Racehorse Runs Entire Race Without a Jockey, Wins Anyway
The Tokay Stakes 2023 horse race at the Chukyo Racecourse in Nagoya, Japan was technically won by a racehorse that ran the entire race without a jockey. While it’s true that a jockey can’t really help a slow horse win a race, their role in professional horse racing is undeniable. The jockey plays many roles […]
Boy Playing Hide and Seek Hides in Shipping Container, Ends Up in Another Country
A Bangladeshi boy can consider himself lucky to be alive after hiding in a shipping container while playing hide and seek and getting locked inside for six days. On January 17, while unloading containers off of a Bangladeshi vessel, staff at Malaysia’s Port Klang were shocked to see a confused and emaciated boy step out […]
Popular Liquid Nitrogen-Infused Snacks Allegedly Cause Stomach Burns
Several kids in Indonesia have reportedly suffered stomach burns after consuming a popular liquid nitrogen-containing street snack called ‘chiki ngebul’. Commonly known as ‘dragon’s breath’ in Indonesia, chiki ngebul is an assortment of rainbow-colored candies coated in a cloud of liquid nitrogen mist that causes the person eating them to exhale that mist, like a […]
Woman Claims Husband Poisoned Her for Years as Punishment for Suspected Affair
A Chinese woman accused her ex-husband of getting her addicted to hormone-based drugs that have ruined her life, after wrongly suspecting that she had cheated on him. Liu Chang, a doctor from the Chinese province of Shandong, first accused her ex-husband, who is also a physician, of slowly poisoning her in 2019. At the time, […]
Bolivian State Airline Hires “Interspecies Communicator” to Find Passenger’s Missing Cat
Bolivia’s state airline has become the target of ridicule after hiring an “interspecies communicator” to track down a passenger’s missing pet cat. The disappearance of Tito the cat has been a matter of state business in Bolivia for about a month, ever since the feline was lost by staff of Bolivia’s state-owned airline. Tito’s owner, […]
Male Online Seller Finds Massive Success Modelling Women’s High Heel Footwear
A 41-year-old man has reportedly been making a killing selling women’s high heel shoes and boots by modeling them himself. The unnamed man who reportedly hails from China’s Sichuan province recently made news headlines after it was revealed that he had been using a very unusual technique to boost up his online sales. Live stream […]
Chinese Men Model Female Lingerie Live on Stream to Avoid Permanent Ban
Online commerce businesses in China are reportedly using male models to showcase women’s lingerie in order to exploit a legal loophole. Live stream commerce is very big in China. From makeup and apparel to food products and tools, businesses rely on this model to significantly boost their sales. However, a couple of years ago, the […]
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 […]
‘Dead’ Book Author Comes Back to Life Two Years After Allegedly Faking Her Death
A Tennessee romance book writer whose own daughter announced her tragic death to friends and fans two years ago recently announced that she is coming back to writing, and everyone is really confused. In September 2020, friends and colleagues of Susan Meachen, a self-published romance fiction writer, were shocked to hear that she had taken […]
The World’s Most Famous Musical Calculator Player
Chaco Chaco is a popular South Korean Youtuber whose claim to fame is the ability to reproduce popular songs on one or multiple musical calculators. Calculators are handy when dealing with math, but one particular calculator is actually more popular as a musical instrument. The Egoelife AR-7778 and AR-8001 are designed as instruments and even […]
Man Buys 20 Brand New Robot Vacuums For Just $80, Gets What He Paid For
A Chinese man who recently bought 20 robot vacuums online for an unbelievable bargain price documented his experience to the delight of the internet. The average price of a decent robot vacuum in China is around 1,000 yuan ($145), with more advanced models costing several times that much. So imagine finding a robot vacuum for […]
Mysterious Solar Panel-Powered Antennas Keep Popping Up in the Foothills of Utah
For about a year now, authorities in Salt Lake City have been trying to solve the mystery of a series of solar-powered antennas that keep popping up in the foothills around the city. The first devices were discovered around a year ago. There was just a couple of them, but since then about a dozen […]
Hero Dog Leads Rescuers to 84-Year-Old Owner Who Had Been Missing for a Week
Gregorio Romero, an 84-year-old man from Mexico’s Sonora state, owes his life to his pet dog, El Palomo, who led rescuers to him after becoming lost in the desert for a week. On November 27, Gregorio Romero left his home in Moctezuma to go for a walk, but he didn’t come back. His family wasn’t […]
Man With 12 Wives and 102 Children Plans to Finally Stop Growing His Family
Mzee Musa Hasahya, a 67-year-old Ugandan farmer, is one of the most prolific polygamists in history, with 12 wives, 102 children, and a whopping 568 grandchildren to his name. Even by the standards of his home village of Lusaka, where polygamy is legal, Mzee Musa Hasahya’s family is considered gigantic. Despite growing up in abject […]
Woman Plays Dead for Facebook Photos to Evade $270 Debt
An Indonesian woman allegedly posed as a corpse and then had her son upload the photos to Facebook in order to get out of having to pay a $268 debt. People trying to get out of having to pay their debts is nothing new, but some people go to extreme lengths to accomplish this. Take, […]