Woman Obsessed With the Color Pink Surrounds Herself With Her Favorite Color
A young Swiss teacher obsessed with the color pink has been wearing nothing but her favorite color for over a decade and has decked out her apartment pink as well. 32-year-old Yasmin Charlotte has loved the color pink ever since she was a child, but instead of growing out of it, Yasmin only became more […]
5th Grade Dropout Works as a Doctor for Four Years Before Being Exposed as a Fraud
At just 23-years-old, Dr. Veeragandham Teja had already worked in 16 private hospitals, conducted several medical camps and had volunteered with Bengaluru police and local migrant workers during the pandemic. Not a bad record for any doctor, let alone a 5th grade dropout with no medical education and little training… Veeragandham Teja had been working […]
Woman Jailed for Allegedly Cutting Off Her Hand for Insurance Payout
A young Slovenian woman was recently sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly cutting off her hand with a circular saw in order to cash a $1.2 million insurance payout. 22-year-old Julija Adlesic allegedly conspired with her boyfriend and her father to commit insurance fraud in an attempt to collect $1.2 million in insurance […]
Self-Described ‘Trans Satanist Anarchist’ Wins Republican Nomination for County Sheriff
Aria DiMezzo, a self-described “transsexual Satanist anarchist” who ran for the sheriff’s job in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, with the campaign slogan “F*** the Police”, decisively won the Republican nomination this weekend. DiMezzo said that she had expected to lose to a write-in candidate, adding that her surprising victory proves “the system is utterly and […]
World’s Slowest Musical Composition Is Set to Finish Playing in the Year 2640
Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is considered the world’s slowest musical composition and the subject of the longest-lasting musical performance in recorded human history. Written by the late American composer John Cage, As Slow as Possible has been playing at the St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt, Germany since September 5, 2001. ‘Played’ is perhaps to strong […]
Court Decides 22-Year-Old Woman Must Bring Up 2-Year-Old Brother, Because Their Parents Can’t Afford to
Chinese social media has been abuzz about the controversial story of a couple who took their own daughter to court in order to make her raise her toddler brother, because they couldn’t afford to. According to several news reports in China, a couple who for several years had survived on their child’s monthly allowance alone […]
Indian Boy Claims He Was Bitten by the Same Wild Snake Eight Times in a Single Month
A 17-year-old teenager from India’s Uttar Pradesh state is allegedly living in fear after being bitten by the same wild snake a whopping eight times in a single month. Yashraj Mishra, from Rampur village in Basti district, reportedly lives in constant fear after being targeted by a snake for reasons that remain unknown. After learning […]
15-Year-Old Girl Claims People Always Mistake Her Youthful-Looking Father for Her Boyfriend
A 15-year-old Chinese girl and her youthful-looking father have been getting a lot of attention on Asian social media recently because they look more like a romantic couple than father and daughter. Qi Bao and her 35-year-old father have always been very close, but their relationship has become a bit more complicated recently, because as […]
Amazon Drivers Hanging Smartphones in Trees to Get More Deliveries
Amazon contract delivery drivers in Chicago are allegedly hanging their smartphones outside warehouses and delivery points to boost their chances of getting delivery orders. Major news outlet Bloomberg last week reported on a strange new trend among Amazon and Whole foods contract drivers in Chicago – hanging their smartphones in trees close to the companies’ […]
Japanese Restaurant Finds Success With “Delivery Macho” Service
After struggling to stay open during the Covid-19 pandemic, a sushi restaurant in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, has found success with an ingenious “macho delivery” service that involves using buff bodybuilders as delivery boys. Masanori Sugiura, a third-generation owner of the 60-year-old sushi restaurant Imazushi in the city of Anjo, started working out at the gym […]
Man Leaves Window Open for Five Months, Finds Apartment Invaded by Pigeons
A UK student who left his apartment window open before going away for five months found his home covered in bird droppings after it was taken over by pigeons. 20-year-old Oluwageorge Johnson had to leave his rented apartment in Nottingham in a hurry back in March, after his parents turned up to take him home, […]
White Woman from Kansas Spends Years Pretending to Be Black
Jessica A Krug, a professor of African American history at George Washington University, spent years pretending to be of North African, then Caribbean descent despite actually being a white, Jewish woman from Kansas. In a case oddly reminiscent of Rachel Dolezal’s story from a few years ago, and American academic and author whose worked focused […]
Japanese Woman Has the World’s Largest Collection of Plastic Food
Akiko Obata has been fascinated by plastic food ever since she was a child, and 10 years ago she started collecting all sorts of plastic food items, amassing a collection of over 8,000 individual pieces. “Sampuru”, the fake food displays used by most restaurants to showcase their dishes to potential diners, is an important part […]
Mysterious Radio Station Has Been Broadcasting Continuously Since 1982 And No One Knows Why
MDZhB is the name of a mysterious radio station that has been broadcasting for nearly four decades, but that no one has ever claimed to operate. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week since 1982, MDZhB (pronounced ‘MJB’) has been broadcasting a dull, monotonous tone followed by a second, foghorn-like sound every few seconds. […]
Mysterious Funnel-Like Crater Opens Up in Remote Arctic Tundra
A gaping, funnel-like hole estimated to be at least 50-meters-deep has been discovered in a remote area of the arctic, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Siberia. Discovered accidentally from the air by a Vesti Yamal television crew en route from an unrelated assignment, the mysterious crater is the latest to be spotted in northern Siberia […]