The Men in This Bangladeshi Family Have No Fingerprints
In a world where fingerprints are the most collected and used biometric data, having no fingerprints is both a blessing and a curse, as the men in the Sarker family can attest. For several generations, Sarker men have been born with completely smooth fingertips, and while that may not have been a huge deal a […]
Children Sprout Hair All Over Their Bodies After Being Given Hair Restorer for Upset Stomachs
Around 20 Spanish children ended up growing hair all over their bodies after being administered hair restoring medicine, instead of syrup for upset stomachs. In a shocking incident first in the summer of 2019, almost two dozen children reportedly started exhibiting symptoms of hypertrichosis, aka “werewolf syndrome”. They started growing hair excessively all over their […]
Kid Shoves Metal Coin Into His Nose, Forgets About It For 53 Years
A 59-year-old man in Zelenograd, Russia, lived with serious nose breathing difficulties for over half a century, because of a coin he had shoved up his nose as a child and forgot about over the years. Doctors at the Konchalovsky City Clinical Hospital in Zelenograd recently reported the strange case of a patient who said […]
How a Routine Blood Donation Left a Young Woman Permanently Disabled
A 21-year-old woman has lost mobility in her right arm following a botched blood donation in which a nurse allegedly drew blood from one of her arteries instead of a vein. Gabriela Ekman, of Ontario, Canada, had just turned 17 when she decided to donate blood for the first time in her life. She hoped […]
Fisherman Has Live Fish Stuck in His Throat in Bizarre Accident
An Egyptian fisherman nearly lost his life after one of his catches got stuck in his windpipe, making it almost impossible for him to breathe or retrieve the fish. Earlier this month, doctors at the emergency room of a hospital in Beni Suef, Egypt, were shocked to discover that a patient who had been brought […]
Man Suffers Life-Threatening Allergic Reaction to Cold After Stepping Out of Hot Shower
A Colorado man had to be taken to the emergency room after suffering a rare allergic reaction to cold after stepping out of the shower into a cold shower. Reported last month in the Journal of Emergency Medicine, the strange case of an unnamed 34-year-old man from Colorado who developed a serious allergic reaction to […]
The Lazarus Drug – A Sleeping Pill That Can Temporarily Fix Severe Brain Damage
Zolpidem is a sedative from the imidazopyridine class of drugs that is most commonly used to help people fall asleep faster. But, in rare cases, this common drug can actually restore function to damaged brains. There is a reason why zolpidem is sometimes referred to as the “Lazarus Drug”. If you give this pill to […]
University Students May Be Getting COVID-19 Intentionally, to Sell Antibody Plasma
The Brigham Young University in Idaho has launched an investigation into claims that some of its students are intentionally trying to get infected with SARS-CoV-2, to then sell their antibody plasma for cash. Officials at Brigham Young University, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, strongly condemned the the alleged […]
Woman Suffering From “Face Blindness” Can’t Even Recognize Her Own Face
Can you imagine looking in the mirror and not recognizing the person staring back at you. That’s what Lena, a 29-year-old Russian woman suffering from prosopagnosia, a rare condition that makes it impossible to recognize faces, including her own. Lena Ash only learned that she was suffering from prosopagnosia last year. Before that, she had […]
Father Suffers Heart Attack Trying to Explain Math Problem to His Son
A 45-year-old Chinese man reportedly suffered a heart attack after getting extremely upset while helping his son with his math homework. The man, surnamed Liu, had been helping his Year 3 son with homework since school started last month, but over the past two weeks he had started experiencing a mild pain in his chest […]
Members of Indigenous Indonesian Tribe Have Electric Blue Eyes Due to Rare Genetic Condition
Blue eyes are a rare sight in Indonesia, a country where the vast majority of the population has dark hair and dark eyes, but some members of an indigenous tribe have the most stunning blue eyes, because of a rare condition known as Waardenburg Syndrome. Believed to affect about 1 in 42,000 people, Waardenburg Syndrome […]
Teenage Girl Allegedly Cries Blood And Doctors Have No Idea Why
A 15-year-old Brazilian girl has baffled doctors after allegedly crying blood from her eyes for over a week, for reasons that doctors cannot understand. The girl, identified only Doris, started feeling sick on September 12, and her mother took her to a hospital in her home city of Sao Paolo. She complained of pain in […]
Indonesian Ministry Claims Eucalyptus Necklace Can Prevent Coronavirus Infections
While the rest of the world struggles to find a cure or even a treatment for Covid-19, Indonesia’s Agriculture Ministry claims to have found a solution – wearing a eucalyptus necklace developed by one of its agencies. The so-called “antivirus necklace” was developed by Balitbangtan, the Agriculture Ministry’s Health Research and Development Agency, and will […]
The Curious Case of a Man Who Cannot See Simple Digits From 2 to 9
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University recently reported the strange case of a man’s whose rare degenerative brain disease left him unable to distinguish basic numbers from 2 to 9. After studying an engineering geologist diagnosed with a rare degenerative brain disease called corticobasal syndrome for eight years, researchers published a study which they claim suggests […]
Man Ruptures Bladder After Holding Pee in for 18 Hours
A 40-year-old man in China reportedly suffered three bladder tears after drinking ten beers and then holding pee in for a shocking 18 hours. Earlier this month, the man, referred to only as Mr. Hu, had reportedly consumed 10 beers during a night on the town, before coming home and crashing into an inebriated sleep. […]