Russian Billionaire Gives His Old School a Versailles Makeover
Did you grow up wishing the school you went to every day looked more like a fairy-tale palace? No? Well this Russian billionaire sure did and when he became rich enough to afford it, he actually turned his old school into a flamboyant palace, complete with gilded walls, marble floors and even a water fountain. […]
NASA Investigating First Ever Crime in Space After Astronaut Gets Accused of Hacking Bank Account from Space
NASA is said to be investigating a claim that one of its astronauts accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse while on board the International Space Station, in what may be the first crime committed in space. Astronaut Anne McClain and Summer Worden, an Air Force intelligence officer, married in 2014 and split in […]
27-Year-Old Woman Marries 83-Year-Old Grandpa, Claims It Was Love at First Sight
The unlikely love story between a 27-year-old woman and an 83-year-old famous shaman in Indonesia’s Central Java province has been making headlines in the Asian country for the past week. Despite the controversy regarding the age difference between them, the young woman claims she fell in love with her new husband the moment she saw […]
Painting Jail Cells Pink – A Controversial Way to Curb Inmate Aggression
Several Swiss prisons have painted their jail cells in a color called “Cool Down Pink” as a way to curb prisoners’ aggressive behavior and even though the measure was adopted by other European countries in recent years, there are those who find the measure degrading and manipulative. It’s a known fact that colors have a […]
Black Housekeeper Turned Away by Priest Because His Dog Is Racist
A Tennessee black woman recently filed a discrimination complaint against a Catholic priest and his parish after being denied work because of the color of her skin. However, the priest denies the accusation, claiming that it’s only his German dog who is “kinda racist”. When Emily Weaver, the employee of a cleaning company in Collierville, […]
Company Allegedly Makes Employees Eat Live Fish, Drink Chicken Blood for Failing to Meet Goals
A sales company in Guizhou, China, has come under fire for forcing employees to eat live mud fish and drink chicken blood for failing to meet their set goals. News of the extreme punishment employees of a Guizhou construction material store were recently subjected to broke out after a video of the ordeal was leaked […]
Mexican Mayor Forced to Dress Up as a Woman for Failing to Fulfil Campaign Promises
Politicians always make promises they can’t keep during electoral campaigns, but voters hardly ever hold them responsible for lying. Well, residents in a small Mexican town recently decided to teach their mayor a lesson for failing to fulfil his campaign promises by parading him in women’s clothes for four straight days. Javier Sebastián Jiménez Santiz […]
Alleged “Sonic Attacks” at Cuban Embassy Shrunk Victims’ Brains, Study Suggests
Between 2016 and 2018 a number of US and Canadian diplomats working at an embassy in Havana, Cuba, reported symptoms like headaches, nausea and memory loss after hearing mysterious noises. The phenomenon became known as the “Cuban Sonic Attacks”, but Havana authorities have so far denied any wrongdoing. However, a recent study suggests something did […]
Father Pulls Son Out of School So He Can Focus on Video Games Full Time
In a time when parents around the world are becoming increasingly concerned about how much time their children are spending in front of the computer screen playing popular video games like Fortnite, one Canadian father is sparking controversy for supporting his son’s eSports career, going as far as pulling him out of school so he […]
Christian Family Refuses to Pay Income Taxes Because It “Goes Against God’s Will”
A pair of Christian missionaries in Australia were recently ordered to pay over AUD$2 million to the Australian Taxation Office after failing to pay income tax because Australian taxation law was contrary to the law of Almighty God. Fanny Alida Beerepoot and her brother Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot were brought in front of a judge at […]
Restaurant in Japan Bans Japanese Customers, Only Serves Foreigners
A restaurant owner on Ishigakijima Island, Japan, has had enough of his countrymen’s bad banners, so he banned all Japanese customers, serving only overseas tourists instead. Yaeyama Style, a small ramen restaurant in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture should be packed this time of year, but owner Akio Arima says he only serves a couple of bowls […]
Woman Gives Birth to Other Couples’ Babies After IVF Mix-Up
A New York couple is suing suing the fertility clinic for mixing up the embryos used in in vitro fertilization, causing the woman to give birth to two babies that were of a different ethnicity and turned out to be related to two other couples using the clinic. According to a federal lawsuit filed in […]
Woman Gets Arrested for Constantly Nagging Husband to Do House Chores
Valerie Sanders, a 58-year-old woman from the UK, spent 17 hours in jail after being charged with “controlling behavior” after allegedly nagging her husband to clean the house instead of his car. Valerie’s troubles with the law began in April of 2018, when during a routine check at her husband Michael’s workplace Jobcentre UK staff […]
Woman Caught Keeping Endangered Bear Cub in Her Condo Says She Thought It Was a Dog
A 27 -year-old woman who was caught raising a six-month-old endangered sun bear in her Kuala Lumpur condominium unit explained that it had found it on the side of the road and took it in thinking it was a dog. On June 6, residents of the Sentrio Suites Condominium in, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were shocked […]
Peruvian Restaurant Allegedly Chains Customer to Seat to Make Sure He Doesn’t Leave Without Paying
Photos of a Venezuelan emigrant allegedly chained to his seat at a restaurant in Peru so that he wouldn’t walk out without paying have sparked controversy online. The shocking photos were originally posted on Twitter by a Venezuelan journalist named Luis Martinez, who writes for La Patilla. However, while the article posted on the news […]