Peruvian Diver Left Looking Like a Balloon After Rising From the Depths Too Fast
Alejandro Ramos Martínez, a seafood diver from Pisco, Peru, recently made international headlines after a terrible accident left him looking like a human balloon. He apparently rose from a depth of 30 meters too fast, which caused the nitrogen in his blood to form giant bubbles that adhered to his muscles, leaving him looking deformed. […]
Cleverly-Designed Mirrored Tableware Tricks You into Eating Less
Nutritionists claim that portion size control is one of the keys to losing weight and staying in shape. Using smaller dishes is probably the most popular way to control the size of your meals, but a couple of London-based art students may have come up with an even more effective one – using mirrors to make tableware […]
Thai “Runaway Bride” Cons at Least 8 Men by Marrying Them and Disappearing with the Dowry
Police in Thailand are looking for a serial scammer who has apparently married at least eight men in the last two years, disappearing from their lives completely right after collecting the dowry money from their families. The real-life “runaway bride”, 32-year-old Jariyaporn “Nammon” Buayai, had apparently been called out as a scammer on social media a […]
UCLA Researcher Grows Colony of 200-Plus Hummingbirds Outside Her Office
Melanie Barboni, an assistant researcher at UCLA’s Earth, Planetary and Space Science department, is known as an expert in geology and volcanic activity among her colleagues, but those who haven’t worked with her before know her only as the “hummingbird whisperer”. She has always been fascinated by the tiny birds, and after moving to Los […]
Serbian Barber Trims Celebrity Portraits on Customers’ Heads
Mario Hvala, a barber from Novi Sad, Serbia, recently made international headlines for trimming a detailed portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the back of a client’s head, but that was only his most recent achievement. He has been creating “hair tattoos” for the last eight years, and there’s nothing he can’t trim […]
Vietnamese Woman Has 3-Meter “Hair Snake” Growing Out of Her Scalp
We’ve seen people grow their hair ridiculously long before, but what sets 81-year-old Trinh Thi Nghien is that her 3-meter-long locks are bundled together in a thick mass that looks like a snake curled on her head. She claims it just started growing like this 22 years ago, and it hasn’t stopped since. Trinh Thi Nghien’s […]
21-Year-Old Woman Controlled Ex-Boyfriend’s Life for Two Years by Impersonating Police Officers
A jealous woman was somehow able to control her ex-boyfriend’s life – forbidding him from seeing other women and even going to certain bars – for two years, by posing as police officers and convincing him that he was part of an investigation. 21-year-old Lauren Adderley and Mitchell Lloyd, 22, both from Shrewsbury, UK, were […]
From Mugshot to Head Shot: How One Young Man Went from Felon to Professional Fashion Model
Last year, 20-year-old Mekhi Alante Lucky got himself arrested in North Carolina for speeding and driving a stolen vehicle. Little did he know that this even would completely change his life for the better. The young man’s mugshot soon went viral and he recently signed with an Atlanta modelling agency. True to his name, Mr. Lucky […]
Speedo-Wearing Man Protests Confiscated Marijuana and Bong, While Smoking a Bong
31-year-old Jeffrey Shaver recently became an overnight internet sensation after being photographed protesting in front of a courthouse wearing only green Speedo-style underwear, next to two signs that read “RETURN MY BONG” and “RETURN MY MARIJUANA”, while smoking a bong. Shaver, of Cambridge, Ontario, claims that he was wrongfully arrested last October for possession of marijuana, […]
Man Spends 27 Years Single-Handedly Digging a Pond for His Village
Saja Pahad, a small village in Chhattisgarh, India, has been dealing with severe water shortages for as long as anyone can remember. With only two wells available, locals were barely able to secure enough water to feed their cattle, let alone irrigate their crops. Villagers didn’t know what to do and the government ignored their plight, […]
Brazilian Boy Sues Absent Father for Emotional Abandonment
A Brazilian judge recently presided over one of the most difficult cases of her career – an 18-year-old boy who sued his absent father for emotional abandonment, seeking no financial compensation, only a favorable verdict that would allow him to move on with his life. Gabriela Jardon, a judge at Brazil’s Federal District Court, recently […]
Tesla Engineer Quits His Job to Create Hangover Cure
Sisun Lee used to work as an engineer at Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors. Many would call that a dream job, and he loved it, but he decided to walk away so he could focus on a higher goal – giving the world a hangover cure that works. Lee, who previously worked as a product manager […]
Meet Sid Barber, the Unbeatable Queen of Hot Chilli Pepper Eaters
Every year, the Clifton Chili Eating Club holds a popular eating contests where competitors have to go through several rounds of eating increasingly hotter peppers. It’s a grueling competition, but one that a middle-aged woman by the name of Sid Barber has been dominating since 2014, earning herself the nickname “Unbeatable Sid”. If you like spicy food and […]
Lulu Hashimoto – Japan’s Creepy Real-Life Living Doll
Lulu Hashimoto is the world’s first “living doll fashion model”, and you can actually become her by putting on a realistic body suit consisting of doll head mask, a wig and stockings patterned with doll-like joints. As you can see in the photos below, the effect is pretty disturbing. Becoming a living doll used to be […]
Rapper Defiantly Stares at Eclipse, Cancels Concerts Due to Eye Injury
New York rapper Joey Bada$$ recently announced that he had to cancel several of his upcoming shows due to “unforseen circumstances”. Seeing as he had previously boasted on Twitter that he was staring at Monday’s eclipse without eye protection, it wasn’t hard for his fans to figure out what had happened. “Am I crazy for watching the eclipse today […]