Swearing Hotline Lets Germans Blow Off Some Steam, for a Fee
Boss giving a hard time at work? Wife can’t seem to stop nagging you when you get home? Do you feel like lashing out at people all the time, but are afraid of social consequences? Fear no more, as an innovative new hotline allows frustrated people to use their most fowl language as a way […]
Germany’s Trendiest People Converge on Berlin for the Hipster Olympics
With the real Olympic Games about to start in London, Berlin’s self-proclaimed hipsters though they’d organize their own competition to find the most athletic hipster in Germany – the 2012 Hipster Olympics. The tongue-in-cheek event took place last Saturday, and drew a crowd of over 6,000 hipsters to a club in east Berlin, for a […]
Deodorgrams – An Anonymous Way of Telling People They Stink
It’s never easy telling someone they smell, but a new service called Deodorgrams plans to make it a little easier by anonimously sending friends and acquaintances a scented deodorant. I remember back in high-school we would get stinkers deodorants for their birthday, which was kind of cruel, and didn’t really work on clueless colleagues. Man, […]
Professional Cuddler Charges $60 Per Hour of Cuddling and Snuggling
A lot of people like to snuggle and cuddle, but Jacqueline Samuel, from New York’s Rochester area, actually opened her own business charging $60 for an hour’s worth of non-sexual cuddling and snuggling. There are moments in life when you feel the need to cuddle, but you have no one to do it with. That’s […]
Man Sits on Toilet for Two Straight Days to Prove He Gives a Crap
Sitting on a toilet isn’t the best way to get things done, except for one particular thing, but it was the perfect way for Simon Griffiths to raise $50,000 for his commendable project. Australian Simon Griffiths is a man on a mission. He’s planning to solve a big part of the world’s sanitation problem by […]
Woman Addicted to Mayonnaise Will Use It for Everything. And I Mean Everything!
Philippa Garfield, from London, England, loves mayonnaise so much she will eat it with pretty much anything, and even wash her hair with it. We’ve featured some pretty weird addictions here on Oddity Central, from the guy addicted to sausages, to the woman who loved drinking her own urine, but Philippa Garfield takes things to […]
Takeaway Restaurant Offers Dirty Dishes Alongside the Food for Authenticity
UK-based restaurant Housebites decided to help people who can’t cook but want to impress their guests by offering them the dirty dishes alongside the food, so they can be more convincing. Not everyone likes to cook, but lost of people love to pretend they can cook, so British takeaway restaurant Housebites, decided to give them […]
It’s About Time! New York Hosts First World Burping Championship
Most civilized countries have long considered burping one of the most embarrassing things a person can do in public. Now, the World Burping Federation, in Geneva, is trying to change people’s opinion, and their first attempt was the first edition of the Burping Championship. Held in New York City, this first annual World Burping Championship […]
Reporters Travel To China to Test Fabled Melt-Proof Ice Cream
Legend has it that in China there is an ice-cream that simply doesn’t melt even when left at room temperature for hours. So the guys at RocketNews24 sent a report to investigate on this myth. Now, we’ve posted about some pretty special ice-cream treats, like the sinful Vice Lolly and the ice cream made from […]
Cleaning Fairy Breaks into Houses and Leaves Cleaning Bill
Sue Warren decided she wasn’t going to sit around and wait for clients to call her house cleaning business. Instead, she took the initiative and started breaking into people’s houses, cleaning them and leaving the bill. You have to admit, it’s a pretty bold business plan. According to the Westlake Police Department, the 53-year-old woman […]
Wannabe Incredible Hulk Used Green Industrial Paint That Wouldn’t Come Off
Paulo Henrique dos Santos, a pool attendant from Brazil, wanted so much to impersonate the Incredible Hulk for a local running event that he painted himself with green industrial paint. He later found out the paint won’t come off no matter how hard he scrubbed. I always thought becoming a superhero was hard, but a young […]
Website Lets You Blackmail Yourself to Reach Goals
Aherk! is an ingenious online service that allows people to blackmail themselves in order to achieve their personal goals, through pressure. If you’ve had trouble dealing with personal goals, but always manage to do good in school or at work, you probably already know it has something to do with feeling under pressure. Some people […]
Inventors Create Spray That Gets You Drunk Instantly without the Nasty Side-Effects
Scientist David Edwards teamed up with French Designer Philippe Starck to create the WA|HH mouth spray that gets you drunk instantly, but only for a few seconds. And the best part is you won’t have to deal with and splitting headaches when you wake up the following day. Ever wish you could feel what it’s like […]
Poo Wifi – A Machine That Exchanges Dog Poo for Free Wifi
Stepping in dog poo is said to bring good luck, but for most people it’s one of the worst things that could happen as they walk through the city. Owners not picking up their pets’ droppings is a global problem, but a Mexican Internet portal has come up with an invention that might just inspire people […]
Eau de MacBook Pro: A Fragrance That Smells Like New Apple Products
The Apple MacBook Pro is definitely not the most affordable laptop on the market right now, but thanks to custom scent developer, Air Aroma, you can now close your eyes, take a sniff of hour old machine and imagine you actually own one of Apple’s expensive devices. This may very well be the weirdest perfume […]