Using the World’s Brightest Flashlight Feels Like You’re Holding the Sun in Your Hand
The aptly named IMALENT MS32 Brightest Flashlight is capable of outputting up to 200,000 lumens of light, more than any other commercially available flashlight. Imagine having the ability to turn night into day in the palm of yourself and you kind of get a sense of what using the world’s brightest flashlight feels and looks […]
Man Arrested for Calling His Wife Over 100 Times Per Day
A 38-year-old Japanese man was recently arrested for phone-stalking his own wife, calling her over 100 times a day anonymously and saying nothing until she hung up. On July 10, a 31-year-old woman from Amagasaki, in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, started receiving strange phone calls from someone who would just remain silent until she hung up […]
Man Claims He Gets Paid to Ruin People’s Weddings
A Spanish man has come up with an ingenious way of making money – crashing weddings and pretending to be the bride’s or the groom’s lover and asking them to run away together. Ernesto, the middle-aged man behind the bizarre service, has become the talk of the town in Spain after appearing in a now-viral […]
Drinkable Ramen Gives the Term ‘Instant Noodles’ a Whole New Meaning
Boost Noodle is a new type of Japanese instant ramen designed to be consumed with one hand by simply sucking the contents out of a small pouch. Instant ramen is probably the most convenient food money can buy, but one Japanese company has found a way to make it even easier to eat. Nippon Ham […]
Three-Dimensional Debossed Tattoos Look Carved into Flesh
English tattoo artist Daniel Gulliver has become known for his signature debossed tattoos, which look like they have been carved into the wearer’s skin. Daniel Gulliver, also known as Gully, hails from London in the UK. He specializes in a variety of tattoo styles, from miniature ultra-realistic portraits to impressive optical illusions, like floating objects […]
Japanese Influencer Claims $140,000 Worth of Plastic Surgery Completely Changed Her Life
Hirase Airi, a social media influencer from Japan, spent over 20 million yen ($140,000) on plastic surgery to completely alter her appearance and change her life around. Seeing photos of Hirase Airi from before she began her plastic surgery journey, you would swear they were two different people. The difference in appearance is like night […]
World’s Smallest Functional Vacuum Cleaner Is Smaller Than a Fingernail
23-year-old Tapala Nadamuni holds the Guinness Record for the World’s Smallest Functional Vacuum Cleaner, with an electronically-powered suction device smaller than a pinky fingernail (0.65 cm). If you ever find yourself searching for meaning in whatever it is you are aiming towards, remember that someone spent two years of their lives putting together the world’s […]
Small Business Stands to Lose $4.2 Million Due to Employee’s Pricing Blunder
A small Chinese company specializing in selling washing machines is facing a potential loss of 30 million yuan ($4.2 million) after an employee mistakenly labeled products with the wrong prices. Little Swan Dongshan Franchise Shop, a small business based in Anhui, China, has been forced to ask customers to cancel their orders after one employee’s […]
Rescued Overfed Cat Is So Fat It Can No Longer Walk
Kroshik, a 14-year-old ginger cat from the Russian city of Perm lost his ability to walk after ballooning to a whopping 17 kilograms (38 pounds) in weight due to overfeeding by his loving humans. Photos of the obese Kroshik went viral last week after being shared on Russian social network VKontakte by volunteers at the […]
“Fake” Doctor Operates on Patient While Watching YouTube Videos
An Indian doctor is being accused of causing the death of a 15-year-old boy after operating on him while watching YouTube videos on how to surgically remove gallbladder stones. Ajit Kumar Puri, a doctor at the Ganpati Hospital in Saran, India’s Bihar state, stands accused of causing the untimely death of a local teenager by […]
Trendy Acupuncture Technique Turns You into a Human Porcupine
A Japanese acupuncture clinic has gone viral for the large number of needles it sticks into patients to help cure them of physical and spiritual ailments. Acupuncture has been around for thousands of years, but practitioners often develop their own techniques in order to stand out from the competition. One such example is the Shirakawa […]
Company Lays Devious Trap to Fire Senior Employees Without Severance Pay
A Chinese company is being accused of tricking hundreds of employees into conducting illegal activities so it could then fire them without severance pay. Wuhan CITIC Design Institute, a company based in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province, recently found itself at the center of a huge scandal, after several prominent news outlets reported that it […]
Man Has 23 Teeth Extracted and 12 Implants Done on the Same Day, Dies Shortly After
Chinese authorities are investigating the case of an elderly man who died 13 days after having 23 teeth extracted and 12 implants inserted on the same day at a dental clinic. Ms. Shu, a resident of Yongkang City, in China’s Zhejiang Province, recently filed a complaint with the Municipal Health Bureau against a local dental […]
Vieux Boulogne – The World’s Stinkiest Cheese
The world is full of stinky cheeses, but according to a team of researchers from Cranfield University, France’s Vieux Boulogne is the stinkiest of them all. Limburger, Munster, Epoisses de Bourgogne, or Brie de Meaux are only some of the cheeses famous as much for their pungent aroma as for their taste, but the unofficial […]
Man Inhales Cockroach in His Sleep, Has Bad Breath for Three Days
A Chinese man who felt something crawling up his nose one night experienced particularly bad breath for three days before discovering he had a cockroach stuck in his trachea. A 58-year-old man in Haikou, China’s Hainan Province, recently experienced an entomophobe’s worst nightmare. One night, as he was sleeping, he woke up with a strange […]