World’s Lightest Handbag Is 99 Percent Air, Weighs Only 37 Grams
French fashion brand Coperni recently unveiled a unique version of its iconic Swipe bag made from the lightest solid material on Earth, aerogel. Named ‘Air Swipe’, the accessory weighs only 37 grams. Every year, Coperni recreates its popular Swipe bag in a unique, thought-provoking way. Last year, they created a limited-edition “meteorite’ handbag hand-carved from […]
Man Soaks His Legs in Dry Ice for 10 Hours to Fake Frostbite for Insurance Fraud
A couple of Taiwanese university students are being accused of faking frostbite injuries that eventually warranted a double amputation to defraud insurance companies. Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau has accused a university student surnamed Chang of conspiring with a former high-school colleague named Liao to orchestrate a bizarre insurance fraud in January of last year. Evidence […]
Australian Farm Grows Bluberry the Size of a Golf Ball
Australian fresh produce company Costa Group recently set a new Guinness Record for the world’s heaviest blueberry, with a 20.4-gram fruit roughly the size of a golf ball. Picked on November 13, 2023, at Costa’s berry farm in Corindi, New South Wales, the record-breaking blueberry was from the Eterna variety, which is known for yielding […]
Man Divorces Wife After Discovering That None of Their Three Kids Are His
In a high-profile divorce case that sparked heated debates in China, a man divorced his wife of 16 years after learning that none of the three children she birthed during their marriage were his. In December 2007, Chen Zhixian married Yu Hua, a woman eight years his junior, soon after meeting her for the first […]
The World’s Largest Frog Is Teetering on the Brink of Extinction
The Goliath Frog, the largest living frog on Earth, is facing extinction after a 50% decline in population size in the last three generations, mainly due to human activity. The Goliath Frog certainly lives up to its name. Reaching up to 13 inches long (32 cm) from snout to vent, and weighing up to 7.2 […]
South Korea’s Thriftiest Woman Saves $75,000 in Two Years by Being Extremely Frugal
A 25-year-old South Korean woman has been getting a lot of attention because of her commitment to saving money on a regular salary by spending as little as possible. We first featured Ji-Hyeon Kwak a couple of years ago when she first made news headlines in her home country of South Korea after making an […]
Stray Dog Finally Rescued After Living with a Box Stuck on His Head for Almost a Year
Bear, a stray Cane Corso that had been roaming around Alabama’s Gulf Coast for almost a year with a large box stuck on his head was recently caught and freed from his plastic trap. Bear’s story first made news headlines in January of this year, when it was covered by CBS affiliate, WKRG, following multiple […]
Man Must Compensate Ex-Wife $96,000 for Housework Over 26 Years of Marriage
A provincial court in Pontevedra, Spain, recently ruled that a man must pay his ex-wife 88,025 euros ($95,898) as compensation for her work as a housewife during 26 years of marriage. The unnamed couple married in 1996, and until their separation in 2022, the wife only worked outside the family home for a total of […]
Instagram-Famous Feline Looks Like a Real-Life Cartoon Character
Four-year-old Fedya, a gray rescued cat from Russia, has become a social media sensation thanks to his funny permanently startled look. When Fedya’s owner, Natalya Zhdanova, found him in her backyard in 2020, she had no idea he would one day become an Instagram star with over 300,000 followers. At the time, she wasn’t even […]
German Teenager Left Parents’ Home to Live Exclusively on Trains for the Last Year and a Half
A 17-year-old German teen has been living life as a modern nomad, leaving his parents’ house to live on trains and travel all over his country. While most 17-year-olds are only just beginning to consider the idea of leaving the nest, Lasse Stolley has already been on his own for over a year and a […]
Meet Ganesh Baraiya, the World’s Shortest Doctor
23-year-old Ganesh Baraiya is living proof that nothing is impossible. Despite facing discrimination because of his short stature, he managed to become the world’s shortest doctor. Ganesh Baraiya was born in the Talaja Thaluka area of Gujarat, India, and faced adversity from a very young age. He was born normal, but at the age of […]
Woman Uses Fuel Pump Exploit to Get $28,000 Worth of Fuel Over Six Months
A Nebraska woman has been charged with theft after allegedly exploiting a fuel pump glitch to get over $27,000 worth of free gas over a period of nearly seven months. Imagine finding out one day that you can abuse a fuel pump glitch to get as much gas as you want for free. Would you […]
Japan’s Fascination with T-Rex Costume Racing
Over the last couple of years, more than 40 T-Rex costume races have been hosted around Japan, making it one of the fastest-growing racing events in the Asian country. T-rex costume racing is believed to have originated in 2019, when dozens of people donning inflatable Tyrannosaurus Rex costumes gathered on the Emerald Downs racetrack in […]
New Time Trial Cycling Helmet Looks Like Something Out of Spaceballs
Dutch professional sports team Visma-Lease a Bike recently debuted the Aerohead 2.0, a time trial cycling helmet with an outrageous design that seems to have been inspired by Mel Brooks’s cult comedy, Spaceballs. Visma-Lease a Bike is known for thoroughly testing every innovation it implements, and the Aerohead 2.0 cycling helmet is no different. The […]
People Climb School Wall to Pass Students Cheat Sheets During Exam in Massive Cheating Scandal
Friends and family of Class 10 students taking an important exam at a school in Haryana, India were filmed climbing the back wall of the building to pass cheat sheets to their loved ones. The Chandrawati School in Haryana’s Nuh district recently found itself at the center of a massive exam cheating scandal after viral […]