French Museum Discovers That More Than Half of Its Artworks Are Fake
In what the local community has named a ‘catastrophe’, a museum in Elne, Southern France, dedicated to the work of painter Etienne Terrus recently discovered that at least 82 of its 140 artworks were actually fakes. The Terrus museum in Elne had bought the paintings, drawings and watercolors over a period of 20 years, for […]
Turkish Soccer Fan Banned from Stadium Rents Crane to See His Team Play Live
A die-hard fan of Turkish soccer club Denizlispor recently made international headlines after renting a crane so he could watch his team play in a league game, after being banned from the stadium for one year. 37-year-old Ali Demirkaya, a.k.a. ‘Amigo Ali’ is well-known as one of Denizlispor most fanatic suporters, and this weekend he […]
South-Korean Woman Allegedly Dates Almost 200 Men in Less Than Two Years
Popular South Korean TV show Mars People XFile recently featured a young woman who claimed to have dated nearly 200 men in the last two years, purely for materialistic purposes. The young and attractive woman, named Han Mirim, gives speed dating a whole new meaning, admitting that she sometimes broke up with men on the […]
Utah University Installs ‘Cry Closet’ for Stressed-Out Students
Stressed-out students at the University of Utah can now let loose without having to worry about judgmental looks from their peers, thanks to a small ‘cry closet’ that allows them to cry in private. With homework, tough exams and student debt as high as it is these days, college an get pretty stressful, and sometimes […]
Woman Turns to Unlicensed Friend for Cheap Filler Injections, It doesn’t Go Well
Elizaveta Tkachenko, a 30-year-old woman from Russia, wound up in the emergency room earlier this month, after getting unknown substances injected into her face by an unlicensed aesthetician. Tkachenko, a resident of Stavropol, had decided that she wanted to enhance certain facial features with the help of cosmetic filler injections, only instead of going to […]
Let This Blind Skateboarder Show You That Nothing Is Impossible
Blind people can still lead normal lives and do most of the things that perfectly healthy people can, but one would imagine that riding a skateboard isn’t one of them. Well, this 20-year-old blind skateboarder proves otherwise. Known as The Blind Rider, Marcelo Lusardi lost his sight completely two years ago, when he was diagnosed with Leber […]
Schools in the UK Are Removing Analog Clocks Because Students Can’t Tell Time
A head-teachers’ union in the UK recently reported that youths have become so accustomed to using digital devices that they are having trouble correctly reading time on analog clocks, forcing schools to replace them. According to Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary at the Association of School and College Leaders, children and young teens aren’t as […]
Woman Requires Surgery After Napping with Her Head on Her Arm Every Day
Ever felt so tired at work that you needed to rest your head on your arm for a little while? We’ve all done it at some point, but doing it every day for long periods of time can apparently have negative consequences, as one woman in China recently learned. Surnamed Zhang, 28-year-old office worker from […]
Indian Teen Posed as Hospital Doctor for Five Months Just by Wearing Face Mask and Stethoscope
A 19-year-old man with no medical training whatsoever managed to fool the staff at one of the most prestigious medical institutions in India into thinking that he was a doctor just by hanging out with real doctors and wearing a face mask and stethoscope. No one knows exactly why Adnan Khurram decided to impersonate a […]
Brazilian Soccer Fan Tattoos His Favorite Team’s Jersey on His Torso
Die-hard soccer fans have been known to do some crazy things to honor their favorite teams, but I don’t remember anyone actually covering their entire upper body in a permanent tattoo of their team’s official jersey. Well, a fan of Brazilian soccer club Flamengo spent an entire year doing just that. José Maurício dos Anjos, […]
Woman Takes Out Her Own Breast Implants Using a Cutter
A mother-of-three from the UK reportedly performed the world’s first DIY breast implant removal at home, because she couldn’t stand her F-cup breasts anymore and wouldn’t get on the health service’s waiting list. 14 years ago, Tonia Rossington, from Skegness, Lincolnshire, underwent a breast-enlargement procedure in Brussels, which increased her bust size from 36B to 36F. At […]
Chinese Doctor Spends Three Months in Jail for Saying Leopard Bone-Infused Medicinal Wine Doesn’t Cure Heart Disease
A young Chinese doctor was recently set free after spending three month in jail for claiming that a certain brand of medicinal wine was toxic and couldn’t cure heart disease and arthritis, as the manufacturer claimed. It all started last December, when Guangzhou-based physician Tan Qindong published a short article on Chinese social media platform Meipian, stating […]
Taiwanese Politician Ridiculed for Looking Unrecognizable in Campaign Posters
A female candidate for a local position in Taipei, Taiwan, recently became the butt of social media jokes, after people noticed that she looked nothing like the woman on her campaign posters. The world of politics is no stranger to image editing software, as many politicians turn to programs like Photoshop to make themselves look […]
12-Year-Old Australian Boy Fights with His Mother, Steals Her Credit Cards and Flies to Bali for 4-Day Vacation
12-year-olds get into arguments with their parents all the time, but most of them just storm off to their room to cool off. Not Drew (made-up name), a boy from Sydney, Australia, who, after a fight with his mother, stole her credit card, got on a plane and flew to the island of Bali for […]
Brazilian Mayor Photoshopped in Photo Inspecting Construction Work Becomes Internet Meme
José Arno Appolo do Amaral, the mayor of Alvorada, a city in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, recently became a popular meme in his country after a photoshopped picture of him and his subordinates seemingly inspecting a municipal construction site went viral online. The photo showing mayor do Amaral, and his deputy Valter Slayfer at a […]