Marathon Runner-Up Faces Fraud Charges for Only Running Half a Mile of 26 Mile Race
In a bizarre turn of events, the second place winner at the Nairobi International Marathon last Sunday was arrested for blatant cheating. Julius Njogu apparently stayed hidden among the crowd for most of the 26-mile race before joining the other runners for about half a mile, on the last stretch and laying claim to the $7,000 prize […]
Indian Cook Can Dip Hands in Boiling Oil without Pain or Injury
Prem Kumar, from New Delhi, India, regularly shocks people with his high tolerance to heat – the man can fry fish with his bare hands, dipping them into and out of a wok of boiling oil. The 65-year-old runs a street food stall in Karol Bagh, where he serves fried fish to thousands of customers each day. […]
This Amazing Seattle Preschool Also Doubles as an Elderly Nursing Home
A facility in Seattle has come up with an innovative way of caterung to both the very young and the old. They’ve paired up a preschool with an elderly nursing home, so that the children and the 400-odd residents at the home have an amazing time with each other. The preschool, called the Intergenerational Learning Center, […]
Google Engineer Saves 90% of His Salary by Living Out of a Truck in the Company’s Parking Lot
In a bid to save money, Google employee Brandon S. has made the company’s vast parking lot his home. The 23-year-old software engineer lives out of a box truck parked near the search engine giant’s campus in Mountain View, California. Brandon started work at Google as a summer intern in 2014 – he rented a […]
Israeli Restaurant Gives 50% Discount to Jews and Arabs Who Share a Table
32-year-old Kobi Tzafrir has come up with the perfect peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – bonding over hummus! He’s offering a 50 percent discount to Arabs and Jews who choose to share the universally popular middle-eastern dish at his Tel Aviv restaurant, ‘Hummus Bar’. “Afraid of Arabs? Afraid of Jews?” his Hebrew poster on […]
This Woman Can Actually Smell if Someone Has Parkinson’s Disease
Meet Joy Milne, a woman with a peculiar sense of smell. Scientists in Scotland recently learned that she can actually sniff out people with Parkinson’s disease! “I could always smell things other people couldn’t smell,” Milne, 65 from Perth, said. But it wasn’t until much later that she began to correlate a particular ‘musky’ odor with Parkinson’s disease. She first […]
African Pastor Sells Anointed Pens That Help Students Pass Exams without Studying
A pastor in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe was in the news recently for selling hundreds of special, ‘anointed’ pens to local students. Prophet Sham Hungwe claims that the miracle pens will help students pass exams without even studying! “It is anointed and I declare passes when your children sit for exams; when you sit for exams,” he told […]
Chinese Professor Suggests Men with Lower Income Could Share Wives to Solve Bachelor Crisis
You can’t solve every problem with pure logic. Learning that the hard way is Zhejiang University economics professor Xie Zuoshi. He’s on the receiving end of a nation’s wrath after he suggested wife sharing to solve China’s gender imbalance issue. News reports say that China’s gender ratio at birth is about 1.02 to 1.07 boys born for every […]
Vivos – The Ultimate Doomsday Community Bunkers for the Rich and Paranoid
Lots of people are obsessed with the idea of a post-apocalyptic world, and playing to their fears and fantasies is Vivos – a company that creates luxurious Doomsday bunkers. Created by California entrepreneur Robert Vicino, the bunkers at are exclusively meant for those who can afford them, and deemed worthy of Vicino himself. The company claims […]
Noodle Fan Has Tasted Over 5,600 Types of Ramen in the Last 20 Years
In his quest to discover the perfect instant noodle, Japanese ramen lover Toshio Yamamoto has tasted over 5,600 varieties from 40 countries, in the past two decades. He reviews every kind ramen he tries on his website and scores them on a scale of 1 to 5. The best rating he’s given out so far is […]
Japanese Monk Goes Nine Days Without Food, Drink and Sleep in Grueling Religious Ritual
Can you imagine going without food, drink and sleep for nine straight days and nights? It sounds impossible, but a Japanese Buddhist monk proved that it can be done, after recently completing a grueling ritual. Last Wednesday, 41-year-old Kogen Kamahori, one of the “marathon monks” of Mount Hiei, a holy mountain that straddles Japan’s Kyoto and […]
French Couple Spend Over $300,000 on Plastic Surgery to Look Like Barbie and Ken
A couple from France are so obsessed with dolls that they’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to transform themselves into real-life Ken and Barbie. They’ve had over 15 procedures between them so far and plan to keep going until they achieve perfect doll-like appearances. And to complete the effect, they’re legally changing their names to ‘Ken’ […]
Hamburgirl Z – Japan’s Hamburger-Themed Girl Band
When it comes to idol groups in Japan, good ol’ music just doesn’t cut it anymore. They’ve got to throw in an additional gimmick or two, just to standout among the massive competition. And Hamburgirl Z is doing just that – it’s the world’s only hamburger-themed girl band! In the words of Japanese culture blogger […]
Spanish Couple Have Lived Alone in Abandoned Village for the Last 45 Years
For the past 45 years, Martin and Sinforosa Colomer have been the only two residents of La Estrella, an abandoned village in Spain. The only living beings they have for company are three dogs, four hens, a rooster, about 25 cats, and a few bees. The closest inhabited town is at least 25 kilometers away! […]
Animal Lover to Sell Her Apartment in Order to Save Pet Dog’s Life
A Serbian woman recently announced her decision to sell her apartment and all material possessions so she can afford medical treatment for her dog. Tanja Jankovic, 35, from Jagodina city, wrote that her dog Leo is battling a life-threatening disease and she needs all the money she can get to save him. “Please help me,” she […]