Atlanta Barber Disciplines Misbehaving Kids by Giving Them Old-Man Haircuts
Looking to teach your misbehaving children a lesson? Well, a barbershop in Snellville, Atlanta, seems to have hit upon the perfect solution – old-man haircuts that make kids look like they are balding. Aptly named the ‘Benjamin Button Special’, the haircut involves shaving the crown of the head and leaving the sides long to make […]
Chinese Teen Cut Off His Hand Because He Was Addicted to the Internet
In a desperate attempt to cure himself of his internet addiction, a Chinese teenager simply chopped off his own left hand. The 19-year-old, from the city of Nantong, in Jiangsu province, took the drastic measure last week. “We cannot accept what has happened,” said the kid’s mother, who refused to be identified. “It was completely […]
A Most Tiring Commute – Detroit Worker Walks 21 Miles Every Day to and from His Workplace
If you’ve been complaining about having to drive long hours to and from work, wait till you hear about this Detroit worker’s commute. For the past 10 years, James Robertson has been walking 21 miles a day, just to get to work. What’s even more remarkable is that he hasn’t missed a single day of work […]
Woman Claims She Hasn’t Smiled in 40 Years to Avoid Getting Face Wrinkles
While a lot of women resort to expensive plastic surgery to get rid of wrinkles, this woman just decided to nip the problem in the bud by not smiling. Believe it or not, 50-year-old Tess Christian claims she hasn’t smiled, laughed or giggled in the past 40 years! Although Tess insists that she has a […]
High-Tech Helmet Lets You Hear Your Own Thoughts, Sort Of
The ‘Experience Helmet’ is a new, high-tech wearable device that allows people to hear electronic representations of their thoughts. It uses Electroencephalography (EEG) technology to translate brain activity into data. This basically means that the helmet can read your thoughts, convert it into sound, and play it back to you! According to Aiste Noreikaite, who […]
Woman Tired of Dating Marries Herself in Elaborate Ceremony
After dating for several years and failing to find the man of her dreams, a 40-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, decided to marry herself in an elaborate ceremony that involved friends and family. Yasmin Eleby’s wedding was quite similar to a traditional one, except the bride wore purple, there was no groom, and it was the […]
Author Launches $300,000 Book That Self-Destructs in 24 Hours
Have you ever read a book so engaging that you just couldn’t put it down, fearing that it might explode if you did? Well, bestselling author James Patterson decided to turn that fear into a reality with a self-destructing book that literally explodes 24 hours after it’s been opened. The self-destructing book is actually a […]
Sprayable Sleep – The Melatonin Spray That Promises to Give You a Good Night’s Rest
After their highly successful 2013 product Sprayable Energy, Silicon Valley startup Sprayable are back with a new product involving transdermal technology – ‘Sprayable Sleep’. It is the world’s first topical melatonin spray that helps you fall asleep naturally and wake up refreshed. While melatonin pills have long since been used to treat sleep related disorders, […]
Pay-It-Forward Restaurant Feeds Around 40 Homeless People Every Day
When 27-year-old business school graduate Mason Wartman quit his Wall Street job to sell $1 pizza slices, to many of his friends it seemed like the anticlimax of a brilliant career. But the man was simply trying to achieve a different sort of greatness with his no-frills pizza shop, Rosa’s Fresh Pizza, in Philadelphia’s Center City. […]
Luxury Company Guarantees Good Weather on Your Wedding Day for $150,000
Luxury travel company Oliver’s Travels is offering its wealthy clients an innovative wedding service – a sky clean up. For a hefty fee of over $150,000, they actually offer to pop clouds and induce rain up to a week before their wedding, in order to ensure clear blue skies on the day of the ceremony. […]
Prison Restaurant Staffed by Inmates Voted the Best in Cardiff, Wales
The Clink has recently been named the number one restaurant in Cardiff, Wales, by TripAdvisor, after getting more votes than all the other 945 restaurants in the Welsh capital. I know that doesn’t seem like the kind of news you normally read on OC, but The Clink isn’t your average restaurant – it’s staffed by inmates […]
Perfectly Healthy Man Is Addicted to Wearing Plaster Casts
Kevin, a 27-year-old man from Chicago, has a very strange hobby – he wears body casts, even though he has no injuries! Kevin has been addicted to plaster casts for the past 21 years, and he has spent over $50,000 on his bizarre fixation. Although he realizes it’s ridiculous, he has no idea how to stop. […]
World’s Largest Barbecue Is 76-Feet-Long, Can Cook Four Tonnes of Meat at a Time
They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and you’ll have a hard time finding better proof that the “Undisputable Cuz”, a humongous barbecue pit located at the Folsom residence along highway 290, in Brenham. The 40-ton, 75-foot monstrosity ventilated by seven chimneys is the world’s largest barbecue pit. It’s so huge that it needs to be carried […]
For Some Reason, This Guy Is Filming Himself Just Sitting and Smiling for Four Hours a Day
Benjamin Bennett probably has the most bizarre YouTube channel. For the past six months, he has been sitting in front of a camera in zen-like silence, smiling, for hours on end! He’s put out at least 120 hours of footage of himself doing nothing but sitting, without offering any explanation whatsoever. Ben’s videos made no […]
21-Year-Old Girl Suffering from Cerebral Palsy Writes Fiction Novel Using Only Her Left Leg
Typing with one hand when the other one is occupied can be a real pain, so imagine having to type with just one foot. It’s got to be a nightmare, but 21-year-old Hu Huiyuan from China’s Anhui province is using her only functional foot to write not just a few sentences, but an entire fiction […]