Pakistani Reporter Receives International Praise for Brave, In-Depth Reporting
Azadar Hussain, a news reporter for Pakistani channel GTV News, shot to worldwide fame last week after footage of his daring reporting of local floods went viral online. In a commendable attempt to show viewers what the people of Pakistan’s Kot Chatta region had to put up with following devastating floods, Azadar Hussain decided to […]
German Woman Tries to Buy Car with Fake Money Printed on Inkjet Printer
A 20-year-old woman was recently arrested in Germany for walking into a car dealership and trying to by a €15,000 car with fake banknotes printed on a cheap inkjet printer using regular printing paper. The unnamed woman reportedly walked into the car dealership in the German city of Kaiserslautern on Monday wanting to buy a […]
Handsome Goat Goes Viral Online for Looking Like a K-Pop Star
We’ve seen animals achieve online fame for their looks, in fact Instagram is full of animal influencers, but this handsome Saanen goat in Malaysia is the first to reach online celebrity status for looking like a Korean pop star. Ramos, an 11-month-old billy goat at Muhammad Livestock Farm in Perak, Malaysia, went viral last week […]
Man Spends Almost Five Days Sitting on a Toilet Bowl, Sets World Record
48-year-old Jimmy De Frenne, from Belgium, recently set a new world record for the longest time spent sitting on a toilet, after spending five days on a toilet bowl in a bar. After breaking the world record for the longest time spent ironing non-stop (82 hours) in 2016, Jimmy De Frenne recently set his sights […]
Japanese “Sheer” T-Shirt Gives You the Body You Always Wanted
The “Delusion Splash T-shirt” is an intriguing Japanese garment that cleverly uses shading to trick people into thinking that you look much better than you actually do. Japanese clothing designers seem to be on a quest to help consumers achieve the toned physique they’ve always dreamed of without actually stepping foot in a gym or […]
Spanish Woman Allegedly Files Complaint Against Hitman Who Failed to Carry Out Crime
Spanish police reported that a woman who hired her son-in-law to kill her partner recently turned up to file a complaint against him after he failed to live up to his end of the bargain. Earlier this month, an unnamed woman and her daughter went to a police station in central Madrid to file two […]
Parents Name Son “Google” Hoping It Will Give Him a Leg Up in Life
A baby in Indonesia has been awarded the title of “world’s strangest name” after it was revealed that his parents legally registered him as “Google”; no surname or middle name, just Google, just like the search engine. The eight-month-old boy’s father, 31-year-old Andi Cahya Saputra, told Indonesian media that he first contemplated the idea of […]
Fugitive Turns Himself In After His Wanted Poster Gets 29,000 Facebook Likes
Last month, a Connecticut fugitive struck a deal with the Torrington Police Department, promising that he would turn himself in if his wanted poster got more than 15,000 likes on Facebook. It took a bit longer than expected, but the man has made good on his pledge. 29-year-old Jose Simms was wanted for seven counts of failure […]
Pakistani Politicians Go Viral After Cat Filter Turns Live Conference into a Comedy
Political press conferences don’t usually enjoy much success on social media, but an official address by Pakistani regional minister Shaukat Yousafzai gained international attention last week after someone accidentally turned on the cat filter on Facebook Live, turning Yousafzai and other party members into adorable kittens. Politician Shaukat Yousafzai and his colleagues in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf […]
Busy Software Developer Creates Chatbot to Message His Girlfriend on His Behalf
A computer programmer in China caused quite a stir on social media recently after posting that he created a custom chatbot to answer his girlfriend’s texts 24/7, because he was too busy to do it himself. Li Kaixiang, who works as a software development engineer for Chinese internet giant JD.com, said that he was often […]
Farmer Steals Chickens to Buy Gas for his $290,000 BMW
A wealthy farmer from China’s Sichuan province has been arrested for allegedly stealing chickens and ducks from several villages in Linshui county in order to buy gas for his “thirsty” $290,000 BMW. Police in Linshui had been getting reports of chickens and ducks getting stolen from several villages in the county since April, but never […]
Flirty Traffic Agent Fines Female Driver for “Excessive Beauty on Public Roads”
A traffic agent in Uruguay is currently under investigation for using an official document for unauthorized purposes, after it was revealed that he tried to impress an attractive female driver by issuing her a ticket for “excessive beauty on public roads”. The unusual incident occurred on May 25th, in the Uruguayan city of Paysandú. An unnamed […]
Man Agrees to Be Paraded Naked on Top of Car as Punishment for Cheating on Wife
A Colombian man recently became the laughing stock of the internet after allegedly agreeing to be paraded naked on the roof of a car as punishment for cheating on his wife. A video of a naked man lying on top of a white car and being paraded around the Colombian city of Barranquilla has been […]
Woman Sticks Her Head Through Neighbor’s Metal Grate, Gets Stuck for Five Hours
A Colombian woman who allegedly wanted to check if her neighbor was home ended up getting her head stuck in the front door metal grate for five hours. Photos of an unnamed woman from the town of La Virginia, in Colombia, recently went viral on social media after it was reported that she had to […]
Politician Cries After Getting Only Five Votes in Indian Election Despite Having Nine Family Members
An independent candidate from the Indian state of Punjab managed to make himself known around the world after a video of him crying and telling a reporter that he only received 5 votes in the recent Indian general elections despite having 9 family members went viral on social media. Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a […]