The latest crazy beauty treatment comes from Japan, where ladies in pursuit of eternal youth are willing to pay hundreds to have snails crawl about on their face.
For the price of Y24,150 ($241), four organic snails from a reputable breeder in Japan will be placed on a pre-washed face to crawl around freely. The 60-minute 'Celebrity Escargot Course' treatment also involves a series of massages, masks and electrical pulse machines using creams infused with snail mucus which ensure the secretions penetrate the skin properly.
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Back in 2012, United Arab Emirates was deemed the eleventh fattest country, which was a clear indication that obesity has become a nation-wide problem. But besides fat people, you know what else they have a lot of there? Gold, that's what.
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It's pictures like this that makes us glad that dragons can only be found on Game of Thrones. The fake skull was first spotted on the "Jurassic Coast" in Dorset, which happens to be a place where real fossils are often found. Turns out it was commissioned by BlinkBox, a video on demand service.
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Last week, this report from KTVU listing the names of the pilots involved in the Asiana tragedy went viral since the names were clearly fabrications intended as crude phonetic jokes.
KTVU officials have since revealed they did not sound out the names before airing the report, nor did they carry out adequate fact-checking.
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This is why you should always look where you're aiming when taking a leak, because you never know when Mother Nature decides to send you a nasty surprise.
As reported by The Daily Mail, a 35-year-old northern Israeli man was rushed to a nearby hospital after he went to the toilet to pee only to be bitten by snake that had decided to call the toilet home:
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Time is all you have when you're locked behind bars, but how you make use of that time can make all the difference between going insane and coming out alive.
However, Khalid Sheik Mohammed i.e. the alleged mastermind behind 9/11, is probably never going to be set free, but he has reportedly been keeping himself busy while under CIA custody by designing his own vacuum cleaner.
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Back in October 2012, Catarina Migliorini made headlines by auctioning off her virginity to build homes for impoverished families in her home state of Santa Catarina. The project was supposed to be documented as part of an Australian documentary called Virgins Wanted. The winning bid was reportedly made by a Japanese millionaire known as 'Natsu.'
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Anyone who owns a penis has probably experienced what is commonly referred to as "male spotting." But why shake it off at the urinal and risk a random boner when you can just stick a diaper on its head instead. And we're not sure whether that wide-eyed stare is because the guy in this video is trying not to burst out laughing, or because he's dead serious about his invention.
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Creepy or totally cool? Whiskey purveyor Johnnie Walker had decided that the best person to star in their 90-second "Hail to the Game Changers" ad was none other than Bruce Lee.
Since the martial arts legend and action star died 40 years ago, they first had to contact lookalike Danny Chan before plastering a 3D model of Lee on his face. The process reportedly that took over nine months to complete.
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Basketball players at a neighborhood court were surprised when Spiderman showed up to crash their game. But this wasn't a sports-challenged Spidey actor under the suit. This Spidey pulls off some extremely awesome dribbling moves.
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