Woman Declared Missing in Canyon 6 Months Ago Found Living in Tent on Diet of Grass and Moss
A 47-year-old woman who went missing almost half a year ago in a canyon in Utah was recently found living in a small tent, surviving mostly on a diet of grass and moss. The woman, whose name has not been released, was declared missing last November after her car and camping equipment were found in […]
Thousands of Cockroaches Released in Restaurant to Settle Debt Dispute
Patrons at a restaurant in Taipei, were recently shocked to see cockroaches crawling all over the place after thousands of them were released on the premises by two masked men. On May 4th, two masked men entered the G House Taipei restaurant holding large bags filled with over 1,000 cockroaches, which they simply released at […]
The Unique Cast Iron Church of Istanbul
The Bulgarian St. Stephen Church in Istanbul, Turkey, has the detailed ornaments of an Orthodox stone church, but it’s actually made of prefabricated cast iron elements. Sometimes referred to as ‘The Iron Church’, St. Stephen Church is considered the largest prefabricated cast iron building in the world. It consists of thousands of prefabricated pieces of […]
Meet Mao Mao, a Feline Car Model That Earns More Than Most Humans
Mao Mao, a two-year-old British Shorthair from Chongqing, China, works as a professional cat model and earns between 5,000 yuan ($775) and 10,000 yuan (1,550) per appearance. Mao Mao’s rise to fame was somewhat of an accident. Her owner, a man surnamed Zheng, works in the automotive industry, and during an auto show he had […]
Man Eats Rotisserie Chicken, Preserves Skeleton as Museum Exhibit
A Japanese skeleton enthusiast recently got his five minutes of online fame after posting photos of an impressive chicken skeleton he managed to put together out of the bones of a rotisserie chicken he ate. Mr. Kudo, a Japanese man who dreams of transforming his home into a museum-of-sorts filled with all sorts of animal […]
Woman Spends Over $150,000 on Two Footbridges to Make Sure Her Son Gets to School Safely
A loving mother in China’s Henan province spent more than a million yuan ($154,000) building two metal footbridges in front of her son’s school, to make sure he and the other kids cross the road safely. The woman, identified only by her surname, Meng, recently told Henan Television Station that the road outside her son’s […]
China’s Rich Paying Big Money on Learning How to Recognize Fake Luxury Goods
With counterfeit luxury goods getting harder and harder to spot, China’s rich are paying thousands of dollars for specialized courses on how to tell apart authentic luxury products from fakes. China’s domestic luxury market is currently valued at approximately 4 trillion yuan ($617.7 billion) and that’s not even taking into account the second-hand luxury goods […]
Thursday the Dating App Only Works One Day a Week, Can You Guess Which?
New dating app ‘Thursday’ is trying to make online dating fun and exciting again by only letting users access it on just one day of the week (yeah, you guessed it). It’s hard to believe that a dating app that isn’t even active six days a week can have any success, let alone challenge big […]
This Arizona McDonald’s Is the Only One in the World With Blue “Golden Arches” Logo
The “Golden Arches” McDonald’s logo is one of the most recognized commercial symbols in the world, but there is one place where the arches are actually blue instead of yellow. On the inside, the McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Sedona, Arizona, looks just like the thousands of other McDonald’s eateries around the United States, but step […]
Want to Take Your Pet Fish for a Walk? There’s a Bag for That!
A Japanese company is working on a quirky container-like bag for live fish, suitable both for pet owners wanting to take their favorite fish on walks, and fans of super-fresh sashimi… Known as “katsugyo bag” this portable fish tank is shaped like a long tube with a transparent middle section, a handle and a gauge, […]
Thousands of Cockatoos Take Over Australian Town
The New South Wales resort town of Nowra was recently invades by thousands of corellas, a subgenus of white cockatoo, which made it look like the set of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Photos and videos of white birds gathered on the streets of Nowra have been doing the rounds online for about a week. The […]
Mexican Revolutionaries Plan to Cross Atlantic Ocean in Wooden Boat And Invade Spain
A group of seven Zapatistas, indigenous Mexcian revolutionaries, is getting ready to set sale across the Atlantic ocean in an attempt to peacefully invade Spain and mark the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest. On May 3rd, the Zapatista’s conquering force – three men, three women and a transgender woman – will leave Mexican soil […]
Machine Gun Woodpecker Lives Up to Its Nickname
Male and female Northern Flickers are popularly known as “machine gun woodpeckers” because of the sound they make when hitting their beak on metal, which sounds a lot like the sound of a real machine gun. The Northern Flicker is a woodpecker native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the […]
15-Cetimeter Mutant Potted Plant Sells for $2,200 in Just 30 Minutes
Monstera adansonii is a common house plant that can be purchased for as little as $12 at any home & garden store, but a rare specimen recently sold for a whopping 1,799 euros ($2,200). A garden center in Lovendegem, Belgium recently sold a rare monstera adansonii specimen for a small fortune, in just 30 minutes. […]
Sailor Spends Four Years Trapped on Abandoned Ship
Mohammed Aisha, a Syrian sailor working on a Bahraini cargo ship stranded off the Egyptian coast, was forced to spend four years as a castaway after a court made him the ship’s legal guardian. The sailor’s troubles began in July 2017, when the ship he was working on, the MV Aman, was detained at the […]