Man Obsessed with Firefighters Sets Fire to His Own Home Just to See His Idols
A UK man has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting to setting fire to his own home twice in one night just so he could see firefighters in action. Arsonists are obsessed with fire, but 26-year-old James Brown, from Northumberland, in the UK, has been described as having an obsession and a fascination […]
Doctors Document Rare Case of Dropped Head Syndrome Caused by Drug Use
Doctors at Iran’s Isfahan University of Medicine recently documented the case of a 23-year-old male whose head dropped to a 90-degree angle because his neck muscles could no longer support it. Cervical Kyphospholiosis (CKS), aka “Dropped Head Syndrome,” is a serious medical condition characterized by weakness in the neck extensor muscles, which renders them unable […]
Man Accidentally Buys His Own Car After Having It Stolen a Few Weeks Earlier
An English man unknowingly bought back his own Honda Civic just weeks after having it stolen from his driveway in Solihull, West Midlands. Ewan Valentine was devastated when his 9-year-old Honda Civic Type R was stolen. His girlfriend woke up one morning to drive his car to work, but it was gone. He notified police […]
Woman Allegedly Catches Herpes Virus by Holding Karaoke Mic Too Close to Her Mouth
A woman from Zhejiang, China, claims that she caught the herpes virus by holding the microphone too close to her mouth at a karaoke lounge. The unnamed woman took to Douyin (China’s version of TikTok) to share the story of how she became infected with the HSV-1 virus, which usually causes cold sores around the […]
Woman Poisons Love Rival and Her Children with Tainted Chocolate Eggs
A Brazilian woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill her ex-boyfriend’s new partner by sending her poisoned chocolate eggs as an anonymous Easter present. What was supposed to be a happy family celebration turned into a nightmarish tragedy for a young Brazilian woman who lost both her children to poisoned chocolate eggs allegedly […]
Russian Man Gets Four Years in Penal Colony for Derogatory Social Media Comment
A 31-year-old Russian man was recently convicted to 4.4 years in a penal colony for promising to urinate on a symbol of the Russian military in a comment he posted on social media. The incident that led to the conviction of 31-year-old Alexander Panasenko occurred in May of 2024, when the Kremerovo native took to […]
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 […]