Parents Allegedly Stream Overweight Daughter’s Eating Sessions for Views
A Chinese couple has come under fire from both the media and the general public after allegedly filming their young, overweight daughter devouring whole plates of food and streaming the footage online. Pictures and videos of a three-year-old girl nicknamed Pei Qi stuffing her face from multiple plates full of food have been doing the […]
Burmese Woman Shocks Internet With Her Tiny 13.7-Inch Waist
Su ‘Moh Moh’ Naing, a 23-year-old girl from Myanmar shot to online fame earlier this week after being featured by a popular English tabloid for having an incredibly thin waist. The Burmese student claims to have a waist circumference of only 13.7 inches, which would make it one of the tiniest waists in the world, […]
Man Whose Smartphone Got Stolen Forced to Pay Bank Loan He Did Not Take
A Russian man is taking a bank to court for forcing him to pay interest on a loan he never asked for, after fraudsters used his stolen smartphone to take out the pre-approved loan in his name. Vladimir Volokhovich, from Moscow, has been making news headlines in his home country of Russia after finding himself […]
Deepfake Journalist Is a Terrifying Sign of Things to Come
It’s almost impossible to tell, but the man featured in the photos below doesn’t exist. He is a deepfake, a persona created by a computer algorythim. However, the articles this “journalist” published in several popular newspapers are very real, and a sign of things we can expect from a fast-evolving AI. Oliver Taylor first got […]
75-Year-Old Woman Marries Son-in-Law After Her Daughter Kicks Him Out
A bizarre love triangle between a 75-year-old woman, her 52-year-old ex-son-in-law and her 56-year-old daughter has sparked controversy in Russia after their story went viral this month. Galina Zhukovskaya, 75, from St. Petersburg, Russia, married Vyacheslav Zhukovsky, a man 23 years her junior back in 2010, but it wasn’t the age difference between them that […]
Image of “Jesus Christ” Discovered in Cut Tree Branch Sparks Online Controversy
Photos of what many religious people are describing as a detailed representation of Jesus Christ discovered inside the branch of a recently-pruned willow tree have gone viral in Brazil. Last Thursday, while pruning a willow tree in Itaquiraí, Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul, municipal maintenance workers noticed a strange pattern on the inside of a […]
Indonesian Ministry Claims Eucalyptus Necklace Can Prevent Coronavirus Infections
While the rest of the world struggles to find a cure or even a treatment for Covid-19, Indonesia’s Agriculture Ministry claims to have found a solution – wearing a eucalyptus necklace developed by one of its agencies. The so-called “antivirus necklace” was developed by Balitbangtan, the Agriculture Ministry’s Health Research and Development Agency, and will […]
7-Year-Old Working Out With Impressive Weight Sparks Heated Online Debate
A video of 7-year-old fitness sensation Brodie Bowen dead-lifting a 43kg barbell with impressive determination has sparked a heated debate on social media, with some praising her dedication and other expressing worries about her health. Brodie, who is the daughter of fitness instructor and Instagram influencer Jes Bowen, has been following in her mother’s footsteps […]
Woman Prevents Daughter From Leaving the House For 26 Years
Russian media recently reported the shocking case of a 42-year-old woman who had not set foot outside her family home for 26 years, despite being in perfect health, because he mother didn’t allow it. Until this month, 42-year-old Nadezhda Bushueva hadn’t left her mother’s house in the village of Arefinsky, in western Russia, since she […]
Covid-19-Denying Priest Seizes Control of Russian Monastery with the Help of Armed Militia
Father Sergei Romanov, a controversial, ultra-conservative Russian priest, has taken control of the Sredneuralsk convent outside the city of Yekaterinburg and challenged authorities to force him out. Romanov, a former policeman who reportedly spent 13 years in a prison colony for murder before repenting and dedicating his life to religion, has been very vocal about […]
Chinese Couple Still ‘Going Dutch’ After 30 Years of Marriage
An elderly Chinese couple sparked a heated online debate last week after it was revealed that despite being married for 30 years, they still split all their finances, house chores, even the food in their refrigerator. In many parts of the world, going Dutch is considered perfectly normal on dates, but for a couple going […]
Dumb People Are Allegedly Paying $350 on an “Anti-5G” USB Stick
If you’re dumb enough to pay hundreds of dollars for a simple USB stick with just 128Mb of storage in hoping that it will protect you from the “devastating effects” of 5G, then you deserve to be scammed. Here at OC we’ve always refrained from judging people for their actions, but we draw the line […]
Iranian Police Arrests Parkour Athlete Over “Vulgar” Rooftop Kiss
An Iranian Parkour athlete and his unidentified lover were arrested last week not of their death-defying antics atop Tehran’s highest buildings, but for an “indecent” rooftop kiss. Alireza Japalaghy, a popular Iranian parkour athlete, and his girlfriend were accused of performing “vulgar acts” and were taken into custody by police. Their arrest sparked outrage on […]
Court Orders Dutch Grandma to Delete Grandchildren’s Photos from Facebook or Pay Fine
A grandmother from the Netherlands was recently ordered to delete her grandchildren’s photos from Facebook and Pinterest, after her own daughter sued her for posting the pics without her legal consent. According to the European Union’s GDPR directive photos of children up to the age of 16 can only be posted online with the consent […]
Egyptian Capital Builds Highway Bridge Literally 50 Centimeters from Residential Building
Authorities in Cairo, Egypt, have come under fire for approving the construction of an “essential” highway bridge literally half a meter from several apartment buildings. Egyptian social media has been abuzz over a new high-speed bridge currently under construction in Cairo’s Al-Haram district, for the simple reason that it is being built right next to […]