Deadliest Flight – Taiwan’s Grueling Sea Races Kill Over One Million Pigeons Each Year
Every year, more than a million pigeons die while competing in Taiwan’s controversial pigeon sea races, a series of grueling events in which young birds are shipped far out to sea, released in the middle of nowhere and forced to fly home. According to several reports from animal rights organizations, less than 1% of them […]
Jogger Accidentally Crosses Border into the US, Spends Two Weeks in Detention Center
A 19-year-old French woman visiting her mother in British Columbia, Canada, learned the hard way that going for a jog near the Canadian-US border is not a very good idea. Cedella Roman, who lives in France, was visiting her mother in North Delta, British Columbia, last month, when she decided to go for an evening […]
Japanese Public Service Issues Public Apology for Employee Starting Lunch Break Three Minutes Early
A 64-year-old employee of the waterworks bureau in the Japanese city of Kobe was recently fined and reprimanded by his superiors for going on his lunch break three minutes early, on more than one occasion. The lunch break at the Kobe waterworks bureau starts at 12 pm sharp and lasts until 1 pm. However, an […]
Busted Bingo – A Controversial Game Where the Players Are Alleged Offenders and the Prize Is Jail Time
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, in Tennessee, has become famous for coming up with a unique approach to catching wanted people. They’ve created a weekly online game show called “Busted Bingo”, where wanted people are assigned numbered balls and randomly selected for an all-inclusive stay in a county jail cell. It’s probably the world’s first game […]
Nigerian Man Buries His Father in Brand New $90,000 BMW
A Nigerian man recently created a huge buzz online after spending $90,000 on a brand new BMW X5 and using it as a casket to bury his late father in. The man, identified simply as Azubuike, had reportedly lost his father to old age and decided to send him off on his final journey in […]
Thai Restaurant Finds Success with Screaming Hot Waiters
If you’re looking for a way to get your restaurant business off the ground, this unique eatery in Bangkok, Thailand is proof that having a team of hot male waiters dress in skimpy female garb and scream like damsels in distress as they serve patrons is a sure way to success. Staneemeehoi (Shell Station) is […]
Allegedly Self-Taught Pilot Flew Passenger Planes Without Ever Attending Aviation University
Russian media recently featured the story of Taras Shelest, a highly-regarded passenger jet pilot who turned out to be a complete fraud. Despite having never attended aviation university and instead faking his diploma, Shelest allegedly flew thousands of people all around the world for several years, until a bizarre incident finally exposed him. In August […]
Unlicensed Surgeon Films Rap Videos While Operating on Unconscious Patients
An Atlanta-area dermatologist has been dubbed the “rapping doctor” for her unusual habit of filming herself and her staff dancing and rapping during surgery, with unconscious patients used as props, and posting the videos online for promotional purposes. Dr. Windell Boutté promotes herself as the “#1 Female Plastic Surgeon in the Southeast” despite not being […]
Italian Parents Forced to Change Daughter’s Name Because It’s Not Feminine Enough
A couple in Milan, Italy, who had chosen to name their baby daughter “Blu”, was recently ordered by a court to change the name to something more suitable for a girl or risk having it changed for them. According to a presidential decree issued in the year 2000, “the name given to a child must […]
Prosperity Preacher Says God Wants Him to Have a New Private Jet, Asks Flock to Pay for It
Jesse Duplantis, one of America’s most popular prosperity preachers has his eyes on a new $54 million Dassault Falcon 7X private jet, but he wants his followers to pay for it. Duplantis, who runs a ministry and a church in Destrehan, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans, already owns a private jet, in fact it’s already his […]
Christians Flock to Virgin Mary Statue Crying Rose-Scented Tears
Thousands of Christians from the state of New Mexico and beyond have been flocking to the city of Hobbs to witness what many are considering a real-life miracle – a statue of the Virgin Mary crying tears that allegedly smell like roses. Churchgoers at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, in Hobbs, first noticed the scented […]
Female News Anchor Suspended for Calling Male Colleague ‘Handsome’ on Live TV
A Kuwaiti female news anchor was recently suspended by the Ministry of Information for jokingly calling a male correspondent ‘handsome’ during a live TV broadcast. Basima al-Shammar a news anchor for Kuwait TV, was covering Kuwait’s municipal election last weekend, when she made the mistake of jokingly complementing a male correspondent live on air. In […]
Turkmenistan Police Inspect Toilets for Use of President’s Newspaper Photos as Toilet Paper
Police in Turkmenistan have begun inspecting public and private toilets across the country for evidence of photos of president Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov being used as toilet paper. It sounds like news you would only expect to read on a satire news website like The Onion, but this is Turkmenistan president we’re talking about here, the same country […]
Parents Sue 30-Year-Old Son for Refusing to Move Out of Their House
A 30-year-old man from Camillus, New York, was recently ordered by a judge to move out of his parents house, after they sued him for refusing to leave voluntarily. Parents Mark and Christina Rotondo had been trying to convince their 30-year-old son Michael to get a place of his own for several months, before taking […]
Allegedly Pregnant 71-Year-Old Woman Says She Will Soon Become the World’s Oldest Mother
A 71-year-old woman from Mazatlan, Mexico, claims that she is six-months pregnant and will soon give birth to a beautiful girl. This would make her the oldest mother in history. Maria de la Luz says that she first suspected she was pregnant three months ago, when she started feeling tired and experienced symptoms like dizziness and […]