Football Star Named the Heir of Childless Billionaire He Never Even Met
Brazilian football legend Neymar Jr. stands to inherit over $1.1 million after being named the only heir of a single, childless billionaire he has never even met. You know the story – an anonymous billionaire leaves his fortune to a poor soul and changes their life forever. Most of us have dreamed of something similar […]
Teacher on Sick Leave for 16 Years Sues Employer For Asking Her to Prove Her Illness
A German teacher who has been on sick leave since 2009, while receiving a full salary, has sued her employer after being asked to undergo a medical examination to confirm her condition. An unnamed teacher from Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia has sued her employer after it began to challenge her unusually long absence from the workplace […]
Online Flea Market Bans the Sale of Ultrasound Photos to Prevent Pregnancy Fraud
Mercari, Japan’s leading online flea market, decided to prevent the sale of ultrasound photos on its platform to prevent people from using them to commit pregnancy fraud. Selling ultrasound photos of unborn babies on a flea market app is strange, but Mercari never even considered taking action against the practice until one person noticed the […]
Angry Patron Sets Fire to Café Because They Had Run Out of Mayonnaise
An angry café patron in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Spain, was recently arrested for allegedly setting fire to the eatery because the staff told him they had run out of mayonnaise. Last Wednesday, the staff and customers of a café in the municipality of Los Palacios y Villafranca, Seville, got the fright of their lives […]
Austria’s Heaviest Inmate Costs Tax Payers 10 Times More Than Normal
A 289-kilogram man in Austria, dubbed the country’s heaviest inmate, has sparked outrage in the European country due to the unusually high cost of supporting him on taxpayer money. The 29-year-old man, who weighs nearly 300 kilos, was arrested after a search of his home in Vienna, where police discovered large quantities of drugs, including […]
Silent Man Has Been Blocking Traffic in UK Town for Over a Decade and No One Knows Why
David Hampson is one of the UK’s greatest unsolved mysteries. For over a decade, he has been silently blocking the same intersection in the city of Swansea, for reasons no one can uncover. We first wrote about David Hampson four years ago, when he made news headlines in his home country of England for his […]
75-Year-Old Pensioner Asks Wife for Divorce After Falling in Love with AI-Generated Girl Online
A Chinese old man recently fell victim to the deception of artificial intelligence by falling so in love with an AI-generated online model that he asked his wife for a divorce. According to the Beijing Daily, a 75-year-old man named Jiang came across an AI-generated female avatar while browsing social media. To those familiar with digital […]
Estonian Theater Stages Unique Romeo and Juliet Play with Construction Vehicles as Actors
Estonian theater Kinoteater recently staged one of the most unusual versions of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” featuring heavy-duty vehicles as actors and a limestone quarry as the stage. “Romula ja Julia” was a nearly wordless performance that relied on the movements and interactions of dozens of vehicles to convey the classic love story. Romeo was […]
Farmer Gives Away $400,000 to the Poor Because God Told Him He Woud Go to Heaven
An Irish High Court Justice recently appointed a guardian ad litem to represent the best interests of a farmer who sold his property and gave most of the money to the poor because God told him he would go to Heaven. Giving to charity is commendable, but some people’s generosity can seem suspicious in certain […]
28-Year-Old Woman Suffers Severe Appearence Changes During Pregnancy
A 28-year-old Malaysian woman recently shared the dramatic transformation she suffered during her pregnancy, when her face became inflamed and full of wrinkles, like an old woman’s. Farah Faizal, a marketing manager living in Malaysia, caused a stir on social media when she posted an image of her incredibly deformed face while pregnant at the […]
Google Forced to Pay Man After Showing Him Naked on Street View
An Argentinian man recently won a legal battle against tech giant Google after being photographed naked in his own yard and then posted on Google Street View for everyone to see. Although the lawsuit filed by the unnamed man only recently ended, the incident goes back to 2017, when a Google Street View car passed […]
“Vampire” Coach Forced Students to Donate Blood Hundreds of Times for School Credits
A Taiwanese women’s football coach has come under fire for allegedly forcing students to donate blood hundreds of times in order to receive school credits mandatory for graduation. Zhou Tai-ying, a prominent women’s football trainer, has been dubbed the “vampire” coach by Taiwanese media, because during her time at the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), […]
Thai Man Dies After Surviving on Beer Alone for Over a Month
A man in Rayong, Thailand, died surrounded by over a hundred empty beer bottles after shunning food and living on the alcoholic drink alone for over a month. Last week, rescue workers from the Siam Rayong Foundation were called to a house in the Ban Chang district of Rayong to help a man who had […]
Man Gets Prison Time for Spiking Colleague’s Drink with ‘Truth Serum’
A Chinese man was recently sentenced to three years and three months in prison and fined 10,000 yuan ($1,400) for repeatedly spiking a colleague’s drink with a ‘truth serum’ to steal their work plans. Chinese media recently reported the strange case of a Shanghai man who ended up in prison for reportedly mixing a ‘truth […]
Criminal Escapes Prison by Hiding in a Released Inmate’s Luggage
A young inmate recently managed to escape a prison in Lyon, France, by taking advantage of a fellow inmate’s release, hiding in their luggage, and waiting to be carried out of the maximum security facility. The escape of 20-year-old Elyazid A. from Lyon-Corbas prison last Friday made national headlines all weekend, bringing into question both […]