30-Year Vegetarian Diet Leaves Woman with Spinal Neuron Damage
A 50-year-old woman in Wuhan, China, was recently diagnosed with severe spinal neuron damage caused by a lack of vitamin B12. The woman had been on a strict vegetarian diet for over thirty years, and did not take any B12 supplements. The woman, surnamed Chen, reportedly turned to a vegetarian diet in her 20s, in […]
Man Left with Excruciating Headaches After Eating Carolina Reaper in Pepper-Eating Competition
Doctors in New York recently reported the case of a 34-year-old man who wound up in the hospital with severe headaches and neck pain after trying to eat a Carolina Reaper during a hot pepper eating competition. The unnamed man reportedly started dry heaving immediately after sampling a Carolina Reaper pepper. It’s unclear whether he […]
You Can Now Buy Your Very Own Mecha Suit For Just $93,000
If you’ve always dreamed about climbing into a nine-foot-tall mecha suit and actually showing off your sci-fi fantasies to the whole world, now’s your big chance. A Japanese company is actually selling custom mecha suits for only 10 million yen ($93,000). Skeletonics have been around since 2011, when a group of students at the Okinawa […]
Argentinian Police Lose 540 Kg of Cannabis, Blame Addicted Rats
Police inspectors in Pilar, Argentina’s Buenos Aires province, were recently questioned about the disappearance of 540 kg of marijuana from the evidence room, and the best explanation they could come up with was that addicted rats ate it all. It all started in April 2017, when Commissioner Emilio Portero relieved his partner Javier Specia, as […]
Luxury Village in China Remains Deserted as Villagers Fight Over Who Should Own One or Two Villas
They say “no good deed goes unpunished” and one Chinese billionaire learned that the hard way after spending tens of millions of dollars on hundreds of luxury villas for all the residents in his home village, only to see them remain deserted as greedy recipients continue to argue over who should own multiple houses. Five […]
Man Raised by Wolves Is Disappointed with Life Among Humans
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja lived among wolves for 12 years in the mountains of Spain’s Cordoba province, before being discovered by the Civil Guard at age 19 and brought back into civilization. But even now, at age 72, Pantoja still hasn’t completely adjusted to life among humans. Born in Añora, Cordoba, in 1946, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja lost his […]
Woman Risks Her Life Tending to Abandoned Cattle in Fukushima Radiation Zone
A Japanese animal lover risks her life every single day by venturing into the Fukushima exclusion zone to feed a heard of 11 cows abandoned after the 2011 nuclear disaster. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Fukushima in 2011 claimed the lives of over 20,000 people, and forced another 160,000 to leave everything behind […]
Artist Faces Backlash After Killing Butterflies And Using Their Wings for a Painting Symbolizing Rebirth
A Chinese art student sparked a heated debate online after using the wings of over 500 butterflies to create a series of artworks symbolizing rebirth. While some consider her “sick” for using butterfly wings as an art medium, others think her creations qualify as original art. Li Zheng, a fourth-year art student at Quanzhou Normal University […]
Indian Boy’s Body Can Allegedly Light Up LED Light Bulbs By Itself
A 9-year-old boy from Kerala, in India, has become a social media sensation after videos of him lighting rechargeable LED light bulbs just by touching their electrical contacts with any part of his body went viral online. Abu Thahir, who hails from Muhamma near Alappuzha, Kerala, discovered his unusual power only recently, while returning home with his […]
Woman Has Been Living in an Aseptic Glass Cage for 13 Years, Unable to Even Touch Her Loved Ones
53-year-old Juana Munoz, from Cadiz, Spain, has been living in a custom glass cage for the last 13 years. It is her prison, but also the very thing that keeps her protected from all the things that would otherwise kill her. After being diagnosed with four life-threatening conditions – multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue […]
Chinese Father Finds Missing Daughter After 24-Year Search
Wang Mingqing’s daughter went missing 24 years ago, but even if the chances of finding her became lower with each passing year, he never gave up hope. After decades of tireless searching, the nearly-impossible happened – Wang received confirmation that his daughter had been found thousands of miles away, on the other side of the country. […]
Man Attacks Actor Playing Roman Soldier in ‘Passion of Christ’ Play to Save Jesus
A Brazilian man was recently arrested after jumping on stage during a Passion of the Christ theater play and hitting an actor playing a Roman soldier over the head with a motorcycle helmet, in a bid to save Jesus from getting crucified. The bizarre incident took place last week, in the Brazilian town of Nova […]
Japanese System Projects Realistic Shadows of Moving Men on Window Curtains to Protect Women Living Alone
“Man on the Curtain” is an ingenious system that uses your smartphone to project full-motion silhouettes of men on window curtains to deter criminals targeting women who live by themselves. Tokyo may be one of the safest cities in the world, but crimes do sometimes occur and women who live alone are among the most […]
Farmer Moves Three-Storey House 40 Meters to Avoid Demolition
A farmer from Southern China’s Jianxi Province managed to move his entire house 40 meters away from the site of a road construction site, by using an impressive system of wooden sleepers and winches. Gao Yiping had completed work on his three-storey house in Zhouxi Town in 2014, and he and his family had only lived in it […]
Chicken in Thailand Still Alive 10 Days After Literally Losing Its Head
A chicken from the Ratchaburi Province in central Thailand has been hailed as a “true warrior” for surviving more than a week after being decapitated. It has now been adopted by monks who are feeding it by pumping food into its throat with a syringe. The headless chicken first made news headlines earlier this week, after photos […]