Football Star Named the Heir of Childless Billionaire He Never Even Met
Brazilian football legend Neymar Jr. stands to inherit over $1.1 million after being named the only heir of a single, childless billionaire he has never even met. You know the story – an anonymous billionaire leaves his fortune to a poor soul and changes their life forever. Most of us have dreamed of something similar […]
To Save Money, Man Makes His Own Dentures with Materials Bought Online
A Chinese man risks losing all his teeth after trying to make his own dentures with a special resin bought online, to save money on expensive dental procedures. Ms. Liu, who runs a dental clinic in Tianjin, recently posted shocking photos of an elderly client who came in with both his upper and lower teeth […]
Fashion Brand Turns Women’s Underwear into Expensive Hair Accessories
Japanese fashion brand JennyFax has been getting a lot of attention for its newest line of hair accessories, made up of a pair of women’s panties with a hair clip glued to them. Most people would only wear underwear on their heads as a joke or a dare, but if unconventional fashion brand JennyFax has […]
China’s Gray Hair Reversing Injections Spark Controversy
Gray hair injections, a controversial way of reversing hair discoloration, recently went viral on Chinese social media, sparking a heated debate regarding their efficacy. The secret of reversing age-related hair discoloration has long eluded scientists and doctors all over the world, but Chinese medicine-inspired ‘gray hair injections’ are currently getting a lot of attention in […]
Teacher on Sick Leave for 16 Years Sues Employer For Asking Her to Prove Her Illness
A German teacher who has been on sick leave since 2009, while receiving a full salary, has sued her employer after being asked to undergo a medical examination to confirm her condition. An unnamed teacher from Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia has sued her employer after it began to challenge her unusually long absence from the workplace […]
Teen Poisons Uncle’s Soup Because He Couldn’t Stand His Snoring
A Japanese high school student was recently arrested for allegedly poisoning his uncle’s miso soup in an attempt to kill him because he couldn’t stand his snoring. An 18-year-old teenager from Ichibara, Japan’s Chiba prefecture, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly mincing leaves from a toxic oleander plant and mixing them into […]
Doctors Remove 18-Cm-Long Living Worm from Man’s Brain
Chinese doctors recently saved a man’s life after removing a squirming 18-cm-long worm that had taken residence in his brain years after swallowing raw snake organs. The lucky man, identified only as Li by Chinese news media, was recently rushed to a hospital in Hunan after he started experiencing sudden blackouts, seizures, and foaming at […]
Women Are Getting Limb-Shortening Surgery to Improve Chances of Finding Love
Some taller women are reportedly turning to painful limb-shortening procedures in order to improve their chances of finding a suitable romantic partner. In a time when leg-lengthening surgeries are becoming increasingly popular among height-challenged men. Women are apparently doing the opposite, going under the knife to shorten their height to increase their chances of finding […]
Online Flea Market Bans the Sale of Ultrasound Photos to Prevent Pregnancy Fraud
Mercari, Japan’s leading online flea market, decided to prevent the sale of ultrasound photos on its platform to prevent people from using them to commit pregnancy fraud. Selling ultrasound photos of unborn babies on a flea market app is strange, but Mercari never even considered taking action against the practice until one person noticed the […]
Woman Accused of Using Super Glue for Veneer Attachment
A 35-year-old Florida woman was recently arrested for allegedly performing unlicensed dental procedures, including attaching veneers with store-bought super glue. According to prosecutors, Emely Martinez, who posed as a “smile makeover expert” on social media, lured customers with promises of extremely cheap full-mouth veneer treatments. Her prices were so attractive compared to licensed dental clinics […]
19-Year-Old Suffers Paralysis Ater Keeping His Neck Bent Forward for Long Periods of Time
A Chinese teenager suffered the fright of his life when he woke up one day with no feeling in his body due to a habit that is becoming more and more common. Like many youths his age, Xiao Dong, a 19-year-old third-year student at a university in Quanzhou, China’s Fujian province, spent a lot of […]
Man Accuses Pharmacy of Invasion of Privacy After Wife Discovers His Affair
A married man is considering suing a pharmacy after it contacted his wife over a failed e-payment for contraceptive medicine and ended up revealing his extramarital affair. The scorned man, whose name has not been revealed by the media, visited the Pinggang branch of Dashenlin Pharmacy in Yangjiang, Guangdong province, where he attempted to pay […]
Iran’s Black Widow Can’t Remember How Many Husbands She Poisoned
56-year-old Kolsum Akbari stands accused of poisoning and killing 11 husbands over a period of 22 years, but she claims the number could be even higher; she just doesn’t remember exactly. For more than two decades, Kolsum Akbari was able to get away with systematically marrying elderly men before poisoning them with diabetes drugs and […]
Teenage Girl Sells Boyfriend into Slavery to Scam Ring for $14,000
A 19-year-old Chinese man barely survived the worst four months of his life after being seduced and then sold into slavery by his 17-year-old girlfriend. Chinese media recently reported the shocking case of a young man from Zhanjiang, in China’s Guangdong province, who endured four months of captivity and torture at the hands of a […]
Man Tries to Create 3D Digital Model of Deceased Dog, Ends Up with Spiky Monstrosity
A Japanese man recently shared the bizarre result of his attempt to recreate his deceased pet in 3D using a PC without enough computing power. Earlier this month, a Japanese X (Twitter) user named “アラキレイヤー” shared a screenshot of a 3D computer model of his deceased pet dog, which quickly went viral due to its […]