SkyCycle – Japan’s Sluggish Yet Terrifying Pedal-Powered Roller Coaster
Most roller coasters rely on speed, tight turns and steep slopes to get riders’ adrenaline levels up, but SkyCycle, a pedal-powered coaster ride in the Japanese city of Okayama is proof that roller coasters can be even more terrifying at low speeds. Located on a greenery-covered hill at the Washuzan Highland amusement park in Okayama, […]
Sailing through Rock – Sailors Encounter Pumice Island the Size of Manhattan
An Australian couple sailing their catamaran towards Fiji, in the Pacific Ocean, encountered a 150-square-kilometer pumice raft drifting towards Australia. Believed to have been produced by an underwater volcanic eruption near the island of Tonga, the pumice raft is over 20,000 football fields in size and several inches thick. Its existence was first reported on […]
The Baffling Transformation of an Anti-Semite Who Became a Jew and Moved to Israel
German Lutz Langer once dreamed of destroying “Jewish domination” and praised the SS who during WW2 killed millions of Jews, but after a mind-blowing 10-year transformation, he now lives in Israel as a kippah-wearing Jew called Yonatan. Born in Berlin to Christian parents, Lutz Langer spent ten years as the member of a German Neo-Nazi […]
Belorussian Artist Paints Better with Her Breasts Than Most People Do with Their Hands
Nadia Matievskaia, a self-taught artist from Belarus, has been making news headlines for her unusual “brush”. The young artist uses her breasts to paint, but you couldn’t tell by the details displayed in her artworks. Nadia never trained to become a painter, in fact she dreamed of having a career in the music industry, but […]
Pain in the Butt – Man Somehow Lives with Eight Metal Needles Stuck in His Behind
The mystery of a Chinese man’s decade long pain in the butt has finally been solved after doctors in Hunan extracted no less than 8 embroidery needles stuck in his right buttock. For the past 10 years, Chen, a 55-year old retired man from China’s Changsha Province, had frequently experienced a stinging, tingling sensation in […]
Businessman Sues Mistress to Recover $2 Million He Willingly Gave Her
A Singapore-based businessman has attracted some unwanted media attention after it was reported that he sued his mistress in order to recover $2 million he allegedly loaned her. The problem is she says the money was a gift, so she doesn’t want to give it back. Toh Eng Tiah, the 55-year-old owner of several recycling […]
NASA Investigating First Ever Crime in Space After Astronaut Gets Accused of Hacking Bank Account from Space
NASA is said to be investigating a claim that one of its astronauts accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse while on board the International Space Station, in what may be the first crime committed in space. Astronaut Anne McClain and Summer Worden, an Air Force intelligence officer, married in 2014 and split in […]
Australian Woman Covers Town in Graffiti in Bizarre Attempt to Contact Mystery Man
A 36-year-old Australian woman in Melbourne’s Frankston suburb was charged with criminal damage, wilful damage, among others, after covering several public spaces with graffiti messages to a certain “Chris”, the alleged father of her unborn baby. The alleged vandalism reportedly occurred between July 29 and 30 when graffiti started popping up in recreational areas around […]
Man’s 30-Year Headache Allegedly Caused by Worm Stuck in His Brain
A 59-year-old Chinese man who had experienced frequent headaches and even seizures over the last 30 years is now able to lead a pain-free life after doctors extracted a 10-cm worm from his brain. The man, surnamed Zhang, first started experiencing excruciating headaches and seizures in 1989. He was playing cards with friends when his […]
French Zoo Visitors Use Fingernails to Scratch Names into the Back of Live Rhino
A zoo in southeastern France recently condemned the “stupidity” of some of its visitors after shocking photos of a 35-year-old female rhino with the names “Camille” and “Julien” scratched on its back went viral on social media. La Palmyre Zoo, in the French city of Royan, allows visitors to touch some of the animals in […]
27-Year-Old Woman Marries 83-Year-Old Grandpa, Claims It Was Love at First Sight
The unlikely love story between a 27-year-old woman and an 83-year-old famous shaman in Indonesia’s Central Java province has been making headlines in the Asian country for the past week. Despite the controversy regarding the age difference between them, the young woman claims she fell in love with her new husband the moment she saw […]
Woman Seeks Divorce from Husband Who Loved Her Too Much, Never Argued with Her
UAE media recently reported the almost-unfathomable case of a woman who decided to divorce her husband after a year of marriage, because he loved her too much and never once argued with her. If this funny news story is anything to go by, too much of a good thing can indeed be harmful in the […]
Painting Jail Cells Pink – A Controversial Way to Curb Inmate Aggression
Several Swiss prisons have painted their jail cells in a color called “Cool Down Pink” as a way to curb prisoners’ aggressive behavior and even though the measure was adopted by other European countries in recent years, there are those who find the measure degrading and manipulative. It’s a known fact that colors have a […]
Black Housekeeper Turned Away by Priest Because His Dog Is Racist
A Tennessee black woman recently filed a discrimination complaint against a Catholic priest and his parish after being denied work because of the color of her skin. However, the priest denies the accusation, claiming that it’s only his German dog who is “kinda racist”. When Emily Weaver, the employee of a cleaning company in Collierville, […]
Woman Gives Birth to Twins Eleven Weeks Apart
A 29-year-old woman in Kazakhstan stunned doctors after she gave birth to her twin babies no less than 11 weeks apart, an extremely rare abnormality with one in 50 million odds of occurring. When Liliya Konovalova, from the town of Uralsk in northern Kazakhstan, walked into the maternity clinic to see the doctors about her […]