Peruvian Mayor Plays Dead to Avoid Arrest After Breaking Curfew to Go Drinking With Friends
The mayor of a small town in Peru managed to make international headlines after police caught him lying in a wooden casket in an attempt to fool them into thinking he was dead, after breaking curfew to go drinking long into the night. Jaime Rolando Urbina Torres, the mayor of Tantará, a rural district in […]
Woman Sends Cheating Boyfriend 1,000 Kilos of Onions Because “It’s His Turn to Cry”
Chinese media recently reported the bizarre case of a heartbroken young woman who took revenge on her cheating boyfriend by sending a tonne of onions to his doorstep so he could cry as much as she did over his treason. For most young Chinese couples, May 20 is a very special day, the equivalent of […]
Man Returns Home After Seven Months, Finds It Taken Over by House Plants
A Chinese man who spent seven months away from his apartment in Langfang, Hebei Province, recently returned to find his home had transformed into a small botanical garden. The unnamed man took to social media to share videos and photos of what he found when he entered his home, after being away for almost seven […]
Indian Man Goes Out for Groceries, Comes Home with a Bride
An Indian mother got the shock of a lifetime this week when she sent her son out to get groceries and he came back with a woman he claimed was his wife. The unnamed woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad city told India’s ANI news agency that she had sent her son out to buy groceries, […]
New York Man Uses Dating Flyers to Find “Germ-Free Girlfriend”
A life-threatening pandemic isn’t exactly what you would call the best time to find love, especially with social distancing and self-isolation measures in place, but one New York man is trying to make it work. If you’ve been jogging through Central Park or any of the Big Apple’s running paths, you may have seen these […]
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 […]
Father Gives Son Embarrassing Haircut to Make Sure He Doesn’t Sneak Out
A Filipino father came up with an ingenious way of keeping his young boy in the house during the recently issued lockdown due to the rapidly spreading Covid-19 pandemic. The novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world, and the Philippines is no exception. As in most other places, the Government has enforced a social […]
Cheating Husband Ousted After Contacting Coronavirus on Trip to Italy with Mistress
An English businessman is allegedly in a “blind panic” after contacting coronavirus, but he’s worried less about his health than about the circumstances in which he contacted the novel virus. The unnamed man, who is reportedly in his late 30s, had told his wife that he was going on a business trip within the UK, […]
Boy Tries to Stop Weeds from Growing in Backyard by Stomping the Ground Every Day for Three Months
In what can only be described as an intriguing childhood experiment, a Japanese boy has been trying to stop weeds from growing in his backyard – without using chemical weedkillers – for the last three years. This year, he’s off to a promising starts. It all started three years ago, when Twiter user @peco3575’s son […]
Man Reserved Then Canceled 1,873 Stadium Seats At Baseball Games So He Could Have More Space
A Japanese man is facing serious charges for allegedly causing serious financial losses to his favorite baseball club after reserving and then cancelling nearly 1,900 seats for two of their league games, so he could have more space and stand out on TV. 41-year-old Kiyoshi Shibamura, a fan of the Orix Buffaloes baseball club from […]
Vietnamese Motorists Create Roadworthy Cars and Motorcycles Out of Cardboard
A group of young motoring enthusiast from Vietnam have found success on the internet by making driveable cardboard replicas of expensive sports cars and motorcycles. Too poor to buy your own Ferrari sports car or Ducati motorcycle? Well, so were the young guys behind the NHẾT TV YouTube channel, but they were resourceful enough to […]
Woman Takes Revenge on Ex-Husband by Remarrying Him Without His Consent
A French woman is facing up to 10 years in prison and a hefty fine of up to 150,000 euros ($170,000) for remarrying her ex-husband without his knowledge, in order to prevent him from moving on with his life. The unnamed woman, who worked as a high-ranking judge in Hauts-de-Seine, France’s Ile-de-France region, reportedly decided […]
Australian Newspaper Prints Extra Blank Pages to Mock Toilet Paper Crisis
This Thursday, the NT News, a local newspaper in Australia’s Northern Territory, printed an extra eight blank pages for readers to use in a pinch, as a way to mock the pointless toilet paper hoarding caused by the spread of the coronavirus. “Run out of loo paper? The NT News cares,” the front page of […]
Lithuanian Man Locks Wife in Bathroom for Fear of Contacting Coronavirus
Lithuanian media recently reported the bizarre case of a man who locked his wife in the bathroom and refused to let her out, because she may have been infected with the dreaded coronavirus wreaking havoc around the world. On Wednesday, February 26th, at around 8:35pm, police in Vilnius, Lithuania, received a distress call from a […]
Woman Realizes That Succulent She Had Been Watering for Two Years Was Made of Plastic
A California stay-at-home mom recently got her five minutes of online fame after taking to Facebook to reveal that the potted plant she had been watering and looking after for the last two years was actually made of plastic. On February 28, Caelie Wilkes shared a very funny revelation with her Facebook friends. While attempting […]