Single Mother Has Been Paying an Actor to Pose as Her Daughter’s Father for the Last 10 Years
In an effort to spare her young daughter from being ostracized by other children for not having a father, a Japanese single mother made the controversial decision to hire an actor who has been posing as the girl’s father for the last 10 years. Megumi was only a baby when her parents separated and he […]
Music Torture – Jailed Mexican Official Claims He Was Forced to Listen to Regaetton Music for Ten Days Straight
Colombian singer Maluma is one of the world’s most popular reggaeton stars, but while millions of people love listening to his hits, one jailed Mexican official claims he has been driven crazy by Maluma’s music after police “tortured” him by playing loud reggaeton non-stop for 10 days straight. Gilberto Aguirre Garza, the former director of […]
Maltese City Welcomes Archbishop in Porsche Sports Car Pulled by Children
The Maltese city of Zebbug, on the island of Gozo, recently welcomed its newly appointed archbishop in a very unusual way – having the prelate ride in a convertible Porsche Boxter S pulled by dozens of young children. A video of the unusual welcome that took place on Sunday went viral both in Malta and […]
Dutch Man Sues to Legally Change His Age from 69 to 49
A 69-year-old Dutch man who claims to feel much younger than his actual age has gone to court to make himself legally 20 years younger. Emile Ratelband, a media personality and self-described “positivity guru”, recently told a court in Arnhem, Holland, that he did not feel comfortable with his true age and compared his desire […]
Chinese Company Comes Under Fire for Making Employees Eat Cockroaches
Three managers of a home improvement firm in Zunyi, China, were recently arrested for subjecting employees to extreme punishment, including forcing them to eat cockroaches, for not meeting their sales goals. The arrests came after an employee of the unnamed company took to social media to complain about the humiliating punishments he and his colleagues were […]
Japanese Pop-Up Restaurant Served the Last Meals of Infamous Death Row Inmates
Ningen, a pop-up restaurant in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, attracted a lot of media attention over the last two weeks for giving patrons the chance to order the last meals requested by infamous death row inmates before their execution. The controversial eatery was opened by a Japanese art collective called Chim↑Pom and for two weeks served the last […]
Man Moves to Indian Jungle to Escape Student Debt
A 29-year-old American man decided to leave the United States behind and move to a remote jungle village in India so he wouldn’t have to constantly worry about paying back his student loan. Like many other Americans, Chad Haag had to rely on a student loan to pay for his college education, but he struggled to […]
Pope Michael – The Kansas Man Who Considers Himself the Real Pope of the Catholic Church
Pope Francis is generally considered the supreme leader of the worldwide Catholic Church, but to David Bawden, a conservative Catholic from Topeka, in Kansas, Francis and the five other popes who cam e before him are nothing more than frauds or ‘antipopes’. Interestingly, Bowen considers himself the one true pope of the Catholic Church. David […]
Father Faces “Social Boycott” for Dropping Off Son to School in Ferrari Sports Car
A Chinese man has been excluded out of a parents WeChat group and accused of flaunting his wealth by dropping his son off to school in an expensive Ferrari 488 sports car. The man, surnamed Li, is a senior executive in an property development company in in Hangzhou, China, and has the habit of taking his […]
Chinese Restaurant Under Investigation for Charging 8 People $58,000 for Dinner
Authorities are investigating a Shanghai restaurant for charging a Dubai tourist and his seven friends a whopping 400,000 yuan ($58,000) for a 20-course dinner. A photo of the 400,000 yuan receipt from Maggie’s Restaurant started circulating on Chinese social media last month, and although a spokesperson for the restaurant initially claimed that the photo was […]
Mother Takes 10-Year-Old Son to Get Tattooed by Unlicensed 16-Year-Old Tattoo Artist
A young Ohio mother was recently arrested for allowing her 10-year-old son to get a permanent tattoo in unsanitary conditions, from a 16-year-old unlicensed artist. She later claimed she got simply got tired of her son asking for a tattoo. 34-year-old Nikki Dickinson was arrested last week in Bellefontaine, Ohio, after a disturbing video showing her young […]
Woman Gets Jail Time for Looking Through Husband’s Phone Without Permission
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently sentenced a woman to three months in jail after her husband sued her for looking through his phone without his permission. In a statement made against his wife, the unnamed husband claimed that she would access his phone while he was asleep, copying all the data, […]
Couple Leave 5-Year-Old Boy Alone in the Woods as Punishment for Wetting Himself
A Minnesota couple has been accused of abandoning a 5-year-old child in the woods as punishment for wetting his pants. The couple did reportedly come back for the boy after driving away a short distance, but couldn’t find him. Lynda Michel and Gregory Wilson can kiss away their chances of winning a parents of the […]
Woman Gets Arrested for Sheltering and Treating Pets During Hurricane
They say no good deed goes unpunished, and this kindhearted North-Carolina woman who took in dozens of abandoned pets as Hurricane Florence ravaged the US state is a prime example of that. She was arrested and is now facing several misdemeanor charges for practicing veterinary medicine without a license. As Hurricane Florence was getting ready […]
Spanish Minister Proposes Tax on Trying Out Clothes in Stores
A regional minister in the Spanish province of Castilla y León has come under fire for proposing that brick and mortar clothing stores charge a fee for customers to try on clothes in order to discourage the ‘unethical practice’ of trying on clothes only to buy them cheaper online. María del Pilar del Olmo, Castilla y León’s economy […]