Man Spends $50,000 on Plastic Surgery to Transform Himself into Genderless Alien
Vinny Ohh, a makeup artist and part-time male model from Los Angeles, California, has so far invested over $50,000 into 110 cosmetic procedures in an effort to turn himself into an asexual alien. People have many reasons for turning to plastic surgery, but becoming an alien is definitely not the most common one. Vinny Ohh […]
Entrepreneur Sells World’s Most Expensive Mountain Air at $167 per Bottle
If you’ve ever been to Switzerland you already know that pretty much everything is expensive there, and the fresh mountain air is apparently no exception. Well, most of it is actually free, but if you want to order a liter of Swiss mountain air collected from a secret location in the Alps, you’ll have to […]
Semi-Permanent Freckle Face Tattoos Are Apparently a Beauty Trend Now
While some women cover their faces with thick layers of foundation to cover up natural freckles, others are apparently getting them tattooed. Yup, freckles are in, and some people would even go under the needle to get them. Freckle tattooing is reportedly one of the fastest growing beauty treatments available today. Similar to microblading, an […]
Turkish Feline Lover Installs Tiny Window Ladder to Help Stray Cats Escape the Cold
Winter in the Turkish town of Terkirdag has been particularly cold this year, but a local cat lover has come up with an ingenious solution that allows stray cats in her neighborhood to escape the chill – installing a tiny metal ladder leading up into her cozy apartment. Sebnem Ilhan couldn’t just sit by and let […]
Lonely Teen Robbed of a Childhood by Leukemia Advertises for Friends Online
Jordan Kosovich developed leukemia when he was just seven years old. He battled the disease for the next four years, and even though he eventually beat it, the experience took a heavy toll on his social life. Now, the 19-year-old is so desperate to find some friends that he advertised for them on a classifieds […]
At 68, Berlin’s Famous “Techno Grandpa” Still Hits the City’s Hottest Clubs
If you thought your grandpa was cool for his age, you’ve probably never heard of Bernhard Enste, the legendary “techno grandpa” of Berlin. When other 68-year-olds turn in for the night, he’s just getting ready to hit the hottest techno clubs in the German city and party until dawn with kids young enough to be his grand-children. […]
Meet FORPHEUS, the World’s First Robot Table Tennis Tutor
An advanced robot developed by Japanese electronics company Omron has recently been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s first robot table tennis tutor. FORPHEUS (Future Omron Robotics Technology for Exploring Possibility of Harmonized Automation with Sinic Theoretics) used machine learning to asses the skills of a human player, adjust its game accordingly and provide tips […]
Brazilian Scientists Bake Bread Out of Cockroach Flour
With food shortage expected to become a major problem in the next decades, many experts believe that insects could become a major source of nutrients for people in the future. We already have plenty of insect based recipes and restaurants have begun putting bugs on their menus, but we need an effective way of using […]
Chilean Police Report Paranormal Activity While Investigating Domestic Disturbance
People report cases of paranormal activity somewhere around the world virtually every day, but it’s not often that you hear police officers actually confirming these occurrences. However, that’s exactly what happened a couple of days ago in a Chilean city, when police investigating a domestic disturbance were allegedly attacked by mysterious forces. On February 26, […]
World’s First Cannabis Gym Wants to Get You High and Pumped
Weed and fitness apparently go well together, and the Power Plant Fitness gym, in San Francisco, wants to prove that once and for all by allowing clients to consume cannabis in various forms, while they work out. Power Plant Fitness advertises itself as the world’s first cannabis-friendly gym. Before you get the wrong idea about […]
Indonesian Woman Goes Overseas to Work, Has Kidney Removed Without Her Knowledge
For years now, international media has been reporting on the physical and psychological abuse suffered by migrant workers from poor Asian countries at the hands of rich Middle-Eastern employers, but organ theft has never been mentioned. Until now, anyway, as an Indonesian woman recently revealed that one of her kidneys had been removed without her knowledge three years […]
Game of Clones – Probably the Weirdest Dating Reality Show Ever
Game of Clones is a British dating reality show that has contestants describe the physical attributes of their perfect man/woman in great detail and then choose between several candidates that all look and dress the same. Apparently, the idea this new show is trying to promote is that it’s what’s inside that counts. When it […]
Airline Launches Beer Specifically Formulated to Be Consumed at 35,000 Feet
Our senses of taste and smell are diminished at very high altitudes, and airlines apparently take this into consideration when developing their food menus, but until now, no one had tackled this issue when it came to beer. Luckily, one airline has recently announced a beer brewed specifically for consumption at 35,000 feet. Betsy Beer, […]
The Extraordinary Story of an Italian Peasant Who Taught Himself 100 Ancient Languages
86-year-old Riccardo Bertani is an exceptional man. Born to a family of farmers in Caprara, a small settlement in Reggio Emilia, Italy, he abandoned his study right after elementary school and dedicated his life to translating and documenting over 100 extinct and rare languages from all around the world. “It was castrating, I quit,” Bertani […]
Man Stabs Himself in the Hip So He Could Skip Work, Gets Arrested
A 54 year old man from Kasugai city, in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, was recently arrested after he confessed to stabbing himself in the hip area as an excuse to skip work. He had previously told police that a stranger had attacked him with a knife. It happens to the best of us, we wake up one […]