Israeli Restaurant Gives 50% Discount to Jews and Arabs Who Share a Table
32-year-old Kobi Tzafrir has come up with the perfect peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – bonding over hummus! He’s offering a 50 percent discount to Arabs and Jews who choose to share the universally popular middle-eastern dish at his Tel Aviv restaurant, ‘Hummus Bar’. “Afraid of Arabs? Afraid of Jews?” his Hebrew poster on […]
11-Year-Old Entrepreneur Sells Secure Account Passwords for $2 Each
11-year-old Mira Modi is cashing in on her knowledge of strong, easy-to-memorize passwords. She started her own online business earlier this month, selling hand-generated cryptographic passwords for $2 each! “I’m a sixth-grade student in New York City,” Mira writes on her website. “This is my first business (other than occasional lemonade stands!). But I’m very excited about it and […]
This Woman Can Actually Smell if Someone Has Parkinson’s Disease
Meet Joy Milne, a woman with a peculiar sense of smell. Scientists in Scotland recently learned that she can actually sniff out people with Parkinson’s disease! “I could always smell things other people couldn’t smell,” Milne, 65 from Perth, said. But it wasn’t until much later that she began to correlate a particular ‘musky’ odor with Parkinson’s disease. She first […]
African Pastor Sells Anointed Pens That Help Students Pass Exams without Studying
A pastor in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe was in the news recently for selling hundreds of special, ‘anointed’ pens to local students. Prophet Sham Hungwe claims that the miracle pens will help students pass exams without even studying! “It is anointed and I declare passes when your children sit for exams; when you sit for exams,” he told […]
Chinese Professor Suggests Men with Lower Income Could Share Wives to Solve Bachelor Crisis
You can’t solve every problem with pure logic. Learning that the hard way is Zhejiang University economics professor Xie Zuoshi. He’s on the receiving end of a nation’s wrath after he suggested wife sharing to solve China’s gender imbalance issue. News reports say that China’s gender ratio at birth is about 1.02 to 1.07 boys born for every […]
Vivos – The Ultimate Doomsday Community Bunkers for the Rich and Paranoid
Lots of people are obsessed with the idea of a post-apocalyptic world, and playing to their fears and fantasies is Vivos – a company that creates luxurious Doomsday bunkers. Created by California entrepreneur Robert Vicino, the bunkers at are exclusively meant for those who can afford them, and deemed worthy of Vicino himself. The company claims […]
Japan’s Newest Fashion Craze – Realistic Cat Bags That Cost More Than a Real Cat
Japanese designer Pico has combined her love of cats and handbags to create a line of highly realistic faux feline purses. The bags are shaped like furry, adorable kitties complete with individual markings, whiskers, and tails. Each cat-bag is priced at about $500 to $700, but buyers don’t seem to mind the steep pricing at […]
Noodle Fan Has Tasted Over 5,600 Types of Ramen in the Last 20 Years
In his quest to discover the perfect instant noodle, Japanese ramen lover Toshio Yamamoto has tasted over 5,600 varieties from 40 countries, in the past two decades. He reviews every kind ramen he tries on his website and scores them on a scale of 1 to 5. The best rating he’s given out so far is […]
Rents in San Francisco Are So Outrageous That Young Professionals Prefer Living in Shipping Containers
Unable to afford ridiculously expensive rental housing in San Francisco, young professionals are trying to find interesting alternative living arrangements. One of them literally involves living in a box – there’s a whole village in Oakland where shipping containers are doubling up as tiny apartments! At ‘Containercopia’, you can rent a 160-square-foot metal container complete with […]
Design Studio Creates Installation That Lets You Experience Nature Through the Eyes of Various Animals
Here’s a chance for nature-lovers to experience the world from completely new and different perspectives. ‘In the Eyes of an Animal’ is an art installation in Grizedale Forest, UK, that lets people the woods through the eyes of its various animal inhabitants! The futuristic project is the brainchild of a London-based design studio called Marshmallow Laser […]
Japanese Monk Goes Nine Days Without Food, Drink and Sleep in Grueling Religious Ritual
Can you imagine going without food, drink and sleep for nine straight days and nights? It sounds impossible, but a Japanese Buddhist monk proved that it can be done, after recently completing a grueling ritual. Last Wednesday, 41-year-old Kogen Kamahori, one of the “marathon monks” of Mount Hiei, a holy mountain that straddles Japan’s Kyoto and […]
French Couple Spend Over $300,000 on Plastic Surgery to Look Like Barbie and Ken
A couple from France are so obsessed with dolls that they’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to transform themselves into real-life Ken and Barbie. They’ve had over 15 procedures between them so far and plan to keep going until they achieve perfect doll-like appearances. And to complete the effect, they’re legally changing their names to ‘Ken’ […]
Hamburgirl Z – Japan’s Hamburger-Themed Girl Band
When it comes to idol groups in Japan, good ol’ music just doesn’t cut it anymore. They’ve got to throw in an additional gimmick or two, just to standout among the massive competition. And Hamburgirl Z is doing just that – it’s the world’s only hamburger-themed girl band! In the words of Japanese culture blogger […]
Spanish Couple Have Lived Alone in Abandoned Village for the Last 45 Years
For the past 45 years, Martin and Sinforosa Colomer have been the only two residents of La Estrella, an abandoned village in Spain. The only living beings they have for company are three dogs, four hens, a rooster, about 25 cats, and a few bees. The closest inhabited town is at least 25 kilometers away! […]
Animal Lover to Sell Her Apartment in Order to Save Pet Dog’s Life
A Serbian woman recently announced her decision to sell her apartment and all material possessions so she can afford medical treatment for her dog. Tanja Jankovic, 35, from Jagodina city, wrote that her dog Leo is battling a life-threatening disease and she needs all the money she can get to save him. “Please help me,” she […]