Woman Quits Job After Just 1 of 70 Coworkers Attend Her Wedding
A young Chinese woman allegedly quit her job of five years after being disappointed that only one of the seventy coworkers she invited to her wedding actually attended. Chinese news outlet ETtoday recently featured the unusual story of a young woman who took to social media to complain about being humiliated by her coworkers on […]
Man Ordered to Pay Ex-Girlfriend $1,150 After Urinating in Her Louis Vuitton Handbag
A South Korean civil court recently ordered a 31-year-old man to pay his ex-girlfriend 1.5 million won ($1,150) as damages for urinating in her designer handbag. This bizarre story dates back to last October, when the defendant in this case, a 31-year-old man from Seoul, South Korea, whose identity has not been revealed, for privacy […]
Couple in Their 70s Have First Baby After 54 Years of Marriage
A couple of septuagenarians from India’s Rajasthan state recently welcomed their first baby after 54 years of marriage, which makes them one of the oldest couples in history to ever have a baby. 75-year-old Gopichand and his 70-year-old wife Chandravati, had long been trying to have a baby, but their dream never came true. For […]
Innovative Myopia-Curing Glasses Go On Sale for a Mere $5,700
Kubota Glass, an allegedly revolutionary pair of glasses capable of curing people of myopia, aka nearsightedness, has recently gone on sale in Japan for a whopping $5,700. We originally wrote about Kubota Glass in January of 2021, when Kubota Pharmaceutical first announced that it had come up with a non-invasive way of reversing the effects […]
Teen Girl Injects Herself with HIV-Positive Boyfriend’s Blood “To Prove Her Love”
A 15-year-old girl in India allegedly came up with a bizarre way of proving her love to her HIV-positive boyfriend – injecting herself with his blood. Ah, the things we do for love… Are sometimes pretty darn stupid and dangerous. Take this bizarre story for a teenage girl from India’s Assam state, who apparently decided […]
Woman Sues Co-Worker for Breaking Her Ribs by Hugging Her Too Hard
A Chinese woman recently took a work colleague to court, after they allegedly broke three of her ribs by hugging her too hard. This bizarre story started back in May of 2021, when the plaintiff, a woman from Yueyang city, in China’s Hunan province, was chatting with a colleague at her workplace. At one point, […]
Football Player Asks Brother to Stand In for Him on Wedding Day Because of a Match
Mohamed Buya Turay, a striker for Swedish football club Malmö FC couldn’t attend his own wedding in Sierra Leone because of a match, so he asked his brother to stand in for him on the big day. Last month, 26-year-old footballer Mohamed Buya Turay decided leave the Chinese league and sign with major Swedish club […]
Thai Woman Allegedly Hires ‘Presentable’ Mistress For Her Husband
A 44-year-old married woman sparked controversy in Thailand after allegedly posting a job ad seeking “presentable and educated” women to fill the position of mistress for her husband. Speaking out of her Bangkok apartment, the woman, identified as Pattheema Chamnan, recently said that she hasn’t been sleeping with her husband for a while, which makes […]
Walk on Beer With These Limited-Edition Sneakers With Beer-Filled Soles
Dutch beer company Heineken recently teamed up with sneaker designer and customizer Dominic Ciambone, aka The Shoe Surgeon, to create a special sneaker with beer-filled soles. To celebrate the launch of Heineken’s newest product, Heineken Silver, the Dutch brewer commissioned The Shoe Surgeon to create a sneaker that embodied the identity of their smooth, easy-to-drink […]
Sing Like a Pro With Japan’s Weirdest Karaoke Training Device Yet
If you love karaoke, but can never hit the right notes of your favorite songs, don’t despair! Apparently, all you need to do is use a weird karaoke training device for just three minutes per day, and you’re all set. Karaoke is really big in Japan. Few people know that the pastime enjoyed internationally by […]
The World’s Most Expensive Yacht Allegedly Costs $4.8 Billion, But No One Has Ever Seen It
History Supreme, a super-yacht commissioned by a mysterious Malaysian billionaire and designed by controversial artist Stuart Hughes, is considered the world’s most expensive yacht, but most don’t even believe it exists. The story of History Supreme is one of the weirdest we’ve ever covered here on Oddity Central. It originally made news headlines over a […]
Man Steals So he Can Get Arrested Because He Can’t Afford to Be Free
A 60-year-old man in Thailand recently caused shockwaves throughout the island nation after he stole from a pharmacy so he would get arrested and go to jail because he was too poor to make ends meet. The unusual incident reportedly happened in the afternoon of July 29, 2022 at a pharmacy in Chonburi province, south […]
China’s “Mistress Persuading Master” Specializes in Convincing Mistresses to End Their Affairs
Wang Zhenxi, a young woman from Luoyang, Henan Province, is known as one of China’s premier “mistress persuading teachers”, professionals who convince mistresses to end their affairs with married men. Extramarital affairs are frowned upon in virtually all cultures around the world, but China is perhaps the only country in the world to have not […]
Indian Man Has Not Bathed in 22 Years
A 62-year-old man from Bihar, India has been getting a lot of attention in his home country after it was revealed that he has not taken a bath in over two decades. Dharamdev Ram is famous in his home village of Baikunthpur. Everybody knows that he hasn’t taken a bath or even a quick shower […]
Fired Construction Worker Uses Excavator to Destroy Luxury Homes
A disgruntled excavator operator who allegedly got fired by their employer recently took revenge by destroying several luxury homes in Ontario’s exclusive Muskoka Marina. A 59-year-old man has been charged with mischief and slapped with a $5,000 fine after a viral video circulating online showed him using an excavator to severely damage several properties in […]