Bus Driver with Three Decades of Service Loses $84,000 Pension for Stealing $7
A Japanese bus driver with 29 years of experience on the job lost his $84,000 retirement package after being caught stealing $7 in passenger bus fares. In 2022, while checking dashcam footage, members of the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau spotted one of the Japanese city’s bus drivers pocketing a 1,000-yen bill, instead of putting it […]
80-Year-Old Woman Falls from Sixth Floor Apartment, Survives Unscathed
An 80-year-old woman from Yekaterinburg, Russia, can call herself lucky to be alive after falling from the window of her sixth-floor apartment and landing on top of a parked car. The accident occurred last Thursday, as the unnamed octogenarian was cleaning the windows of her apartment. A single moment of carelessness was enough to send […]
Holy Water From Ethiopian Well Almost Causes Cholera Outbreak in Europe
At least seven cases of cholera in Germany and the UK have been linked to the use of water from a popular “holy well” in Ethiopia, which happened to be contaminated with Vibrio Cholerae bacteria. In February of this year, European authorities were on high alert regarding a cholera outbreak after three people in Germany […]
US-China Tariff War Causes Spike in Sales of Trump Toilet Brush
A Chinese-made toilet brush designed as a parody of American President Donald Trump has seen a massive spike in domestic sales as a result of the tit-for-tat tariff war between China and the US. The yellow Trump toilet brush isn’t new. It dates back to the US President’s first term in office, when Chinese factories […]
Man Makes Up Bomb Threat to Prevent Girlfriend from Leaving on Exotic Cruise Without Him
A Michigan teen was recently convicted to eight months in prison for reporting a false bomb threat on a cruise ship to prevent his girlfriend from going on a cruise without him. In January 2024, a few minutes after the Carnival Sunrise cruise ship left the port of Miami, Florida, for Jamaica, Carnival Cruise Lines […]
Woman Fakes Muteness for 16 Years to Collect Disability Pension
A Spanish woman who had been claiming disability pension for an inability to speak following a work-related incident 16 years ago has been exposed as a fraud by a private detective. In 2003, a woman working at a supermarket in Andalucia, Spain, was attacked by a customer. Following the traumatic incident, she was diagnosed with […]
Mysterious Goats Survive Over 200 Years on Isolated Island with No Fresh Water
Scientists are trying to understand how a herd of goats not only survived but thrived on an isolated island in northeastern Brazil for over two centuries without any known fresh water source. It’s not clear how exactly the goats originally wound up on Santa Bárbara, one of the five volcanic islands that make up the Abrolhos […]
Groom Elopes with His Soon-to-Be Mother-in-Law Just 9 Days Before His Wedding
A 20-year-old Indian man is accused of having eloped with his 40-year-old soon-to-be mother-in-law only 9 days before his wedding. Rahul and Shivani, a young couple from Aligarh, in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, were all set to be married on April 16. Invitations had been sent out, relatives had confirmed their attendance, but just 9 […]
Granny Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Hitting Granddaughter on the Arm with a Slipper
An 80-year-old woman in Turkey risks spending over 4 years behind bars for hitting her 18-year-old granddaughter on the arm with a house slipper during an argument. Asiye Kaytan lives with her granddaughter, Vural, in the Topraklık neighborhood of Denizli, in Southwestern Turkey. Ever since the girl’s parents split up, the 80-year-old woman has been […]
Man Develops Fungal Lung Infection Due to Dirty Sock Smelling Habit
A Chinese man who had developed a habit of smelling his dirty socks after wearing them for a whole day has been diagnosed with fungal lung infection. A middle-aged office worker from Chonqing, whose name was not revealed by the media, was recently admitted to the Southwest Hospital of the Army Medical University with a […]
Father-Son Duo Defrauds 100 Restaurants in 3 Years Using the Same Technique
A 48-year-old man and his son, 18, were recently arrested for reportedly defrauding around 100 restaurants in France’s Toulon region in the last 3 years, using a very well thought-out tactic. Skipping out on the bill at a restaurant isn’t exactly unusual, but doing so about 100 times in a span of 3 years definitely […]
Man Keeps Getting Evicted from Rented Apartments Because of Pet Buffalo Calf
A Chinese man has already been evicted from rented apartments twice this year because of his unusual pet – a gentle black buffalo calf. Mr. Chen, a 30-year-old retired boxer who currently works as a part-time fitness and boxing coach from Foshan, China’s Guangdong Province, has become an overnight celebrity because of his unusual house […]
“Monster” Hiding Under Kansas Child’s Bed Turns Out to Be Real
A Kansas babysitter got the shock of her life when she tried to show a child that there was no “monster” under their bed, only to find a complete stranger hiding there. It sounds like a cheap scare right out of a horror movie, but it happened just a few days ago in Kansas. A […]
Shop Named “My Wife Is a Sow” Raises Eyebrows in France
A small delicatessen shop in Cannes, France, has been making international news headlines because of its controversial name – ‘Ma femme est une cochonne’ (My Wife Is a Sow). Ever since it opened in mid-January, Ma femme est une cochonne, a delicatessen shop in Cannes, has been getting a lot of attention because of its […]
Woman Lives in Workplace Toilet to Save Money on Rent
A young Chinese woman went viral on social media after showing off her unusual home – a 6-square-foot toilet at her workplace for which she pays just 50 yuan ($7). Everyone tries to save money on rent, but how many of us would be willing to sleep in an actual toilet to do it? One […]