Chinese Couple Raise 3.7-Meter-Long Python as Their Child
An elderly couple in Haikou, China’s Hainan Province, have been sharing their home with a 60 kilogram, 3.7-meter-long python for seven years, raising it as their child and even taking it for walks around their neighborhood. 68-year-old Shi Jimin, a retired meat processing worker, adopted the python in 2009, to save it from certain death. A fish […]
German Town Builds Huge Stone Wall to Separate Locals from Refugees
The Munich suburb of Neuperlach Sud has nearly completed a giant stone wall meant to separate the local population from around 160 unaccompanied child refugees set to move into a nearby shelter. The 4-meter-high barrier will be taller than the Berlin Wall (3.6 meters). After the local government decided to build a large refugee shelter approximately […]
Chinese Mall Opens “Husband Nursery” Where Men Can Relax While Wives Shop
There are few things that men hate more than going on long shopping sprees with their wives or girlfriends, so one Chinese mall has come up with the “husband nursery”, a special place where guys can kick back and relax while their better halves shop till they drop. Just as mothers drop their young kids […]
Woman Awarded $35,000 Compensation by Restaurant after Waiter Pours Boiling Soup on Her
A Chinese court ordered a hot pot restaurant to pay 237,000 yuan ($35,000) to a female customer after an angry waiter poured scalding soup on her during heated argument. The incident occurred in August of last year, at a branch of ‘Mr Hot Pot’ restaurant, in Wenzhou, eastern China. The victim, referred to only as Ms. […]
Elementary School Has Correctly Predicted Every U.S. Presidential Election Since 1968
Students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, in Yorktown Heights, New York, have been casting their votes to determine the winner of each presidential election, since 1968, and for the past 48 years, they’ve gotten it right every time. Every four years, just days before the actual presidential election, the elementary school sets up mock voting booths and invites […]
Comedian to Live in Dog Shelter Kennel until All 300 Canine Residents Get Adopted
World-famous prankster and comedian Remi Gaillard has announced that he will be locking himself away in a dog kennel at a French dog shelter and live there until all his 300 canine neighbors get adopted, or he manages to raise €50,000 ($55,700) in donations. Gaillard is notorious for his hilarious and sometimes outrageous pranks, but for once […]
This $17,000 iPhone 7 Is Probably the Strongest and Lightest Smartphone Ever Made
Swiss luxury goods company Golden Dreams recently unveiled the iPhone 7 Carbon Concept Edition, a special version of the popular Apple smartphone featuring a hand-made carbon fiber casing that makes it extremely light and nearly impossible to break. But before you get too excited, you should know that they only made 77 units, each priced […]
Chinese Drivers Who Blind Others with Full-Beam Headlights Forced to Stare into the Light by Police
When driving at night, there’s nothing quite as annoying as being blinded by the full-beam headlights of another vehicle. Recognizing this problem, the police department recently started punishing offenders by making them stare at their own headlights for a full minute. Hopefully, this will make them see the error of their ways. On November 1st, Shenzen […]
Russian City Repairs Local Infrastructure with the Help of Photoshop
Officials in the Primorski district of Saint Petersburg, in Russia, apparently decided it would be cheaper to hire a good graphic designer to touch up some photos of damaged infrastructure than actually fixing it. According to a news story that went viral on Russian social media a few days ago, the local administration of Primorski district recently […]
Introducing Napflix, a Boring Video Streaming Service Guaranteed to Put Viewers to Sleep
People often prefer to fall asleep while watching TV, but that doesn’t always work out as planned. Sometimes the shows you end up watching turn out to be genuinely interesting and instead of slowly dozing off, you end up spending hours with your eyeballs glued to the screen. But there’s no risk of that happening […]
8-Year-Old Boy Puts on 11 Kilos in 2 Months to Save Dying Father’s Life
Cao Yinpeng, an 8-year-old from Xuzhou, East China’s Jiangsu province, underwent a rigorous fattening up regiment, in order to qualify for a bone marrow transplant necessary to save his father’s life. Earlier this year, Cao’s father was diagnosed with leukemia and doctors told the family that he needed a hematopoietic stem cell transplant to survive. Unfortunately, […]
India’s Most Generous Boss Rewards Thousands of Employees with Cars and Apartments
It’s not entirely unusual for bosses of successful companies to give out bonuses to employees on major holidays, but how many can claim that they are as generous as Savji Dholakia, CEO of Hari Krishna Exports, who recently gifted some 1,200 cars and 400 apartments to over 1,600 of his most loyal and hardworking staffers. “If we […]
Chinese University Bans Public Display of Affection Between Sexes
Students at Qingdao Binhai University, a private vocational university in China’s Shandong province, have recently been warned to avoid public display of affection with the opposite sex, including basic physical interaction, like holding hands or sharing earphones. The learning institution founded in 1992 recently became a hot topic on Chinese social media, after adopting a set […]
Patient’s Fart Sparks Serious Fire During Laser Surgery
A report recently released by the Tokyo Medical University Hospital in Shinjuku Ward revealed that a patient suffered burns on most of her body after passing gas during laser surgery. The incident occurred back in April, but has only made news headlines after a team of external experts conducted a through investigation and concluded that it […]
Being a Bridesmaid in China Is So Dangerous That People Are Hiring Professionals
In the Western world, bridesmaids are also known as maids of honor, but in China, they are more like maids of dishonor. From drinking large quantities of alcohol on behalf of the bride to putting up with groping and other forms of harassment, bridesmaids often take part in traditional customs that most people would consider extremely […]