Stink Yourself Slim – The Disgusting Fragrance That Will Keep You Away from Food
Like most people concerned about their eating habits and trying to lose weight, Alex Fontaine, an award-winning businesswoman, had tried virtually every diet ever invented. From hypnotherapy, acupuncture to “a flotation tank with whale music – which was lovely, but still didn’t do the trick,” you name it, she had tried them all, but with […]
Man Claims Diluted Venom Injections Have Made Him Immune to Snake Bites
Tim Friede, an unemployed factory worker and snake enthusiast, is a strong believer in the saying “what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”. In an attempt to build immunity to venoms and poisons, he has been injecting himself with diluted venom proteins from some of the deadliest snakes on Earth. He claims that as much […]
Being Homeless Ain’t Cheap: Guy Offers Three-Day Homeless Experience for $2,000
“You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” One man took this saying literally when he decided to give the ultimate homeless experience to anyone curious to see what it’s like to live on the streets of Seattle and willing to pay $2,000 for it. Mike Momany was a […]
Software Developer Teaches Homeless Man How to Code and Build an App
One day, Patrick McConlogue announced that he was going to teach a homeless man JavaScript and help him code his own app. Patrick, a 23-year-old software programmer, passed a certain homeless man every day while on his way to work and decided to run the idea by him to see if he was going to […]
Made in France: French Patriot Uses 100% French Things for Nine Months
When the economy is in the toilet and employment rates are going down, some patriots concerned about their country’s welfare adopt various strategies to tackle the undesirable situation. One French documentary-maker named Benjamin Carle is currently staging a nine-month “economic patriotism” experiment by eating only French food and using French-made products exclusively. Carle says he was inspired […]
Cheating Husband Asks for 10,000 Facebook Likes to Win Wife’s Forgiveness
A thousand roses, boxes of chocolates, diamond necklaces, expensive shoes and cars. These are just some of the many ways men have tried to earn their spouses’ forgiveness after having cheated on them. Meet Ivan Lewis, the cheater, and Sonya Gore, the mastermind behind her husband’s unique and very public display of affection. Lewis and […]
Meet the Guy Who Makes a Living by Cuddling with Strangers
We are living in an era of technology when direct human interaction is becoming more and more infrequent. If it weren’t for their jobs, many people wouldn’t even interact with others every day, relying solely on social networks, email, and text messaging services. But human interaction is not only about communicating messages; it is also […]
Chinese Car-Accident Victim Has New Nose Grown on His Forehead
Meet 22-year-old Xiaolian. He is not wearing some bizarre special effects makeup, that is actually a real nose growing on his forehead. As strange as it looks, this is apparently a pretty common nose reconstruction technique. No too long ago, Xiaolian was involved in a car accident that damaged his nose. After he refused medical treatment, […]
This Young Journalist Is Earning Her Engagement Ring by Making 300 Sandwiches for Her Boyfriend
New York Post journalist, Stephanie Smith, truly believes the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. After her boyfriend told her she is 300 sandwiches away from an engagement ring, Stephanie got cooking and started a blog to document her progress. She is currently at sandwich #176. Stephanie says her relationship to her […]
Man Spends $65,000 on Macabre World Tour of Celebrity Graves
For most people, an ideal holiday involves gorgeous natural surroundings, famous landmarks and fun activities, but for 38-year-old Mark Dabbs the perfect vacation is all about visiting celebrity graves. So far he has spent around £40,000 ($65,000) traveling across six continents and visiting the final resting places of over 200 famous people. From the grave of […]
Woman Cancels Wedding, Her Parents Decide to Hold It Anyway to Feed the Homeless
After their daughter cancelled her nuptials just 40 days before the big event, Carol and Willie Fowler decided not to let the upscale meal they had planned for her wedding go to waste, so they went ahead with it, albeit with a new list of guests. On September 15, two hundred of Atlanta’s homeless were […]
Man Swims over 2 Kilometers All Tied Up in a Bag
Jane Petkov, a 59-year-old Bulgarian man, tried to set a new Guinness record by swimming across a lake while wrapped in a bag with his arms and legs tied up. Known as “amphibian man” in his native country, Petkov says he relies on concentration and a special breathing technique to pull off the amazing feat. […]
Photo of Heavily Pregnant Woman Weightlifting Sparks Online Controversy
35-year-old Lea-Ann Ellison, from Los Angeles, has managed to start an online storm after a photo showing the eight-and-a-half-month pregnant woman lifting what seem like heavy weights was posted on Facebook. Heavily pregnant Lea-Ann Ellison doesn’t believe in taking it easy ahead of the big day. Instead she is following an intense fitness regime designed […]
Robinson Crusoe 2.0: French Entrepreneur to Run Business from Uninhabited Island for 40 Days
French businessman Gauthier Toulemonde plans to isolate himself on an uninhabited island in Indonesia for 40 days and run his company via solar and wind-powered computers and satellite phones. Fascinated by the novels of Jules Verne and the expeditions of famous explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, during his childhood days, Gauthier Toulemonde always dreamed of going on […]
Modern-Day Pharaoh: Brazilian Businessman Wants to Take Prized Bentley with Him to the Grave
They say you can’t take your worldly possessions with you when you die, but a Brazilian businessman is going to try. Following the example of Egyptian pharaohs, Count Chiquinho Scarpa decided to bury his prizes Bentley Continental in his back yard, so he can enjoy driving it in the afterlife. 62-year-old Count Scarpa, a quirky […]