6-Year-Old Girl Takes Care of Disabled Father After Her Mom Abandons Them
A 6-year-old girl from China’s Ningxia autonomous region managed to melt the hearts of millions with her dedication to her disabled father who she has been taking care of ever since her mother left them. Tian Haicheng, a 38-year-old man from Haiyuan County, in Ningxia, had his entire world turned upside down four years ago, when […]
Woman Unhappy With Married Life Bites Off Husband’s Tongue During Kiss
An Indian man was recently left unable to speak after his enraged eight-month pregnant wife bit off his tongue when he tried kissing her during an argument. If you thought a French kiss was the best way appease a woman’s wrath during a fight, this story may make you think twice the next time you […]
The Curious Case of a 5-Year-Old Vietnamese Boy Who Speaks Perfect English But Not Vietnamese
Le Nguyen Bao Trung, aka ‘Bin’, is a 5-year-old Vietnamese boy who reportedly spoke his very first words in English despite never having come into contact with the language. Today, Bin speaks and reads perfectly in English, but is only just learning Vietnamese so he can communicate with his mother. Born in Dong Van village, […]
Spanish Minister Proposes Tax on Trying Out Clothes in Stores
A regional minister in the Spanish province of Castilla y León has come under fire for proposing that brick and mortar clothing stores charge a fee for customers to try on clothes in order to discourage the ‘unethical practice’ of trying on clothes only to buy them cheaper online. María del Pilar del Olmo, Castilla y León’s economy […]
Guy Fakes His Own Kidnapping So He Could Go Drinking With His Friends
A man managed to get himself jailed for 16 weeks and miss the birth of his child, after lying to his pregnant girlfriend that he had been kidnapped, just so he could get drunk with his buddies. This kidnapping prank gone wrong took place in January, when Leigh Ford, a 45-year-old man from Blackpool, England, […]
Divorced Man Steals 73 Wedding Dresses to Feel Like He Was Getting Married Again
A 50-year-old Chinese man was recently arrested by Shanghai police for allegedly stealing over 70 dresses from various local sellers during the last year. Asked why, he did it, the divorced man said that he wanted to feel like he was getting married again. Shanghai police had received a report from a wedding dress wholesaler […]
Meet Roland, Japan’s Most Successful Male Geisha
Hosts are considered the modern version of geishas in Japan. They are charming women who engage in a carefully choreographed performance designed to make clients feel like the most important person on Earth. But in certain clubs around Tokyo’s Kabuchiko district, the tables have turned; here it’s male hosts who cater to the needs of […]
Unprecedented Medical Case Shows How Cancer Spread from Organ Donor to Four Recipients
An extraordinary and terrifying medical case revealed in the July issue of the American Journal of Transplantation proves that organ transplants can pass not only certain infectious diseases to recipients, but in rare cases, also cancer. Patients known to have malignant tumors are often not able to donate their organs, but that was not the case […]
Russian Couple Claim Chicks Hatched from Store-Bought Eggs Left on Window Sill
A young couple has been making news headlines in Russia for claiming that live chicks hatched out of a carton of store-bought eggs they forgot on a window sill before going on vacation three weeks ago. Irina and Ivan, two entertainers from Moscow, Russia, recently posted photos of cute yellow chicks on their social media […]
Man Gets Banned by All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant for Eating Too Much
Jaroslav Bobrowski, a young Ironman triathlete from Germany, was recently banned by an-all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant for eating around 100 plates of food, something the owner considered “not normal” and very bad for business. 30-year-old Bobrowski works as a software engineer, but also trains for Ironman triathlons and is on a special diet where he doesn’t […]
Parents in South Korea Are Hiring Intimidating “Uncles” to Protect Their Kids from School Bullies
South Korean parents are increasingly turning to “uncle service” providers to make sure their children don’t have to put up with bullying in schools. Such services are apparently a pricey but efficient alternative to having schools handle the matter. Earlier this month, Korean media reported on the growing business of leasing intimidating uncles to either […]
Nation-Wide Scare as Metal Needles Are Found in Strawberries All Over Australia
Australia’s strawberry industry has been brought to its knees after reports of sharp needles found in store-bought strawberries have been coming in from all the six of the country’s states. So far, no one knows who is behind this act of “agroterrorism” or what their motives are. What started as an isolated case in Queensland, […]
Russian Man Builds Tree House on Neighbors’ Property While They Are Away on Vacation
A Russian pensioner recently made national news headlines after stripping two tall pine trees on his neighbors’ property of all their branches and using them as supports for a wooden tree house. He never asked for permission to do this, instead taking advantage of the fact that they were away on vacation. Irina Chukanova and […]
Taiwanese Family Only Enters Kitchen With Rubber Boots for Fear of Getting Electrocuted
For the past seven years, a family from Taiwan’s Chiayi county had only been able to access their kitchen with rubber boots on or risk getting electrocuted. Even turning on the faucet with their bare hands was a risky affair as current could be running through it. The man of the house, known only as […]
Artist Leaves 100,000 Pennies in Abandoned Fountain to See How People React to It
English artist Anna Brownsted left 100,000 pennies in an abandoned public fountain in Cambridge, over the weekend, in a bid to explore human nature. The money was all stolen in just one day. The coins worth £1,000 were placed in the fountain at Quayside, in Cambridge, at 8 am on Saturday, and were supposed to be left […]