This Website Charges People 99 Cents to See Who Else Paid 99 Cents
Who Paid 99 Cents? is a wacky website that charges curious visitors a standard fee of 99 cents for the chance to see a list of people who had previously paid 99 cents for the same reason. Would you pay 99 cents and share your credit card details with a mysterious website just to see […]
Uganda’s Most Fertile Woman Has Given Birth to 44 Children by Age 40
Mariam Nabatanzi, a 40-year-old woman from Uganda’s Mukono District has been dubbed the African country’s most fertile woman after it was reported that she has given birth to 44 children. In her home village of Kabimbiri, central Uganda, Mariam Nabatanzi is known as Nalongo Muzaala Bana (the twin mother that produces quadruplets) and that nickname is well-earned. In […]
Amazing Human Being Travels Around China Reuniting Homeless People with Their Families
33-year-old Cai Yanqiu has spent the last three years of his life traveling through his home country in China with the sole purpose of helping homeless people in any way he can. Cai Yanqiu’s decided to dedicate his life to helping homeless people three years ago. He had set up a small stall in Zhanjiang, China’s […]
41-Year-Old Man Has Had Pizza for Dinner Every Day for the Last 37 Years
Mike Roman, a teacher from New Jersey, recently got his five minutes in the internet spotlight after coming on a podcast to discuss his unusual eating habits. The 41-year-old claims to have eaten pizza at least once a day for the last 37 years. Roman’s longtime love affair with pizza began at age 3 or […]
Real-Life “The Joker” Terrorises English Town
A wannabe ‘killer clown’ who dressed like popular Batman villain The Joker was recently jailed for terrorizing the people of Nottinghamshire, in England, for three months. 29-year-old Damien Hammond, a homeless and jobless man who styled himself like Heath Ledger’s character in the hit movie The Dark Knight Rises, has been jailed for 22 weeks and […]
Japanese Company Introduces “Sleep Remuneration System” to Increase Employee Productivity
Japan has some of the world’s longest working hours, but some companies are starting to realize that their workers also need to sleep in order to be productive. One such company is actually encouraging employees to sleep more by rewarding them with points that can be spent at cafes and cafeterias. CRAZY, a Tokyo-based wedding […]
Father Faces “Social Boycott” for Dropping Off Son to School in Ferrari Sports Car
A Chinese man has been excluded out of a parents WeChat group and accused of flaunting his wealth by dropping his son off to school in an expensive Ferrari 488 sports car. The man, surnamed Li, is a senior executive in an property development company in in Hangzhou, China, and has the habit of taking his […]
Japanese Man Politely Asks to Rob Convenience Store, Turns Himself In Shortly After
Japanese people are renowned for their manners and politeness, but this incident shows just how far that politeness can go. A man recently went into a convenience store, asked the manager if he could rob the place and upon being refused, he left and later turned himself in to police. The bizarre robbery attempt took […]
Man Divorces Wife After Seeing Her with Another Man on Google Street View
A Peruvian man recently divorced his wife after discovering her infidelity while looking around on Google Street View. The unnamed man who recently posted photographic proof of his discovery on Facebool, was allegedly looking for the fastest way to reach the Bridge of Sighs, in Barranco, Lima, when he came upon a familiar figure – […]
Sans Forgetica – A Font Designed to Help You Remember What You Read
Developed by researchers and designers specializing in typography and behavioral science, Sans Forgetica is a new font designed to help readers better remember the information they read by forcing them to spend a bit more time on each word. The design of Sans Forgetica is based on a font called Albion, but with substantial modifications to […]
Spain’s Most-Wanted Drug Lord Taunts Police in Reggaeton Music Video
Spanish police have been hunting Francisco “Isco” Tejon, the head of Los Castanitas, since 2016, but the last place they expected to see him was in a risqué music video, driving luxury cars partying with scantly clad women. A music video posted on YouTube last week has been getting a lot of attention online for featuring […]
Chinese Restaurant Under Investigation for Charging 8 People $58,000 for Dinner
Authorities are investigating a Shanghai restaurant for charging a Dubai tourist and his seven friends a whopping 400,000 yuan ($58,000) for a 20-course dinner. A photo of the 400,000 yuan receipt from Maggie’s Restaurant started circulating on Chinese social media last month, and although a spokesperson for the restaurant initially claimed that the photo was […]
Mother Takes 10-Year-Old Son to Get Tattooed by Unlicensed 16-Year-Old Tattoo Artist
A young Ohio mother was recently arrested for allowing her 10-year-old son to get a permanent tattoo in unsanitary conditions, from a 16-year-old unlicensed artist. She later claimed she got simply got tired of her son asking for a tattoo. 34-year-old Nikki Dickinson was arrested last week in Bellefontaine, Ohio, after a disturbing video showing her young […]
Man Plunges 8-Inch Knife into His Own Skull So He Can Breathe Better
A Russian man miraculously survived after inserting an 8-inch kitchen knife into his skull. Asked why he did that to himself, the man told police that he was trying to make another hole so he could breathe better. Last week, police in the town of Donetsk, Russia’s Rostov region, found a local man kneeling by […]
Birds Drunk on Fermented Berries Cause Havoc in Minnesota City
Police in Gilbert City, Minnesota have been getting reports of birds acting erratically – flying into windows or moving traffic and acting confused. They recently issued a statement explaining that the birds are “flying under the influence” after feasting on fermented berries. An early frost has caused several types of berries growing in the area […]