Members of Indonesian Sea Nomad Tribe Can Stay Underwater for Up to 13 Minutes at a Time, Thanks to Their Unusually Large Spleens
Known as ‘Sea Nomads’, the Bajau people have wandered the waters of southern Asia for thousands of years, living in house boats and free diving for fish. They’ve long been known for their ability to stay underwater for long periods of time, but until recently, no one really knew how they were able to keep […]
English Village Has Been Rising By 2 Cm Every Year, And No One Knows Why
The people of Willand, a small village in Devon, UK, can say that they are literally moving up in the world. Scientists have discovered that Willand is rising by 2 cm (0.7 inches) every year, but they have no idea why. The mysterious elevation was spotted by researchers at Geomatic Ventures Limited (GVL), an offshoot […]
Man Claims That Eating Only Fruit for Eight Years Has Made Him Superhuman
Mizuki Nakano, a former professor at the University of Tokyo, in Japan, has been consuming only fruit for the last eight years, even shunning water and relying on fruit juices for hydration. He recently came on a Japanese TV show to say that his fruit-only diet has caused his body to somehow convert nitrogen in […]
Indian Minister Ridiculed For Claiming That Ancient Indians Had Access to Internet
We all know politicians sometimes say stupid things, they’re only human after all, but sometimes their statements just leave you scratching your head in disbelief. Take Indian minister Biplab Deb, who recently said that the internet existed back in the ancient days of Mahabharata. Speaking at a regional workshop on Public Distribution System (PDS) in Agartala, in […]
700-Year-Old Tree Infested with Termites Gets IV Drip Treatment
I always thought intravenous treatments only worked on humans and animals, but apparently they do wonders for sick trees as well. The world’s second-largest Banyan tree is currently being treated against a termite infestation, with an IV drip. Known as “Pillalamarri” or “Peerla Marri”, the 700-year-old Banyan tree in Mahabubnagar, India’s Telangana state, spreads across three acres, making […]
Genius! Woman Puts Fake Parking Ticket in Her Own Car Window So Police Wouldn’t Give Her a Real One
A resourceful driver in Suzhou, China, found the perfect way of avoiding a parking ticket. When leaving her car in a no-parking zone, she would simply leave a fake parking ticket in her window so that policemen would think one of their colleagues had already fined her. It was the perfect crime! Most policemen would […]
In This Hong Kong Neighborhood Golf Carts Cost More Than Luxury Cars
Golf carts aren’t the fastest, most comfortable, or most spacious vehicles money can buy, but in Discovery Bay, an upscale residential development in Hong Kong, they are more coveted than Porsches, Teslas or other luxury cars. In the US, the average price of a golf cart is around $10,000, but in Discovery Bay, the slow-moving […]
Japanese Engineer Builds 28-Foot-Tall Functional Gundam Mecha Robot
As a child growing up in Japan, engineer Masaaki Nagumo always dreamed of climbing into his very own Mobile Suit Gundam mecha. As an adult, he finally made that dream a reality. Nagumo created the 28-foot-tall, 7-tonne-heavy LW-Mononofu robot as a project for his employer, industrial machinery maker Sakakibara Kikai, in Japan’s Gunma Prefecture. The metal colossus […]
Costa Rican Inmates Use “Trained Cats” to Smuggle Cell Phones into Prisons
Mobile phones being smuggled into prisons is a worldwide problem, but Costa Rica may have recently became the first country where people are using “trained cats” to deliver cell phones into prisons. On Tuesday morning, the Costa Rican Ministry of Justice released a video of a cat intercepted while trying to make its way into La Reforma […]
Man Believes Prescription Painkillers Turned Him Gay
A 23-year-old man from Lincolnshire, in the UK, claims that taking a prescription painkiller has caused him to lose sexual attraction to women and become interested in men. Scott Purdy started taking Pregabalin, also known as Lyrica, after breaking his foot in a go-karting accident. Before he knew it, he had stopped finding his girlfriend of six months, […]
Chinese Student Goes from Overweight to Bodybuilding Champion in Six Months
Zhang Shuai, a 22-year-old senior at the Heilongjiang Institute of Technology, in Harbin, recently made news headlines in China for his six month transformation from overweight and out of shape to regional bodybuilding champion. Shuai had been a star player on his college basketball team, but a couple of years ago, a serious injury forced […]
Father of 9 Divorces Wife After Finding Out He Had Been Sterile for Most of His Life
A Moroccan man recently filed a lawsuit against his wife, accusing her of adultery. After undergoing a routine health checkup , the man allegedly learned that he had been sterile for most of his life, so he couldn’t possibly have fathered any of their nine children. The man, a professor in the small Moroccan city […]
Canadian Naturopath Claims She Cured Aggressive Child with Remedy Made from Rabid Dog Saliva
A naturopath in Victoria, British Columbia, is facing massive criticism online, after boasting that she treated a four-year-old boy’s aggression and behavioral problems with a remedy made from rabid dog saliva. Dr. Anke Zimmermann recently wrote about this “interesting” case on her website. Apparently, when she first 4-year-old Jonah, he had trouble sleeping, partly because […]
This Playmobil Toy Boat Has Been Sailing the High Seas for Almost a Year
Children usually launch their toy pirate ships in their pool or bathtub, but two Scottish brothers decided they wanted their toy ship to tackle the high seas. They launched it from Peterhead, in Scotland, last May, and it has been sailing the world’s seas and oceans ever since. Ollie Ferguson (8) and his brother Harry […]
Man Bought Used Car for 100-Mile Trip Because It Was Cheaper Than a Train Ticket
A young bargain hunter recently managed to show just how insanely expensive train tickets in the UK can be, by buying a car, petrol, insurance and road tax for it and still spending less than the cost of just one train ticket for a 100 mile trip. 27-year-old Tom Church, from London, wanted to visit […]