World’s First Ever AI Beauty Pageant Names Its 10 Finalists
The Fanvue Miss AI pageant, the world’s first beauty pageant for AI-generated female models, judges contestants on beauty, social media clout, and their creator’s use of AI tools. At first, they said artificial intelligence was coming after our jobs, but now it seems that not even beauty pageants are safe. Originally announced back in April […]
World’s Longest Football Match Ends After 26 Hours of Play and 825 Goals
A football field at the Luzhniki Olympic Sports Complex on the outskirts of Moscow recently hosted the world’s longest football game, which lasted a total of 26 hours. To celebrate All-Russian Football Day last Saturday, two teams of 7 players each gathered at the Luzhniki Olympic Sports Complex to break the record for the longest […]
Algerian Vlogger Sentenced to Two Months in Jail for Hugging People on the Street
An Algerian man was recently convicted for indecent behavior and sentenced to two months behind bars for hugging random people on the street to spread peace and positivity. Mohamed Ramzi, a 30-something vlogger from Algeria, sparked outrage in his home country last summer by posting a TikTok video inspired by a popular European vlogger who […]
Blind Dating Cafe Sparks Controversy with One-Way Window for Men
A so-called blind dating cafe in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has come under fire for installing a one-way window that allows men to see the girls they are talking to, but not vice-versa. On June 1st, a blind dating cafe in Ho Chi Minh’s District 1 went viral for a controversial reason. According to […]
China’s ‘Stink-Raising Water’ Craze Sees Children Creating the Smelliest Potions Possible
There is a bizarre craze sweeping China’s primary and secondary schools. Students are adding all sorts of smelly ingredients to plastic bottles to create the stinkiest recipes possible. Chinese media recently reported multiple incidents involving bottles of foul-smelling water created by young school students using online recipes. Apparently, they were related to a strange craze […]
Turkish Plastic Surgery Clinic Goes Viral for “Impossible” Before-And-After Photos
An Istanbul-based plastic surgery clinic has been drawing a lot of attention for taking to social media with before-and-after photos that show improvements so radical that experts have deemed them impossible to achieve. The Este Med Clinic took the internet by storm last week with a before-and-after photo of a patient referred to only as […]
35-Year-Old Man Breaks Hardest Bone in the Human Body While Coughing
The femur is widely considered the hardest or second hardest bone in the human body, but a 35-year-old man in China allegedly managed to break his just by coughing. Doctors at the Second People’s Hospital of Fujian Province in China recently reported the shocking case of a 35-year-old man referred to only as Mr. Ye […]
$200 Meteorite-Infused Vodka Promises Out-of-This-World Taste
French distillery Pegasus decided to celebrate its debut on the US spirits market with a unique product – an ultra-premium vodka infused with a real meteorite. The aptly named Shooting Star Vodka starts off as organic, locally sourced wheat and botanicals from France distilled using iStill, the most advanced distilling technology. The mixture is then […]
People Lick Supermarket Eggs in Hopes of Getting Food Infection and Receiving Compensation
After the owner of a Russian supermarket chain announced that he would be paying 1 million rubles to each person proven to have gotten food poisoning from the store’s products, many decided to take him up on his offer. Earlier this month, Yekaterinburg-based supermarket chain Zhiznmart came under fire for allegedly selling compromised food products […]
University Festival Gives Girl Group’s Used Water Bottles Away as Prizes to Fans
The organizers of a recent festival at a university in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, were forced to apologize after the host decided to give away the water bottles used by the members of an idol group as prizes. On May 22, the popular girl group Oh My Girl performed at a university festival in […]
John Wick Lookalike Goes Viral in Thailand
Clips of a man bearing a shocking resemblance to Keanu Reeves’ iconic film character John Wick selling street food in Thailand have been going viral online, fueling theories that the stylish assassin had retired in the Asian country. A few days ago, a short video with the caption “John Wick stopped killing people and turned […]
Fire Breather Battles Mexican Mariachi in the World’s Most Bizarre Street Fight
CCTV cameras in Mexico recently recorded one of the strangest street fights in history involving a band of mariachi and a fire-breathing performer quarreling over busking territory. They say life is stranger than fiction and a short video clip captured by surveillance cameras in the Mexican city of Morelia proves it! Not even the brilliant […]
Young Man Undergoes Cornea Transplant Due to Rubbing His Eyes Excessively
A 21-year-old Malaysian man recently underwent a cornea transplant after scratching his due to rubbing his eyes excessively for most of his life. Muhammad Zabidi has suffered from allergies for as long as he can remember. As a child, he would rub his eyes until they turned red, but it wasn’t until his teenage years […]
Russian Woman Wakes Up to Boa Constrictor Coming Out of Her Toilet
A Moscow woman recently got the shock of her life when she entered her bathroom and saw a full-grown white Boa constrictor snake hanging out on her toilet bowl. Exotic snakes crawling up from toilets may not be a worthy news topic in countries like Australia or Brazil, where the slithering reptiles are virtually a […]
Man Who Disappeared 27 Years Ago Found in Neighbor’s Cellar, 200 Meters from His Home
An Algerian man who had disappeared from his home one morning in 1998 was recently found alive in his neighbor’s cellar, just 200 meters from the house he had grown up in. Omar bin Omran was only 17 years old when he disappeared from his home in Djelfa, Algeria, in 1998. It was during the […]