Facing Your Fears – Guy Tattoos Spider on His Face to Combat Arachnophobia
Now here’s a guy who literally ‘faced’ his fears. To deal with his morbid fear of spiders, Eric Ortiz got a black widow spider tattooed on his face. You’ve got to be either really gutsy or really stupid to put something so huge and permanent on your face. I’m not sure which one Ortiz is. […]
Homeless Man Uses His Last Few Coins to Buy Lottery Ticket, Wins $2.79 Million Jackpot
Now this is what you call a dream-come-true. No, scratch that. It’s more like the ‘wildest’ dream-come-true. When László Andraschek used his last few coins to purchase a lottery ticket, I’m sure he had no real hope of winning the jackpot – a whopping 600 million forint (US $2.70 million) – but it actually happened. […]
No Shoes for a Year – Kentucky Man Goes Barefoot for Charity
This winter has been one of the toughest in years, which makes this Kentucky man’s initiative all the more special. Richard Hudgins has decided to go barefoot for an entire year to create awareness about the plight of shoeless children around the world. He also hopes to raise money for the cause. “For 365 days […]
Inmates in Thailand Can Reduce Their Sentences by Beating Foreigners in Muay Thai Prison Fights
In a world where prisoners’ sentences are reduced for good behavior, the rules at Klong Prem Central Prison, in Thailand, come across as bizarre. They basically have it the other way around – inmates battle foreign fighters in a tournament called ‘Prison Fight’, a charity event organized by Thailand’s Department of Corrections. The organized boxing matches, […]
Chinese Girl Agrees To Leave Disabled Boyfriend If He Doesn’t Start Walking Again in Three Years
A 23-year-old Chinese girl is being forced to leave her boyfriend for a weird reason – he can’t use his legs. Yang Nan’s parents permitted her to live with Yan Hongbo for three years, in which time he had to start walking again. But the time is up now and the boy is still wheelchair-bound. […]
Barbie-Obsessed Woman Uses Hypnotherapy to Make Herself a Brainless Doll
All this while I thought it was offensive to stereotype blonds as ditzy, but it turns out there is a blond who actually wants people to see her that way. She’s even going through online hypnotherapy to make herself a more like a brainless, plastic doll. 38-year-old Blondie Bennett from California has been obsessed with […]
Business Brilliance – Chinese Sell Miniature Snowmen as Cartop Decorations
When snow is free of cost, who’s going to pay for snowmen, right? Wrong! Apparently, people will buy anything if you sell it right. These two Chinese men have hit the marketing jackpot – making the most of heavy snowfall, they’re selling snowmen by the dozen. The two men (we don’t know their names or […]
Summum Mummification Services – Who Needs Coffins When You Can Spend Eternity as a Mummy?
If the mummies of ancient Egypt fascinate you, then you are going to love this – you can sign up to be a mummified too. Summum Mummification Services is the only company of its kind in the world, perfectly preserving human and animal bodies after death. The company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, was […]
What’s the World’s Most Beautiful Flower? Why, Money, Of Course!
They say money can’t buy love but this Chinese couple have proven all that nonsense wrong. Chen Li, a software programmer, proposed to his girlfriend with 999 roses made of bank notes. Needless to say, she happily accepted. As romantic as it sounds, it turns out that 27-year-old Chen was provoked into inventing the bizarre […]
Evidence Suggests World’s Largest Solar Farm Burns Birds That Fly over It
Environmentalists might swear by solar energy, but it turns out that the alternative source has its pitfalls too. Ivanpah, a giant solar farm in California’s Mohave Desert, is actually producing such high levels of heat that birds flying over it are burning to death. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System that opened last Thursday is […]
The Human Brewery – Man’s Stomach Turns Starchy and Sugary Foods into Alcohol
34-year-old Matthew Hogg has a rare condition – auto-brewery syndrome. Every time he eats starchy or sugary foods, his body converts the food into alcohol that is released into his blood stream. This alcohol is so strong that he ends up intoxicated without even touching a single drink. While this might sound like an alcoholic’s […]
70-Year-Old Bodybuilder Is Fitter Than Most Men Half His Age
Sam ‘Sonny’ Bryant Junior doesn’t look a day over 40. He’s a bodybuilder with a perfectly ripped body that puts younger men to shame. Especially when they get to know about his real age –70 years and still going strong. Very strong. “They ask me when I’m going to retire. I say never. I say […]
Meet James Harrison, the Man Whose Extremely Rare Blood Has Saved Millions of Babies’ Lives
74-year-old James Harrison is a superhero in his own right. Granted, he doesn’t wear a cape or spin webs, but he has saved over two million babies’ lives in the past 54 years. And in real life, it doesn’t get cooler than that. Australian-born James has a very special type of blood – the plasma […]
Blind Card Shark Will Amaze You with His Incredible Card Tricks
Richard Turner is one of the world’s greatest card cheats in the world. He’s so quick with cards that if you ever played with him, you just couldn’t see him cheat. But then, neither could he. That’s what makes his skill even more special – he’s completely blind. The card shark, or ‘Card Mechanic’ as […]
Baring More than Their Souls – Virginia Church Congregation Worship in the Nude
White Tail Chapel, located in Southampton County, Virginia, has recently made a bizarre decision to welcome its congregation the way they were made – nude. Pastor Allen Parker, the leader of the church, said that he found the clothing requirements of other churches overly pretentious. So he wanted his own flock to be able to […]