social media and sparking a heated debate around the treatment […]
Man Spends 3 Days Stuck in Well Because People Mistook His Cries for Ghost Wailing
A 22-year-old man spent three days trapped at the bottom of a 12-meter-deep well because villagers who heard his cries for help thought he was a wailing ghost and wouldn’t approach the well. It’s unclear what Liu Chuanyi, a young Chinese national, was doing in the forest on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, but […]
Young Thai Singer Allegedly Dies After Getting Neck-Twisting Massage
The whole of Thailand was shaken by the death of a young singer as a result of getting a neck-twisting massage that left her with a herniated spine disk in her neck. Doctors in Thailand started issuing warnings against getting neck-twisting massages after the tragic death of Phing Chyada, a young woman from Udon Thani […]
Japanese Man Arrrested for Trespassing on Others’ Property as a Hobby
A Japanese man was recently admitted to trespassing onto other people’s properties over 1,000 times as a hobby because he found it thrilling and exhilarating. A couple of weeks ago, Fukuoka Prefectural Police arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of trespassing onto a couple’s property in the city of Daizafu. Little did the police know […]
Chinese Police Introduces Autonomous Spherical Patrol Robot
Viral videos shared on Chinese social media show human law enforcement patrolling the streets alongside AI-powered spherical robots capable of detecting and stopping crime. A couple of months ago, Chinese robotics company Logon Technology unveiled the RT-G autonomous spherical robot, a “technological breakthrough” designed to assist and even replace humans in dangerous environments and situations. […]