Pest Control Company Will Pay You $2,000 to Let It Release 100 Cockroaches Into Your Home
A North Carolina pest control company is offering to pay homeowners $2,000 if they agree to let it release 100 American cockroaches into their households so it can test a new extermination technique. If you live in the continental United States and want to make a quick couple of grand, go to The Pest Informer […]
Ram Allegedly Sentenced to Three Years Behind Bars for Hitting and Killing a Person
Authorities in the African country of Sudan have allegedly sentenced a ram to three years in prison for hitting and killing an old woman. If humans had to go to prison every time they killed a goat, we would have to build so many more prisons, but when the roles are reversed for a change […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Indian Couple Sue Son for $650,000 for Not Giving Them a Grandchild
A couple in the Indian state of Uttarakhand has taken their son to court, asking him to either pay back the $650,000 they claim to have invested in him or give them a grandchild within a year. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad filed a highly unusual lawsuit against their own son on the grounds of “mental […]
Woman Allegedly Comes Back to Life During Her Own Funeral
Dozens of people taking part in a funeral in Peru were left shocked after the woman being laid to rest allegedly started banging on the casket from the inside. Late last month, Rosa Isabel Cespedes Callaca, a 36-year-old woman from Lambayeque, Peru, her brother-in-law, and three of her nephews were involved in a serious car […]
US Family in Israel Try to Take Unexploded Bomb Shell Home as Souvenir
An American family caused quite the scare at Israel’s main international airport last week after presenting an unexploded bomb shell as a souvenir at a security check. Passengers at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv suffered the fright of their lives last Thursday, when a U.S. family casually presented an unexploded ordinance at a security […]
Capsule Machine In Japan Dispenses Faces of Strangers
An unusual capsule machine in Shinjuku, Tokyo has been getting a lot of attention on social media for dispensing ID photos of total strangers for 300 yen ($2.30). Gachapon capsule toys are really popular in Japan, so popular that you can find them virtually everywhere, dispensing all kinds of collectibles, from small action figures and […]
Boss Asks Employees to Send Him Screenshot of Phone Battery Usage Before Leaving Work
The boss of a small company in Wuhan, China, recently sparked controversy online after it became known that he asks employees to send him screenshots of their phone battery usage before leaving work. Convinced that the poor performance of his company in recent months was somehow related to how much time employees spend on their […]
Undocumented Immigrant Wins $270,000 From Lottery Scratchcard, Can’t Claim It
Imagine going from having nothing to your name to winning over a quarter of a million dollars only to be unable to claim it due to a lack of ID. That’s exactly the problem an Algerian undocumented immigrant in Belgium is facing right now. A few ago, the lottery winner, whose name has not been […]
Kentucky Man Fired for Reacting Poorly to His Own Surprise Birthday Party
A Kentucky man won $450,000 in a lawsuit against his former employer who allegedly fired him for having a panic attack and leaving his own surprise birthday party. Kevin Berling suffers from an anxiety disorder that causes him to suffer panic attacks whenever he is the center of attention in a large group of people. […]
Meet Ragnar Kavurson, the Bosnian “Vikings” Fan Who Lives Like a Northman
Stipe Petic, a 57-year-old Bosnian man with no nordic background, was so impressed by the ‘Vikings’ TV series that he started calling himself Ragnar Kavurson and making axes for a living. The Bosnian Ragnar claims that his fascination with Viking culture started with a binge-watching session of History’s hit series, ‘Vikings’. Coming back to his […]
Man Vividly Remembers Past Life as WWI Pilot
A UK man claims that a hypnosis session triggered vivid memories of his past life as an airplane photographer and gunner during World War One. Steve Mulligan was born in 1961, in the city of Manchester, but also has very clear memories of growing up in Llandudno, Wales, in the beginning of the 20th century. […]
4 Places Where Dying Is Not Allowed
When something as natural and inevitable as death is banned, it does seem a tad illogical. You would be surprised to know that there actually are quite a few places on Earth where death has been forbidden, and deemed illegal. In fact, it seems that this is actually an age-old practice; the earliest known instance […]