Japanese Man Grows Banana Trees in the Middle of City Road for Two Years
A Japanese man planted three banana trees in the median strip of a major road in Kurume City and watered them daily for two years before anyone noticed their existence. A 50-something man from Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, was recently ordered to remove three banana trees he had illegally planted and cared for in the […]
Devotees Allow Themselves to Be Trampled by Cattle in Bizarre Ritual
As part of a post-Diwali celebration in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhidavad village, brave men lie on the ground and allow themselves to be trampled by dozens of cattle in the name of religion. The festival of Diwali is marked with various rituals and traditions across India, but none quite as bizarre as the custom of one […]
Mother Stages 2-Year-Old Son’s Kidnapping to Get Ransom From His Father
A Colombian mother is being accused of staging her own toddler son’s kidnapping along with several accomplices in order to get ransom money from the boy’s father. On Sunday evening, November 12th, the news of a young boy kidnapped in Caribe Verde, south of Barranquilla, Colombia, started spreading like wildfire. The 2-year-old had apparently been […]
Man Tries to Take His Own Life After Becoming Convinced He Had Cancer by Doing Online Research
A Romanian man was recently saved by doctors after cutting his wrist with an angle grinder because he was convinced he had colon cancer by simply reading about his symptoms online. The bizarre incident took place on Saturday, in the Romanian city of Botosani. The unnamed man had been depressed about colon pain he had […]
Obese Convicted Killer Released from Prison Because He Can’t Diet Behind Bars
An Italian man who was serving 30 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend was recently released from prison because judges ruled that prison food didn’t allow him to go on a diet behind bars. In 2017, Dimitri Fricano was arrested for killing his girlfriend, Erika, during a heated argument, while they were vacationing in […]
Running-Obsessed Dad Locks Child in Car for Five Hours to Participate in Marathon
A recently divorced woman denounced her husband’s obsession with running, claiming that he once left their 5-year-old daughter locked in a car for hours so he could run a marathon. In an angry post on Chinese social media, Zhao, a woman living in southern China’s Hunan province, said that her former husband’s obsession with running […]
Wedding Photo Shredding Business Proves Big Hit in China
An offline business in China’s Shandong Province has been getting attention for offering divorcing couples the chance to destroy their wedding pictures in a cheap and effective way. Tearing up wedding photos after a failed marriage isn’t as easy as it sounds in China, a country where it’s customary to immortalize wedding stills on tough […]
199 Members! The World’s Largest Family Lives Under One Roof
The village of Baktawng, in India’s north-eastern state of Mizoram, is home to the world’s largest known family, 199 people who live under the same roof in a giant building. Pu Ziona was the patriarch of what was generally regarded as the world’s largest family – 38 wives, 89 children, and 36 children. Ziona passed […]
Street Cleaner Becomes Professional Ballet Dancer at 63, Is Living His Best Life
A 63-year-old Chinese man who only started learning ballet a decade ago has gone viral on social media as a living example that you are never too old to follow your dreams. Liu Ziqing has been a fan of ballet for as long as he can remember. He fell in love with it as a […]
Meet Aitana, the AI-Created Instagram Fitness Model Making Thousands of Dollars a Month
Aitana Lopez, aka Fit Aitana, has only been on Instagram for four months, but she already has over 110,000 followers and generates over $4,000 in monthly revenue. Not bad for someone who doesn’t exist. Virtual models have been around for a few years now, and the advent of artificial intelligence has only made them more […]
Man Becomes TikTok Star by Posing as a Doctor in an Actual Hospital
Matthew Lani, a young South African man with over 3oo,000 followers on TikTok, was recently arrested for allegedly posing as a doctor and sharing medical advice without having any medical experience. 27-year-old Matthew Bogani Lani rose to internet fame when he started claiming that he was one of the youngest doctors in South Africa. He […]
Angry Man Holds Plumber at Gunpoint Because His Quote Was Downright ‘Robbery’
A Spanish man from the city of Malaga was recently arrested after reportedly holding a plumber at gunpoint because he asked for too much money to fix a broken water pipe. On November 4th, when the unnamed plumber received a call from a man asking for help with a broken water pipe in his home, […]
Miracle Drink Promises to Cut Blood Alcohol Level in Half in Just 30 Minutes
Safety Shot, a new blood alcohol detox drink set to launch later this year, promises to reduce blood alcohol content in less than an hour after consumption and make hangovers a thing of the past. The global market for hangover cures is growing faster than ever, with experts predicting that it will exceed $6 billion […]
Food Vlogger Sparks Outrage by Skinning, Gutting and Cooking Alligator for Views
A Chinese food vlogger found herself at the center of a social media storm after she posted a controversial video of herself killing, deboning, and cooking a 90 kg alligator. Nowadays people do all sorts of crazy, controversial things on camera for attention, from eating tapeworm-infested fish to crashing small airplanes, but most of them […]
Man Lives Unnoticed Under Shopping Mall Staircase for Half a Year
Security guards at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China recently discovered a young man who had allegedly been living comfortably under a staircase for over six months. Shopping malls are busy places, so keeping an eye on every suspicious-looking individual can be challenging even for the most attentive security guards, but failing to notice someone […]