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This is the unbelievable but interesting story of Jeremiah Sullivan, a marine biologist who has been intentionally beaten by sharks over a thousand times. In fact, exposing himself in the deep sea to get beaten by sharks is part of his job and research activities. Read his explanation of why …

A touching video clip, which shows a small bird stepping in front of a tractor to stop it from moving towards her eggs, has gone viral on social media. According to CGTN, the video was shot in China’s Ulanqab city recently. It shows a small brown bird, wings outstretched, step …

As part of an unusual social experiment, a Mexican mayor disguised himself as a disabled person in need of assistance to test the attitude of local public servants first-hand. After receiving a number of complaints from disabled and other socially disadvantaged people about the treatment they received from social workers, …

July 10 (UPI) — An 89-year-old Illinois woman had an unexpected reunion when her stolen wallet was returned to her 75 years later. Pastor Seth Baltzell said a plumber working on a project to convert the former Centralia High School building in Centralia to a church discovered a stash of 15 …

(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines flight attendants restrained a passenger on a flight from Puerto Rico to New York after he shouted “I am God!” and claimed he would save the world, forcing the plane to return to the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rican police and the airline said …

SONKAJARVI, Finland (Reuters) – A Lithuanian couple won the World Wife-Carrying Championship for a second time in a row in the Finnish town of Sonkajarvi on Saturday, triumphing in a contest where men complete an obstacle course with their wives slung over their shoulders. Each year, the championship draws thousands …

You would have concluded that people who rent cars do so to drive them. Not for some Japanese people. THey rent cars for other wacky reasons. Checkout this story. NTT Docomo Inc., a popular vehicle-sharing service operator in Japan, told the Asahi Shimbun that a 2018 survey revealed that one out of …

Marie McCreadie was just 13 years old when she lost her voice to what doctors could only assume was a freak virus. 12 years later, she was shocked to discover that her sudden loss of voice had been caused by an old coin stuck between her vocal coins, which prevented …

A New York couple is suing the fertility clinic for mixing up the embryos used in in vitro fertilization, causing the woman to give birth to two babies that were of a different ethnicity and turned out to be related to two other couples using the clinic. According to a …

A Finnish tech startup has managed to produce food mainly out of electricity and air, and is now looking to enter the market by 2021. Solar Foods, based out of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), is currently producing one kilogram of …

You’ve probably seen one of those souvenir statues of Maitreya, aka the Laughing Buddha. They are pretty popular even in non-Buddhist countries, and many people use them as good luck charms. But what do you think about a living, breathing Smiling Buddha? Photos and videos of an overweight, bald man …

A Canadian man has told the court that he ordered child-sex doll to remind him of his lost son. Kenneth Harrisson does not dispute that he ordered a child-sized sex doll from a specialist Japanese website. But he told a Canadian court this week that his reasons were not sexual, …

A man snored so loudly inside a train compartment that other passengers made him stay up as punishment so that they could get some sleep, according to media reports. The passenger, identified only by his first name, Ramchandra, however, took the whole thing in his stride and decided not to …

Checkout this throwback story of how an entire village gathered to prevent a couple from having their 18th child. In their desire to have a second son, a Gujarati couple had 17 children–16 of them daughters–until their neighbours convinced them to stop. Ram Sinh, 44, and his 40-year-old wife Kanu …

Police in Oldham’s Neighbourhood, Greater Manchester, England, were shocked to discover a major cannabis farm in a police station. Failsworth Police Station was the base for Oldham’s Neighbourhood Policing Team until it was closed six years ago due to government cuts. On Thursday, July 4, passing officers noticed that the building had …