Bizarre, hilarious, and outlandish stories from around the globe.
Bizarre, hilarious, and outlandish stories from around the globe.
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When it comes to aviation, there's a lot that your average passenger doesn't know. You're pretty much just blindly trusting the pilots and stewards to get you back on terra firma each time, and few people really understand how the whole process works. How does a heavy tin can manage…
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On social media, we're all influenced by the people we follow. We might take inspiration from their fashion sense, flattering poses or sick caption game. And why not? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. However, when you copy someone too much, imitation is the sincerest form of being a…
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Back in 2009, the late, great Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travellers. It was complete with canapés and flutes of fancy champagne, and anyone was invited - providing, of course, that they could travel back to the past, as the theoretical physicist only announced the time and date…
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Because it's so easy to hide behind a social media profile these days, the famous faces we see on Instagram aren't always what they seem to be. Take Emma Hallberg, for example: a 19-year-old self-described model and influencer from Sweden. She has just shy of 200,000 followers on the picture-sharing platform,…
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One very resourceful dad out in Washington State, USA, has found an... interesting way of sourcing his meat. Some might head to a supermarket or butchers for Christmas dinner, others will locally source their meat from a turkey farm, but 47-year-old Rafe Carroll just hits the road, serving up a…
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In 2017, an Iranian teenager claimed to have gotten more than 50 cosmetic surgery procedures to look like Angelina Jolie. However, she boasted a gaunt, grotesque appearance, with an upturned nose and bloated lips, that more closely resembled Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Well, some stories are too good - or…
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Love can make people do strange things sometimes, and lust can push people to even crazier extremes. Emile Ratelband, a 69-year-old "positivity trainer" from the Netherlands, is taking legal action to change his age so that he can be in a more "luxurious position" when it comes to scoring dates…
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What is it with Waffle House and crazy disputes that literally have to be seen to be believed? If you told me that a couple of months ago that a guy wearing a snake would try to fight armed security at a Waffle House, I would've slapped you in the…
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There are some parents who are obsessed with getting far too close to their kids, to the point where it just comes across as creepy and weird. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm all for parents showing affection to their offspring - that can only be a positive thing.…
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Pregnancy seems like an experience with a wild range of ups and downs. For one, there's dozens of strict rules you have to follow to ensure your baby grows healthy - and pretty much everything you're denied is fun, too. There's back pain, general lack of movement, having to be…
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Sam Ballard, a 28-year-old man from Australia, passed away last week after eight years of medical complications that started when he swallowed a garden slug. The initial incident happened back in 2010, when Ballard was just 19 years old. He had been drinking wine with friends in his garden, when…
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Social media offers us all an intriguing window into other people's lives - we get to peek behind the curtain and see how other people live, and often this can be far more distressing than it is enlightening. Indeed, there are plenty of occasions where people share things on social media…
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Going to the grocery store is always a bit of a solid, if not unspectacular, activity we all have to carry out once a week, like doing your laundry or waking up at two in the afternoon and doing nothing but eat pizza and watch Netflix. Although takeout is always…
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Game of Thrones is currently the biggest fantasy series about, across both television and film, but it wasn't the first to elevate stories of swords, spears and dragons to the most popular entertainment in the modern world. The Lord of the Rings books first hit shelves in the 1950s, and…
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Earlier this week, Halloween delivered what was supposed to be the spookiest night of the year, with people across the globe getting into their creepiest costumes in order to celebrate the holiday. There were some good tries made by many, for sure, but - unfortunately for them - no attempt…
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Halloween has wrapped up for another year. Truthfully, I'm a little sad that the season of creepy movies, trick-or-treating, and costume parties is finished, and all we can do now is take a look at some of the amazing outfits people have come up with. Some have scared the pants…
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Today is October 31, which means that it's finally Halloween again! This is the season for watching scary movies, going out trick-or-treaters, and best of all, going to costume parties. Yup, if you're a fan of dressing up like a superhero, monster, or even a celebrity, then Halloween is the best…
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The phrase 'ghosting' is a fairly well-known one on the dating scene these days, but for 27-year-old spiritual guidance counsellor Amethyst Realm it has a very different meaning. Amethyst, who hails from Bristol, England, has a supernatural sex life, and claims that she's been physically intimate with more than 20 different…
