Jeweler Born with No Fingers Creates Masterpieces Worth Thousands of Dollars
For a person born without fingers, 48-year-old Annette Gabbedey has the most unusual job – she is one of Britain’s most talented jewelry designers and an expert goldsmith. It is surprising that she doesn’t even use special tools to help her work around her condition. Instead, she adapts conventional crafting devices to make the most […]
Chinese Rich Kid Offers $170,000 to Rent a Girlfriend for Upcoming Spring Festival
This Chinese man is so rich he is willing to shell out one million yuan (US $170,000) just to rent a girlfriend. The news was first reported on China’s leading social networking website, Weibo. The post came from an account called ‘Host of Henan newscast’. Paying a girl to date you might give people the […]
Meet Yacouba Sawadogo – The Man Who Stopped the Desert
Yacouba Sawadogo is an exceptional man – he single-handedly managed to solve a crisis that even scientists and development organizations could not. The simple old farmer’s re-forestation and soil conservation techniques are so effective they’ve helped turn the tide in the fight against the desertification of the harsh lands in northern Burkina Faso. Over-farming, over-grazing […]
South African Pastor Tells Congregation to Eat Grass to Be Closer to God
Pastor Lesego Daniel, of Rabboni Centre Ministries, is a highly unusual person. In order to be closer to God, the South African preacher is encouraging his congregation to eat grass. He also tramples on them for added effect. The pastor is said to have claimed that humans can eat anything they choose to sustain themselves. When […]
Meet Inri Cristo, the Man Who Thinks He Is Jesus Reincarnated
A 66-year-old Brazilian man believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus. He has been preaching the word of God for the past for the past 35 years. Born Alvaro Theiss, this controversial religious figure now goes by ‘Inri Cristo’. Inri is derived from the Latin acronym inscribed on the cross during Jesus’ crucifixion (INRI – […]
World’s Dirtiest Man: 80-Year-Old Iranian Man Hasn’t Bathed in 60 Years
80-year-old Haji believes that “cleanliness brings him sickness.” That’s why he hasn’t bathed at all in the past 60 years. He lives in isolation in Dejgah village, in the Southern Iranian province of Fars. Haji hates contact with water. Even the suggestion of a bath makes him very angry. And all these years of escaping […]
Kind Businessman Is Selling His Restaurant to Help Treat Employee’s Brain Tumor
In a world where getting a kind word from your boss is a huge achievement, businessman Michael De Beyer comes across as one-of-a-kind. Where else do you get to see employers selling an entire business to help out an employee in need? I for one have never heard of such a thing before. De Beyer […]
Iowa Businessman Poses as Homeless, Rewards Generous Passers-By
This Christmas, a businessman from Iowa came up with a very creative way of giving. Posing as a homeless person, Jonnie Wright gave away envelopes of cash to all the people who showed him kindness. On December 24, Wright stood at a street corner for four hours, in the bitter cold, in the Des Moines suburb […]
Crazy Aerosol Challenge Has Teens Burning Themselves with Sprays Just for Kicks
There’s always some weird teenage trend or the other doing the rounds online. The latest one has kids spraying aerosol deodorant on to their skin at an extremely close range. They film themselves performing the ridiculous stunt, to see who can endure it the longest. Teenagers all over the world have been taking part in […]
Elderly Couple Run a Marathon a Day for a Whole Year, Set New World Record
Most people forget their New Year resolutions within a few weeks, some can’t even make it a day. But a Melbourne couple in their 60s have completed what they set out to do, every day of last year. For the whole of 2013, Janette Murray-Wakelin, 64, and Alan Murray, 68, ran marathons every single day across […]
Mystery Surrounds Colombian Cemetery That Turns Buried Bodies into Mummies
The ancient Egyptians spent centuries developing their mummifying techniques, but at a cemetery in San Bernardo, a small Colombian town, corpses somehow become naturally mummified in their coffins. The phenomenon was first noticed 15 years ago, by grave digger Eduardo Cifuentes. “The burial pit was full of bodies,” he said. “I didn’t like stepping on […]
UAE Hold Annual Camel Beauty Pageant
The Arabs appreciate their camels rather deeply. They call these beautiful creatures ‘God’s gift to the Bedouin’. In fact, they love camels so much that they get together once a year to pick out the most beautiful ones of them all. The Al Dhafra Festival is held annually at Abu Dhabi, in the UAE. The […]
Woman Runs 500 Kilometers in 86 Hours without Any Sleep
Kim Allen, a 47-year-old ultra-distance runner from New Zealand, recently broke the world record for running the longest distance without sleep. She surpassed the previous record of 486 km (set by American Pam Reed in 2005) by running a whopping 500 km. It took her 86 hours, 11 minutes and 9 seconds of non-stop running […]
Woman Shares Her Body with 15 Different Personalities Who Can Each Take Control at Any Time
Kimi Sands suffers from a very strange condition called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), otherwise known as multiple personality disorder. The 23-year-old, from Cardiff, Wales, shares her body with 15 different personalities any one of which can take control at any time. In the movies, people suffering from DID are often portrayed as dangerous criminals or serial […]
Would You Eat Fish Caught in the Sewer? Yes, Sewer Fishing Is Actually a Thing
Kyle Naegeli, a 15-year-old high school student from the city of Katy, in Texas, loves fishing with a twist. Instead of going to a lake far away from the city, he prefers fishing right beside his home – in a sewer. That’s right, sewer fishing is a real sport and Kyle is an expert at […]