Business Goes Viral for Letting Employees Take Days Off to Deal with Hangover
If you’ve ever had to go to work with a splitting headache after an alcohol-fueled long night on the town, you can probably appreciate this company’s policy of giving employees “hangover days” off work to put themselves back together. Let’s face, we all wish we could call in sick to work after having one, or […]
Russian Television Launches Reality Show Centred Around Life at Secluded Monastery
In a time when reality TV is pretty much synonymous with the Kardashian name, launching a reality show centered around life at a secluded orthodox monastery hardly sounds like a winning idea, but one Russian TV channel is going ahead with the project anyway. A television channel entirely owned by a religious organization affiliated with […]
Loving Son Disguises Himself as His 60-Year-Old Mother to Take Driving Test on Her Behalf
A 43-year-old man was recently caught wearing an old woman’s disguise during a driving test in an attempt to help his mother get her driving license. After Heitor Schiave’s 60-year-old mother, Maria, failed her driving test three times, the car mechanic felt that he had to do something to help her. Probably thinking that giving […]
Woman Accidentally Swallows 30-Cm-Long “Vomiting Tube” Used to Lose Weight
Inserting long, plastic tubes through their oesophagus to induce vomiting has been an unhealthy trend among Chinese girls for a while now, but a 22-year-old woman recently became the first to accidentally swallow her vomiting tube. Xiao Lu, a 22-year-old girl from Guangzhou, reportedly went to a local hospital on December 3 and told doctors […]
Dad Sued by Car Dealership After 3-Year-Old Daughter Casually Scratches 10 Luxury Cars
A Chinese man was recently sued by an Audi dealership in Guilin,in China’s southern Guangxi region, and had to pay a settlement of more than $10,000 after his young daughter casually scratched 10 luxury cars. The young girl’s father, identified only as Mr. Zhao, reportedly accompanied a friend to the dealership, bringing his wife and […]
Man Claims His Farts Can Kill Mosquitoes Six Meters Away
A Ugandan man whose farts can allegedly kill mosquitoes six meters away claims to have been offered deals by companies looking to turn his flatulence into commercial insect repellent. Joe Rwamirama, a 48-year-old man from Kampala, in Uganda, says he eats ordinary food and that his farts smell no worse than anyone else’s, but to […]
Someone Is Putting Tiny Cowboy Hats on Las Vegas Pigeons, And No One Knows Why or How
It’s not every day that you see pigeons with cowboy hats on their tiny heads walking or flying around. Unless you live in Las Vegas, where cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons are actually a a thing these days. It all started on December 5, when a Las Vegas resident named Bobby Lee noticed two funny-looking birds pecking the […]
Controversial Video Game Puts Players in the Shoes of Jesus Christ
An upcoming video game has been raising eyebrows due to its unusual premise – putting players in the shoes of Jesus Christ and having them perform biblical feats like multiplying fish, healing others and calming stormy seas. Aptly named “I Am Jesus Christ” the upcoming video game from developer PlayWay is a realistic simulator game […]
Manipulative Woman Allegedly Pushed Two Men into “Medieval Duel to the Death” to Win Her Hand
A 35-year-old mother of three was on trial this week for allegedly pushing her ex-husband and her new boyfriend – both of whom desperately wanted to be with her – into fighting for her hand in “a latter-day medieval duel”. Asta Juskauskiene, a care worker living in London, UK, has been accused of being a […]
1,750 People Que Up to View an Apartment for Rent in Berlin
If you’re wondering how hard it is to find affordable housing in Germany’s capital of Berlin, maybe this will give you an idea – On November 24, a whopping 1,749 people showed up to view a reasonably-priced flat, even though it had only been put on the market the day before. Located near the Schöneberg […]
Airline To Open Chain of Restaurants That Sell Airplane Food
Airplane food isn’t exactly considered “haute cuisine”, but one budget airline is betting that people love its airplane food so much that they’d be willing to pay for it at restaurants on the ground. AirAsia, the largest budget carrier in Asia, has announced plans to open over 100 restaurants globally within the next five years. The […]
Japanese Company Pays People to Be Filmed in Their Own Homes for a Month
Our online data is already monetized by several technology giants, but one Japanese IT company thinks real-life data could be monetized as well, and it’s willing to pay people to have their everyday life video-recorded and sold to various businesses. Last month, Tokyo-based Plasma.inc made national news headlines for inviting people to take part in […]
Man Allegedly Scratches Car at Dealership So His Father Would Buy It for Him
A 22-year-old man was recently accused of scratching a BMW sedan at a dealership in Jiangxi City for a very bizarre reason – so his father would be forced to buy it for him according to the “you break it you buy it” principle. The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Ji Moubing, reportedly visited the BMW […]
Spray-Painted Polar Bear Baffles Russian Wildlife Experts
Footage of a full-grown polar bear with “T-34” spray-painted in black on its side has left wildlife experts in Russia scratching their heads as to who or why branded the animal this way. The T-34 was a legendary Soviet tank that played a crucial role in Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War 2, […]
World’s Smartest Chess Board Lets You Move Physical Pieces Without Touching Them
Square Off, the world’s smartest, most connected chess board, gives the centuries-old sport of chess a 21st century touch by allowing players halfway around the world to interact with physical pieces without actually touching them. Chess has been available as a digital game for years, but true fans know that there’s nothing like playing on […]