Fed Up with Abductions, Mexican Townsfolk Kidnap Gang Boss’ Mother
After seeing many of their loved ones kidnapped by a ruthless drug cartel, the people of Totolapan, a small town in Mexico’s Guerrero state decided it was time to fight fire with fire, so they kidnapped the drug boss’ mother. For years, Totolapan has been under the control of a gang known as “Los Tequillero”, led […]
Mother Accused of Spoiling Her Kids with Mountain of Christmas Presents Buys Even More This Year
Emma Tapping, a mother-of-three from the Isle of Man, U.K, first made headlines last year, when she was accused of spoiling her children by getting them 87 Christmas presents each. That didn’t seem to bother her too much, as this year she bought even more gifts for them – 96 each. After Emma posted a picture […]
South African Herbalist Walks Around Literally Dressed in Money
Michael Andile Dlamini, a successful herbalist from Nongoma, South Africa, has become known as Mzimb’okhalimali (a body dripping with money) after he started wearing a suit made of real banknotes, to show off his wealth. Dlamini started working as a healer three years ago, after finally listening to the voices of his ancestors. The 33-year-old claims that when […]
Lonely Grandmother Seeking Stand-in “Daughter” for All-Expense Paid Vacation
China’s incredible development over the last three decades has improved people’s quality of life, but today, loneliness and depression are the two biggest problems of the country’s rapidly aging population. This issues were recently brought to public attention by the heartbreaking plea of a 63-year-old woman looking for a young girl to accompany her on […]
Formen – A Line of Makeup Designed Especially for Men
Makeup and beauty products are generally created with women in mind, but one company seems to think that there’s a niche for men’s makeup as well. Formen actually has a whole line of makeup and skincare designed to fix several issues that men often struggle with. Formen is the brainchild of Andrew Grella, who first realized the […]
Shop & Pray – Church Opens in Russian Shopping Center
The MEGA shopping center in Krasnoyarsk has become the first in Russia, and probably the world, to have its very own church, where busy shoppers can drop by and pray, take confession or simply get in touch with their spiritual side. It all started in spring of this year, when the shopping center management reached […]
Man Spends His Free Time Photographing Lost Gloves
48-year-old Mark Leigh, from Surrey, UK, is a self-confessed boring man who enjoys nothing more than to spend his days photographing lost gloves. It all started around three years ago, when Mark found a lone glove on a stairwell at his workplace and thought it was strange. The very next day, he spotted another one in […]
Weird Jobs of the World: Guarding John Lennon’s Glasses in Cuba
Aleeda Rodriguez Pedrasa has one of the most unusual jobs in the world – she gets paid by the Cuban government to make sure that a statue of John Lennon in Havana always has a pair of glasses on when tourists come to take a picture with it. In 1964, Fidel Castro declared a ban on […]
Tokyo Restaurant Will pay You $438 if You Can Eat This Giant Bowl of Ramen in 20 Minutes
If you love ramen and want to get paid for eating lots of it, I suggest visiting the Umakara Ramen Hyouri restaurant, in Tokyo, Japan. They will pay a cool 50,000 yen ($438) to anyone who finishes their giant bowl of delicious ramen in under 20 minutes, Easy money, right? Well, they don’t call these things eating […]
This Treadmill Bicycle Lets You Cycle to Work by Walking
Who could have imagined that a treadmill on wheels would one day become a thing?!? Lopifit is an unusual means of transportation that allows you to power an electric bicycle by walking on a treadmill. It’s actually way cooler than it sounds. Lopifit founder Bruin Bergmeester says it all started when he asked himself the question “How […]
Department Store Sells Leather-Wrapped Stones for $85 a Piece
American department store Nordstrom recently made international headlines for selling good ol’ fashion stones partially wrapped in leather at the insane price of $85. But that’s not even the strangest part. For some reason, people apparently loved them so much that the bizarre item is now sold out. Called simply a “Medium Leather Wrapped Stone”, Nordstrom’s […]
You Can Now Buy a $9,700 Solid Gold Comb
A Slovakian luxury comb company is giving the phrase “luxurious hair” a whole new meaning with a limited edition solid gold comb priced at a whopping $9,700. Yes, you read that correctly! If you’re the kind of person who only visits the best salons, uses only top quality shampoos and ultimately wants only the best for […]
Armenian Company Pays Debts and Salaries in French Cheese
A bankrupt Armenian dairy company that hasn’t paid employees and milk suppliers in months has announced that it will be settling debts in Roquefort blue mold cheese. The Ashtarak Kat Company started producing large quantities of Roquefort blue mold cheese at its factory in Chambarak earlier this year. In 2015, it produced a trial lot under […]
Ukrainian Scientist Creates Battery That Can Power Smartphones for 12 Years
Ukrainian scientist Vladislav Kiselev claims that he has developed a type of battery that can power gadgets like smartphones and even cars for up to 12 years, without having to be recharged. Kiselev, a senior researcher at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry in Kiev, and professor at Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, unveiled his intriguing battery […]
Indian Company Makes Edible 100% Biodegradable “Plastic” Bags
In an effort to combat plastic pollution, Indian startup EnviGreen has come up with a combination of natural starch and vegetable oils that looks and feels just like plastic, but is 100 percent organic, biodegradable and eco-friendly. You can even dispose of such a “plastic” bag by eating it. EnviGreen founder Ashwath Hedge came up […]