Cockroach Milk Could One Day Become the Ultimate Superfood
Consuming a fluid secreted by cockroaches may not be everyone’s idea of a balanced meal, but scientists believe that the “cockroach milk” produced by a certain species of cockroaches is one of the most nutritious substances on the planet, and could one day become the ultimate superfood. Unlike most other insects, the Pacific beetle cockroach is viviparous, […]
25-Year-Old Man Posed as 17-Year-Old Teen So He Could Play High-School Basketball
A 25-year-old Dallas man posed as a freshman high-school student for nine months so he could once again relive his glory days as a teen basketball player. Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley enrolled at the Skyline High School last year, claiming to be a Hurricane Harvey refugee named Rashun Richardson. At the time, Dallas high-schools had opened […]
Woman Accidentally Enters PIN Code as Tip at Cafe, Ends Up Tipping $7,700
A Russian woman who used her credit card to pay for coffee and a cake at a cafe near Zurich, in Switzerland, accidentally typed in her PIN code as the tip and ended up paying 7709.70 Swiss francs ($7,732) for a 23.70 francs ($23.76) bill. Back in February, 37-year-old Olesja Schemjakowa and her son stopped for coffee and […]
This Pocket-Friendly Machine Signs Your Name for You, Costs $365,000
Whether you’re a celebrity or a famous author who spends a lot of time giving autographs, or just a busy businessman who doesn’t have time to sign mountains of documents, you can now spend $365,000 on a state of the art Signing Machine, and it’ll do it for you. I bet you didn’t even know […]
30-Year Vegetarian Diet Leaves Woman with Spinal Neuron Damage
A 50-year-old woman in Wuhan, China, was recently diagnosed with severe spinal neuron damage caused by a lack of vitamin B12. The woman had been on a strict vegetarian diet for over thirty years, and did not take any B12 supplements. The woman, surnamed Chen, reportedly turned to a vegetarian diet in her 20s, in […]
Meet the Superstar Prophet Who Can Walk on Air, Cure HIV and Put ‘Miracle Money’ in Your Pocket
Africa is full of so-called prophets who have found fame and fortune by performing miracles in the name of God, but few are as popular and as wealthy as Shepherd Bushiri, a 30-something superstar from Malawi. But then again, few pastors can pull off the kinds of miracles that Bushiri is famous for – walking on […]
The Strange Story of an Afghan Toddler Named Donald Trump
When Sayed Asadullah Poya, a 28-year-old teacher from Kabul, Afghanistan, decided to name his son ‘Donald Trump’, he hoped it would bring him good fortune. So far, it has only made life a lot harder for the whole family, and the future doesn’t look too bright. Sayed’s wife, Jamila, gave birth to their son in […]
This Company Claims They Can Preserve Your Brain for Future Use. But First They Have to Kill You
Just because your body will eventually wither away and die doesn’t mean your brain and all the memories stored in it have to. At least that’s the pitch made California-based company Nectome, which claims to perfectly preserve clients brains for use in the future when technology will allow all the information stored in them to […]
Vegan YouTuber Criticised For Putting Pet Fennec Fox on Vegan Diet
Spanish YouTuber Sonia Sae, who uses her channel to share advice on how to live on a plant-based diet, has come under fire for putting her pet fennec fox on a vegan diet, after photos of the shockingly thin animal were shared online. Animal activists and some of Sonia Sae’s own followers have accused her […]
Japanese Restaurant Becomes Internet Sensation for Its All-Natural Blue Soup
Kipposhi, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, has seen its popularity skyrocket recently, after photos of its bright blue ramen soup started going viral on social media platforms like Instagram. Blue soup doesn’t really sound like the most appetising dish, but that hasn’t stopped people from flocking to Kipposhi, a ramen restaurant located in the heart […]
German Lawyer Can’t Get Any Work Done Because Someone Keeps Ordering Pizza on His Behalf
Guido Grolle, a lawyer from Dortmund, Germany, was recently forced to file complaint with the local police, because someone keeps sending him pizzas to his workplace. Over the past two and a half weeks, the man has received over 100 pizzas he never ordered, and he just wants the madness to stop. By the time […]
You Can Now Abuse Your Mouth with a Mace-Flavored Beer
When you think of Mace pepper spray, ‘awesome beer flavor’ is probably not the first thing that comes into your head, but that’s exactly why the adventurous people at Dog Head Brewery decided to create the world’s first mace-flavored beer. Dogfish Head Brewery is known for sometimes using weird ingredients – from pork scraps to […]
Meet Pigcasso, the Painting Pig Whose Artworks Sell for Thousands of Dollars
If you ever find yourself having to convince someone that anything is possible, just tell them about a Pigcasso, a 450 pound (204 kg) pig who, after being rescued from a South African slaughterhouse at four weeks old, went on to become an acclaimed painter. South African animal-rights activist Joanne Lefson adopted Pigcasso after rescuing […]
Hobby Historian Claims to Have Discovered Forgotten 80-Meter Section of the Berlin Wall
Save for a few symbolic sections in the center of the German capital, the Berlin wall was completely demolished in 1989 . However, a local hobby historian claims to have discovered an 80-meter-long section of which authorities apparently knew nothing about. 37-year-old Christian Bormann found the forgotten section of the Berlin Wall between two train […]
Chinese Man Lives Under Bridge for 10 Years to ‘Crack Lottery Code’
A 49-year-old man in South West China has spent the past decade living rough under a bridge trying to break the lottery code. Wang Chengzhou used to work construction in Sichuan Province, but moved to Chongqing in 2008 after suffering a work-related injury. Instead of using the $50,000 yuan he had received as compensation from […]