Malaysian Store Cancels Sale for 200 Apple Gadgets After 11,000 People Queue Up Outside
A Malaysian reseller of Apple products was recently forced to cancel its warehouse sale after 11,000 people lined up outside its store for a chance to buy one of only 200 discounted gadgets. This past weekend, the Switch store at MyTown Shopping Mall, in Kuala Lumpur, was supposed to host a clearance sale of various Apple […]
Russian Car Enthusiast Builds Functional Mercedes G-Class SUV Out of Ice Blocks
A motorist from the Russian city of Novosibirsk teamed up with a local ice sculptor to create a unique Mercedes G-Class SUV using blocks of ice mounted on a metal chassis and powered by an old engine. Vladislav Barashenkov, the host of Garage 54, a popular YouTube channel focusing on cars, recently went viral for […]
Stylish “Dumb Phone” That Can Only Make Calls and Send Texts Wants to Cure Your Smartphone Addiction
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the features and apps available on smartphones these days and miss the good old days when mobile phones were simple communication devices, you’ll probably love Light 2, a stylish “dumb phone” designed to eliminate time-wasting distractions from your life. The original Light mobile phone launched in 2015, and was […]
Couple Request Photo of Jeff Goldblum in Their Room, Singapore Hotel Goes Above and Beyond to Oblige
A couple visiting Singapore had a somewhat unusual request for the hotel they had booked their stay at – to have a photo of actor Jeff Goldblum placed next to their bed. I don’t know how many hotels would take that sort of thing seriously, but the Mariott Tang Plaza, in Singapore, definitely does. The […]
Indonesian Teen Has Allegedly Been Laying Eggs for Over Two Years
Here’s something you don’t read every day: Akmal, a 14-year-old boy from Gowa, in Indonesia, claims that he has laid 20 eggs in the last two years, with the last two popping out at the hospital, in front of doctors. Akmal has reportedly been hospitalised several times for his bizarre condition over the past couple of […]
Model Gets Tattoo of Her Cat with Ink Made from Its Fur
A German model has found a way to makes sure her beloved pet cat stays with her forever. Not only did she get a huge tattoo of it on her thigh, but she had it done with a s special ink synthesised from its fur. 38-year-old Kathrin Toelle loves her two pet cats like they […]
Self-Confessed Selfie Addict Takes 200 Photos of Himself Every Day
Junaid Ahmed, a 22-year-old man from Peterborough, UK, is obsessed with selfies. He can spend up to three hours getting himself ready for his daily photo-shoots, and claims to snap around 200 photos of himself, uploading the best of them to his Instagram page. An ex-fashion student and model, Junaid treats every day like a photo-shoot […]
Swedish Funeral Agency Wants to Use Artificial Intelligence to Allow People to Chat with the Dead
A funeral agency in Sweden is currently seeking volunteers for a project that it hopes will offer people comfort by allowing them to speak to their deceased loved-ones. First of all, if you’ve already read something about this on sites like Mail Online or Sputnik News, you should know that most of the information they […]
The Complicated Case of a Death Row Inmate Who Can’t Remember His Crime
67-year-old Vernon Madison has been on death row for over three decades and was supposed to be executed in 2016, but after a series of strokes allegedly wiped out his memories of fatally shooting a police officer, his lawyers have been trying to suspend his death sentence. The U.S. Supreme Court will now have to decide if […]
Russian Parents Agree to Fake Their Own Deaths to Help Convict Son That Tried to Have Them Killed
A 22-year-old man from Sochi, Russia, was recently busted by police after his parents help prove he tried to have them assassinated by posing for photos of their fake bloody murders. The shocking story of a young man who tried to have his parents and sister killed so he could inherit their wealth first appeared […]
Indian State Becomes World’s First to Offer Free Cosmetic Breast Surgery to the Poor
When thinking of ways to assist the poor, offering free breast augmentation or reduction surgery is probably not the first thing to come to mind, but that didn’t stop health department officials in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from doing it. Most governments are tackling poverty problems the old fashioned way, trying to make […]
Indian Groom Forced to Marry Another Woman After Bride-to-Be Rejects Him Because He Is Balding
An Indian groom returned home with a different wife that the one he had originally intended to marry, after his bride-to-be refused to go ahead with the wedding upon seeing that he was balding. Dr. Ravi Kumar’s family had arranged his weeding to a girl in Sugauli village, Bihar, more than a year ago, and […]
Russian Parents Accidentally Discover Their Baby Is Alive Seven Years After Being Told It Had Died
A couple in Volvograd, Russia, were recently reunited with the child they had though had died seven years ago, right after birth. What’s even more astonishing is that the startling revelation was the result of a completely accidental administrative error. In 2011, a young girl gave birth at a hospital in Volgograd, but was soon […]
California’s “Butt Lady” Picks Up 1 Million Discarded Cigarette Butts in Just Over 3 Years
Sally Dawly is a woman on a mission. Over the last three and a half years, the anti-littering activist has spent most of her free time picking up cigarette butts from the streets of her home city of Auburn, in California, and on this year’s Valentine’s Day she picked up her millionth butt. Dubbed the […]
Japanese “Baby Factory” Dad Wins Custody of 13 Thai Surrogate Children
Mitsutoki Shigeta, the heir of a wealthy Japanese businessman, was recently awarded sole custody of 13 children he fathered through surrogate mothers in Thailand. Dubbed the “baby factory dad”, 28-year-old Shigeta is believed to be the father of at least 17 children, all conceived through surrogacy. The “baby factory” scandal began in 2014, when Thai authorities […]