The Viral Prank Driving Chinese Shop Assistants Crazy
Imagine working as a shop assistant at a jewelry store and having to jump over the glass counter to stop a potential client who’s sprinting towards the door with an expensive necklace around their neck. You’re about to lay your hands on them when they abruptly stop in front of the mirror to admire the […]
“World’s Prettiest Man” Has to Show His ID to Prove He’s Male
Abdussalam Firdaus Abdul Aziz, a 22-year-old man from Malaysia, recently became an overnight internet sensation thanks to his feminine features that apparently make it hard for people to tell whether he’s male or female. Photos of Aziz have been doing the rounds online ever since it was reported that at a recent soccer game that […]
Photo of Bright Underskin Tattoo on Burned Hand Sparks Online Controversy
A photo of a tattooed man’s hand with the top layer if skin damaged by a minor kitchen burn sparked a heated debate on social media site Reddit last week. That’s because the section where the skin was burned off revealed a tattoo so bright you could swear it was just inked. The photo, posted […]
Japanese Boy Breaks Internet with His Incredibly Feminine Looks
A 15-year-old Japanese boy has been getting a lot of attention in his country and in neighboring South Korea for his unusually feminine looks and voice. Idegami Baku’s meteoric rise to fame occurred late last month, when he became a finalist in Japan’s popular talent contest JUNON Super Boy. Organized by famous entertainment magazine JUNON, the […]
Thief Steals Laptop, Sends Apologetic Email to Owner
A university student who recently had his laptop stolen allegedly received an apology email from the thief, in which the person tried to justify the crime by claiming that they were really poor. The apologetic email went viral on Twitter after Birmingham-resident Stevie Valentine shared a screengrab of it captioned “So my flat mates laptop got […]
Couple Replace All Framed Stock Photos at IKEA Store with Photos of Themselves
A young Lithuanian couple recently got their five minutes of online fame after spending a whole day replacing over 100 framed stock photos at an IKEA store in Vilnius with photos of themselves without attracting any attention from the staff. Erikas Mališauskas and his girlfriend found the stock photos at their local IKEA in Vilnius, […]
Women Are Using Microcrystaline Wax to Give Themselves Temporary Nose Jobs
Plastic surgery is more popular than it’s ever been, but women looking for a less invasive way of getting a perfect nose are turning to a special wax that lets them mold their noses into the desired shape. Microcrystaline wax has been used in Asia – particularly in China – for a while now, but […]
Reality TV Star Ridiculed for Alleged Tattoo Blunder of Epic Proportions
Naz Mila, a young reality TV and social media star from Azerbaijan, recently attracted international media attention, after posting a photo of a huge tattoo on the side of her body. Just take a good look at it and you’ll understand why. Just in case the font is giving you trouble, the black ink tattoo […]
Man Suffers Heart Attack After Following Viral Online “Health Tip”
There’s an abundance of health tips going around on social media these days, but as this story shows, some of them can actually have fatal consequences. Zhou Xin, a 58-year-old man from Harbin China, recently became the victim of online fake news shared on the internet. The viral news snippet claimed that his home city […]
Japanese Hospital Food Will Make You Never Want to Get Discharged
A woman who recently gave birth at a clinic in Miso, Japan, recently posted a series of photos of the food she was served there, and they make it look like she had her baby in a Michelin star restaurant. When talking about hospital food, most people use phrases like “barely edible” or “tasteless” or […]
Family Exits Car to Photograph Free-Roaming Cheetahs at Safari Park. What Could Go Wrong?
A French family barely escaped with their lives after exiting their car not once but twice to photograph the full-grown cheetahs at a safari park in the Netherlands. The first thing visitors are told when visiting a drive-through safari park is to never, under any circumstances, leave their vehicles. Failing to follow this most important […]
Russian Politician’s Unusual Hairstyle Goes Viral
Russian senator Valentina Petrenko’s political career stretches back to the days of the former Soviet Union, and she’s since held various senior official jobs, but the thing she is most known for is her hair. Already the subject of countless memes on Russian social media, Petrenko’s glorious hairdo recently went viral internationally, and people just can’t […]
Bolivian Townsfolk Put Mayor in Stocks for Doing a Poor Job Serving Them
In most countries, the only way you can punish politicians and civil servants for not doing a proper job is by not voting for them in the next elections, but in Bolivia, they have a thing called “social justice”. The people of San Buenaventura, a small town in northern Bolivia, recently made good use of their […]
Woman Uses Large Billboard to Contact Man Who Got Her Pregnant Then Blocked Her on Facebook
A woman from San Luis Potosí, Mexico came up with an ingenious way of notifying the man who allegedly got her pregnant and then cut off all contact, even blocking her on Facebook, that her pregnancy test came out positive. Photos of a bizarre advertising billboard on top of a building between Mariano Jiménez Street and […]
38-Year-Old Woman Marries 23-Year-Old Man After Allegedly Paying His Family $800,000 for Their Blessing
A newly married Chinese couple has been making waves on the internet for their unorthodox match- she is a wealthy 38-year-old mother of one, and he is a 23-year-old whose mother is only a year older than his bride. The wedding, which was filmed on Jan. 10, took place in Qionghai, Hainan, China, where it […]