FINALLY! Japanese Company Develops Gas-Deodorizing Underwear
Thanks to Japanese company Inodore, the days when passing gas in public was seen as a social taboo may soon be behind us. If you can keep the noise level down, their odor-deodorizing fabric does the rest, absorbing up to 99% of gas smell. I know what you’re thinking, fart-proof underwear have been around for a […]
WOW Orc Assassin Wins Seat in State Senate
“So I’m a level 68 orc rogue girl. That means I stab things…a lot! Who would have thought that a peace-lovin’, social worker and democrat would enjoy that?!” This was the statement that won World of Warcraft gamer Colleen Lachowicz a seat in Maine’s State Senate. Democrat Colleen Lachowicz has recently won a seat representing Maine’s Senate District 25, […]
Meet Asako Kanda, the World’s Biggest Hello Kitty Fan
Hello Kitty has millions of fans around the world, but none are more in love with Sanrio’s iconic character than Asako Kanda. The 39-year-old receptionist from Japan has amassed a fantastic collection of over 4,500 Hello Kitty items. Like many other girls of her generation, Asako’s fascination with Hello Kitty began during her elementary school days. […]
Thai “Sorcerer” Gives Disciples Bulletproof Tattoos, They Decide to Try Them Out
Boonyong Luangjumpol, also known as Ajarn Ton, was recently arrested in Thailand’s Yanglad district after he allegedly gave local teens magic tattoos and told them they made them invincible. Unsurprisingly, they wanted to try out their ink armor and engaged in a series of brawls. Sak Yant is an ancient type of Thai tattoo said to bestow the […]
Chinese Airline Judges Pilot Candidates by Armpit Odor
A Chinese airline has sparked controversy after it was reported it included a zero-body-odor requirement in its pilot recruitment tests. Applicants had their armpits sniffed by company staff, to check for any bad smells. You think requirements stink in your line of work? Think again. Chinese company Hainan Airlines demanded to smell under the arms […]
Face Yoga Finally Gives You an Excuse to Look Silly
If the years are starting to take their toll on your once flawless visage, there may yet be a way to turn back the clock, before turning to Botox injections and other cosmetic procedures. It’s called face yoga and is apparently allows practitioners to control the way their face ages. Face yoga was developed by […]
Prepare to Be Owned as Japanese Man Auctions Off Planet Earth
We see crazy and bizarre items auctioned off on sites like eBay or Yahoo Auctions, every day, but this is the first time someone actually thought about selling our planet. The starting price was a measly ¥69 ($0.86), but since the auction went viral, the price has surged to ¥9,889,899,888 ($123,000,000). I still think it’s a bargain. I know, […]
Professional Mattress Jumper Is an Actual Job
You probably thought those high-end mattresses people pay thousands of dollars for are hand-made. As it turns out, they’re also foot made, as someone is actually getting paid to jump on them hundreds of times in order to compress no fewer than 28 layers of cotton batting. Growing up, you probably dreamed you would one […]
Scientists Declare Buddhist Monk the Happiest Man in the World
Matthieu Ricard, a French researcher turned Buddhist monk was declared the happiest man on Earth by a group of scientists, after it was discovered his brain produces a level of gamma waves never before reported in the field of neuroscience. A former molecular geneticist who left his life and career behind to discover the secrets […]
For English Family Living in the Middle of a Cemetery Every Day Is Halloween
Would you be brave enough to spend a night in an old mortuary chapel surrounded by dozens of graves? One English family is more than happy to sleep in such a house every night, and say it’s actually their dream home. Jayne Stead and partner Mike Blatchford didn’t seem to mind the creepy graves and […]
Woman Who Only Eats Junk Food and Milk Says She Has Never Eaten Fruits or Vegetables
54-year-old Marla Lopez, from New York City, says the supermarket snack aisle has become her dinner aisle, as she will only consume three types of foods (potato chips, white breads and milk), and has never even tried fruits or vegetables. Recently featured on Good Morning America, Lopez said her picky eating started as a baby, […]
Armageddon-Proof Survival Pod Proves a Big Hit
You may be all happy and carefree today celebrating Halloween, but don’t forget that according to the Mayan calendar the end of days is less than two months away. Luckily, there’s a way around it – a survival pod built by a Chinese inventor who claims it can withstand the end of the world. It’s […]
The Daily Talk – Liberia’s Blackboard Newspaper
The Daily Talk is a unique news medium published on a blackboard in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city. As most Liberians lack the money and means to access conventional mass media, this chalk-written daily “newspaper” is the most widely read report in Monrovia. In the Western world, many are already talking about the death of written […]
Japanese DVD Lets You Go on a Dinner Date without an Actual Date
Getting a girl to go out to dinner with you isn’t as easy as some people think. Luckily, now there’s a DVD that allows single men to experience a dinner date, without having to convince a woman to go out with them. It’s called “Amateur Dinner Time – Let’s Eat Together! -, and it’s hilarious. […]
Man Sues Wife for Being Ugly, Gets Awarded $120,000 in Damages
In what may be the weirdest divorce trial in recent history, a man in China sued his wife for being ugly and actually won the right to divorce her and a substantial settlement of $120,000. No, this is not a joke. Earlier this year, Jian Feng, a man from northern China took his spouse to […]