Texas Judge Sentences Man to Marry Girlfriend or Go to Jail
A Texas Judge recently sparked controversy for making young Josten Bundy choose between spending 15 days in jail or marrying his 19-year-old girlfriend Elizabeth Jaynes. He took – what he thought was – the easy way out. It all started in February, when Bundy got into a fight with Jaynes’s ex-boyfriend. “[He] had been saying disrespectful […]
Artisanal Currency, a Refreshing and Totally Legal Way to Pay
Have you ever seen currency notes so beautiful that you’d actually hesitate to spend them? Well, they’re called ‘artisanal currency’, and they’re all the rage in several parts of the world, including London, Amsterdam, and New York. The concept is quite similar to artisanal coffee, cheese, or chocolate that is handmade, not mass produced. According to […]
Manipur, the Indian State Ruled by Korean Pop-Culture
Despite being a part of India, the northern state of Manipur can culturally be described as Korean. Ever since local authorities banned Bollywood movies and Hindi TV channels in a bid to “stamp out Indianisation”, a vast majority of the local population have turned to Korean pop-culture. They are now big fans of Korean films and […]
Chinese Millionaire Gives Up Fortune, Lives in Isolation for Two Years to Become Buddhist Monk
We thought Indian millionaire Bhanwarlal Raghunath – who gave up his fortune to become a monk – was one of a kind, but we were wrong. Meet Liu Jingchong, a rich Chinese businessman who has also renounced his wealth for monkhood. Jingchong, 39, was bitten by the spiritual bug in 2012, after a freak car […]
Turkish Couple Spend Wedding Day Feeding 4,000 Syrian Refugees
Instead of splashing out on a fancy wedding last week, a Turkish couple chose to share their special day with 4,000 Syrian refugees instead. After exchanging vows in their hometown of Kilis, near the Syrian border, they went on to feed thousands of refugees through the Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (KYM). KYM has been offering hot […]
Man Celebrates His Birthday for 46 Hours by Flying Back in Time
Time travel is technically possible, by just hopping on flights and traveling across time zones. A German man recently decided to take advantage of this fact to bag the Guinness Record for the world’s longest birthday. Of course, the longest birthday isn’t necessarily the most fun, given that he spent almost all of it sitting in a plane seat, […]
Animal-Loving Homeless Man Dedicates His Life to Helping Stray Dogs
In spite of being homeless himself, a California man named Steve has made it his mission to take care of stray dogs. He has adopted 50 canines in the past 14 years, tended to their daily needs and sometimes even finding new homes for them. Steve has never abandoned any of the dogs in his care, not […]
Obsessed Cristiano Ronaldo Fan Spends Thousands to Look Like His Idol
Star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has millions of fans all around the world, but none as dedicated as 17-year-old Shanta. The Danish teenager has spent thousands of dollars in a bid to emulate his idol. For starters, Shanta goes by the last name ‘Ronaldo’. He copies the ex-Manchester United player’s fashion sense, wearing clothes as similar to Ronaldo’s […]
Bubble Fingernails – The Crazy Fashion Trend Taking Over the Internet
Some fashion trends are so odd that they leave you wondering how they ever caught on. Take this latest ‘bubble nails’ craze – bulbous acrylic fingernails painted in a variety of colors and patterns. The technique has apparently been around since 2009, but has only gained popularity recently, after a series of photos went viral on […]
This Woman Has Been Crying White “Crystals” for 20 Years and Nobody Can Explain Why
Laura Ponce, a nursery school teacher in Lins, Brazil, suffers from a strange condition that causes her to cry ‘crystal’ tears. The white plaques start off as soft blobs inside her eyes, but they harden when she blinks in an attempt to expel them, finally emerging as solid white crystals. This happens to her for […]
Indian “Road Doctor” Has Been Using His Own Pension Money to Fix Potholes
Meet Gangadhara Tilak Katnam, the man who single-handedly fixed over 1,000 potholes in his hometown of Hyderabad, India. The 66-year-old pensioner has made it his mission to fix the city’s roads, earning himself the nickname ‘road doctor’. Since 2011, the former railway engineer has been driving around the city every single day, looking for abandoned […]
Legendary Oakland Biker Gang Regularly Holds Fight Club-Style Events
The East Bay Rats, a legendary motorcycle club in Oakland offers an innovative solution to barroom brawls – Fight Parties. Since 1996, the club has organised Friday Fight Nights – putting potential troublemakers (and anyone else who volunteers) in a boxing ring at the clubhouse and giving them a chance to work the violence out of […]
No Humans Allowed – Wacky Japanese Cafe Caters Exclusively to Stuffed Toys
Joining the ranks of Tokyo’s eccentric pet cafés and restaurants is Yawarakan’s, a place that exclusively caters to stuffed animals. It sounds like a hoax – who would spend money on serving real food to a bunch of toys, right? Well, you’re wrong. This is actually a thing in Japan, and apparently business is going great. […]
Swedish Airport Installs Climate Simulator of Cities Around the World
Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport offers a weather service quite unlike any other. Instead of doling out boring reports, it actually lets people feel what the weather is like in various cities around the world before actually flying there. Yvonne Boe, communication manager at Swedavia – the company that manages Sweden’s airports – describes the unique Climate Portal as […]
Desperate Suspect Tries to Chew Off His Fingerprints to Avoid Being Identified
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office in Florida recently released one of the strangest, most disturbing video we’ve ever seen – it shows a young suspect trying to chew off his fingertips in a bid to avoid being identified by the police. According to the video’s description, it all started on Friday, when a traffic cop on […]