Australian Man Dies After Allegedly Swallowing a Gecko as a Party Dare
34-year-old David Dowell, a father of three from Brisbane, Australia, tragically lost his life after becoming infected with salmonella, which friends claim was the result of him eating a small gecko lizard as a party dare. Dowell, who would have turned 35 last week, was brought in to Brisbane’s Mater Hospital in “absolute agony” on […]
Man Claims Supervisor Bullied Him by Constantly Farting in His Presence
Australia’s Court of Appeal has been tasked with deciding whether farting can be considered a form of bullying, after an engineer sued his former employer for allowing a supervisor to harass him in several ways, including by farting in his presence, as part of an alleged conspiracy to end his employment. 56-year-old David Hingst sued […]
Fast Food Restaurant Sparks Controversy for Serving Burgers with Fake Line of Cocaine on Them
Pablo’s Escoburgers, a Melbourne fast-food restaurant named after infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, has been slammed for its controversial name and the fact that it serves one of its burgers with a line of white powder on top and a rolled fake dollar bill. The backlash against Pablo’s Escoburgers started on Wednesday, when the pop-up eatery uploaded […]
Australian Man Allegedly Cooks Raw Steak in His Car on a Hot Day
An Australian man from Mildura, in the state of Victoria, wanted to show the world just how hot the inside of a car can get on a hot day, so he left a raw steak inside his car for a few hours. When he came back, the steak was allegedly well done. “Yesterday at 11am […]
Australian Families Living a Nightmare as Thousands of Bats Drop Dead in Their Yards Due to Heatwave
Dozens of families in and around the city of Cairns, in Australia, have been forced to temporarily abandon their homes after flying foxes started dropping dead on their properties due to the unbearable heat. Cairns residents started reporting massive numbers of spectacled flying foxes dropping out of trees on Monday, when temperatures in Australia’s Queensland region […]
Meet Knickers, the Giant Bull That’s Too Big for Slaughter
Photos of a giant black and white bovine towering over other cows have been doing the rounds online for the last couple of days, making people do a double take. The animal looks so huge that you really couldn’t blame the many people claiming that the photos are photoshopped, but they’re wrong. He’s just Knickers […]
Nation-Wide Scare as Metal Needles Are Found in Strawberries All Over Australia
Australia’s strawberry industry has been brought to its knees after reports of sharp needles found in store-bought strawberries have been coming in from all the six of the country’s states. So far, no one knows who is behind this act of “agroterrorism” or what their motives are. What started as an isolated case in Queensland, […]
The Puzzling Case of an Orange That Turned Purple Overnight
Australian food scientists are scratching their heads about an orange that turned bright purple just hours after being sliced open. The bizarrely-colored fruit has been collected as forensic evidence but so far no one can explain what caused the coloring. The mysterious orange was purchased last week by Neti Moffitt, a resident of Brisbane, from a […]
Store Owner Fights Consumerism by Renting Out Clothes Instead of Selling Them
Do you buy too many clothes? Or do you often buy new garments only to wear them once before throwing them away? Research shows that you are not alone; a recent YouGov survey in Australia has shown that roughly a quarter of Australians have thrown away an article of clothing after wearing it just once. […]
Sydney’s Mysterious Miracle House Oozes Oil from Walls, Helps Desperate Couples Get Pregnant
What was once an ordinary 3-bedroom home in the suburbs of western Sydney has now gained a reputation as a “miracle house”. Ash and oil leak from its walls in such a way that is reportedly “beyond science”. The homeowners, George and Lina Tannous, believe that the allegedly unexplainable phenomena are a sign from God […]
Man Jumps Out of Moving Car During Argument with His Wife, Sues Her for Negligence
An Australian man who was left with “catastrophic” injuries after jumping out of a car driven by his wife has sued her for not slamming the brakes earlier, after seeing that he was about to jump. This unbelievable incident took place in December of 2012, when Brian Lim, his wife, Eunkyung Cho, and their two children were […]
Artist Spends Three Days Buried Under Busy Road, with No Food
Mike Parr, a 73-year-old Australian performance artist, recently spent three days in a container buried under one of the busiest roads in Tasmania, with no food, as a “response to 20th-century totalitarian violence in all its forms”. The unusual performance was apparently conceived a decade ago for an arts festival in Germany, but could not […]
Millions of Ladybugs Are Converging on a Remote Radio Tower in Australia and Nobody Knows Why
A remote radio tower near Mount Burr in South Australia has attracted millions of ladybugs for reasons no one seems to understand. The unusual sight was recently reported by wildlife photographer Steve Chapple, who posted several photos and a video of it on his Facebook page. Contacted by ABC News Australia, Mr. Chapple said that […]
Australian Teen Left Quadriplegic After Swallowing Garden Snail as a Dare
Sam Ballard, an aspiring rugby player from Sydney, Australia, never imagined that a silly thing like swallowing a garden snail at a party would end up ruining his life and leave him quadriplegic. Sam’s life took a devastating turn in 2010. He was at a friend’s party drinking red wine, when someone brought out a […]
Australia’s “Firehawks” Deliberately Start Wildfires to Flush Out Prey
According to a research paper published recently in the Journal of Ethnobiology, several Australian birds of prey have the habit of starting wildfires for the soul purpose of flushing out prey from the blazing grasslands. Interestingly, aboriginals have known about this for over 40,000 years and even have a name for the fire-wielding birds – […]