Ageless Looks – 53-Year-Old Man Doesn’t Look a Day Over 30
Edson Brandao, an online influencer, personal trainer and writer from Brazil, has been getting a lot of attention because of his age-defying appearance. Despite being in his early 50’s, Brandao constantly gets mistaken for a 20 or 30-year-old. Looking at photos of Edson Brandao from when he was in his thirties and forties, and comparing […]
Dog Miraculously Survives 37 Days Trapped Under Landslide Rubble
A dog in China recently made national headlines for being found alive and well after spending over a month trapped under the ruin of his master’s following a landslide. On July 8, the people of Cangbaotian village, in China’s Guizhou Province had to be hastily evacuated before most of their homes succumbed to a terrible […]
Chocolate Raining from the Sky in Swiss Town
Residents of an industrial area of Olten, a town in north-western Switzerland, have been reporting chocolate powder raining from the sky for several days now. If chocolate was ever going to fall from the sky anywhere in the world, it had to be in Switzerland. The European country is well-known for making perhaps the best […]
Farmer Lives in the Middle of Japan’s Second Largest Airport
Living in a huge airport isn’t easy, the sound of planes taking off and landing alone is deafening, but one for stubborn Japanese farmer it’s the only place worth living in. Takao Shito’s family has been growing vegetable on the same farm for over 100 years. His grandfather was a farmer, his father as well, […]
UK Man Allegedly Spends Over $150,000 on Plastic Surgery to Make Himself Look Like K-Pop Idol
Oliver Frost, aka “Oli London” has allegedly spent a small fortune on plastic surgery over the last seven years in an attempt to make himself look more like his K-pop idol. Oli London became infatuated with K-pop icon Jimin, a member of Korean boy band BTS, the first saw he laid eyes on him in […]
Japanese Province Is Struggling to Stop People From Sleeping on Roads
Police in the Japanese province of Okinawa have been struggling with a phenomenon called rojo-ne, which translates literally as “sleeping on the road”. Imagine driving home late at night and seeing someone laying in the middle of the road. Or worse yet, not seeing that someone in time to actually slam the brakes. Such nightmare […]
Italian Man Fined $200 Because His Rooster Crows Too Early in the Morning
An 83-year-old man was ordered to pay a 166 euro fine after he failed to prevent his pet rooster from crowing at 4:30 in the morning, which some of his neighbors had complained about. Angelo Boletti, a pensioner from the Italian town of Castiraga Vidardo, in Lombardy, was found to have violated local rules, which […]
Widower Has Ultra-Realistic, Life-Size Sculpture of His Late Wife Installed at Family Home
An Indian man melted the hearts of millions in his home country after unveiling a life-size and almost lifelike sculpture of his late wife during a house-warming party. Srinivas Gupta, a businessman from Karnataka, India who lost his wife in a tragic car accident three years ago, wanted his life partner to be physically present […]
Wakaresaseya – Japan’s Professional Relationship Busters
In a country that eschews confrontation and frowns upon public display of passion, bold entrepreneurs eager to take up the burden of ending a romantic relationship on a client’s behalf can make a fortune. The Wakaresaseya, literally “breaker-uppers”, are professional agents that specialize in destroying relationships, be they marriages or affairs, for a fee. After […]
Struggling Railway Operator Sells Canned Stones to Weather Pandemic
With tourism at an all-time low, a struggling Japanese railway operator is trying to avoid going under by selling canned stones from its railway tracks. Founded in 1923, the Choshi Electric Railway company, in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture, had to overcome adversity several times during its 97-year history, but the situation has never been more dire […]
14-Year-Old Forced to Give Away His Belongings After Taking Family Car on Joyride
A family from Phoenix, Arizona came up with an original way of punishing their 14-year-old son after he was caught by police speeding in the family car: they made him give away all his possessions. 14-year-old Angel Martinez’s parents were celebrating their anniversary in Las Vegas earlier this month when they received a call from […]
Massive Road Bridge Built Around Tiny House of Very Stubborn Owner
A newly opened highway in China’s Guangdong province has been making news headlines for a very peculiar reason: it’s built around the tiny home who refused to move. China is well-known for its “nail houses”, properties of homeowners who reject compensation from a developer for their demolition, but while most such examples are encountered within […]
Florida Man Buys New Porsche With Check Printed on Home Computer
A 42-year-old Florida man managed to dupe dealership staff into letting him drive off in a $140,000 Porsche 911 in exchange for a fake check he had printed on his home computer. Casey William Kelley walked into a Porsche dealership in Destin, Okaloosa County on July 27 and managed to drive off with a brand […]
Mother Single-Handedly Digs 35-Foot-Long Underground Tunnel to Bust Son Out of Prison
A 51-year-old Ukrainian woman was recently arrested after it was discovered that she had been digging an underground tunnel near the walls of a prison, with the intention of helping her convicted son to escape. The unnamed woman reportedly hails from the Ukrainian city of Nikolaev and had rented a house near the prison where […]
Vietnamese Man Decorates Home With Almost 10,000 Porcelain Dishes
A Vietnamese man obsessed with traditional porcelain dishes and antiques has spent the last 25 years of his life decorating his house with almost 10,000 porcelain bowls, plates and urns. Nguien Van Truong first fell in love with porcelain antiques in 1986, a year after being discharged from the army and returning to his home […]