Five So-Called Hitmen Convicted After Subcontracting Deal to Assassinate Businessman To Each Other
A Chinese businessman and five would-be hitmen were recently issued prison sentences after the former reportedly hired one of the assassins to take out one of his competitors only to have the contact passed along to other hitmen until the fee got so small the last of them decided it wasn’t worth the trouble. Six […]
$3,000 Nike Sneakers Injected with “Holy Water” Sell Out in Minutes
A limited edition Nike Air Max 97 sneaker with its transparent sole filled with “holy water” from the Jordan River sold out within minutes of its official release, despite a prohibitive price tag of $3,000 per pair. Officially named “MSCHF x INRI Jesus Shoes”, the white sneakers had their soles injected with 60 ccs of […]
Mexican Mayor Uses Lifesize Cutout of Himself at Events He Can’t Physically Attend
The mayor of a town in Mexico has come under fire from members of his community for deploying cutouts of himself at events that he can’t physically be present at. Moisés Aguilar Torres, the mayor Pichuclaco, a town in the Mexican state of Chiapas, managed to outrage his constituents by sending a cutout of himself […]
Exhausted Cat Needs Glucose Drip to Recover After Mating with at Least 5 Females in One Night
A male Russian Blue cat who was left to roam freely in a pet hotel in Sichuan, China, ended up needing a glucose drip to recover after mating with at least five female cats in just a few hours. News of the cat’s exploits was shared on Chinese social media by his owner, a certain […]
iPhone User Sues Apple for Turning Him Gay
A Russian iPhone user recently filed a one million ruble lawsuit against Apple, accusing the American corporation of indirectly turning him gay. In a court filing that went viral on Russia’s internet, the plaintiff alleges that he became “mired in a same-sex relationship” after receiving the wrong kind of cryptocurrency on a virtual wallet app […]
Woman Allegedly Sues Condom Deliveryman for Unwanted Pregnancy
One of the weirdest questions you can find on law forums is “can I sue for a broken condom?” (don’t ask me how I know that). Well, a woman in China went even further than that, suing the man who delivered the condoms she ordered too late, thus causing her unwanted pregnancy. Chinese media recently […]
24-Year-Old Man Marries 81-Year-Old Woman to Avoid Military Service
A young Ukrainian man has managed to successfully avoid compulsory military service by staying married to a woman 57 years his senior for almost two years. Despite widespread criticism online, the man has the law on his side. In late 2017, Alexander Kondratyuk, a young man from the Ukrainian city of Vinnitsa, received his conscription […]
Indian Man, 32, Poses as 81-Year-Old to Fly to U.S. with Fake Visa
Looking at the gray-haired, frail looking man in the picture below, you’d never guess he was only 32. Well, don’t worry about it, his disguise managed to fool security at Delhi airport as well, and they’re paid to spot these things. 32-year-old Jayesh Patel was arrested at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport by India’s Central […]
Man Brings Professional Clown to His Own Firing Meeting
A young copywriter for an advertising agency in New Zealand recently made international headlines for bringing a professional clown as a support person to a company meeting in which he he expected to be fired. Employers in New Zealand are legally required to offer employees the chance to bring a “support person” to so called […]
Woman Dreams About Swallowing Her Engagement Ring, Does So in Real Life
A California woman who dreamed about swallowing her engagement ring during an apparent robbery woke up to find that the said ring was missing from her finger in real life as well. Last Tuesday night, Jenna Evans dreamed that she was on a high-speed train with her fiancé, when some “bad guys” appeared. In her […]
Ex-Con Wants to Go Back to Prison So He Can Watch Premium TV Channel for Free
We’re no strangers to weird stories here on OC, but this one’s a bit too weird even for us. A French burglar intentionally left traces of DNA all over the crime scene just so he would end up in prison and watch encrypted TV channel Canal+ for free. A monthly subscription to French premium television […]
Priests Drop Holy Water Over City to Cure It of “Drunkenness and Fornication”
Orthodox priests in Russia’s Tver Oblast region, literally reached new heights in their quest to save their congregations from addictive sins like drinking and fornicating. They got in an airplane and doused the whole city of Tver in holy water, in order to cleanse it. Metropolitan Savva of Tver and Kashinsky, Father Alexander Goryachev and […]
Man Faces Charges for Pointing “Finger Gun” at Neighbor During Argument
With gun crime so frequent in the United States these days, even making a gun gesture with your hand can put some people on edge. A Pennsylvania man found that out the hard way after being charged with disorderly conduct for pointing a “finger gun” at another man during an argument. The bizarre incident took […]
Artist Puts On Astronaut Costume to Highlight Crater-Size Road Potholes
An Indian artist has come up with an ingenious and hilarious way of showcasing the poor state of roads in the city of Bangalore – he put on a realistic astronaut costume and filmed himself walking trough the craters that made a local road look like the surface of the moon. Baadal Nanjundaswamy is well […]
Turkish Beekeeper Enlists Thieving Bears as Honey Testers
İbrahim Sedef, an experienced beekeeper from Turkey’s Black Sea Region, has come up with an ingenious way of having his honey tested by the same bears that used to steal it. Agricultural engineer and beekeeper İbrahim Sedef had been struggling to deal with thieving bears for over four months, but nothing worked. When he tried […]