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 […]
Many Japanese Turn to Smile Instructors to Learn How to Smile Again After COVID
After wearing masks in public for three long years, many Japanese are signing up for smiling classes to learn how to smile again without looking awkward. Smiling used to be a natural response, but apparently, three years of hiding behind a mask have left many Japanese unable to smile naturally. Some of them are now […]
The Man Who Bore a Hole in His Skull to Get Permanently High
Joseph Mellen is a British-Born author famous for ‘Bore Hole’, a controversial book about his three attempts at drilling a hole in his own skull so he could be permanently high. Mellen, an active member of the Swinging Sixties acid revolution, wrote his famous book in 1970, but his story has been going viral online […]
65-Year-Old Mayor Marries 16-Year-Old Girl, Immediately Appoints Her Mother in Office
A Brazilian mayor sparked massive controversy earlier this month after legally marrying a 16-year-old girl and then appointing her mother Secretary of Culture and Tourism. 65-year-old Hissam Hussein Dehaini, the mayor of Araucária City, in southern Brazil, recently married a girl 49 years his junior the day after she turned 16, which is the legal […]
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 […]
The Disturbing Story of a Family Who Jumped from the Seventh Floor of Their Apartment Building
On March 24, 2022, the whole of Switzerland was shocked by the unexplainable act of a family of five from the town of Montreux who jumped from the balcony of their seventh-floor apartment. A year ago, in the span of about five minutes, Nasrine Feraoun, 41, her twin sister Narjisse, her husband Eric David, 40, […]
Man Robs Bank for $1 For the Specific Purpose of Getting Sent to Federal Prison
Most people would go out of their way to avoid ending up behind bars, but one Utah man actually robbed a bank for only $1 just so he could get arrested and thrown into federal prison. 65-year-old Donald Santacroce just pulled off one of the most bizarre bank robberies in history. He reportedly walked into […]
Man Vandalizes Drunk Son’s BMW to Prevent Him from Driving and Causing an Accident
In order to prevent his drunken son from getting behind the wheel of his BMW and possibly causing an accident, a Spanish man vandalized the vehicle, smashing the windows and denting its metallic body with a pickaxe. A father’s love for his children is usually very strong but it can manifest in unusual ways. Take […]
Married Woman Elopes With Another Man, Husband Retaliates by Marrying Her Lover’s Wife
They say real life is stranger than fiction and this bizarre Indian love square proves it. After his wife eloped with another man, a scorned husband decided to marry the lover’s wife. Neeraj and Rubi Devi, both from India’s Bihar state, tied the knot in 2009 and had four children together. At one point, Neeraj […]
This Species of Fish Has Neon Blue Flesh And No One Knows Why
The Lingcod, a fish native to the North American west coast, usually has brown-red or even greyish skin and white flesh, but about 1 in 5 specimens are actually neon blue both inside and out, and no one really knows why. Popular both among recreational fishermen and seafood lovers for its delicious meat, the lingcod […]
Man Who Robbed Gas Station for $23 Spends 14 Years Hiding in Mountain Cave
A Chinese man who carried out a gas station robbery in 2009 and walked away with 156 yuan ($22.50) spent the last 14 years of his life hiding from the cops in a remote mountain cave. Liu Moufu, from a village in Enshi City, China’s Hubei province, was in his mid-30s when he took part […]
Scientists Finally Solve Mystery of Japan’s Tiny Mummified Mermaid
For decades, the mummified remains of a creature resembling a small mermaid have been worshipped at a temple in Asakuchi, Japan, but scientists have long suspected that the mermaid mummy was actually man-made. Allegedly caught in the Pacific Ocean, off the island of Shikoku, between 1736 and 1741, the famous mermaid mummy has been kept […]
Nervous Teenage Boy Faints When Finding Himself in the Company of Hundreds of Girls
A 17-year-old boy in India was so incredibly nervous about being the only male in an exam room full of hundreds of girls that he simply passed out. Many young people experience some degree of anxiety when interacting with or even being close to members of the opposite sex, but in some people, this feeling […]
Lajamanu – The Arid Australian Town Where It Keeps Raining Fish
Lajamanu, a remote community in the Australian outback, near the Tanami Desert, recently experienced its fourth rain of fish in the last 50 years. They say lightning never strikes in the same place twice, but apparently the same cannot be said about raining fish. The arid town of Lajamanu, in the Northern Territory outback, sees […]
Scammers Convince Man to Send Them His Savings And Set Fire to a Bank
A Russian man was recently arrested after allegedly being tricked into throwing a Molotov Cocktail in a Moscow bank by scammers who also relieved him of his life savings. A few days ago, Moscow police arrested a 48-year-old man from Ruza, a town in the Moscow region of Russia, for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail […]