Doctors-Only Dating Site Sparks Controversy
Medico Life Partner, an Indian dating site that only accepts doctors, recently sparked controversy online, with many claiming that it promotes classism. Ever wish you could find a significant life partner that shared your profession? Well, if you happen to be a doctor, you’re in luck! Medico Life Partner is an online matchmaking service that […]
International Team Creates Paper Plane Able to Glide Over 77 Meters
A trio of origami and paper plane building enthusiasts recently obliterated the world record for the farthest paper plane flight by achieving a jaw-dropping distance of 77.134 m (252 ft 7 in). On April 16, 2022, at an indoor sports venue in Daegu, South Korea, Kim Kyu Tae managed to shatter the world record for […]
Anime Fan Names Only Son ‘Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze’
A single dad in the Philippines recently made international news headlines after it was revealed that he named his only son after popular anime protagonist Naruto and his parents. Jamesey Bolivar Maribojo, a 29-year-old anime buff from Davao City in the Philippines, is a big fan of Naruto, the mischievous teen ninja whose adventures have […]
Electrician Cuts Village Power Repeatedly to Meet Girlfriend in Secret
An Indian man was recently ousted as the cause of frequent power outages in his native village, as he always cut the power in the entire settlement whenever he wanted to see his girlfriend. For weeks, the people of Ganeshpur, a small village in eastern Bihar’s Purnia district, had to put up with frequent power […]
Specialty Shop Charges You 80 Cents to Destroy Your Secret-Filled Hard Drive
Japan is home to a variety of weird shops, from ones offering magic love-granting apples to others selling hoof sandals, but when it comes to services, this hard-disk crushing shop definitely stands out. Dark Past Final Disposal Site is a unique shop where anyone can safely destroy their potentially sensitive digital data by crushing their […]
Chinese Man Builds Lavish $51,000 Mini-Mansion for Pet Dogs
A dog owner in Eastern China’s Jiangsu province spent the last three years and a whopping 340,000 yuan ($51,156) building a miniature mansion for his 10 pooches. Mr. Zhou, a 33-year-old businessman who made his money in the crayfish trade, started his pet project in 2019, soon after finishing another, much more modest abode for […]
Man Fulfills Dream of Living as a Dog With Ultra-Realistic Rough Collie Costume
A Japanese man who had always wanted to live as an animal managed to fulfill his dream thanks to a professional dog costume made by a company specializing in special effects and special modeling. Ever wanted to live as an animal? No? Well, Japanese Twitter user ‘Toco’ had been thinking about it for a while, […]
Real-Life Elastigirl Can Stretch Her Earlobes to Hold an Umbrella or a Selfie Stick
A Japanese woman has been compared to The Incredibles’ Elastigirl because of her ability to stretch her earlobes enough to wrap them around things like umbrellas or selfie sticks. Ayumi Takada, a 37-year-old woman from Tokyo, first noticed that her earlobes were super-elastic when she was in elementary school. It was a rainy day, and […]
People Are Getting Cosmetic Voice Surgery to Change the Way They Sound
Ever wish you had the deep voice of James Earl Jones? Well, maybe that’s an unattainable goal, but if you’re willing to go under the knife for a deeper or higher voice, there’s a surgeon in Turkey who can help. Dr Kursat Yelken has been performing voice deepening surgeries for 15 years and claims that […]
King of Gaokao – 55-Year-Old Man Fails to Get Into Dream College 25 Times, Is Still Trying
Despite failing the dreaded gaokao university entrance exam 25 times in a row, a 55-year-old man in China is still not giving up on his dream of attending college. At age 55, Liang Shi is the owner of a successful building materials company in Chengdu, the capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan province. He has enough […]
Impossible Rubik’s Cube Might Make Your Brain Explode
If you’re the type of person who struggles with the classic Rubik’s Cube, you should stay far away from this “impossible” version that recently went on sale in Japan. Designed by the wicked minds at Bandai Namco’s MegaHouse Co., the Rubik’s Cube Impossible is being marketed as the most challenging variant of the popular toy […]
Indian Woman Lived Disguised as a Man for 36 Years to Raise Child Alone
After losing her husband to a heart attack, an Indian woman spent 39 years pretending to be a man so she could raise her daughter alone in a patriarchal society. S Petchiammal had only been married for 15 days when her husband succumbed to a massive heart attack. She was 20 years old at the […]
Clive Wearing – The Man With a 30-Second Memory
Clive Wearing, once an accomplished musicologist and orchestra conductor, is now known as the man with the 30-second memory, and for having one of the worst cases of amnesia ever recorded. Can you imagine being unable to remember most of your life or to make any kind of new memories? Most of us can’t even […]
Mom Draws Criticism for Giving One-Year-Old Son Realistic Temporary Tattoos
A young Florida fashion designer and tattoo-loving mother-of-one has been getting a lot of the online for covering her one-year-old son in hyperrealistic temporary tattoos. 29-year-old Shamekia Morris, a fashion designer from West Palm Beach, started putting temporary tattoos on her son Treylin when he was only six months old, and it has since become […]
True Romantic – Man Proposes to Girlfriend at Her Father’s Funeral
A South African man recently sparked controversy in his home country for proposing to his girlfriend during her father’s funeral. When it comes to marriage proposals, location and timing are everything, and it’s fair to say that funerals aren’t exactly the perfect place to pop the big question. But that didn’t stop one South African […]