Japanese Company Offers Free Drinks and Hagover Leave to Attract New Talent
Unable to offer attractive wages, a Japanese tech company has been trying to attract new talent by offering ingenious benefits such as free alcoholic drinks at work and hangover leaves. Since the burst of the Japanese economic bubble in the early 1990s, the Japanese economy has been stagnating along with employee salaries. Even though some […]
Mermaid Performer Has Her Head Swallowed by Giant Aquarium Fish During Show
A viral video shot at the Mekong Underwater World in Yunnan, China, shows a young mermaid performer getting attacked by a giant aquarium fish during a live show. A popular tourist attraction in Xishuangbanna, China’s Yunnan Province, recently attracted a lot of criticism for allegedly trying to cover up an incident involving a mermaid performer […]
Chinese Influencer Sparks Adam’s Apple Cover Craze
A female Chinese influencer has been urging men to wear Adam’s Apple covers to highlight gender inequality and promote women’s rights. Zhu Miaolin, better known as Ah Miao on Chinese social media, recently sparked a bizarre craze in her home country, urging her male friends to wear Adam’s Apple covers to protect what she describes […]
Homeowner Who Refused to Relocate Now Lives in the Middle of a Motorway
A Chinese man who refused the Government’s generous offer to buy his property for the construction of a new motorway now finds himself living in the middle of said motorway. A few years ago when Chinese authorities knocked on his door in Jinxi, a town southwest of Shanghai, offering to buy his two-storey house for […]
Meet China’s Most Popular ‘Robot Girl’
A young Chinese woman has been getting a lot of attention for her ability to act as an android using a special costume, robotic movements and an expressionless face. At a time when companies are investing billions into robotics and artificial intelligence to make robots appear more human, one young woman is trying her best […]
Boy Scolded for Not Doing Homework Reports His Father for Drug Use
A 10-year-old boy reprimanded by his father for not completing his homework took revenge on his parent by calling the police and telling them that his father was hiding forbidden drugs. The bizarre incident took place earlier this month in China’s Yongning County. After being severely scolded by his father for not completing his homework […]
Man Has 3-Inch Chopstick Stuck Behind Eyeball, Doesn’t Notice for Three Weeks
A Vietnamese hospital recently reported the extremely rare case of a 24-year-old man who had a wooden chopstick lodged in his eye socket for three weeks without noticing. The unnamed man was admitted to the Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Vietnam’s Can Tho Province when he came in with symptoms of pain […]
The World’s Smallest Escalator Is a Useless Oddity
Located in the basement of a department store in Kawasaki, Japan, the world’s smallest escalator only has five steps and measures 83.4 centimeters (32.8 inches). The escalator is one of humanity’s most useful inventions, allowing people to effortlessly travel between floors in places where elevators would be impractical, but the world’s smallest escalator is actually […]
Doctor Performs Vasectomy on Himself, Shares Video on Social Media
A Taiwanese plastic surgeon has been getting a lot of attention for sharing a video of performing a vasectomy on himself on social media, as a gift to his wife. Chen Wei-nong, a father-of-three who works at a plastic surgery clinic in Taipei City, went viral this week after sharing a rather unusual clip on […]
Landlord Shocked to Find His Rented Apartment Turned into Chicken Coop
A Shanghai man was shocked to find the apartment he had rented out two years ago had been turned into a chicken coop and damaged beyond repair. Imagine putting all of your savings into buying and renovating an apartment, and then renting it out for a small profit only to find out that the tenant […]
Middle-Aged Man Makes a Living Praising Strangers on the Street
A middle-aged Japanese man known as ‘Uncle Praise’ has been making a living by standing on the street and showering strangers with praises for a small fee. Uncle Praise first made news headlines in Japan in September of last year when Fuji TV released a short documentary on his unique “profession”. The 43-year-old man reportedly […]
Yongwu Road – China’s Most Beautiful Flooded Road
Every year, during the rainy season, a scenic road winding through China’s Poyang Lake like a mythical dragon becomes flooded, offering a unique driving and visual experience. Yongwu Road is the only stretch of road connecting Wucheng, one of the oldest townships in China, to neighboring townships and counties. Part of the X219 county road, […]
Disgraced Official Sabotaged Son’s Relationship So He Could Marry His Girlfriend
Liu Liange, former Chairman of the Bank of China, allegedly convinced his son to break up with his fiancée just so he could court and marry her instead. Liu Liange most recently made news headlines in November of last year when he was issued a suspended death sentence with a two-year reprieve for accepting 121 […]
At This Rain-Themed Cafe It Pours Every 15 Minutes
Rain Report Cafe in Seoul is a unique cafe where it rains perpetually every 15 minutes and patrons are offered umbrellas, rubber boots, and raincoats. If you find nothing more relaxing than a cup of hot coffee on a rainy day, you’ll probably love the concept of Rain Report Cafe, a South Korean cafe where […]
Cash-Strapped Student Extorts Hotels with Dead Cockroches and Used Condoms
A 21-year-old student from Taizhou, China, managed to extort over 60 different hotels for free stays and financial compensation by creating fake hygiene problems and promising to take actions against them. Jiang, a resident of Taizhou City, in China’s Zhejiang Province, came up with a particularly gross way of funding his traveling habit when he […]