Civil Servant Gets Prison Time for Unlawfully Cashing Salary for 10 Years Without Going to Work
A Kuwaiti civil servant was recently sentenced to 5 years behind bars after receiving a salary for a decade without actually doing any work.
Viral Social Media Post Leads to Farmers’ Pepper Fields Getting Looted En Masse
A number of chili pepper farmers in Shaanxi, China, saw their fields looted by complete strangers after a viral social media post claimed that the chilies were free for the picking.
Fitness Influencer Dies After Consuming up to 10,000 Calories Per Day
A Russian fitness influencer tragically lost his life during an extreme challenge to quickly gain 50 pounds so he could then demonstrate the effectiveness of his weight-loss routine.
Man Finds His Car Stuffed with Over 40 Pounds of Hazelnuts
Mr. Wang, a motorist from Jixi City, China’s Heilongjiang Province, had long been hearing strange rattling noises from under the hood of his car, but even though they had gotten worse over time, he never bothered to have them checked. It wasn’t until last week that he noticed the car’s heating system appeared to be […]
Man Disguises Himself As His Deceased Mother to Continue Collecting Her Pension
An Italian man stands accused of pension fraud after being caught disguised as his deceased mother while trying to renew her ID card so he could continue collecting her pension.
French Octogenarian Takes Wrong Turn While Driving to Doctor’s Office, Ends Up 1,000 Miles Away in Another Country
An 85-year-old French man with no history of cognitive impairment or orientation problems got so confused by his GPS while driving to his doctor’s office that he ended up driving 1,500 km to a country that doesn’t even border France.
Man Discovers That Newly Bought Luxury SUV Has Wooden Break Pads
A German man was shocked to find that the used Mercedes GLE he had recently bought at an auction was equipped with wooden brake pads that offered almost no braking power.
Tech Entrepreneur Finances Wedding by Selling Advertisements on His Suit Jacket
A broke Frenchman was able to cover the cost of his wedding by selling advertisements on his tuxedo jacket to 26 startups and becoming a human billboard.
Factory Worker Receives All His Colleagues’ Salaries by Mistake, Refuses to Return Any Money
A factory worker in Khanty-Mansiysk,, Russia, is being sued by his company for refusing to return over 7 million rubles ($87,000) he was wired by mistake due to a software glitch. When he received a notification from his banking app at the beginning of this year, Vladimir Rychagov couldn’t believe his eyes. Apart from the […]
Woman Accuses Husband of Cheating after Paying Online Fortune-Teller
Police in Wuhu, China’s Anhui Province, recently mediated the bizarre marital dispute between a local man and his wife, who had accused him of cheating because a fortune-teller had told her so. Earlier this month, a man walked into a police station in Wuhu to complain about his wife’s constant harassment following an online fortune-telling […]
Gym Offers a Porsche Panamera to the First Person to Lose 100 Pounds in 3 Months
A Chinese gym has been getting a lot of attention for its controversial offer for gym goers – a used Porsche Panamera sports car to the first person to lose 100 pounds (50 kg) in three months. If you’re the kind of person who needs extra motivation to hit the gym, maybe the chance to […]
Schoolgirl Suffers Mental Illness After Watching Horror Movie at School
A Chinese family sued their daughter’s school after the child was diagnosed with acute and transient psychotic disorder, allegedly caused by a horror movie she had watched in class. The unusual case began two years ago, but only recently concluded in Court. In October of 2023, because their teacher was on temporary leave, a class […]
Man Agrees to Pay “Cat Support” for Up to 10 Years Following Divorce
As part of a divorce agreement with his ex-wife, a Turkish man has agreed to pay 10,000 liras ($240) every three months as child support for their two cats. Buğra B., who lives in Istanbul, filed for a mutually agreed-upon divorce from his wife, Ezgi B., citing “severe incompatibility and a breakdown in the foundation […]
Husband and Wife Look so Similar They Often Get Mistaken for Identical Twins
A young couple from China’s Guangdong province has become famous for their uncanny resemblance, leading many people to speculate that they might be long-lost siblings. Liang Caiyu and He Xiansheng, both in their twenties, run a herbal medicine shop in Dongguan, Guangdong province. Although they both come from families with decades of experience in traditional […]
Husband Forced to Compensate Ex-Wife for Saving Her Number as ‘Chubby’ in His Phone
A Turkish Court ordered a man to pay his ex-wife compensation for both material and moral damages after he saved her number as “Chubby” in his phone’s contact list. Spouses often come up with nicknames for each other, some more endearing than others, but rarely do these end up as a reason for a divorce. […]