Catholic Priest Resigns After Church Declares His Baptisms Invalid Due to a Single Wrong Word
A Catholic priest who has performed thousands of baptisms over the last two decades recently resigned after learning that they are all invalid, because of a simple mistake. Father Andres Arango recently resigned as a priest from St. Gregory’s Catholic Parish in Phoenix, Arizona, after a 25-year career. He stood accused of botching thousands of […]
Pregnant Woman Has Nail Hammered Into Her Head to Guarantee Baby Boy
A so-called faith healer in Pakistan convinced a pregnant woman that she would give birth to a baby boy if she had a metal nail hammered into her skull. Doctors at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar were shocked when they examined the head of a pregnant woman who claimed to have a two-inch-long nail […]
Finally! Scientists Find Way of Making Non-Alcoholic Beer Taste Just Like the Real Thing
It’s no secret that non-alcoholic beer tastes much worse than regular lager, but scientists in Denmark now claim to have developed a way of making it taste just as satisfying. When making alcohol-free beer, either by heating it up or by minimizing fermentation, what is lost is the complex aroma of the hops. However, after […]
Gold-Obsessed Man Wears Up to Two Kilograms of Jewelry, Drives Gold-Plated Car
A 39-year-old Vietnamese man recently went viral because of his obsession with gold, wearing kilograms of jewelry around his neck and on his hands, and driving gold-plated cars and motorcycles. Tran Duc Loi, an entrepreneur from Vietnam’s An Giang province has been getting a lot of attention in his home country because of his fascination […]
Chinese Border Patrols Rely on Geese to Keep Illegal Immigrants at Bay
For over half a year now, border control points in Longzhou County, along China’s border with Vietnam have been using geese as part of their arsenal of detecting and apprehending illegal immigrants. As part of China’s strategy to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the country has taken a very hard stance on illegal immigration, with […]
Turkish Man Credited for Turning Barren Hill into Thriving Forest
Hikmet Kaya, a retired forest technician from Turkey, is being praised as the main driving force behind an impressive ecological achievement – turning a barren hill in Sinop city into a green oasis of million trees. During his 24-year tenure as Head of Afforestation at Boyabat Forestry Operations Department in Sinop’s Boyabat district, Hikmet Kaya […]
Man With World’s Most Insect Tattoos on His Body Actually Hates Bugs
Michael Amoia, a music producer and entrepreneur from New York, recently set a new world record for the most insects tattooed on his body, a whopping 864. But just because he has a giant centipede covering most of his front torso, and a menacing scorpion inked on the right side of his face does not […]
Turkish Man Has Been Testing Positive for Covid-19 for Fourteen Months
A 56-year-old man from Turkey has spent the last fourteen months of his life in isolation, testing positive for Covid-19 no less than 78 times ever since becoming infected in November of 2020. Muzaffer Kayasan from Turkey has been confined to hospitals and his own home for over a year, and is desperately looking for […]
Pastor Burns ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Twilight Books’ to Fight Demonic Influences
During a live-streamed event last week, a controversial Tennessee pastor burned tens of fantasy books, including Harry Potter and Twilight, in an alleged attempt to fight “demonic influences”. Pastor Greg Locke of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, near Nashville, began his sermon last Wednesday by telling his congregation that he had received […]
Wanted “Galician Rambo” Hid in Spanish Forests for Almost a Year
A wanted prison escapee dubbed the “Galician Rambo” eluded capture by hiding in the forests of Galicia since March of 2021. Alfredo Sánchez Chacón, a Spanish ex-military and survival expert, was sentenced to hard time in prison for shooting and killing a 24-year-old man in 1996. Back then, authorities spent months combing the forests of […]
Kosk – South Korea’s Controversial Nose-Only Face Mask
A new type of South Korean face mask that only covers the wearer’s nose has been getting a lot of attention from the western press lately. Called ‘kosk” – a combination of ‘ko’, the Korean word for nose, and ‘mask’ – the unusual face mask sold by South Korean company Atman consists of two parts, […]
Man Changes Gender So He Can Legally Retire and Receive Pension a Year Earlier
Thanks to a new law, a Swiss man was able to change to officially change his gender so he could retire and receive his pension a year earlier. On January 1st, 2022, a new law came into effect in Switzerland, one that allows any Swiss resident with the “intimate conviction” that they do not belong […]
Chinese Company Names AI-Powered Debt Collector Employee of the Year
Chinese real-estate giant Vanke Group recently sparked controversy after naming its advanced AI-powered debt collector its employee of the year for 2021. Looking at a picture of Cui Xiaopan, Vanke Group’s employee of 2021, you’d think she was a woman in her 20s with a very determined look on her face, but in reality, she […]
Man Suffering From Severe Headaches Lived With Bullet in His Skull for 20 Years
A young Chinese man who had been experiencing severe headaches lately was shocked to learn that he had been living with a bullet in the left side of his skull for about two decades. Xiao Chen (pseudonym), a 28-year-old man from Shenzen, had been suffering from random headaches for as long as he could remember, […]
Heavy Soot Pollution Causes Snow in Russian Region to Turn Black
Residents of several villages in Russia’s Magadan region have recently reported black snow caused by the soot produced by an outdated, coal-powered water-heating plant. In Omsukchan and neighboring Seimchan, two villages in the Siberian far east, snow doesn’t always look the way you’d expect. In fact, sometimes it’s quite the opposite. Instead of an immaculate […]