Influencer Raffles Brand New SUV, Sparks Controversy When Her Mother Wins It
Mexican influencer Lore Garza caused quite the controversy online last week when she announced that the winner of the brand new KIA SUV she was raffling was her own mother… Lore Garza, a popular Mexican social media personality with over 140,000 fans on Instagram alone, has been getting a lot of attention from news outlets […]
Nigerian Man Arrested for Trying to Sell Himself for $50,000
A 26-year-old man in Nigeria was recently arrested by the Islamic police known as Hisbah for trying to sell himself to anyone who would pay the 20 million Nigerian nara ($49,000) fee. Aliyu Na Idris first made national news headlines at the end of October, when he was spotted walking through the city of Karo […]
Parents Are Strapping Corrective Helmets on Babies to make Their Heads Round
In what is being reported as a disturbing new trend, Chinese parents are allegedly resorting to corrective helmets and molds to ensure that their babies have aesthetically pleasing round heads. The latest craze to hit China involves parents taking advantage of their babies’ soft skulls to make sure that they have round heads, instead of […]
Artist Slammed for Throwing Away 1,000 Pure Gold Rice Grains to Highlight Food Waste
Shanghai-based artist Yang Yexin has been getting a lot of criticism for throwing away 1,000 grains of rice made of pure gold as part of a performance artwork to highlight current food waste. If you’re planning on visiting Shanghai soon, you may want to keep your eyes peeled as you walk through the city streets, […]
World’s Loneliest Orca Has Been Living Alone in a Concrete Tank for Over 10 Years
Kiska, the last living killer whale at the Marineland marine park, has been dubbed the world’s loneliest orca after it was revealed that she has spent the last 10 years of her life alone in a concrete tank, with little to no stimulation. Orcas, dolphins, and whales are among the world’s most intelligent animals; they […]
Teen Girl Has Allegedly Been Crying Stone Tears for Over Two Months
A 15-yer-old girl in rural India has reportedly been pumping out small stones out of her eyes every day for the past two months, and doctors don’t have any medical explanation for it. According to the girl’s family, small stones started falling from her eyes on July 17, and she has been crying between 10 […]
Danish Artist Takes Museum’s Money and Runs, Calls It Art
A Danish museum loaned artist Jens Haaning tens of thousands of dollars and asked him to recreate two of his most popular artworks, which involved the use of real banknotes, only he took the money and ran, an act he describes as an original work of art. The Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg […]
YouTuber Documents Raising Piglet for 100 Days Before Allegedly Eating It on Camera
A Japanese YouTuber recently sparked controversy after apparently cooking and eating a piglet that he had raised on camera for the previous 100 days. In May of this year, a Japanese man started a peculiar YouTube channel named “Eating Pig After 100 Days“. True to its name, the channel was all about raising a small […]
Man Claims to Have Been Sleeping Just 30 Minutes a Day for the Last 12 Years
Daisuke Hori, a 36-year-old man from Japan, has spent the last few years training his mind and body to function on as little sleep as possible. He claims to get just 30 minutes of sleep a day and not get tired at all. Do you ever feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day, […]
Political Candidate Forced to Run Against Doppelgangers Who Also Stole His Name
An opposition party candidate running for a municipal position in St Petersburg, Russia, is competing against at least two other people who not only legally changed their names to his, but also borrowed his physical appearance to confuse voters. Russian opposition politicians are used to running against candidates with the same surname, it’s a commonly […]
Mother Makes 13-year-Old Girl Jump Rope 3,000 Times Per Day to Grow Taller
A 13-year-old girl was diagnosed with a serious joint disease caused by being forced to jump rope 3,000 times a day by her mother, as a bizarre way of growing taller. Chinese media recently reported the case of a 13-year-old girl in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province who developed traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle after being forced by her […]
Newlyweds Send Invoice to Wedding Guests Who RSVP’d But Didn’t Show Up
A Chicago-based couple recently sparked a heated debate on social media, after posting photos of invoices they sent to wedding guests that confirmed their presence at the event but eventually decided not to attend. Doug Simmons, 44, and Dedra McGee, 43, invited 109 guests to their fairytale wedding reception at the Royalton Negril Resort & […]
Woman Allegedly Has Children With Ex-Boyfriend Because Her Husband Is Too Ugly
Afraid that having children with her “ugly” but otherwise great husband would cause them to end up looking horrible, a Ghanian woman allegedly decided to secretly have four kids with her handsome ex-boyfriend. African social media has been abuzz with news of a vain Ghanian woman who married a successful, hardworking, and caring man despite […]
The Parlor Roller – A Unique Pigeon Breed That Does Backflips Instead of Flying
Although there are plenty of flightless bird species on Earth, the Parlor Roller pigeon is believed to be the only one selectively bred by humans until it lost its capacity to take to the skies and developed a completely new and bizarre means of getting around – backflips. Seeing a parlor roller pigeon roll on […]
Capybaras “Invade” Upscale Gated Community in Argentina
Residents of Nordelta, Argentina’s most famous and arguably most beautiful gated community, have been battling hordes of capybaras, giant, adorable rodents that act like they own the place because technically they do… A 1,500ha suburban development built on the wetlands of the Paraná, the second most important river in South America after the Amazon, Nordelta […]