The Bizarre Case of a Teenager Who Was Killed by a Hickey on His Neck
A 17-year-old Mexican teenager died because of a brain embolism allegedly caused by the hickey his older girlfriend left on his neck during a date. There is a viral video going around Latino TikTok these days about the tragic story of Julio Macías González, a 17-year-old teenager from Iztapalapa, Mexico, who died in 2016 because […]
Scientist Claims to Have Performed Brain Surgery on Himself in His Living Room
A controversial Russian scientist claims to have implanted an electrode into his brain to control his dreams by performing brain surgery on himself, in the comfort of his living room. Michael Raduga, a Russian researcher with no neurosurgery qualifications whatsoever, reportedly lost more than a ‘liter of blood’ while performing brain surgery on himself in […]
Researchers Find That Birds Are Using Anti-Bird Spikes to Build and Protect Their Own Nests
A team of Dutch researchers has discovered that magpies and crows are using metal spikes designed to keep them away from certain urban areas to reinforce their own nests and keep intruders at bay. Scientists have known for a while that magpies and crows are some of the most intelligent birds in the world, but […]
Dresden’s Massive Tobacco Mosque – A Story of Deception
The German city of Dresden is famous for the Baroque architecture that runs along the banks of the Elbe River, but there is one exception that stands out like a sore thumb – the iconic Yenidze building, aka the ‘tobacco mosque’. Featuring clear oriental architectural elements of mosques and the famous Alhambra Palace of Granada, […]
Spanish Grocery Store to Charge Tourists Who Come in Just to Look
Fed up with tourists who only come in to check out the scenery, the owners of Queviures Múrria, a centennial grocery store in Barcelona, have put up a sign announcing a 5 euro fee ($5.6) for coming in just to look. Queviures Múrria has been in business since 1898 and is one of the most […]
Burger King’s ‘Real Cheeseburger’ Contains 20 Slices of Processed Cheese, No Meat, No Sauce
Burger King Thailand recently shocked the fast food world with its latest addition to the menu – a ‘real cheeseburger’ that consists of 20 slices of cheese between two sesame burger buns. The Real Cheeseburger hit Burger King locations across Thailand last Sunday and immediately went viral online. People started posting photos of the tower-like […]
Man Sentenced to Prison for Systematically Terrorizing Neighbors with Loud Music
A Barcelona man was sentenced to one year in prison after a court found that he had been terrorizing his neighbors for at least 5 years by playing loud electronic music almost non-stop. A court in Mataró (Barcelona), Spain recently ruled against a man who had reportedly been driving his neighbors crazy by playing electronic […]
Scammer Poses as ‘God’, Asks Woman for Deposits at ‘Bank of Heaven’
A Spanish man stands accused of taking advantage of an overly-religious old woman by posing as her Lord and Savior and asking her to deposit money at His ‘Church of Heaven’. Could you say ‘no’ to God? What if He called you directly to ask for a favor? Esperanza, an elderly woman from León, in […]
‘World’s Richest Beggar’ Is Worth Over $1 Million
An Indian man who spends his days asking people for pocket change on the streets of Mumbai has been dubbed the ‘world’s richest beggar’ by Indian media who claims he is worth over $1 million. While many people in India toil long hours every single day for a few hundred rupees, Bharat Jain, the so-called […]
World’s Largest Gas Station Can Refill 120 Cars at the Same Time
The title of ‘world’s largest gas station’ belongs to a 74,000-square foot Buc-ee’s In Tennessee with 120 gas pumps and 350 employees. Buc-ee’s, the world-famous giant gas station chain that dominates roads across the American south, operates dozens of gas stations, but none as big as the recently opened one near Sevierville, Tennessee just off […]
Shopping Mall High-Tech Urinals Provide Urine Tests for a Fee
Chinese netizens have been reporting the presence of high-tech urinals capable of conducting quick urine sample tests at shopping malls, scenic spots, and other busy urban areas. Photos of a strange-looking urinal at a mall somewhere in Beijing’s business district have been doing the rounds online and sparking heated debates. Apparently, it features a digital […]
Indian Man Marries His Cheating Wife to Her Lover
In what many are calling a real-life Bollywood movie script, an Indian man married his wife to her lover after catching them cheating. In the 1999 Bollywood classic Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Ajay Devgn’s character, Vanraj, finds out that his wife is in love with another man and decides to unite them. It’s one […]
Japanese Farmers Develop Sweet and Sour ‘Lemon Melon’
The Lemon Melon is a newly-developed type of melon that apparently combines the sweetness and aroma of the melon with a slight sourness reminiscent of a lemon. Japanese horticulture company Suntory Flowers reportedly spent five years developing the lemon melon, breeding it from a type of melon originally imported from overseas. The process involved a […]
Doctors Find Whole Octopus Stuck in Man’s Esophagus
Doctors in Singapore were shocked to discover an octopus lodged in a man’s esophagus while performing a gastrointestinal examination to see what was causing him to vomit. The unnamed Singaporean man first realized something was wrong when he started vomiting following a meal that happen to include a raw octopus. When he realized that he […]
Father Finds Abducted Son After 22 Years of Desperate Searching
A Chinese man who has dedicated most of the last 22 years to trying to find his abducted son finally managed to find his son in a city 560 miles (900 kilometers) away. On October 9, 2001, Lei Wuze left his home in Yueyang, Hunan Province without knowing that it would be the last time […]