INDIA – Surgeons removed 431 coins, 196 iron bolts, 17 screws, and 3 keys from the stomach of a farmer in the state of Chhattissgarh. Sadly the man died on the operating table after the surgeons removed the objects. The man was complaining of stomach and abdominal aches for about 4 weeks, his widow said. When they arrive at the Hospital, they did some x-rays that revealed a number of objects in his stomach. While [...]
A 22-year-old woman from St. Petersburg, Russia holds the Guinness World Record for the largest lips. She achieved this after injecting her lips with silicone for the 100th time which cost about 5000 Euros. Apparently the young woman, Kristina Ray wants to look like her favorite idol: Jessica Rabbit of the film “Who framed Roger Rabbit?” Ray is not happy with correcting just her lips-size; she wants to do a nose job and a breast [...]
A well-known Russian female news reader was fired for showing her middle finger to US President Barrack Obama during a live newscast. An online footage of the occurrence shows Tatyana Limanova raising her middle finger to the camera while mentioning Barrack Obama. The woman was working for REN TV, a privately owned channel. REN TV declared that her act was unprofessional and unacceptable. However, recently The Telegraph quoted the channel saying that the inappropriate gesture [...]
Finally something innovative for Christmas this year! A Lego Christmas tree! The 12.2 meter high tree is entirely made of Lego bricks and you can go to St. Pancras station in London on the ground floor to see it…..if you’re able to that is. The tree took over two months to build and it’s made from 600,000 bricks. The tree has 172 branches and they have used more than 1,000 Lego baubles to decorate them. [...]
An Australian hospital has launched an investigation after staff treating a woman carrying twin boys unintentionally terminated the wrong fetus. Doctors told the woman that one of her baby-boys had a congenital heart defect that would require several surgeries, if he survived. The woman chose to abort the 32-week-old fetus but sadly the hospital staff terminated the life of the wrong fetus. The Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne labeled it as a “terrible tragedy”. They [...]
Taking faintly too much paracetamol on a daily basis can be fatal, according to experts. A life threatening dosage might just be a few pills too many taken regularly. Researchers at Edinburg University saw 161 cases of what they call “shocking overdose” at its hospital over a 16-year period of time. The doctors say that people taking tablets for chronic pain, aren’t aware nor do they realize that they were taking too many pills or [...]
A town on the Eastern coast of Sweden is traumatized by dirty diapers. The offenders collect dirty diapers from garbage cans and spread them all over public places such as parks, schools, parks and playgrounds, and government buildings. The first victim of the “diaper-terrorists” was Norrgårdens preschool in Iggesund. After a weekend they came back to work to find all of the dirty diapers spread all over the school property with a insufferable smell. Naturally [...]
Recently the Australian government passed a law that only allows plain olive-green packaging for cigarettes with graphic health warnings. Tobacco giant Phillip Morris is now suing the government as regards to the new law. According to Philip Morris Asia, the law ruptured a bilateral investment treaty with Hong Kong. While Australian’s Philip Morris will also hunt rights under Australian domestic law. They’re arguing that removing its trademarks from cigarette packaging will decrease its profits and [...]
In West Brazil there have been many incidents where tourists were bitten by piranhas. Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a river beach very popular with tourists and they have bitten at least 15 unwary swimmers. According to the spokesperson of the city of Caceres, this is the first time they have had problems with piranhas at the Daveron beach. The beach is on the Paraguay river and they believe that about two weeks ago [...]
Oneal Morris, a transgender woman who is legally identified as a man was arrested in South Florida after he injected a patient’s butt with a mixture of cement, mineral oil, super glue, and tire sealant. Butt implants are reasonably more dangerous than breast implants even when given by a licensed professional. According to the police, Morris used her “brand” of unlicensed cosmetic surgery on a woman. As a result, the woman’s butt size increased at [...]
I sometimes wonder how the people in Congress even dress themselves in the morning because the stupidity they produce is unbelievable. On Tuesday Congress announced that frozen pizza is a vegetable. WTF? Yes, frozen pizza is a vegetable due to the tomato paste they use on it. Congress voted to reproach new USDA guidelines for school lunches that would increase the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables in school cafeterias. Now, thanks to large food [...]
This week Benetton launched their UNHATE campaign in support of the Unhate Foundation. The campaign has already been called controversial, radical and “going a bit too far”. Nonetheless there are those of us that completely support the campaign. It was created to oppose and undermine hate culture, the Unhate Foundation will engage in the development of campaigns aimed at expelling the “fear of the other”. Apart from an incredible image campaign, featuring world leaders kissing [...]
Chandra Wisnu (57), suffers from a rare skin disease. His entire body is covered by pink bubble-like tumors. The man is trying to save his four children from the same outcome by revealing himself in public. Wisnu is known as “The Bubble Man” in his home village and he hardly ever leaves his home. The tumors started to appear when Wisnu was 19 years old. By the time he was 24, the tumors covered his [...]