Mysterious Boiling River in Peru is So Hot It Boils Animals Alive
There is a mysterious river flowing deep through the Amazon rainforest in Mayantuyacu, Peru, that can literally boil small animals almost instantly. While water temperatures along the 6.4-km-long river range between 50 and 90 degrees Celsius, in some parts almost reaching the boiling point of 100 degrees. That’s hot enough to cause third-degree burns in a matter of […]
Floral Designer Creates Living Jewelry That Grows While You Wear It
Designer Susan McLeary is taking the jewelry world by storm with her incredibly stunning accessories made from living plants. She uses real succulents hand-picked from her family-owned greenhouse to craft intricate headpieces, necklaces, rings, bracelets, and other pieces of bio-jewelry that literally grow on you. Each piece from McLeary’s ‘Passionflower’ collection can be worn for two to four […]
Loyal Dog Spends Two Weeks on Doorstep of Owner Who Will Never Come Home Again
A German Shepherd recently won the hearts millions with a stunning display of love and loyalty reminiscent of the legendary Hachiko. According to eye-witnesses in his Houston neighborhood, the dog spent weeks at the front gate of his apartment complex patiently waiting for his owner, not knowing he had been killed and would never return. 54-year-old Hatem […]
Chinese Claw Machine Expert Grabs 3,000 Toys in Six Months, Scares Arcade Owners
Chen Zhitong is an ordinary guy with an extraordinary hidden talent that he only discovered last year – he’s a master of arcade claw machines. You might think it’s a rather useless skill, but get this – he’s grabbed a whopping 3,000 toys in just six months, making him the ‘claw machine god’ of Jianghu shopping […]
World’s Cheapest Smartphone – Indian Company Launches $3.67 Handheld
Indian company Ringing Bells is making waves in the tech industry with its latest product, the ridiculously cheap ‘Freedom 251’ smartphone priced at an unbelievable 251 rupees ($3.67). Despite the phone’s low price, the company is promising a host of swanky features like 8GB storage, 8MP and 3.2MP primary and secondary cameras, pattern lock with face detection, […]
Restaurant Owner Bans Bankers after Being Denied Loan
A restaurant owner in Paris is thoroughly miffed with bankers, so much so that he’s banned them from entering his establishment. A sign outside the place reads: “Dogs welcome, bankers banned (unless they pay an entry fee of €70,000).” Alexandre Callet’s obvious displeasure towards bankers stems from the fact that many of them turned down […]
Turkish Husband Sues Wife for Insulting Country’s President, Changing TV Channel When He Came On
In a rather extreme display of patriotism, a Turkish truck driver is suing his own wife for insulting the nation’s president. He told reporters that she would say “unspeakable obscenities” whenever President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appeared on television, despite knowing that it bothered him. The latest incident occurred a few days ago during one of Erdoğan’s televised speeches. […]
16-Year-Old Russian Gamer Wins a Month Living with an Adult Film Star in a Hotel
Ruslan Shchedrin, a teenage gamer from Russia, has won a bizarre prize for being the 100,000th visitor to a website that sells in-game weapons and gear. He is being rewarded with a month-long stay at a Moscow hotel in the company of an X-rated film star! The unusual contest was held in celebration of Defender of the Fatherland […]
The $400,000 a Year Small Town Doctor Job That Nobody Wants
We’re used to reading about people struggling to find a decent job, or any job, really, but this story is about a small town clinic that has been unable to attract any applicants for a job that pays over $400,000 a year. While the people of Norman Wells are struggling to find a hairdresser willing […]
Adventurous McDonald’s Fan Travels the World to Try Fast Food Chain’s Regional Dishes
Canadian software engineer James McGowan is so passionate about McDonald’s that he’s traveled to 53 different countries just to sample their regional dishes. In the past four years, he’s reviewed over 300 items from the chain’s wide-ranging regional menus on his blog, Traveling McD’s. James started his McDonald’s tasting trips in 2005, sharing pictures of every meal with […]
Woman Knits Vest Out of Own Hair She Has Been Saving for 20 Years
Romanian woman Ortansa Pascariu is the proud owner of a very unusual piece of wardrobe – a vest made of her own hair! Ortansa had been collecting fallen strands of her hair for 20 years, and when she thought she had enough, she decided to use it for a unique garment. The 65-year-old revealed that she started […]
This Man Needs Help Finding Woman He Made Eye Contact with on a Bus in 1986
Three decades after locking eyes with the woman of his dreams, a British man is finally trying to track her down. It was in 1986 that Vernon Burton briefly glanced at a beautiful woman while traveling on a double-decker bus in the New Forest area of southern England. Most people would forget such a fleeting […]
Personal Trainer Gains 70 Pounds of Fat So He and Overweight Client Could Lose Weight Together
A Brooklyn-based personal trainer spent three months systematically wrecking his perfectly toned physique, just so he could accompany his client on her weight loss journey. The duo were featured on the third episode of a new A&E show titled Fit to Fat to Fit. Having struggled with a food addiction only a few years back, […]
The Epic Tale of a Refugee Cat from Iraq That Got Lost in Greece and Reunited with His Family in Norway
In a miraculous turn of events, a refugee cat that got separated from his family while fleeing Iraq has not only survived the treacherous sea voyage to Lesbos, but has also been reunited with his owners, now living in Norway. Kindness towards animals is not new to the people of Lesbos – we’d previously written […]
World’s Loneliest Chimp Hugs Human Visitors after Years of Isolation on Tiny African Island
After three years of isolation on a remote island, Ponso the chimp finally received a visitor this year – Estelle Raballand, director of the Chimpanzee Conservation Center. The lonely chimp’s happiness was obvious from his ear-to ear-grin and the way he almost immediately hugged Estelle when she reached out to him. Ponso’s tragic story began thirty years […]