Museum Volunteer Destroys Artwork by Cleaning It After Mistaking It for a Simple Dirty Mirror
A Taiwanese museum was forced to apologize to a local artist whose artwork was on display there after a volunteer mistook it for a dirty mirror and thoroughly cleaned it.
Man Suffers Heavy Metal Poisoning After Using Same Thermos for 10 Years
A Taiwanese man died of suspected lead poisoning after using the same rusty thermos for over ten years, despite visible signs of metal degradation. Taiwanese media recently reported the tragic death of a man whose severe lung infection was exacerbated by heavy metal poisoning. The man reportedly started experiencing health problems about a year ago, […]
Doctor Performs Vasectomy on Himself, Shares Video on Social Media
A Taiwanese plastic surgeon has been getting a lot of attention for sharing a video of performing a vasectomy on himself on social media, as a gift to his wife. Chen Wei-nong, a father-of-three who works at a plastic surgery clinic in Taipei City, went viral this week after sharing a rather unusual clip on […]
20-Year-Old Man Takes Own Mother to Court for Throwing Aways His Comic Collection
A 20-year-old Taiwanese man got so mad after his elderly mother threw away his prized manga collection without his consent that he took her to court and refused to reconcile with her. A 64-year-old woman from Chiayi City, Taiwan, landed in hot water after throwing away her young son’s 32-volume ‘Attack on Titan’ manga collection. […]
Man Sentenced to 3 Months of Prison Time for Caching Wife Cheating
A Taiwan court of law sentenced a man to three months in prison for invading his adulterous wife’s privacy by installing hidden cameras around their home. Chinese media recently reported the unusual story of a Taiwanese man surnamed Fan who managed to land himself behind bars for daring to expose his wife’s cheating by installing […]
Man Falls Asleep on Rubber Ring, Drifts into the Open Sea for 19 Hours
A 58-year-old man can consider himself lucky to be alive after being found by a fishing boat floating on a rainbow-colored swimming ring a few miles from the coast of Taiwan. On July 7, the Wanli Princess 168, a fishing boat heading toward the port of New Taipei, spotted something strange in the water, a […]
‘Milipede River’ Spotted in Taiwan Will Make Your Skin Crawl
A slow-moving river of millipedes crawling on the ground in unison was recently spotted in a mountainous area of Taiwan and the video of it is enough to make your skin crawl. On April 27th, tourists visiting Hsüeh-Pa National Park in central Taiwan witnessed an unusual phenomenon that local guides have never seen before. While […]
Man Soaks His Legs in Dry Ice for 10 Hours to Fake Frostbite for Insurance Fraud
A couple of Taiwanese university students are being accused of faking frostbite injuries that eventually warranted a double amputation to defraud insurance companies. Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau has accused a university student surnamed Chang of conspiring with a former high-school colleague named Liao to orchestrate a bizarre insurance fraud in January of last year. Evidence […]
Woman Suffering from Chronic Dehydration Has Over 300 Kidney Stones Removed
A 20-year-old woman from Taiwan recently underwent surgery to have no less than 300 small stones removed from her right kidney. The young woman, identified as Xiao Yu by Taiwanese media, was admitted to a hospital in the city of Tainan earlier this month, after complaining of severe pain in her lower back. She also […]
‘Godzilla Ramen’ Has a Crocodile Leg Sticking Out of the Bowl
A ramen restaurant in Yunlin, Taiwan, recently unveiled its latest menu entry – Godzilla Ramen, a bowl of ramen soup with a braised crocodile leg sticking out of it. Taiwanese ramen has been getting weirder and weirder in the last few weeks. It all started with the isopod ramen we featured at the end of […]
Taiwanese Restaurant Serves Whole, Unpeeled Frog Ramen
A ramen shop in Yunlin, Taiwan is giving the phrase “exotic food” a whole new meaning with its latest dish, a ramen bowl containing an uncut, unpeeled frog. “Frog Frog Frog Ramen” (蛙呀蛙呀蛙拉麵), the latest item on the menu of Taiwanese ramen shop Yuan Ramen (圓拉麵) recently went viral on social media because of a […]
Taiwanese Restaurant Serves Ramen Dish Topped With a Scary Deep-Sea Creature
A Taipei-based restaurant has been getting a lot of attention for its newest addition to the menu- a ramen dish topped with a steamed 14-legged isopod that looks like something out of an Alien movie. The Ramen Boy restaurant recently took to Facebook to announce its latest dish, a bowl of ramen featuring a generous […]
Parrot Owner Gets Jail Time After Bird Injures Passer-By
A Taiwanese man was sentenced to two months in jail and fined 3.04 million New Taiwan dollars ($91,350) after his large parrot allegedly caused a jogger to fall and hurt himself. The bizarre incident reportedly took place in Tainan, when a man surnamed Huang took his two pet macaws for a flight in a local […]
Taiwanese Student Sparks Controversy With Risqué Roadside Billboard
A Taiwanese student recently made news headlines for a clever art project involving a racy billboard that wasn’t exactly what it looked like. Facebook has a very strict policy when it comes to nudity, but this policy is often poorly enforced. For example, photos showing female nipples are considered nudity and are almost instantly removed […]
This Leaning Temple Is Taiwan’s Version of the Tower of Pisa
Taiwan’s Chiayi County is home to a temple so slanted that it has been dubbed Taiwan’s version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. In August of 2009, Taiwan was ravaged by Typhoon Morakot, the deadliest typhoon to hit the island in its recorded history. It produced copious amounts of rainfall that resulted in enormous mudflows […]