Meet the Mysterious ‘Opossum Lady’ of YouTube
There is a whole world to discover past YouTube’s recommendation feature, and venturing down the proverbial rabbit hole will help you discover colorful and delightfully weird characters like Georgette Spelvin, the ‘Opossum Lady’. For the past 10 years, the MEpearlA YouTube channel has constantly been putting up delightful videos featuring a glamorous lady that looks […]
Parents Name Daughter After Internet Provider to Get Free Wi-Fi for 18 Years
A Swiss couple has named their baby daughter Twifia after Internet start-up Twifi and won themselves 18 years of free wi-fi internet. The young couple responded to a Facebook ad from Twifi, a Swiss Internet provider, which dared parents to name their newborn Twifus (if it was a boy) or Twifia (if it was a […]
Chinese Company ‘Hires’ Alpaca to Help Its Human Employees Relax
A Chinese video production startup has been getting a lot of attention on social media because of its adorable office pet – a two year-old llama-alpaca mix. We’ve written about companies bringing pets into the office to help their human staff unwind, but that usually meant cats and small dogs. Now, a Wuxi-based company has […]
Steamy Novel About Falling in Love With Coronavirus in Human Form Goes Viral
‘Kissing the Coronavirus’ is a steamy 16-page e-book that’s as wacky and funny as it is disturbing. It’s basically about a female doctor who ends up falling in love with the Coronavirus after a vaccine trial gone wrong. The 16-page e-book, which launched on Amazon on April 22, tells the story of Dr. Alexa Ashingtonford, […]
Care to Buy a Living, Breathing Wish-Granting Cat for $127,000?
Forget wish-granting goldfish and genies in a bottle, you can now own your very own magical cat and have all your wishes fulfilled for the modest price of 10 million rubles ($127,000). A Novosibirsk woman recently posted a bizarre ad on Russian classified ad platform Avito, asking people to pay a small fortune for her […]
30-Year-Old Man Allegedly Reports Mother for Kicking Him Out of Her House
A 30-year-old Mexican man allegedly reported his own mother to the authorities for kicking him out of the house, because he didn’t want to get a job or at least help with chores. Last Wednesday, Mexican media reported the case of one Christian Uriel, a 30-year-old man who denounced his own mother and aunt to […]
All Kabaddi World – Pakistan’s Insane Version of the WWE
All Kabaddi World is a popular Facebook channel that popularized a bombastic, over-the-top version of the ancient wrestling art of kabaddi. It’s basically a Pakistani version of World Wrestling Entertainment. The first time I watched a clip posted by All Kabaddi World, I was confused yet enthralled by these two topless men that seemed to […]
Self-Described ‘Trans Satanist Anarchist’ Wins Republican Nomination for County Sheriff
Aria DiMezzo, a self-described “transsexual Satanist anarchist” who ran for the sheriff’s job in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, with the campaign slogan “F*** the Police”, decisively won the Republican nomination this weekend. DiMezzo said that she had expected to lose to a write-in candidate, adding that her surprising victory proves “the system is utterly and […]
Man Leaves Window Open for Five Months, Finds Apartment Invaded by Pigeons
A UK student who left his apartment window open before going away for five months found his home covered in bird droppings after it was taken over by pigeons. 20-year-old Oluwageorge Johnson had to leave his rented apartment in Nottingham in a hurry back in March, after his parents turned up to take him home, […]
Greek Man Has Been Posting Photos of His Forehead on Instagram for the Last Six Years
While most Instagram users strive to take the most stunning photos possible to impress their friends and followers, one man has been using the popular social network to post snaps of his forehead… Georgios Schieich, a 25-year old Greek man living in Malta, has one of the most intriguing profiles on Instagram. That’s not because […]
Mexican Bank Builds Branch in the Middle of Nowhere
Photos and videos of a functional Banco del Bienestar branch seemingly located in the middle of nowhere have been getting a lot of attention on Mexican social media this week. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador was one of the very first people to get blamed for wasting government money on useless buildings after the […]
Chocolate Raining from the Sky in Swiss Town
Residents of an industrial area of Olten, a town in north-western Switzerland, have been reporting chocolate powder raining from the sky for several days now. If chocolate was ever going to fall from the sky anywhere in the world, it had to be in Switzerland. The European country is well-known for making perhaps the best […]
German Circus Weathers Pandemic by Selling Jars of Lion Poop
They say money does not smell, but a lucrative venture thought up by a German circus is proof that money can actually stink. The Krone Circus in Munich is in the business of selling lion poop. Circus are forbidden from performing during the pandemic, so many of them have been struggling to stay afloat in […]
Struggling Railway Operator Sells Canned Stones to Weather Pandemic
With tourism at an all-time low, a struggling Japanese railway operator is trying to avoid going under by selling canned stones from its railway tracks. Founded in 1923, the Choshi Electric Railway company, in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture, had to overcome adversity several times during its 97-year history, but the situation has never been more dire […]
14-Year-Old Forced to Give Away His Belongings After Taking Family Car on Joyride
A family from Phoenix, Arizona came up with an original way of punishing their 14-year-old son after he was caught by police speeding in the family car: they made him give away all his possessions. 14-year-old Angel Martinez’s parents were celebrating their anniversary in Las Vegas earlier this month when they received a call from […]