Hundreds Gather to Watch Masked Man Eat an Entire Jar of Cheeseballs in New York City
After plastering the whole of Manhattan with fliers for several months, a mystery man known as Cheeseball Man gathered a crowd of hundreds to watch him eat a whole tub of cheeseballs. Meet Cheeseball Man, the superhero New Yorkers never knew they needed. His superpower? Mesmerizing crowds with his insatiable craving for cheeseballs. It all […]
Godzilla, Thailand’s Fattest Macaque, Dies Due to Obesity-Related Illness
A morbidly obese macaque named Godzilla who gorged on treats offered by passers-by in Bangkok, Thailand, succumbed to a myriad of weight-related illnesses at the tender age of six. On May 6th, Godzilla breathed his last breath at the Crystal Pet Hospital in Bangkok as his master held its tiny hand in his. However, the […]
Woman Claims She Hasn’t Eaten or Drunk Anything in Over 16 Years
Muluwork Ambaw, a 26-year-old woman from Ethiopia, claims to have gone the last 16 years of her life without eating or drinking anything. Most people can hardly last a few hours without munching on something, but Muluwork Ambaw insists that she shunned food forever one day when she was only 10 years old, after her […]
Topi Amma – The Mentally Disabled Woman Worshipped as a Divine Mystic in India
Topi Amma, the mysterious ‘Hat Mother’ of Tiruvannamalai, a Hindu pilgrimage city in Tamil Nadu, is a controversial religious figure that has divided Indian society. India has no shortage of mystics and real-life incarnations of Hindu deities that people flock to worship, but even in this context, Topi Amma is an unlikely religious figure. The […]
Man Shocked to Learn That His Wife of 12 Day Is Actually a Man
A young Indonesian man recently got the shock of his life after learning that his wife of 12 days was actually a man disguised as a woman. Earlier this week, Indonesian media reported the strange case of a 26-year-old man referred to only by his initials, AK, who ended up calling the police after finding […]
Japanese Rice Balls Rolled in Cute Girls’ Armpits Allegedly 10 Times More Expensive Than Regular Ones
Armpit onigiri is a bizarre take on the classic Japanese snack where cute girls allegedly press the rice using their armpits and infuse it with their pheromone-containing sweat. The origins of armpit onigiri, aka underarm onigiri, are not very clear. Some sources claim it was inspired by an iconic scene in the manga Mahōjin Guru […]
China’s Obsession with Protruding ‘Elf Ears’
In many cultures, ears protruding too much from the skull are considered a physical defect, but in China, people are more than happy to go under the knife to attain this physical trait known as “elf ears”. China’s ‘elf ears’ cosmetic craze received worldwide attention in 2021 when it was covered by some of the […]
You Can Now Buy Your Very Own Flamethrowing Robot Dog
Ohio-based flamethrower manufacturer Throwflame recently unveiled the Thermonator, a remote-controlled robot dog with a functional flamethrower mounted on its back. Robot dogs have been getting more and more popular in recent years, with news reports from China suggesting that they are replacing real dogs because they require less attention and maintenance. However, one American company […]
People Are Getting Scammed into Buying Seeds of Non-Existent Cat-Face Flowers Generated by AI
Scammers are always finding new ways of taking advantage of gullible people, and apparently selling seeds of fake flowers generated by artificial intelligence is one of their latest techniques. Artificial intelligence is touted as the next big thing in technological evolution, but right now it also seems to be a perfect tool for scammers looking […]
Man Lucky to Be Alive After Dentist Pushes Implant Screw into His Brain Cavity
A 40-year-old Turkish man can consider himself lucky to be alive after having a dental implant screw pushed all the way into his brain cavity by an overzealous dentist. Ramazan Yilmaz went to a private dental clinic in his home city of Bursa, Turkey, after experiencing serious dental pain. After examining him, the dentist there […]
Chinese Software Engineer Demonstrates the Power of AI-Powered Deepfake Technology
A video doing the rounds on Chinese social media these days has gone viral for showing how easy it is to use AI-powered deepfake technology to transform into virtually anyone online. App filters and deepfake technology have been around for years now, but the advent of artificial intelligence has elevated them to a whole new […]
Mexican Food Stall Has Been Selling Rat Broth for Over Half a Century
You can find a great many things in Mexico’s Mercado República de San Luis Potosí market, but perhaps the most exotic of all is an old food stall known for selling rat meat. For many of us, rat meat ranks pretty highly on the list of things we wouldn’t be caught dead eating, but in […]
This $29,000 Casket on Wheels Is Actually a Street-Legal Vehicle
A dragster-style custom car designed as a casket on wheels was recently auctioned off for $28,750 and went viral because of its unconventional look. Inspired by the Drag-U-La coffin car featured in a 1965 episode of the television series The Munsters, this unusual vehicle features a custom box-frame chassis and an 8’ fiberglass casket as […]
China’s Coolest Grandpa Is Still Going Strong at Age 88
Wang Deshun is an 88-year-old actol and fashion model who rose to fame in 2015 when he walked the runway topless at the China Fashion Week in Beijing during his first modeling gig ever. In 2017, when we first featured Wang Deshun on Oddity Central, he was just two years into his modeling career, even […]
Man Barricades Himself Inside Car Dealership That Failed to Deliver Promised Truck
An Argentinian man became an overnight sensation in South America after reportedly barricading himself inside a car dealership and refusing to leave without the truck he had made an advance payment for. Abelardo Usandivaras, aka the “gaucho of Salta’, has been making international news headlines for over two weeks and has become somewhat of a […]