Woman Donates Kidney to Her Boss, Gets Fired
47-year-old Debbie Stevens, a divorced mother of two from Long Island, donated her kidney to help out her boss. You’d think the least she could receive in return was some gratitude, but instead she was promptly fired. The behavior of the boss in question truly seems unfathomable. Stevens now contends that she was being set […]
German Man to Sell His Face for Tattooed Advertisements
A German man loves dogs so much that he wants to build a museum dedicated to St. Bernard dogs. So what does he do to raise the money? Why rent out his face, of course. The idea seems so simple, I wonder why people don’t do it all the time. Maybe because no one wants […]
Mom Buys Realistic Baby Doll, Treats it Like a Real Baby
36-Year-Old Ashleigh Kirby is obsessed with her new-born baby, Finlay. Only, Finlay isn’t a real boy. In a story that strongly reminds us of Pinocchio, Ashleigh is emotionally attached to a realistic, life-size baby doll, even more than with her own daughter when she was born. Ashleigh lives with her 12-year-old daughter Becky in Andover, […]
Woman Lives with Both Her Boyfriend, Her Lover and Their Baby
We’ve seen polygamy, same-sex marriages and even threesomes. But what about the polyamorous? Defined as the practice of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved, Jaiya Ma’s relationships are a perfect example of this. This is the bizarre story of Jaiya, aged 34, and […]
In Thailand, a “Like” on Facebook Can Get You 15 Years in Jail
In older times, it was “off with your head” if you spoke ill of the King. Now, you go to jail for posting your feelings on Facebook about the Thai monarchy, which many of the Thai folk actively do. In fact, over 10,000 pages of material was found on the social networking, containing images or […]
Gun Club Offers Photos with Santa and Machine Guns
The holiday season is when most businesses tend to rake in the big bucks, thanks to promotional offers and discounts. A gun club in Arizona has apparently decided to make use of the season too, by offering its customers the chance of posing for photographs with Santa while holding military-style rifles and pistols. According to […]
Dangerous Railway Therapy Practiced in Indonesia
While it might look like they are protesting against something or staging a gruesome mass suicide, the people of Rawa Buaya are actually looking to cure their illnesses by laying on the train tracks. In western countries, most people think high levels of electric energy cause cancer, but to the inhabitants of Rawa Buaya, in […]
Dog Believed to Be Reincarnation of Lawyer Sentenced to Death by Stoning
A rabbinical court in Jerusalem recently sentenced a wandering dog to death by stoning, after they decided he was the reincarnation of a lawyer who offended the judges 20 years ago. A few weeks ago, a large dog entered the Monetary Affairs Court, near the ultra orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, scaring away visitors and […]
19-Year-Old Girl Is Addicted to Eating Soap
Tempestt Henderson, a 19-year-old girl from Florida, has a rather peculiar addiction – she can’t help eating soap bars and washing powder. There are worst things to be addicted to, but this has to be one of the strangest. The young girl remembers she loved the smell of washing powder on her mother’s cardigan and […]
Genghis Khan Named Greenest Invader in History
Let’s hear it for Genghis Khan everyone, his bloody conquests just earned him the title of greenest invader in the history of man. ‘It’s a common misconception that the human impact on climate began with the large-scale burning of coal and oil in the industrial era. Actually, humans started to influence the environment thousands of […]
Chinese Icemen Take World’s Longest Ice Bath
Jin Songhao and Chen Kecai, two of China’s most seasoned icemen, managed to beat the previous world record for the longest ice bath. Wim Hof, the Dutch known as “Ice-Man” spent New-Year’s Eve covered with ice cubes, and claimed the title of the longest ice bath, with 115 minutes. But the previous record holder, Chen […]
Taiwanese Professor Buries His Students Alive
Professor Qiu Daneng is treating his medical school students as dead bodies, to make them appreciate every second of their life. The kooky professor from Taiwan’s Rende Medical College came up with the idea of having his students enclosed in a coffin and lowered into a cavity under the floor, as a way of giving […]
Son of Road Kill Calendar 2011
If you’ve had enough of those boring calendars featuring gorgeous women, cute puppies, or peaceful settings, the Son of Road Kill Calendar 2011 is just the thing for you. The wacky idea for a road kill calendar belongs to 58-year-old Kevin Beresford, an English courier always on the lookout for an original calendar idea. His […]
Australian Spider-Man to Spend Three Weeks with Poisonous Spiders
67-year-old Nick Le Souef, also known as the “Australian Spider-Man” is preparing to spend over three weeks in an enclosed space with hundreds of poisonous spiders. Le Souef recently took part in a charity event, and because he was so impressed with the results, he decided to put his talents to the test, for charity. […]
China Introduces Live Crab Vending Machines
What’s the last thing you’d expect to find in a vending machine? Ok, so it may not be hairy crabs, but you have to admit this is pretty weird. I’ve posted some weird vending machines here on Oddity Central, like the gold dispenser in the UAE, or the contaminated water vending machine, but this latest […]