A 27-year-old student became the ultimate Mount Fuji frequent flyer, getting rescued twice in four days—first for altitude sickness, then after a return mission to recover his forgotten phone. Double rescues, double the bewilderment, peak weirdness for climbers.
Step aside, human immigrants—the US now pleads with Mexico to hold back a wriggling invasion of screwworm parasites. Border security gets a squirmy upgrade as diplomacy meets entomology.
A TikTok astrologer’s horoscope took a sharp turn when authorities arrested him for predicting a Myanmar earthquake. Apparently, Mercury retrograde is now a prosecutable offense in parts of Southeast Asia’s influencer scene.
Even the holiest of lying-in-state events can't escape the selfie generation. The Vatican’s latest plea for papal decorum collides hilariously with TikTok tourism and influencer culture.
Serbia decided to treat researchers like Cinderella with a midnight deadline—except it’s noon, and the only thing turning into a pumpkin is academic productivity. Peer review just got a turbo mode.
Hospital staff in Majorca waved goodbye to this elderly woman—only for her to say hello from a body bag en route to her own funeral. Spain’s news cycle just got a pulse, literally.
Shanghai shoppers can now liquefy their gold trinkets at an ATM and watch their savings melt away—literally. This futuristic gold-melting cash machine redefines “liquid assets” and makes old VCRs look like untapped treasure chests.
A fired Disney worker hacked food menus to slip in profanities and chaos, earning himself a three-year vacation courtesy of federal prison. Turns out, the happiest place on Earth does not tolerate ‘Cheesy Shits’ with your fries.
Residents of Trang, Thailand, think Nutcha’s massive 3.8-foot dreadlock isn’t just a hair-raising sight—it’s literally haunted. Local folklore collides with flyaway follicles as “ghost hair” becomes the town’s supernatural centerpiece.
The UK’s latest nuclear project screeched to a halt after a brigade of radioactive rats decided to make it their new home. Britain’s nuclear ambitions just got upstaged by rodent squatters with a glow-in-the-dark twist.
Dubai drinkers now pay $100 for Greenlandic ice cubes in their cocktails, proving luxury knows no bounds—or logic. Greenland's new export: ancient iceberg cubes straight to your glass, climate guilt included free of charge.
In a plot twist for global diplomacy, Soviet officials once cited dishpan hands—thanks to American ads—as cause for international restrictions. Diplomacy’s never looked so soapy or sudsy in the annals of weird news.
Graham crackers created to fight sin—because when it comes to snacks, nothing says holiness like dry, flavorless wafers.
Man fined for hugging German Chancellor—turns out spontaneous affection now requires legal counsel and possibly a permit.
Hollywood psychic insists Elvis chats about his 'meat suit' woes posthumously—who knew the King had such a ghostly agenda?
Peter Navarro’s take on a shrinking US economy is the hot economic spin no one wanted. Forget Wall Street’s panic—apparently recession is the new American Dream, if you ask former White House staffers.