Priests Drop Holy Water Over City to Cure It of “Drunkenness and Fornication”
Orthodox priests in Russia’s Tver Oblast region, literally reached new heights in their quest to save their congregations from addictive sins like drinking and fornicating. They got in an airplane and doused the whole city of Tver in holy water, in order to cleanse it. Metropolitan Savva of Tver and Kashinsky, Father Alexander Goryachev and […]
Man Faces Charges for Pointing “Finger Gun” at Neighbor During Argument
With gun crime so frequent in the United States these days, even making a gun gesture with your hand can put some people on edge. A Pennsylvania man found that out the hard way after being charged with disorderly conduct for pointing a “finger gun” at another man during an argument. The bizarre incident took […]
Artist Puts On Astronaut Costume to Highlight Crater-Size Road Potholes
An Indian artist has come up with an ingenious and hilarious way of showcasing the poor state of roads in the city of Bangalore – he put on a realistic astronaut costume and filmed himself walking trough the craters that made a local road look like the surface of the moon. Baadal Nanjundaswamy is well […]
Turkish Beekeeper Enlists Thieving Bears as Honey Testers
İbrahim Sedef, an experienced beekeeper from Turkey’s Black Sea Region, has come up with an ingenious way of having his honey tested by the same bears that used to steal it. Agricultural engineer and beekeeper İbrahim Sedef had been struggling to deal with thieving bears for over four months, but nothing worked. When he tried […]
Teacher Sparks Controversy for Making Students Wear Cardboard Boxes to Deter Cheating on Exam
A Mexican teacher has come under fire for making high-school students wear cardboard boxes on their heads to block their peripheral vision and prevent them from copying on an exam. Luis Juárez Texis, the director of Campus 01 “El Sabinal” at the College of Bachelors, in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, has been accused of […]
Businessman Sues Mistress to Recover $2 Million He Willingly Gave Her
A Singapore-based businessman has attracted some unwanted media attention after it was reported that he sued his mistress in order to recover $2 million he allegedly loaned her. The problem is she says the money was a gift, so she doesn’t want to give it back. Toh Eng Tiah, the 55-year-old owner of several recycling […]
Australian Woman Covers Town in Graffiti in Bizarre Attempt to Contact Mystery Man
A 36-year-old Australian woman in Melbourne’s Frankston suburb was charged with criminal damage, wilful damage, among others, after covering several public spaces with graffiti messages to a certain “Chris”, the alleged father of her unborn baby. The alleged vandalism reportedly occurred between July 29 and 30 when graffiti started popping up in recreational areas around […]
Woman Seeks Divorce from Husband Who Loved Her Too Much, Never Argued with Her
UAE media recently reported the almost-unfathomable case of a woman who decided to divorce her husband after a year of marriage, because he loved her too much and never once argued with her. If this funny news story is anything to go by, too much of a good thing can indeed be harmful in the […]
German City Will Pay You One Million Euros if You Can Prove That It Doesn’t Exist.
The German city of Bielefeld, in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, has announced that it is offering a €1 million prize to anyone who can prove that it doesn’t exist. To have any hope of understanding this bizarre offer, you have to go back to 1993 when the famous “Bielefeld? There’s No Such Thing!” conspiracy […]
“Poop Like a Champion” Cereal Is a Product That Exists
It sounds like the sarcastic name of a product you’d expect to hear in a satirical sitcom like The Simpsons, but Poop Like a Champion is an actual cereal that can allegedly get your bowls moving like nothing else. Advertised as “the ultimate colon cleansing formula” or “the number one high fiber cereal for number […]
Russian Man Hilariously Tries to Sell 3-Room Apartment Using Quentin Tarantino
A resident of Chelyabinsk, in western Russia, recently got his five minutes of online fame after his apartment sale ad went viral on social media for featuring renowned film director Quentin Tarantino. The last thing you would expect to see while looking at photos of apartments to buy is an internationally famous director seemingly inspecting […]
Youth Unhappy with Brand of Luxury Birthday Car Throws It in the River
An Indian youth allegedly expected to receive a Jaguar sports car as a birthday present from his parents only to receive a brand new BMW instead, was so angry with his present that he decided to throw in in a river. The name and age of the angry teen who couldn’t come to terms with […]
Rich Man Will Pay “Professional Honey Trapper” $18,000 to Seduce His Girlfriend
An anonymous millionaire has expressed his desire to hire someone to try and seduce his future wife-to-be, in an effort to find out if she truly loves him. HushHush.com, the “world’s leading luxury marketplace” recently went public with one of its regular customer’s unusual request, in an effort to help him find the right candidate. […]
Star Basketball Player Banned After Urine Test Finds Him to Be Pregnant
American basketball player Donell “D.J.” Cooper has been banned from the sport for two years after a urine test found him to be pregnant. The 28-year-old point guard who last played for AS Monaco, in Europe, was suspended for two years by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) after a urine sample was found to contain […]
Brazilian Gang Leader Tries to Escape Prison by Posing as His Teen Daughter
A convicted drug trafficker serving a 73-year prison sentence at Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious prison embarrassed himself trying to break out by wearing a cheap silicone mask and mask wig and trying to pass himself as his 19-year-old daughter. 42-year-old Claudino da Silva, aka Baixinho (Shorthy), fancied himself the Brazilian version of Joaqin ‘El […]