Japanese Aquarium Asks People to Video-Call Its Eels During Coronavirus Lockdown
Staff at a Tokyo aquarium have appealed to the general public to help them keep their garden eels accustomed to humans by video-calling the marine creatures during the current Covid-19 pandemic, when the venue is closed. The coronavirus pandemic has already affected the way we live, but it’s apparently taking a toll on aquarium eels […]
In Full Pandemic, Thousands Gather to Hear Prophet Say God Will Cleanse World of Coronavirus
Last weekend, as most parts of the world enforced extreme social distancing measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, a crowd of thousands gathered in the Dominican city of Puerto Plata to listen to a popular “pilgrim” prophesize that God will rid the country and the whole world of this pandemic. In flagrant […]
Hindu Man Allegedly Cuts Off Own Tongue to Stop the Spread of Coronavirus Pandemic
A 24-year-old Indian man was recently hospitalized after he allegedly cut off his tongue as an offering to the Hindu goddess Kali Mata, to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. From putting quarantine offenders in haunted houses to people locking spouses in the bathroom, we’ve seen people do some pretty extreme things to stop […]
Florida Company Wants to Sell Face Masks Made with Alligator and Snake Skin
Finding any sort of protective face mask is a challenge these days, as demand has gone through the roof, but if you’re looking for something special and have money to burn, you can try a mask made out of alligator or snake skin. All American Gator, a Florida-based company specializing in products made out of […]
Politician Locks People in “Haunted House” for Breaking Covid-19 Quarantine Rules
Fed up with people constantly neglecting self-isolation and quarantine rules, a local politician on Indonesia’s Java Island decided to lock rule breakers in a haunted house to set an example for others. Kusdinar Untung Yuni Sukowati, the head of Sragen regency came up with the idea of taping into the locals’ fear of ghosts as […]
The Curious Case of Two Chinese Covid-19 Patients Whose Skin Turned Brown
Chinese media recently reported the case of two doctors who got infected with the novel coronavirus while treating patients and suffered a drastic change in skin pigmentation, going from white to dark brown. Dr. Yi Fan and Dr. Hu Weifeng, both 42, became infected with the coronavirus in January, while treating patients at the Wuhan […]
Village Turns to Volunteer Ghosts to Keep People at Home During Pandemic
As countries around the world struggle to come up with ways of keeping people from going outside and slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, Indonesian settlements are trying an unconventional solution – volunteer ghosts. In Kepuh village, Central Java, people brave enough to venture outside their homes at night risk coming face to […]
Italian Company Proposes Plexiglas Beach Cubicles for Pandemic Summer Fun
Summer at the beach doesn’t sound that enticing this year due to the threat of Covid-19 and social distancing measures, but one Italian company has conceptualized a solution and it involves Plexiglas beach cubicles. Having to pass on the summer vacation season entirely would be catastrophic for Italy’s massive tourism sector, but Modena-based Nuova Neon […]
Russian Family Tries to Escape Coronavirus Pandemic by Going to Live in the Woods
A family of five from Russia’s Sverdlovsk region took social distancing recommendations to the extreme by self-isolating in a forest several kilometers away from the nearest human settlement. On April 6th, Sverdlovsk police received a phone call from a woman in the village of Krasnogvardeisky who claimed that her brother had taken his wife and […]
Buy One, Get Two Free: Unlucky Man Quarantined Three Times in a Row
A luckless Chinese man who reportedly spent almost two months in his home after being quarantined three times in a row became a trending topic on Chinese social media this week. Mr Xiong, from the city of Jining, in East China’s Shandong Province, spent almost the whole month of February and half of March cooped […]
Ukrainian City Digs Hundreds of Graves to Scare Locals Into Staying at Home
The Ukrainian city of Dnipro has so far registered only 13 coronavirus infections and no fatalities attributed to Covid-19, but the local authorities have already dug over 600 fresh graves, just to be sure. Unwilling to risk the same kind of insubordination from his constituents, the mayor of Dnipro, a city of almost one million […]
Pet Cat Survives 40 Days Locked in Apartment After Human Family Is Hospitalized with Coronavirus
Le Le, a British Shorthair cat from Wuhan, China, has become a symbol of resistance during the current pandemic, showing us human that if she could survive by herself in a locked apartment for 40 days, then we can handle a bit of social distancing and isolation too. This story of feline endurance and survival […]
Russian Jeweler Claims Coronavirus-Shaped Pendant As Talisman Against Real Coronavirus
Dr.Vorobev, a “medical jewelry” company based in Kostroma, Russia, has been getting a lot of attention for the sterling silver coronavirus-shaped pendants it has been selling since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sold online for 1,000 rubles ($13), the coronavirus pendant created by Dr. Vorobev has become a very controversial piece of jewelry on […]
German Mayor Sparks Controversy by Deliberately Getting Infected with Coronavirus
Although health experts around the world strongly advise people to isolate themselves in order to minimize the chances of getting infected with the novel coronavirus, one German mayor did just the opposite, deliberately contacting the virus so he could then be immune to it. Berlin District Mayor Stephan von Dassel sparked controversy in German last […]
Dad Creates Custom Baby Safety Pod to Protect His Child from Coronavirus Infection
A young Chinese dad spent a month converting a cat carrier backpack into a safety pod for his baby. His invention allegedly protects the child from infection and pumps purified air into the pod with an electronic fan system. 30-year-old Cao Junjie, a tech-savvy father from Shanghai, China, wanted something that would allow him and […]