Twinkle Dwivedi – The Girl Who Cries Blood
For the last three years, doctors have been trying to figure out what makes Twinkle Dwivedi‘s body ooze blood through her eyes, feet and even her head, but she remains a medical mystery. When Twinkle’s case first appeared in the international media, many hurried to call her a fake, but after countless tests and procedures, […]
The Mentally Ill Toys of Martin Kittsteiner
A German toymaker has designed a series of cuddly toys, each suffering from serious mental illnesses like depression and hallucination. 36-year-old Martin Kittsteiner, from Hamburg, says the idea to create the bizarre toys started from a joke between him and his girlfriend, who has a lot of stuffed toys, but he soon started to see […]
A Shopper’s Worst Nightmare – Being Allergic to Money
33-year-old Yvonne Simon, from Essex, Great Britain, has a rare type of allergy that makes her shopping sessions real-life nightmares. You could say she can’t stand money. Yvonne has already been labeled as the most allergic woman in Britain, due to the many things that cause her allergic reactions. Among the things her body can’t […]
Chinese Michelin Baby Startles Scientists
Ten-month-old Lei Lei, also known as the “Michelin baby“, has become somewhat of an Internet celebrity after photos of him were published on a Chinese government site. The young boy had scientists scratching their heads, when he was brought to the hospital, earlier this month, on account of a fever. At just ten months, he […]
Laughter Yoga Is No Laughing Matter
A lot simpler and definitely more fun that traditional Yoga, the art of Laughter Yoga aims to keep people healthy through laughter. It’s a known fact that laughter has a positive effect on our body and mind, but sometimes life gets you so down, you can’t find one reason to laugh. That’s where Laughter Yoga […]
2-Year-Old Kid Smokes 40 Cigarettes a Day
Seeing him rest on the steering-wheel of his toy truck, smoking a cigarette, you might think he’s a truck driver stuck in the body of a toddler, but Ardi Rizal is really just a two-year old boy who loves to smoke. The 56 pound toddler, from Indonesia’s South Sumatra province, smokes 2 packs of cigarettes […]
Mermaid Girl Turns into a Beautiful Little Princess
You could say it happened just like in Disney’s “Little Mermaid”, only in this real life case, the mermaid needed a little help from a surgeon. The appropriately named Milagros Cerron, is a Peruvian girl,born with a rare condition, known as sirenomelia, or “mermaid syndrome“, which left her legs bound together, fro her heels, all […]
The Blood Fountains of Bucharest
Hemophilia is a serious condition,and over 2,000 Romanians suffer from it. To draw some attention to the hardships the 2,000 Romanians suffering from this disease, have to go through every day, the Romanian Association for the Problems of Hemophilia colored the water fountains, in the center of Bucharest, bloody red. Passers-by did in fact notice […]
The 7 Horniest People on Earth
It doesn’t happen very often, but people do grow horns. They’re called cutaneous horns and they are the result of a wide range of epidermal lesions. According to the World Journal of Surgical Oncology, cutaneous horns appear in men over 55 and women over 65. Rare as these cases may be, cutaneous horns have been […]
Full Life in Just Half the Body
35-year-old Kevin Easterday was born with a rare condition that prevented his spine from developing correctly. His legs were amputated, when he was only a baby, but that hasn’t stopped him from living life to the fullest. A strange illness, known as sacral agenesis, made it necessary for doctors to amputate Kenny’s legs, when he […]
Chinese Boy Has 15 Fingers and 16 Toes
A Chinese hospital has released images of a 6-year-old boy who was born with 15 fingers and 16 toes. Since more isn’t always better, he’ll soon undergo surgery to have the extras removed. With a total of 31 fingers and toes, the boy, who’s identity hasn’t been revealed, has beaten the previous record of 25. […]
The World’s Oldest 13-Year-Old
13-year-old Zara Hartshorn suffers from a rare skin-condition called lipodystrophy, which makes her look like an old woman and causes her daily grief. It’s hard to imagine what it’s like having to cope with people staring at you like you’re some kind of freak, and being called names like “baggy face”, “monkey” or “granny”, on […]
Chinese Use Fire as Medicinal Treatment
Oddly enough, setting a man on fire isn’t necessarily a bad thing, on the contrary, it’s actually considered curative. Although I wasn’t able to learn much about this strange medical procedure, fire treatment is apparently very popular during the winter months, in Chinese traditional hospitals. People believe this will keep them safe from illnesses like […]
Bloody Nipples Gallery
If you’re a runner, you probably already know about the issue of nipple bleeding, but for people like me, who only run when they’re being chased, this is new. I stumbled across this set of photos on Unknown Highway, one of my favorite sites, and thought I’d investigate further to find out what exactly makes […]
Meet the Hairiest Man in China
I know, being the hairiest man in China is not how you’d want to be known, and neither does Yu Zenhuan, whose hair covers 96% of his body. Yu was diagnosed with a rare condition that causes hair to grow in places it normally shouldn’t. he was born in a family of farmers and, when […]