Bride-to-Be Turns Wedding Reception into Feast for the Homeless After Groom Gets Cold Feet
When 27-year-old Quinn Duane’s finance dumped her just a week before their wedding, the young woman decided to make the best of the situation. Instead of cancelling the wedding venue and catering, she invited the city’s homeless to partake in the elaborate feast. Quinn herself was too devastated to attend what should have been her own wedding […]
Guy Dubbed “King of Chillies” Eats Over 5 Pounds of Chillies Every Day
Li Yongzhi, 48, is fondly known as the ‘king of chilli’ in his home village of Shawoli, Henan Province. He starts his day with a chilli mouthwash and continues to eat copious amounts for breakfast, lunch and dinner. He recently told local media that he’s loved spicy food since childhood, and that chilli is his […]
Guy Has His Ears Cut Off to Better Resemble His Pet Parrots
British man Ted Richards is so in love with his pet parrots that he wants to look just like them. So he actually went through a six-hour operation to have his ears removed. And now he’s planning to turn his nose into a beak, as well! The 56-year-old retired shoe factory worker from Hartcliffe, Bristol, […]
Kind-Hearted Woman Organizes Birthday Parties for Homeless Children
Texas-based Paige Chenault loves birthdays, and believes everyone should have a chance to celebrate theirs. So she hosts beautiful parties for homeless children, giving them birthday celebrations they’ll remember for the rest of their lives. She started with a few parties in Dallas and went on to found a non profit called The Birthday Party […]
ALS Sufferer “Writes” 150,000 -Word Autobiography by Blinking Billions of Times
Meet Gong Xunhui, a 62-year-old Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patient who recently wrote a detailed autobiography using only her eyes! Gong Xunhui has been suffering from ALS for the past 12 years. She’s been confined to a wheelchair since 2006, but despite her almost complete paralysis, she has actually managed to write a 150,000-word book on her […]
Two Year Old Girl Becomes World’s Youngest Person to Be Cryogenically Preserved
Scientists and doctors have made a huge leap in cryonics – the effort to save lives through sub-zero temperatures – by freezing the body of a two-year-old child. Matheryn Naovaratpong is now the youngest person in the world to be cryogenically preserved. Fondly known to her family as ‘Einz’, the little girl was diagnosed with […]
This Environment-Friendly Bathing Suit Cleans Polluted Water as You Swim
Thanks to this cool new two-piece bathing suit, cleaning up the world’s oceans might actually become the ‘in’ thing to do during the hot summer months! The 3D-printed Sponge Suit bikini is made of flexible, carbon-based filler materials that function like a sponge, absorbing all sorts of pollutants from water. So you put it on, wade […]
Australian Chicken Restaurant Has an Actual Chicken Handling Its Twitter Account
An Australian takeaway place is trying to win a Guinness World Record by having their mascot Betty become the first chicken to ever send a readable tweet! The marketing campaign is a lot like shooting in the dark – they’re letting Betty peck away randomly at a keyboard, hoping that she will accidentally tweet something meaningful by […]
Finish This 30-Pound Burrito in One Hour And You Become Part-Owner of a Brooklyn Restaurant
If you ever dreamed of co-owning a restaurant for free, this may be your best shot. A New York chef is offering a lifetime 10% of his restaurant’s profits to whoever completes his crazy food challenge. All you have to do is polish off a ginormous 30-pound burrito worth $150 in under one hour! The […]
Man Sues San Francisco Park after Giant Pine Cone Crushes His Skull
Navy veteran Sean Mace is suing a California national park for $5 million after his skull was crushed in a freak accident. A giant pine cone apparently fell out of a tree and hit him on the head, causing serious, life-altering injuries. The incident occurred last October at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, […]
Stressed Russians Can Now Unwind by Destroying an Entire Room with a Sledgehammer
Ever felt so angry that you could break everything in the room? Well, a new stress busting trend in Russia is letting people do just that. The art project, known as ‘Debosh’, offers stressed out folks the opportunity to destroy an entire room with sledge hammers, baseball bats, clubs and more! So whether you’ve had a bad day […]
Daredevil TV Producer Tests Super Glue by Hanging Upside-Down from Hot Air Balloon 5,000 Feet in the Air
A Russian TV show recently risked a man’s life, just to prove the strength of a new type of superglue. They had their producer hanging upside down below a hot air balloon, with nothing but superglue to hold him in place! The crew glued the soles of the producer’s shoes to a wooden board attached […]
Woman Tries to Sue 12-Year-Old Nephew After He Broke Her Wrist in a Hug
New York woman Jennifer Connell is being called the world’s worst aunt after she tried to sue her 12-year-old nephew for breaking her wrist four years ago. The kid, Sean Tarala, apparently jumped into her arms because he was excited to see her at his eighth birthday party in March, 2011. The awkward embrace resulted […]
Real-Life Walter White – Chinese Teacher Arrested after Quitting Job to Make Crystal Meth
China’s very own Walter White was arrested late last month, after being hunted by the police for months. The former chemistry teacher was found in possession of 31.5 kg of meth and 185 kg of toxic raw materials. He also had a high pressure cooker and other other equipment stashed away in his three bedroom […]
As Young Argentinians Shun Marriage, Many Are Paying to Attend Fake Weddings
Although most young Argentinians aren’t even thinking about marriage these days, they seem quite fond of wedding ceremonies. So they’ve come up with a bizarre party trend of fake weddings, where groups of 20- and 30-somethings get together to attend wedding-themed parties complete with fake bride and groom. The idea was the brainchild of 26-year-old publicist Martin Acerbi, […]