Woman Covers Face in Bright Pink Poster Paint, Hilarity Ensues
Applying bright pink poster paint all over your face can leave you with pink skin. At least that’s what everyone though after seeing the photos of a twitter user who recently did just that. No one knows exactly why Twitter user @LeleTill decided to put bright pink poster paint all over her face, but she […]
Mysterious Cliff in China Lays “Stone Eggs” Every 30 Years
If you’ve never heard of an egg-laying mountain, you probably don’t know about Chan Da Ya, a mysterious cliff in China that reportedly lays perfectly round or oval stone eggs every 30 years. Located in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Region, China’s Guizhou Province, Chan Da Ya – Mandarin for “egg laying cliff” – has been […]
Modern-Day Casanova in Thailand Marries 120 Women And They All Know About Each Other
Polygamy is illegal in Thailand, but that didn’t stop a modern-day Casanova from taking a whopping 120 wives and having 28 children with them. What’s even more unusual is that the women all know about each other and are fine with the arrangement. Tambon Prasert, the head of Phromnee district, in Thailand’s Nakorn Nayok province, some 90 […]
Chinese “Guardian of Dogs” Has Rescued Over 700 Strays in the Last 8 Years
Zhou Yusong is known as the “Guardian of Dogs” in his home city of Zhengzhou, China’s Henan Province. The kindhearted man has spent the last 8 years of his life rescuing stray dogs and offering them a home at his animal protection center. It all started in 2008, when Zhou Yusong, when he noticed an […]
Meet Cygnus, the Cat with the World’s Longest, Most Luscious Tail
Lauren and Will Powers, of Ferndale, Michigan, don’t need to dust their home like the rest of us. Their cat, Cygnus, does it for them just by walking around the place and wagging his incredibly long and fluffy tail. Cygnus Regulus Powers was recently featured in the 2018 Guinness Book of Records for having the “longest tail […]
Japanese Homeless Comedian Makes a Good Living Renting Himself to People for 45 Cents a Day
It’s hard to believe that anyone could survive on just 45 cents a day, especially if they don’t even have a place to sleep, but Japanese comedian Kotani Makoto has been doing it for a while now, and claims that he’s happier and more successful than ever before. But it’s not just that Kotani Makoto is doing […]
Woman with 12.4-Centimeter Eyelashes Sets Guinness Record
To say You Jianxia has long eyelashes would be a gross understatement. The average person’s lashes are between 0.8 and 1.2 cm-long, but the hairs growing on the edges of this woman’s eyelids reach a whopping 12.4 cm. That’s nearly 5-inches! The 2018 Guinness World Records category for “world’s longest eyelashes” was one of the most popular, […]
Doctor Performs Colonoscopy on Himself to Better Understand Patients’ Pain
In order to better understand what his patients go through, Dr. Feng Zhuo, a deputy director of the Proctology Department at a Shanghai hospital, recently performed a 15-minute colonoscopy on himself. Ask anyone who’s ever had a colonoscopy and they’ll tell you that it’s one of the most painful and uncomfortable things they’ve ever experienced. Despite sedation being […]
Indian Woman Claims She Hasn’t Eaten Solid Food in 60 Years
Saraswati Bai, a 75-year-old woman from India, claims that she hasn’t consumed a grain of rice, or any other solid food, for that matter, in the last 60 years. Apart from one banana a week – eaten only occasionally – she survives on water and tea alone. Saraswati remembers that she used to have a […]
Piero Manzoni – The Artist Who Became Famous for Selling His Own Poop
Ask anyone if they would pay anything to own another’s person’s poop, and they will most likely say “hell, no”. But everything changes when the said poop becomes a work of art. Case in point, “Artist’s Shit”, a collection of 30g tin cans allegedly containing the poop of Italian artist Piero Manzoni. Art collectors are […]
Mysterious Condition Causes Woman’s Eyes to Clamp Shut for Three Days at a Time
For the past 13 years, Natalie Adler, of Melbourne Australia, has been battling a strange medical condition that causes her eyelids to close for up to three days at a time, rendering her completely blind. After countless tests and procedures, doctors still don’t have a proper diagnosis. Natalie’s life changed dramatically one seemingly normal Sunday, […]
Indian Girl Allegedly Has “Cotton Tears” Oozing From Her Eyes Every Day
An 11-year-old from the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has allegedly been popping out 35 to 40 small white pebbles of what looks like cotton from her eyes, every day for over two weeks. Manasi, a sixth-grader from the village of Pachkhura, apparently started producing the bizarre white “cotton tears” on August 25, and her father, […]
Hermes Sells Rocks with Leather Straps as $840 Paperweights
Paying $840 for an original Hermes item seems like a great deal, but in this particular case we’re talking about a paperweight consisting of a rock and a calf leather strap. How do you even sell something like that? Well, the French luxury brand found a way – they are marketing the “galet pebbles” (rocks) […]
Start-Up Creates Portable Scanner That Can Detect Fake Designer Goods
New York-based startup Entrupy has invented a small, portable scanner that rich people can use to check the authenticity of designer bags in mere seconds. According to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the global counterfeit industry is worth around 460 billion dollars, a big chunk of which involves counterfeit luxury goods from […]
The Chinese Town Where Crickets Are Worth Much More Than Gold
Cricket fighting has been popular in China for thousands of years, and with the country in full economic boom, fans of the “sport” are investing more money into it than ever before. One town in particular has built an entire industry around the genetically-superior crickets living in the surrounding fields, and for good reason, as […]