A village in the Philippines is trying to tackle the scourge of plastic waste by offering rice to residents in exchange for their trash. Residents of Bayanan outside the capital, Manila, can get one kg (2.2 lb) of rice, the staple food for Filipinos, for every two kg of plastic …
Read More »Ninja History Student Gets Top Marks for Writing Essay in Invisible Ink
A Japanese student of ninja history was recently commended by her teacher for handing in a blank sheet of paper on an assignment that required her to write an essay on ninjas. Ninjas were famous for their covert operations, so when Eimi Haga’s ninja history teacher at Mie University asked …
Read More »Chinese relatives marry each other 23 times in 2 weeks, You won’t believe why
Eleven members of the same Chinese family allegedly staged 23 phony marriages within two weeks — all to access free housing, reports CNN. According to state media, the scam started when a man named Pan heard about an urban renewal compensation scheme in one part of a small village in Lishui city, …
Read More »How a Village Pond in Indonesia Became an Underwater Selfie Hot-Spot (Unbelievable Video)
It’s not very common for small ponds to have their own Instagram accounts, let alone tens of thousands of followers, but then again Umbul Ponggok is not your usual village pond. Located in Indonesia’s Central Java region, Umbul Ponggok is a small pond measuring just 20 meters by 50 meters, …
Read More »Family Too Poor to Buy Milk Feeds Baby with 1.5 Liters of Coffee a Day
News on an Indonesia toddler who has been living on brewed coffee for the last eight months, because her young parents were too poor to afford formula or cow’s milk, recently shocked millions in East Asia. Hadijah Haura, a 14-month-old girl from the village of Tonro Lima Village, in Indonesia’s …
Read More »Woman uses pesticide to wash hair, suffers severe poisoning
A woman living in East China imitated washing her hair in a short video with a pesticide to destroy fleas, and then she was rushed to the hospital for severe poisoning. The resident of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, surnamed Li, saw others in a short video destroying fleas by using a …
Read More »Indian Man, 32, Poses as 81-Year-Old to Fly to U.S. with Fake Visa
Looking at the gray-haired, frail looking man in the picture below, you’d never guess he was only 32. Well, don’t worry about it, his disguise managed to fool security at Delhi airport as well, and they’re paid to spot these things. 32-year-old Jayesh Patel was arrested at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi …
Read More »Restaurant To Host India’s First Farting Competition
The thought of a ”fart competition” might raise a stink, quite literally, but a restaurant in Gujarat”s Surat is going ahead with one on September 22, and 200 people have registered with an aim to come out smelling of roses with trophies in three categories. Organiser Yatin Sangoi said the …
Read More »Chinese web celebrity pays stars millions to come to his wedding, recoups cost with online sale
A Chinese web celebrity who sells products on live broadcasts and video clips paid more than 50 million yuan ($7 million) to 42 celebrities including Jackie Chan to perform at his wedding but ended up making more than 100 million yuan by live broadcasting the event. The online seller whose …
Read More »Boy’s Arm Breaks Into Two During Disastrous Arm-Wrestling Match With Friend
An arm-wrestling match ended in disaster for one of the contenders when he fractured his arm in two places. The trial of strength, which took place between a college student surnamed Xu and his friend in Changzhou, East China’s Jiangsu Province, ended when Xu heard a clicking sound and found …
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