Woman Caught Keeping Endangered Bear Cub in Her Condo Says She Thought It Was a Dog
A 27 -year-old woman who was caught raising a six-month-old endangered sun bear in her Kuala Lumpur condominium unit explained that it had found it on the side of the road and took it in thinking it was a dog. On June 6, residents of the Sentrio Suites Condominium in, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were shocked […]
Bambooze – Chinese Liquor Matured in Living Bamboo Trunks
Bamboo was already one of the most versatile resources available to man, but villages in various parts of China have come up with yet another use for the giant grass – living casks for maturing liquor. Villagers and liquor producers in several Chinese provinces have come up with a way of using living bamboo trunks […]
Company Offers Someone $1,000 to Use a Flip-Phone for a Week
It seems like only yesterday flip-phones were the hottest handhelds available, but nowadays they are practically antiques and companies are making news headlines for paying people to use them over smartphones. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first ever flip-phone, Utah based Internet and phone service provider Frontier Communications has announced it will pay someone […]
Doctor Becomes Addicted to Meth After Taking Drug to Cope with 48-Hour Shifts
A Malaysian doctor recently confessed to battling methamphetamine addiction for the last nine years, after being introduced to the drug as a way to boost his energy level to cope with 48-hour hospital shifts. Dr Sasitharan Ayanai, a 39-year-old doctor at a government hospital in Johor Baru, Malaysia, got addicted to meth nine years ago, shortly […]
Restaurant Offers Free Pizza to Customers Who Lock Away Their Smartphones
Smartphone addiction is getting so bad that restaurants are offering customers free food if they agree to part with their handhelds for the duration of their meal. Curry Pizza Company, a pizza place in Fresno, California, is offering customers a “Talk to Each Other Discount”, which requires customers to agree to have their smartphones locked […]
Farmer Steals Chickens to Buy Gas for his $290,000 BMW
A wealthy farmer from China’s Sichuan province has been arrested for allegedly stealing chickens and ducks from several villages in Linshui county in order to buy gas for his “thirsty” $290,000 BMW. Police in Linshui had been getting reports of chickens and ducks getting stolen from several villages in the county since April, but never […]
Peruvian Restaurant Allegedly Chains Customer to Seat to Make Sure He Doesn’t Leave Without Paying
Photos of a Venezuelan emigrant allegedly chained to his seat at a restaurant in Peru so that he wouldn’t walk out without paying have sparked controversy online. The shocking photos were originally posted on Twitter by a Venezuelan journalist named Luis Martinez, who writes for La Patilla. However, while the article posted on the news […]
Rooster’s Loud Crowing Triggers Legal Battle Between Neighbors
Maurice, a proud rooster from the French commune of Saint-Pierre d’Oléron, has become an overnight celebrity after triggering a controversial legal battle with his loud morning crowing. The story of the rooster who sang to loudly has become the topic of a fired-up debate in France. A local family has been sued because Maurice, one of […]
Dutch Police Fight Drug Crime with Ecstasy-Scented Perfume
Police in the Netherlands are offering samples of a special MDMA-scented perfume to the public in the hopes that it will help people detect and report drug labs when they pass by them. Despite the best efforts of Dutch police to curb drug manufacturing and traffic, the Netherlands is still considered the MDMA production capital […]
Pink Tap Water in Ohio Village Is Apparently Safe to Drink
Hundreds of people in Coal Grove, Ohio, recently woke up to pink, Pepto Bismol-like water flowing through their faucets. While many were alarmed, authorities assured everyone that the water was safe to drink, but could stain laundry. On Monday, June 3rd, residents of Coal Grove, a small village in Ohio, were shocked to find that […]
Mormon Millionaire Uses Roadside Billboards to Find Love
A mysterious Mormon millionaire has been making news headlines for his unusual approach to finding a new wife – posting large ads on roadside billboards in Utah asking women to audition for an exclusive group date. If you’ve been driving down Interstate 15 in Salt Lake City over the past month, you’ve probably seen several […]
Japanese Company Isolates “Young Woman Aroma”, Turns It into Popular Deodorant
Deoco, a range of women’s beauty products that allegedly captures the coveted “young woman smell”, has become a huge hit in Japan, among both older women who want to smell younger and lonely men who crave the fragrance of a younger woman. The story of this intriguing line of cosmetics began last year, when Japanese […]
Flirty Traffic Agent Fines Female Driver for “Excessive Beauty on Public Roads”
A traffic agent in Uruguay is currently under investigation for using an official document for unauthorized purposes, after it was revealed that he tried to impress an attractive female driver by issuing her a ticket for “excessive beauty on public roads”. The unusual incident occurred on May 25th, in the Uruguayan city of Paysandú. An unnamed […]
Man Goes on Hunger Strike Outside Ex-Girlfriend’s House to Win Her Back
Going on a hunger strike doesn’t sound like the most effective way to win back lost love, but it worked in the case of one Indian man who camped outside his ex-girlfriend’s home and refused to eat until she agreed to marry him. Ananta Burman, a young man from India’s West Bengal region had been […]
Meet Liam Nikuro, Japan’s First Virtual Male Influencer
1sec Inc., a Japanese technology company that specializes in blending the digital world with our reality, has created Japan’s first virtual male influencer, a young music producer named Liam Nikuro. If you thought making it as an Instagram influencer these days was hard, we have some bad new for you: it’s about to get even […]