People Are Getting Scammed into Buying Seeds of Non-Existent Cat-Face Flowers Generated by AI
Scammers are always finding new ways of taking advantage of gullible people, and apparently selling seeds of fake flowers generated by artificial intelligence is one of their latest techniques. Artificial intelligence is touted as the next big thing in technological evolution, but right now it also seems to be a perfect tool for scammers looking […]
Woman Kidnaps 11-Year-Old Girl to Raise as Perfect Wife for Her Son
A Chinese woman was recently sentenced to prison for kidnapping an 11-year-old girl whom she planned to raise into the perfect wife for her 27-year-old son. The woman surnamed Yang met the underaged girl on February 13, 2023, while visiting a village in Liupanshui City in the southwestern province of Guizhou. Convinced that she would […]
Man Lucky to Be Alive After Dentist Pushes Implant Screw into His Brain Cavity
A 40-year-old Turkish man can consider himself lucky to be alive after having a dental implant screw pushed all the way into his brain cavity by an overzealous dentist. Ramazan Yilmaz went to a private dental clinic in his home city of Bursa, Turkey, after experiencing serious dental pain. After examining him, the dentist there […]
Man Who Likes Living as a Dog Unveils New Hyper-Realistic Canine Costume
A Japanese man who enjoys living as a dog recently unveiled a brand new hyperrealistic dog costume that not only looks cute, but also allows him to wag his furry tail. A couple of years ago, a Japanese man writing under the username ‘Taco’ on Twitter announced his unusual dream to the world – to […]
Black Dog Turns Completely White Two Years After Being Diagnosed with Vitiligo
Over the course of two years, a black dog turned completely white due to vitiligo, a condition in which the skin and hair lose their natural pigment. In late 2021, at the age of two, Buster was diagnosed with vitiligo. The condition is caused by an autoimmune disease that causes areas of the skin, hair, […]
Man Allegedly Pranks Ex-Girlfriend by Sending Over 50 Food Orders to Her Door
An unknown person believed to be a scorned ex-boyfriend placed over 50 food orders at multiple restaurants in Izmir, Turkey, and sent them all to the same address. The incident took place last week, at around 9:00 pm, when over two dozen couriers showed up in front of an apartment building on Çimen Street, in […]
Killer Moves – The Deadly Dance Marathons of the Great Depression
One of the most controversial forms of entertainment in US history, dance marathons saw participants dancing continuously for days, weeks, and sometimes months for a chance to win food and money. Too much of a good thing can be bad for you, and apparently, that also includes a seemingly benign activity like dancing. During the […]
Chinese Software Engineer Demonstrates the Power of AI-Powered Deepfake Technology
A video doing the rounds on Chinese social media these days has gone viral for showing how easy it is to use AI-powered deepfake technology to transform into virtually anyone online. App filters and deepfake technology have been around for years now, but the advent of artificial intelligence has elevated them to a whole new […]
Mexican Food Stall Has Been Selling Rat Broth for Over Half a Century
You can find a great many things in Mexico’s Mercado República de San Luis Potosí market, but perhaps the most exotic of all is an old food stall known for selling rat meat. For many of us, rat meat ranks pretty highly on the list of things we wouldn’t be caught dead eating, but in […]
This $29,000 Casket on Wheels Is Actually a Street-Legal Vehicle
A dragster-style custom car designed as a casket on wheels was recently auctioned off for $28,750 and went viral because of its unconventional look. Inspired by the Drag-U-La coffin car featured in a 1965 episode of the television series The Munsters, this unusual vehicle features a custom box-frame chassis and an 8’ fiberglass casket as […]
60-Year-Old Woman Qualifies for Miss Argentina Contest Thanks to Shockingly Youthful Looks
Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a 60-year-old lawyer and journalist from Buenos Aires, recently won the title of Miss Buenos Aires and qualified for the Miss Argentina beauty pageant. At the end of last year, the Miss Universe beauty contest became more inclusive by eliminating an age limit that had been enforced since 1958. Starting this year, […]
China’s Coolest Grandpa Is Still Going Strong at Age 88
Wang Deshun is an 88-year-old actol and fashion model who rose to fame in 2015 when he walked the runway topless at the China Fashion Week in Beijing during his first modeling gig ever. In 2017, when we first featured Wang Deshun on Oddity Central, he was just two years into his modeling career, even […]
Longest Ever Covid-19 Infection Lasted 613 Days, Spawned Over 50 Mutations
Dutch researchers recently reported the longest-ever known case of SARS-CoV-2 infection, a whopping 613 days, in an immunocompromised man who eventually died due to an underlying condition. The unnamed 72-year-old man had severe immunity deficiencies when he became infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in 2022, after receiving multiple Covid shots. Since then, […]
Boy Spends Three Weeks Piecing Together Accidentally Shredded 10,000 Yen Bill
A Japanese boy allegedly spent three weeks piecing back together a 10,000 yen bill like a jigsaw puzzle after it had been accidentally put through a paper shredder. Japanese Twitter user ‘Tomo’ recently completed one of the hardest puzzles he’s ever done – putting back together a 10,000 yen ($65) bill that had been shredded […]
Man Barricades Himself Inside Car Dealership That Failed to Deliver Promised Truck
An Argentinian man became an overnight sensation in South America after reportedly barricading himself inside a car dealership and refusing to leave without the truck he had made an advance payment for. Abelardo Usandivaras, aka the “gaucho of Salta’, has been making international news headlines for over two weeks and has become somewhat of a […]