Weird & Strange
Weird & Strange
Dutch 'mass sperm donor' himself also doubts number of children
04 September 2024 17:55 Back in 2017, Dutch fertility clinics stopped using Jonathan Meijer's donor sperm after it was revealed that he had donated to 11 clinics. This is illegal in the Netherlands. He also allegedly donated for years through the commercial Danish sperm database Cryos, where he was registered as “Ruud” and praised as a “volunteer, musician and someone who likes to help people.
Isolated tribe shoots loggers dead with arrows in jungle
04 September 2024 17:43 Members of the Mashco Piro, the world's largest isolated tribe according to the organization 'Survival International,' have killed two loggers with arrows in the Peruvian Amazon.
Pineapples replace Tinder, as long as you have them the right way up!
03 September 2024 13:00 In Spain, pineapple is a frenzy! Not as a fruit for dessert, but as a subtle communication tool for hearts to be taken. This new 'passion' is invading Spanish supermarkets following a TikTok video.
Family electrocuted in their swimming pool...16-year-old son takes the lead
31 August 2024 10:49 On August 25, five members of the same family saw their lives flash before their eyes when they were electrocuted in their swimming pool.
Terrifying, 11 orcas let loose on a Belgian couple
29 August 2024 11:12 Wim and his wife Dana are still struggling to recover from the shock. Originally from Muizen in Belgium, they had planned to cross the Bay of Biscay by boat, when 11 orcas decided to attack them.
The republic that changes its head of state every 6 months
29 August 2024 08:30 San Marino is a microstate landlocked in Italy. It is considered the oldest current republic. And uniquely, every 6 months, the head of state changes and is even a duo.
"The other one was small too...": Worker completely demolishes the wrong house (VIDEO)
28 August 2024 14:30 February 2012, Belgium. We go back into the archives a little and remember this story with a smile on our face, even though it could have cause a fuss in the city of Namur.Latest news
Restaurant charges 58 euros for cutting birthday cake
A restaurant in Arezzo, Italy, has caused a stir on social media by charging a family 58 euros (some 65 US dollar) for cutting and serving a birthday cake they had brought themselves. 27 Aug 2024 17:00Doctor removes lung tumor from 5,000 km away
A Chinese surgeon successfully removed a lung tumor from 5,000 kilometers away from the patient and with the help of a robot, saving a patient's life. 27 Aug 2024 14:18Seabird falls asleep more than 10,000 times a day
“Mini siestas” are common in this species of penguin. 25 Aug 2024 15:30Cocaine-addicted sharks run amok
Are sharks lurking off the coast of Florida eating bags of cocaine dumped into the ocean by drug traffickers bound for the United States? 24 Aug 2024 11:32For 5 years, he sleeps in a luxury hotel without paying a single night
June 2018. Mickey Barreto walks through the doors of the New Yorker Hotel in New York. He books a night for 200 dollars and 57 cents, and never leaves room 2565, where he settles in with his partner, until 2023. He doesn't pay for a single night. 24 Aug 2024 10:39“Something was biting my testicles”: A man's toilet nightmare
Do you have a snake phobia? This story may make you cringe. While relieving himself in the toilet, a Thai man probably had the scare of his life when he felt an intense pain pierce his testicles. 24 Aug 2024 10:30Doctors lose “part of his skull” during operation
This story takes place in the United States, in the Emory Midtown Hospital, Atlanta. In September 2022, Fernando Cluster underwent a delicate procedure after suffering a brain haemorrhage. The problem is, the doctors in charge 'lost' part of his skull. 23 Aug 2024 16:30