At This Company, Every Day Is “Bring Your Dog To Work Day”
Even in a highly creative environment, work at the office can get pretty stressful, so a digital advertising agency in Bangkok, Thailand is encouraging staff to bring their pets, especially dogs, to work, to help them relax. Walking into the Bangkok headquarters of Adyim, a successful digital marketing firm, it’s not uncommon to see young […]
Parents Suspect 28-Year-Old Son Is Too Handsome to Be Theirs, Turn Out to Be Right
A Chinese mother was left heartbroken after a DNA test showed that the child she had raised for 28 years was not her real son. Her ex-husband became suspicious and demanded the test because he couldn’t understand how the boy had turned out so handsome. The young man’s mother, referred to only as Zhang by […]
Would You Let This 12-Year-Old Tattoo Artist Ink You?
At an age when most kids keep their hands busy with video game controllers, smartphones or tablets, 12-year-old Ezrah Dormon, from Panama City, is already a popular tattoo artist. Despite his young age, people are lining up to have him ink a permanent tattoo into their skin. Tattoo parlors are usually off-limits to kids, but walk into the […]
Brazilian Church “Hypnotizes” Pesky Pigeons with Colored Bullseyes
The Nossa Senhora da Consolação church, in downtown Sao Paolo, Brazil, used to have a serious pigeon problem. The pesky birds would fly through the place during sermons, poop on the benches and leave feathers everywhere, but ever since they had these colored circle panels installed in the windows and doorways, no pigeon gets close anymore. […]
India’s Sacred Strays – Millions of Urban Cows Living Alongside Humans
Like many other cities around the world, Indian urban communities have large numbers of stray dogs living alongside their human inhabitants. But canines are not India’s biggest stray problem, cows are. They cause thousands of road accidents every month, block traffic and spread disease. The Government has long been aware of the many issues caused by cows roaming […]
Brazilian Tattoo Artist Specializes in Ugly Tattoos, Has Plenty of Clients
26-year-old Helena Fernandes likes to draw, but she is not particularly good at it. But did that small detail stop her from opening her own tattoo shop and permanently inking people with her mediocre designs? Of course not! If anything, her poor drawing skills actually contributed to her success. Helen did her first tattoo about […]
German Rapper Trolls Instagram Followers by Posting the Same Exact Photo Every Day for a Month
They say posting new and interesting photos is a surefire way to success on Instagram, but one German man is proving that content doesn’t always matter. Rapper Maxim Kaizett has been posting the same picture of himself every day for a month, and the number of followers on the popular social network skyrocketed. Maxim Kaizett, a […]
70-Year-Old Woman Credits Youthful Looks on Sugar-Free Diet, Internet Doesn’t Buy It
Carolyn Hartz, a 70-year old entrepreneur and mother-of-three from Perth, Australia, recently shocked the world with her shockingly youthful looks. She claims that it’s all do to a healthy lifestyle and cutting sugar out of her diet 30 years ago, but a lot of people believe that her wrinkle-free face and bikini body are the result […]
Agoraphobic Artist Travels the World without Leaving Her House
Jacqui Kenny has always wanted to travel the world, meet new people and discover different cultures, but she suffers from agoraphobia – an anxiety disorder characterized by fear of public spaces, public transportation, open spaces and/or large crowds – so she rarely gets to leave her house. Luckily, modern technology allows her to live out her […]
Australian Pet Groomer Creates Fake Nails for Cats
Cally Loridas, the owner of a pet grooming salon in Victoria, Australia, may have just sparked the latest trend in feline fashion – colored acrylic claw sheaths that keep your beloved pet from scratching the furniture. Cat owners from all over Victoria have been pouring in at Cally’s Scratch & Sniffs Pet Grooming Salon, in Cheltenham, after […]
Ghana’s Dancing Pallbearers Send Loved Ones Off in Style
Families in Ghana are increasingly turning to troupes of dancing pallbearers to send their loved ones off in style, and bring some joy to what is usually perceived as a very sad event. Dancing pallbearers not only lift the casket at a funeral, they also lift the mood of attendees by putting on a show. They […]
Busy Woodpecker Almost Brings Down Utility Pole
Woody Woodpecker’s exploits only seemed possible in the popular Looney Toons cartoon, but one real-life woodpecker recently proved that the birds can some pretty incredible things, if they put their mind to it, like peck through an entire wooden power pole. Last week, a photo posted by the Snohomish County Public Utility District did the rounds […]
Oregon Mother Donates 2.5 Tonnes of Breast Milk to Families Who Need It
Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, a 29-year-old mother-of-two from Beaverton, Oregon, suffers from a rare condition known as Hyperlactation Syndrome. She produces about 1.7 gallons of breast milk per day, almost 10 times as much as most lactating women, and spends around 10 hours every day nursing and pumping her milk. She has so far donated 600 gallons (2.5 […]
The Nightmare of Living at the Most Spammed Address in the Netherlands
Can you imagine receiving dozens of letters from strangers every day, having your utilities cut off, or not being able to unsubscribe from certain services, all because of an unfortunate address? That’s what life is like at 1234 AB, 123 (changed for privacy reasons), the address that most hackers, as well as everyday people in […]
Would You Pay $30,000 for the “World’s Most Luxurious Coloring Book”?
The Bespoke Coloring Book is being hailed as the “world’s most luxurious coloring book” and has a price tag to match – $30,850 for 10 bespoke illustrations created by famed illustrator Ian Beck, based on your personal preferences. Adult coloring books have become insanely popular in the last few years, with more and more grownups […]