Bizarre, hilarious, and outlandish stories from around the globe.
Bizarre, hilarious, and outlandish stories from around the globe.
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Whenever I get bored of the city and its breakneck, cutthroat day-to-day, I sometimes like to think of how different my life would be if I were a sailor. No longer would I have to squeeze into a crowded train or bus, with a thousand stresses fighting for my very…
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The human body is a wonderful thing, isn't it? Despite the fact that each of us starts out with two eyes, one nose, and a set of diverse organs, there are certain little quirks in each of us that are a reminder of the uniqueness in our sameness. For a…
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Anyone will tell you that politics can divide friends and family, making what should be a pleasant dinner into a truly tense affair. Conflicts like these have been apparent for many Americans for centuries, but things have got more intense over the last couple of years. Even in the lead-up…
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Another day, another insane conspiracy theory, eh? They may drive us crazy, but it wouldn't be the internet as we know and love it unless one person or another was throwing around some crazy new hypothesis, right? This week, fresh claims centre around a mysterious red X that appeared on…
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Body painting is a provocative form of art that dates back to prehistoric times. By using the human body as a canvas, artists can express themselves in innovative ways. (And save a lot of money on paper.) Sometimes the effect is theatrical, painting models with dazzling colors in hypnotic patterns.…
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One thing you should never do as a parent is give your kid your phone. Honestly, why you would give a human being - who is still content to poop their pants and rub spaghetti hoops all over their face - something that is worth over $700, is completely beyond…
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So far, 2018 is really setting up to be the year of the time traveler. Every week or so, someone emerges on YouTube or gives an interview to the media claiming that they're from the future - albeit always with very little evidence to prove they're telling the truth. One…
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These days, with all the theories about the Earth being flat and our planet being constantly visited by aliens or time travelers, it's difficult to take a lot of conspiracies seriously. We tend to think of them as far-fetched fictions made up by basement-dwellers who don't have anything better to…
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Let's be honest here, no one actually likes flying. While some people may be impartial toward the experience, no one actively gets some form of enjoyment out of climbing aboard and extremely heavy tube and floating off into the air. On top of this, there is a multitude of external…
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On the surface, Taylor Muhl seems like a perfectly average person. She lives in California, works as a singer and a model, and has a lot of selfies on her Instagram page - many of which show the interesting birthmark on her torso. However, unlike most people, Muhl knows exactly…
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We've all had a moment, most of the time in our childhoods, when we have the temptation to break the rules. The one thing you tell yourself is that you can probably get away with it, but this isn't always the case. Last week the Chinese news outlet CGTN shared…
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Optical illusions are something which we will always struggle to get our heads around and, much like Dr. VS Ramachandran once said, the human visual system is a "bag of tricks." While this may sound like a fairly simplistic way of defining what is an incredibly complex and confusing system that…
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We've seen thousands of people throw marches to raise awareness for issues such as women's rights, police brutality and gun control. There's power in numbers, and when all those voices combine as one, it can have a serious impact. And now people are gathering together for another important cause: to…
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The fashion brands you associate yourself with, the hair gel you use and the ripped muscles on your arms might account to nothing if you don't have the right facial hair. Having a beard, a moustache, or – god forbid – an unsightly soul patch can make all the difference.…
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If there's one thing that's universally true for all human beings, it's that every single one of us - someday - are going to meet our end. It might seem a depressing thing to think about, and it's certainly not a fact that we should spend too much time dwelling…
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There have been a lot of entertaining moments at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un impersonators crashed the opening ceremony to show they're not enemies; they're BFF's. A teenage U.S. snowboarder overslept after a late night of watching TV, and still won Olympic gold,…
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Welcome to 2018, the year where literally everyone claims to be a time traveler. Since the turn of the year, there has been a notable rise in people telling us that they're from the future and giving us some scary predictions. First of all, there was the guy who claimed to…
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Broadly speaking, care homes are pretty sombre places to be. They might liven up occasionally for bingo night or perhaps a visit from some school kids who are looking to give something back to the community, but - for the most part - life in a care facility is fairly…
