Odd Facts

This rich man wanted to bury his car so that he could drive it after his death

Thane Chiquinho Scarpa, one of the famous and richest persons in Brazil, created a lot of media attention recently. He announced that he will bury his million-dollar Bentley so that he can drive around after he leaves this world. This was indeed a crazy ...Read More

It’s your own muscles that throw you during an electric shock

Most of us believe that it’s the electricity that throws us if we happen to touch a live wire. However, it’s not the force of the electricity that throws us during an electric shock. The electric current only contracts our muscles. However, the sudden ...Read More

A Billionaire Barber Who Owns Rolls Royce, BMW and Several Other Luxury Cars

Ever heard of a barber who can afford a lavish lifestyle of owning a fleet of luxury cars like Rolls Royce, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Audi, etc.? Meet G. Ramesh Babu, a humble and down-to-earth barber from Bangalore, India. Here is his rags-to-riches story that ...Read More

Saudi Man Cleared of Rape Charges After Claiming He Accidentally Penetrated the Victim

In a judgement delivered by a court in London in December 2015, a man was acquitted of rape charges after he convinced the court that he might have accidentally penetrated the victim. Saudi millionaire Ehsan Abdulaziz, property developer by profession and aged about 46 ...Read More

Who Is That Guy in Facebook’s Most Viral Meme?

There is hardly anybody that has not seen this photograph on Facebook. It is often used to share jokes, memes and other light hearted stuff. But have you ever imagined whose photograph is that? Who is that guy in those innumerable memes shared virally ...Read More

Naked Friday: Working Naked in the Office to Boost Productivity

The Newcastle based British design and marketing company, onebestway, was passing through some real tough time. It had already gone through several rounds of layoff when the business psychologist David Taylor was called in. And the solution he suggested was next best to layoff ...Read More

Want to Ride a Tiger? Visit This Zoo in Argentina

The Lujan Zoo near Buenos Aires, Argentina is perhaps the most dangerous and most controversial zoo in the world. It allows visitors to go close to animals and cuddle them, feed them, take selfies with or even ride them; and this includes animals as dangerous ...Read More

A Vietnamese Man Has Been Sleeping with His Dead Wife for More than 10 Years

It was in 2003 that Le Van, about 55-year old Vietnamese man from Ha Lam Town, Thang Binh district of Quang Nam province, lost his wife Pham Thi Suong, but could not let go of the feeling that she was still with him literally. ...Read More

Choosing Your Baby’s Name in Denmark Requires Government Approval

In Denmark, you CAN’T name your baby whatever you want to. You need to choose a name from a pre-approved list of 7,000 names, out of which about 4,000 are reserved for girls and others for boys. If you want to go for a ...Read More

More Chickens in the World than Humans

Did you know that there are more chickens in this world than human beings? The human population of the world is about 6 billion whereas the number of chickens slaughtered each year alone is about 8 billion. In 2002, there were 15.9 billion chickens ...Read More