Man Loses Job for Taking 6-Hour Toilet Breaks at Work
A Chinese man was fired by his employer for spending too much time in the toilet during work hours. The man reportedly took bathroom breaks of between 47 minutes and 6 hours. Chinese news media recently reported the bizarre case of an employee surnamed Wang who sued his employer for wrongful termination after being fired […]
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 […]
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 […]
Man Has Silver-Plated Grillz Stuck in His Lung After Accidentally Swallowing Them
A 22-year-old man from Wisconsin who started experiencing coughing and heavy wheezing after an epileptic seizure was shocked to find that his silver grillz had become stuck in one of his lungs. A case study recently published in the Cureus Medical Journal tells the story of an unnamed 22-year-old man who, after recovering from an […]
Ukrainian Boris Johnson Caught Drunk Driving in the Netherlands
Police in Groningen, the Netherlands, recently pulled over a driver who presented a rather unusual driver’s license, one issued by Ukraine to Boris Johnson, the former UK prime minister. Last Saturday, traffic police in Groningen spotted a car hitting a sidewalk post and casually continuing on its way. A police crew managed to pull over […]
Court Rules Company Was Wrong to Fire Electrician for Drinking on the Job
A Spanish court ruled that an electrical company was wrong to fire one of its electricians for allegedly drinking more than three liters of beer on the job because it couldn’t prove he was drunk. Drinking alcohol during work hours is usually frowned upon and can constitute grounds for dismissal, but according to a high […]
Man Inserts magnets in Fingertips to Cheat at Dice Game
A Thai doctor recently shared photos of a patient’s hand and the magnetic plates he had embedded in his fingers to help him cheat at a popular dice game without raising suspicion. Dr. Wat Lun of the Wiwat X-ray Clinic-Lab in Chon Buri, Thailand, regularly shares photos of his medical cases on social media, but […]
Business Gets Robbed Twice in One Day, Once by Robbers, Then by Police
A travel agency in Argentina recently had the misfortune of being robbed twice in one day, once by a couple of aggressive robbers and then by the police officers that were supposed to catch the criminals, not copy them. Last Wednesday, two armed robbers entered the offices of a travel agency in Buenos Aires and […]
Man Casually Leaves Jail by Impersonating Sleeping Cellmate Due for Release
A bold inmate managed to nonchalantly walk out of the Southwest Washington jail on Monday by impersonating another man who was due for release that day. Brian Francisco Roman was in jail on a drug possession charge, but when he woke up Monday morning and heard a guard calling the name of a cellmate due […]
Couple Take Revenge on Airbnb Host by Using 120 Tonnes of Water
A Chinese couple visiting South Korea took revenge on the Airbnb host who refused to cancel their booking by using over 120 tonnes of water as well as thousands of dollars worth of gas, electricity and other utilities. A Seoul Airbnb owner recently experienced a nightmare scenario in which guests went out of their way […]
Drug Trafficker Pretends to Be Young Mother by Dressing Cat in Infant’s Clothes
Police in Russia recently arrested a woman who reportedly dressed a cat in thick baby clothing in order to look like an innocent young mother and traffic dangerous drugs. It’s a well-documented fact that drug traffickers come up with all sorts of ingenious techniques to move their products undisturbed. We’ve written about drugs diluted in […]
11-Year-Old Boy Pedals 130 Km to Grandma’s House After Argument With His Mother
Chinese news media recently reported the story of an 11-year-old boy who rode his bicycle 130 kilometers (81 miles) in under 24 hours trying to reach his grandmother’s house after an argument with his mother. After getting into an argument with his mother, an 11-year-old boy from Hangzhou, China’s Zhejiang Province, got on his bike […]
Man Uses Burka Disguise to Participate in Women’s Chess Tournament
A Kenyan man recently made international news headlines after being caught taking part in a women’s chess tournament using a full burka as a disguise. In what is considered a first for the Kenyan Chess Federation, a disciplinary committee is currently debating the proper punishment for a male player who disguised himself as a Muslim […]
Japanese Cafe Fires Waitress for Mixing Her Own Blood in Cocktails
A young Japanese waitress has been accused of ‘borderline terrorism’ by her employers after it was discovered that she mixed her own blood into a patron’s cocktail. The Mondaiji Con Cafe Daku (Problem Child Dark Cafe) in Sapporo, Japan opened its doors for the first time on March 3rd. It hoped to attract patrons willing […]