The Sleeping Beauty Diet – Probably the Dumbest Weight-Loss Diet in History
If you’re sleeping, you’re not eating. That’s basically the main idea behind the Sleeping Beauty Diet, an increasingly popular weight loss method that encourages people to take sedatives in order to sleep for up to 20 hours a day and skip meals. It’s hard to even consider the Sleeping Beauty Diet an actual diet, because it doesn’t […]
New App Lets You Date People Who Look Like Your Favorite Celebrities
Let’s face it, you’ll probably never get to go on a date with your celebrity crush, but, with Dating AI, a new dating app that uses advanced facial recognition technology, you can now find celebrity doppelgangers and ask them out on a date. The Dating.ai app works by analyzing a reference a photo you upload or select […]
Breatharian Couple Claim They Haven’t Had a Proper Meal in 9 Years, Survive on Cosmic Energy
Scientific evidence shows that fasting for brief periods of time can have positive effects on our health, but one California couple say they haven’t eaten any real food in 9 years, as they live off “the universe’s energy” instead. 36-year-old Akahy Ricardo and his wife, Camilla Costello, 34, had their last real meal in 2008, […]
Brazilian Tattoo Artist Punishes Thief with Humiliating Forehead Tattoo
Maycon Wesley Carvalho dos Reis, a tattoo artist from the Brazilian state of Sao Paolo, was recently arrested and charged with torture, after punishing a young man who tried to steal his bicycle by tattooing “I am a thief and a loser” on his forehead. A disturbing video of an alleged would-be thief sporting a “sou […]
Biotech Company Wants to Bring Brain-Dead People Back to Life
Bioquark, a biotechnolgy company from Philadelphia believes brain death is not as irreversible as most people think, and claims to have come up with a series of injections capable of “resetting” the brain, essentially bringing patients back to life. Up until a few years ago, a person was declared dead when their heart stopped beating […]
13-Year-Old Japanese Girl Sparks Debate about Age in the Modelling Industry
Momoka Kurita made quite an impression when she posed as a “race queen” during a superbike racing event in Japan, last year. Adult men showered her with compliments for her stunning looks, but little did they know that she was just 12-years-old at the time, and still in elementary school. Her appearance at the 2016 48th […]
Don’t Freak Out, But Those Digital Adverts at the Shopping Mall May Be Watching You
A pizzeria in Oslo, Norway, recently came under fire after it was revealed that its digital adverts were actually filming passers by, analyzing their facial features and displaying different adverts according to a variety of factors. The monitoring system was accidentally revealed at the beginning of May, when the system crashed and software code was […]
You can Now Pay $425 for a Pair of Jeans Covered in Fake Mud
For the past couple of days, fashion retailer Nordstrom has been the butt of a lot of jokes on social media, after it was revealed that it is selling a pair of jeans caked in fake mud for a whopping $425. The Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans are apparently brand new, but make you look like you’ve […]
Androgynous Man Wins Lingerie Photo Contest Intended for Women
A 20-year-old man from Russia’s Sakhalin Oblast region recently made national headlines after being declared the winner of a women’s lingerie photo contest organized by a popular store chain. Andrey Nagorny, a resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, heard of the online photo contest through his girlfriend. Aware of his feminine features, they decided to take a few […]
Company Sells Twigs as Revolutionary “Raw Toothbrushes”
Czech company Yoni has recently sparked outrage online after taking miswak twigs that people have been using for literally thousands of years and selling them as “revolutionary raw toothbrushes” for the obscene price of $5 apiece. Twigs from the salvadora persica or miswak tree have been used as a natural teeth-cleaning agent for the last 7000 years in […]
Restaurant Bans Children Under Five And Business Is Booming
After receiving several complaints from loyal customers, the owner of an upscale Italian restaurant in Mooresville, North Carolina, has taken the controversial decision to ban children under the age of five. And, despite facing some backlash on social media, he claims that business has grown significantly. Caruso’s describes itself as a “traditional, classy, intimate” restaurant […]
This Buddha Sculpture Is Made from 20,000 Dead Beetles
Japanese artist Yoneji Inamura spent six years of his life collecting 20,000 beetles of different varieties and using them to create a five-foot sculpture of a popular Buddhist deity. It’s unclear how and when exactly Inamura started catching and collecting beetles. Some sources claim that it was during his days working for the local railroad, in […]
London Artisan Shop Sells Chopped Tree Branches for Up to $22 Each
London-based Botanique artisan shop recently sparked a bit of controversy online after it was revealed that it is selling small tree branch fragments for up to £18 each. Botanique has apparently been selling these decorative sticks for a while now, but they were brought to the attention of the media a few days ago, when BBC […]
New Taipei Restaurant Uses Bikini-Clad Waitresses to Attract Customers
A hot-pot restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, recently got a lot of attention online after photos of young bikini-clad waitresses serving and interacting with customers went viral. The hot-pot restaurant business in Taiwan and mainland China is very competitive, and it’s very hard for newcomers to get an edge by relying solely on the quality of the […]
Coffee Shops with Bikini-Clad Staff Spark Controversy
Bikini Beans Espresso is a coffee shop chain with branches in Arizona and Washington where patrons can have their favorite coffee prepared and served by beautiful women wearing bikinis, g-strings or just three strategically-placed stickers. Thanks to its attractive dress code, Bikini Beans Espresso has become hugely popular, especially among its male clientele. Apparently, a […]