Mountain Climber Criticized for Refusing to Pay Sherpa Who Found Her Unconscious on Everest
A Chinese mountain climber recently sparked controversy after reportedly refusing to pay the $10,000 resue fee of the sherpa who found her unconscious on Mount Everest. On May 18, while making the climb up Mount Everest, Chinese mountain climber Fan Jiangtao stumbled upon an unconscious woman in her 50s. An experienced mountain climber herself, the […]
World’s First Unchewable Flip-Flops Could Save Your Dog’s Life
Created by Brazilian flip-flop brand Brizza, in collaboration with Pedigree and advertising agency Mirum Brazil, the world’s first unchewable flip-flops are made with the most bitter substance known to man. Dogs’ love for chewing footwear is well documented. Pups do it to release pain as their teeth grow, other dogs do it out of boredom […]
Student Finds Rat Head in School Lunch, School Insists It’s a Duck
A scandal known as ‘Rat Head Gate’ has been getting a lot of attention on Chinese social media after a student found what looks like a rat head in their cafeteria meal. The school claims it’s actually a duck head. The incident reportedly occurred last week at the cafeteria of the Jiangxi Vocational Technical College […]
Real-Life Groundhog Day – Rare Condition Causes Man to Live the Same Day on Repeat
A rare condition called déjà vécu has been causing an 80-year-old man to perceive every event in his life as a previous experience, similar to the time loop described in the movie Groundhog Day. Can you imagine watching TV and seeing the same thing over and over again, or trying to read a new book […]
The Curious Case of Mexico’s Fainting Students
Mexican authorities are still struggling to find answers to the seemingly unexplained fainting of hundreds of middle school students all over the country in the fall of last year. On September 23, 2022, 12 students (11 girls and 1 boy) at the Federal 1 public secondary school in Tapachula, Mexico spontaneously collapsed in their classrooms, […]
Angry Locals Lift Up Newly-Laid Asphalt Road to Prove It’s Actually Just a Carpet
Locals in the Indian state of Maharashtra were shocked to discover that their newly-laid road was actually just a carpet with a thin layer of asphalt poured over it. According to the Lokmat Times, the people of Karjat-Hast Pokhari, a village in Maharashtra’s Jalna district, had long been pleading with elected representatives to rebuild their […]
Company Develops Technology to Distil Pig Blood into Drinkable Water
A Belgian company has developed a water processing installation that allows it to convert pig’s blood into water fit for human consumption. Based in Zwevezele, West Flanders, Veos specializes in producing animal proteins for the food industry by processing animal blood and collagen into high-quality protein powder used in human and animal food products. Until […]
Man Eats McDonald’s Three Times a Day for 100 Days, Loses 60 Pounds
A 57-year-old Nashville man claims that he has managed to lose 60 lbs (27kg) of body weight by eating McDonald’s fast food three times a day for 100 days straight. If you’re trying to lose weight, fast food is probably the first thing you cut out, but one Nashville grandfather’s dieting experiment will probably make […]
Company Locks Employees Inside Office Building to Prevent Them from Leaving
An Indian IT company recently sparked outrage online after it was reported that one of its managers ordered the exit of the office building padlocked to prevent employees from leaving without his permission. A video of a security worker using heavy chains and large padlocks to seal off the exit of the Coding Ninjas office […]
19-Year-Old Pregnant ‘Virgin’ Claims She Was Impregnated by ‘Evil Spirit’
A 19-year-old Colombian pregnant woman who claims to have never been intimate with a man insists that she was impregnated by an ‘evil spirit’. The young woman recently sparked controversy on Latino social media after telling TV Malambo, a local media outlet in Colombia, that she believes she was impregnated by a supernatural force. The […]
Doctor Fired for Prescribing Ice Cream and Video Games to a Child with a Sore Throat
A Brazilian doctor recently lost his job after allegedly prescribing chocolate ice cream and video games to a 9-year-old with a sore throat and flu-like symptoms. On May 18th, Priscila da Silva Ramos, a 37-year-old mother from Osasco, in Greater São Paulo, took her 9-year-old child for a checkup at a state-owned clinic, after he […]
Japanese Man Eats Deadly Jellyfish, Lives to Tell the Tale
A Japanese YouTuber recently sparked controversy by posting a video of himself cooking and eating a broth made with dozens of man-o-war jellyfish for his over one million subscribers. Popular Japanese YouTuber ‘homosapi’ (ホモサピ) has been criticized as irresponsible for trivializing the cooking and consumption of one of the most dangerous marine organisms in the […]
Evil Pastor Made Followers Starve Themselves to Death to “Meet Jesus”
Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, a former taxi driver turned religious leader, has been accused of convincing hundreds of followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus. For the past several months, Kenya has been rocked by macabre revelations about the dealings of Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, a cult leader suspected of orchestrating the deaths […]
Indian Official Drains Entire Reservoir to Recover Phone Dropped in Water
A Government official in India has been suspended after reportedly ordering an entire water reservoir to be drained just so he could recover the smartphone he had accidentally dropped into it. Rajesh Vishwas, a 32-year-old food inspector in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, has become the talk of Indian social media because of his involvement in an […]
Russian Café Breaks the Internet with Breast Milk Lattes
A cafe in the Russian city of Perm has been getting a lot of attention after announcing plans to introduce a controversial breast milk-infused latte on its menu. Perm-based cafe chain Coffee Smile has been the talk of the Russian internet over the past week after announcing intentions to use real human breast milk as […]