Man Gets Wrongfully Arrested 3 Times for Having the Same Name as Notorious Criminal
A Colombian man had the misfortune of being thrown in jail three times in the last 13 years because he has the same name as a wanted drug cartel leader. 46-year-old René Martínez Gutiérrez is a peaceful family man with no criminal record to his name. The problem is he shares the same name with […]
Man Fakes His Own Death to See Who Would Attend His Funeral
A Brazilian man sparked the outrage of his friends and family after he faked his death out of pure curiosity, to see who would attend his funeral. As an experienced ‘ceremonialist‘, a sort of master of ceremonies for various kinds of events, 60-year-old Baltazar Lemos had conducted hundreds of funerals, some of which had been […]
High-School Lights Have Been On 24/7 for Almost Two Years And No One Can Turn Them Off
A Massachusetts high school has been unable to turn off its smart lights system since August of 2021 when the software running failed. When Minnechaug Regional High School opted to have a smart lights system installed a decade ago, the goal was to save money and energy, but no one ever imagined that one day, […]
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 […]
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, […]
Woman Sends Ex-Boyfriend Over 1,000 Texts After Being Dumped
A UK woman has been issued a restraining order after reportedly sending her ex-boyfriend up to 150 texts per day, trying to rekindle their relationship. 28-year-old Michelle Felton was recently banned from contacting her ex-boyfriend, Ryan Harley, in any way for 18 months, and sentenced to 18 months of community service with 30 days of […]
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, […]
Man Severs Neck Artery, Suffers Three Strokes After Turning Head Too Quickly
A Missouri man can consider himself lucky to be alive after he ruptured a neck artery and suffered three strokes because of turning his head too quickly during a game of pickleball. Joel Hentrich, a 35-year-old “super-fit” man from Festus, Missouri suffered the freak accident in November of last year. He and some friends were […]
Man Lives with 30-Kg Life-Size Silicone Model of Dead Wife
An Indian man has been making news headlines for honoring his late wife’s wish to build a life-size statue of her so they can still be together. Tapas Sandilya, a retired government employee from India’s West Bengal, lost his wife of 39 years in 2021, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Indrani was taken to the hospital […]
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 […]
Pakistani Man Welcomes 60th Child, Wants to Have Even More Kids
A 52-year-old “doctor” in Pakistan recently made news headlines for welcoming his 60th child and claiming he wants to have even more kids with his three wives. Sardar Jan Mohammad Khan Khilji, a resident of Quetta, the Capital of Balochistan, has a very big family that he hopes to keep growing in the coming years. […]
Man Legally Changes Gender to Obtain Custody of Daughters More Easily
An Ecuadorian man sparked controversy after legally changing his gender to ‘female’, because the legal system allegedly favors mothers in custody cases. René Salinas Ramos, the father of two daughters, is facing legal proceedings for the custody of the girls who currently live with his biological mother. Convinced that the Ecuadorian legal system stigmatizes men […]
Colombian Police Releases Wanted Criminal Poster With No Photos or Names
Police in Santa Marta, Colombia, recently attracted criticism for publishing a wanted poster of alleged cartel members with no actual photos or names. On January 2nd, the Santa Marta police department published a poster of 12 of the most wanted criminals in the Colombian town, asking the general public for help in apprehending the alleged […]
Man Who Dreamed of Becoming a Wolf Spends $23,000 on Hyper-Realistic Costume
A Japanese man reportedly spent a whopping 3 million yen ($23,000) on a handmade wolf costume to fulfill his dream of becoming a wolf. Zeppet, a Japanese company specializing in special effects and special modeling, made international news headlines last year, when it revealed that it had created a special dog suit for a client […]
This Couple Is on a Mission to Rid the World of Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ Song
Swedish couple Tomas and Hannah Mazetti are trying to raise $15,000,000 so they can buy the rights to Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ holiday song so they can destroy it. It’s one of the most popular and widely recognized musical compositions in history. Every year, as the winter holidays start rolling in, you can hear it playing […]