Family Set Up Fake Dental Clinic, Perform Dozens of Procedures Using Online Tutorials
A 22-year-old Czech man and his parents posed as dentistry professionals and performed dozens of root canals and tooth fillings with the help of online tutorials. Dental procedures can get really expensive, so finding a good deal is sometimes too good to pass up, especially when you’re in a lot of pain and low on […]
Ghana’s Drunkard Association Protests High Alcohol Prices
Ghana’s Drunkard Association has given the country’s government a three-week ultimatum to lower alcohol prices for both beverage vendors and consumers. One may be tempted to think that the Drunkard’s Association is just a stupid gimmick to draw the public’s attention, but this is one of Ghana’s most well-known informal organizations, boasting a member count […]
Angry Beekeeper Sets Bees on Police During Routine Traffic Stop
A 70-year-old Spanish beekeeper was so upset about being stopped by traffic police that he set his bees on the officers, causing them to take shelter in a restaurant. An unusual incident took place last Friday, on the N-II road in Cervera, a small town in the Catalonian province of Lleida. A local police patrol […]
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, […]
Man Convicted of Posing as Flight Attendant to Fly for Free 120 Times
A 35-year-old American man has been found guilty of impersonating a flight attendant at least 120 times in order to avoid having to pay for plane tickets. Federal prosecutors accused Tirone Alexander of entering the secure area of an airport under false pretenses and committing wire fraud at least 120 times between 2018 and 2024. […]
English Teenager Sues Parents for Tricking Him into Moving to Ghana
A 14-year-old English boy recently won a legal battle against his parents, whom he accuses of tricking him into flying to Ghana and then preventing him from returning home. The unnamed teen and his lawyers told a London Court of Appeal that in March of 2014, he was tricked by his parents into flying to […]
Woman Attends Funerals for Two Years Hoping to Catch Undertaker’s Eye
After falling for the local undertaker, a Brazilian woman spent two years attending funerals in her community in hopes of catching the man’s eye. Daniela Signor and Apollo Scariot surprised a lot of people when they arrived at their wedding venue in a funeral hearse, but to those who knew their unusual love story, the […]
Pet Yeast Craze Gaining Traction in China
A growing number of young Chinese looking for low-maintenance companionship are turning their attention to jars of activated yeast that only need flour and water. So-called static pets such as stones, mango pits, paper boxes, and even toothpaste have become very popular with Chinese youths looking for low-commitment companionship to compensate for their stresfull daily […]
Paraglider Nearly Freezes to Death After Being Sucked Up 28,000 Feet into Clouds
A seasoned paraglider miraculously survived a rare and dangerous phenomenon that saw him being sucked up by clouds to an altitude of 28,210 feet (8,600 meters). Photos and videos of Chinese paraglider Liu Ge trying to keep his cool (pun intended) as he experienced dangerously low levels of oxygen and temperatures as low as -40 […]
Texas Doctor Gets 10 Years in Prison for Diagnosing Healthy People with Chronic Conditions
A Texas rheumatologist was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a cruel health care fraud scheme that involved diagnosing hundreds of healthy people with chronic diseases that required expensive and dangerous treatments. Jorge Zamora-Quezada M.D. of Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud, several counts of healthcare fraud, and conspiracy to obstruct […]
Squatters Install Alarm System to Protect House They are Illegally Occupying
A group of squatters who illegally took over a house on the outskirts of a village in Spain’s Burgos Province has installed an alarm system to prevent others from breaking into their illegally occupied home. The people of San Miguel de Pedroso, a neighborhood in the village of Beldorado, are on high alert because of […]
Belgium Accused of Literally Stealing the Wind of Its Neighbor
The CEO of a Dutch weather forecaster recently suggested that Belgian wind farms are inadvertently “stealing” wind from his own country’s wind farms in the North Sea. In an interview with Belgian broadcaster VRT, Remco Verzijlbergh, the CEO of Dutch weather forecasting service Whiffle, claimed that Belgian wind farms in the North Sea have an […]
Woman Catches Husband Cheating with the Help of Electric Toothbrush
A UK woman started suspecting her husband of cheating after checking the data on her electric toothbrush companion app and noticing that they were brushing at odd times of the day. Paul Jones, a British private investigator with over a decade of experience, recently recounted one of his most unusual cases. Catching a cheating partner […]
Bank Sparks Outrage for Bringing Bed-Bound 96-Year-Old Woman to Branch to Verify Her Identity
A Mexican bank has been accused of lacking sensitivity after insisting that a bed-bound 96-year-old woman be brought to a physical branch to confirm her identity in order to release her pension. Photos and video clips of an elderly woman being transported to a BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) bank branch in Oaxaca, Mexico, on […]
French Woman Stuck with English Accent 11 Years after Tonsil Surgery
A 47-year-old woman from Western France has been speaking with a distinctively English accent ever since she had her tonsils removed 14 years ago. Laetitia, a cashier from Montval-sur-Loir, in France’s Sarthe Department, doesn’t speak English. She only knows some basic words that she learned in school decades ago, but hearing her speak in her native […]