Bizarre, hilarious, and outlandish stories from around the globe.
Bizarre, hilarious, and outlandish stories from around the globe.
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A woman was detained by police after she opened the emergency exit for "a breath of fresh air" before the flight took off in central China’s Hubei province on Monday, Newsweek reports. According to the South China Morning Post, it is believed that the unidentified woman was in her 50s. Footage…
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A woman who claims to be America's highest-paid prostitute has said that business is booming thanks to the Storm Area 51 event. In case your memory needs refreshing, this was a Facebook event in Nevada that two million people agreed to attend (although only 150 turned up), which encouraged alien…
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2019 has already seen some seriously inspiring campaigns come together. You just need to look at the millions who have been mobilised to protest against Brexit and climate change to know that a well-organised movement can be mightily impressive. However, 2019 has also taught us that, if you aren’t careful,…
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We’ve all known someone whose farts are so noxious that they should be illegal. However, no matter how many times they clear a room or cause involuntary gagging, the chances of any imminent arrest seems scarce. That, however, could be about to change thanks to an unintentionally hilarious Scottish court…
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Area 51, an air force base in the middle of the desert in Nevada, has always been like Mecca for conspiracy theorists, who speculate that it's jam-packed with government secrets and alien tech. But now it's more famous for a viral social media initiative, which charged participants with storming the…
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A good idea can come from the most unlikely of places. It doesn't matter who comes up with a brilliant plan or awesome concept: it's the creativity behind it that matters most. A 92-year-old could come up with the best grime album you've ever heard. A teenager could invent something…
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A couple has chosen to keep the gender of their baby a secret from family and friends to protect their child from "unconscious bias". Hobbit Humphrey and Jake England-Johns revealed their decision on BBC One's Inside Out last night. The couple, who are both circus performers from Bath, said that…
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According to Tverynews, approximately 70 litres of holy water was poured through an open door of a plane on Wednesday, the 11th of September, onto the city of Tver, Russia, in a bid to combat "drinking" and "fornication". The move was made by priests, who recited a prayer after pouring…
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We all knew a teacher in school who was incapable of keeping their cool. Seriously, there are some teachers who are able to laugh classroom hijinks off as being nothing more than a harmless joke, while there are others who erupt like Mt. Krakatoa at the slightest sign of trouble.…
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If you're at all interested in the stars, or astrology for that matter, then you've got something to look forward to this week: an incredibly rare harvest full moon. For those who live in the Unites States - the harvest moon, which is the full moon nearest the start of…
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A 32-year-old man was caught trying to board a flight to New York by disguising himself as an elderly man, CNN reports. Jayesh Patel arrived at New Delhi Airport in the Indian capital in disguise as 81-year-old ''Amrik Singh'', whose passport he was carrying. ''Amrik Singh'' was born on February…
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Fans of anything sugary and sweet will be pleased to know that Costco is selling apple pie spring rolls - but not just any old spring rolls - spring rolls with an indulgent-sounding cinnamon-sugar apple mix filling. Oh, and they also come with a caramel dipping sauce. They're basically practical…
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is a true cult classic, with fans of the animated dark fantasy musical as captivated by the now 26-year-old film as ever. For those who have yet to see the stop-motion flick, it tells the story of Jack Skellington, a pin-striped suit-clad skeleton from…
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A study has found that people with tattoos are more likely than those without tattoos to act "impulsively" and "recklessly", the Times reports. More than 1,000 people took part in the study, which was conducted by economists at Canada's McMaster University and published by the Journal of Economic Behavior and…
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A 38-year-old woman has been arrested by the police for attempting to impersonate her 21-year-old daughter during a traffic stop. Heather Garcia was driving a silver BMW when she was pulled over on Main Street in the town of Farmington in Utah after a Davis County police officer noticed that…
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A female tourist has been captured on camera biting a chicken seller's hand in Morocco in an attempt to free a chicken from its cage. The dramatic encounter took place in Tangiers, northwestern Morocco last month and has since gone viral on Twitter, with many criticizing the individual in question.…
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British police officers are urging the general public to be more conscientious about labelling food while transporting it, after a vegan cake mix was mistaken for drugs after being recovered in lost luggage at a UK airport. This week, cleaners at London Gatwick airport stumbled upon an unattended suitcase packed…
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Authorities in Australia are opening an investigation into a bizarre viral stunt which was attempted in Australia, in which a man used a homemade drone to lift himself - sitting in a deck chair - into the air so he could fish in the middle of a pond. The bizarre…
