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That’s so not fetch: Tina Fey’s allegedly ‘anti-Asian’ jokes go viral on TikTok
Tina Fey is facing backlash after a TikTok user uploaded videos showing instances where the actor-screenwriter made jokes targeting Asian people. A clip from a 2014 interview with Jimmy Fallon is shown in one of the videos, where Fey is heard comparing her then 2-year-old…
· Rebecca Moon
Elephant mom tries to teach her clumsy calf how to go down a slope in viral video
A video of a mother elephant teaching her baby how to climb down a small slope as he dives headfirst and clumsily tumbles down has gone viral. The video, shared to Twitter on Wednesday, has garnered over 10.6 million views. Twitter users were left amused by the adorable baby…
· Rebecca Moon
Homeless single father in China who sells balloons at night with his daughter goes viral
A viral Douyin video uploaded on Saturday shows a homeless single father and his daughter selling balloons late at night. The two reportedly sell balloons until 2 to 3 a.m. and sleep under trees during the day. The father added that he has many unpaid bills and is owed thousands…
· Daniel Anderson
Teacher in India apologizes after video of him threatening to beat student over her BTS fandom goes viral
A video of a teacher in India has gone viral for showing his aggressive verbal tirade toward a BTS fan. Siddhartha Mishra, a teacher from the online education platform “Physicswallah,” ridiculed a student after she asked in the live chat if any of her peers like BTS. In the…
· Bryan Ke
Viral video shows panicked shoppers attempting to escape an Ikea outlet in China during flash lockdown
Chaos ensued at an Ikea outlet in Shanghai’s Xuhui district after security announced a flash lockdown on Saturday due to potential COVID-19 exposure. The order came after authorities learned that one shopper had been in close contact with a positive case, Shanghai Health…
· Jane Nam
Video of elephant giving birth in Kenya reserve goes viral
A video of an elephant giving birth in snowy conditions went viral on Monday, garnering over 8.5 million views in a day. The one-minute clip posted on Twitter was reportedly taken at the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya and shows an elephant rocking back and forth, pushing out the…
· Jane Nam
Viral video captures elephants springing to action to save calf drowning in pool
In a video posted to Twitter on Saturday, two elephants can be seen rushing to save a drowning baby elephant. In what appears to be footage from Seoul Grand Park Zoo in South Korea’s capital, a calf can be seen falling into a large pool of water. An adult elephant who is thought…
· Rebecca Moon
Viral video of baby eating poop while dad is distracted enrages and amuses millions in China
Surveillance footage of a baby eating his poop while his father is distracted on the phone has gone viral on Weibo. The baby’s mother sensed that something was off when she returned home and found that all of their mat covers had been replaced and cleaned. Millions of internet…
· Michelle De Pacina
Malaysian man arrested for placing vape pen in baby’s mouth in viral video
A 23-year-old man was arrested on Aug. 8 in Johor, Malaysia, for placing an electronic cigarette in a baby’s mouth in an incident that was filmed and posted on social media. The clip of the baby has amassed more than 947,000 views as of this writing. The baby belongs to the…
· Bryan Ke
SF tourist shows how she tracked down stolen luggage in viral TikToks
In a series of TikTok videos posted on July 13 and July 14, user @Kellykwan0 explained how she managed to track down the person who allegedly stole belongings from the trunk of her boyfriend’s parked car during a trip to San Francisco last month. Using the "Find My" feature of…
· Rebecca Moon
Viral video of boy in China blocking door, begging soldier father not to leave breaks netizens’ hearts
A video of a boy in China begging his soldier father not to leave went viral on Chinese social media. The father, who was visiting his home in Qingdao on Friday, was unexpectedly called to return to duty. The boy can be seen bursting into tears before opening the door for his…
· Michelle De Pacina
Man accused of pistol-whipping Asian senior humbled by ‘much smaller man’ in viral fight video
Train 4 Life Center in Suisun City, California, claims Omari Garland, the man accused of pistol-whipping and robbing a 70-year-old Asian man in Fairfield last month, picked a fight with another Asian man at their gym. Garland allegedly threatened the smallest man in the gym, who…
· Rebecca Moon
Video of 7-year-old girl in China crying because her father ‘works too hard’ goes viral
A video of a 7-year-old girl in China bursting into tears while video calling her father from daycare has gone viral on Weibo. During an organized online meeting with parents, the girl’s eyes filled with tears as she saw her father on the screen wearing a safety helmet and…
· Celine Pun
Soothing video of soy sauce being made from scratch in rural China goes viral on TikTok
A soothing TikTok video showing the process of making soy sauce from scratch has gone viral. When the soybeans can be mashed between his fingertips with no resistance, he spreads the steaming beans on a flat wooden beaded tray for fermentation before sprinkling a yellow powder —…
· Bryan Ke
Singaporean TikTok user orders food with remote-controlled car in viral video
TikTok user Steve Ho, 35, wowed the internet after ordering food using a remote-controlled car to stay safe amid the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Singapore. The TikTok video, which Ho posted on Saturday, has received more than 102,000 views and 3,800 likes. During an…
· Rebecca Moon
Viral video shows elephant sticking its trunk into woman’s hotel room and poking her awake
A woman sleeping in a resort in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was woken up by a curious elephant who stuck its trunk through the window of her room and gently poked the woman. The viral video uploaded to Instagram describes how the resort’s elephants blow air and wake you up “instead of…
· Rebecca Moon
Singaporean TikTok user turns honeymoon COVID-19 diagnosis into clever song in viral video
After catching COVID-19 during her honeymoon, a Singaporean woman made light of the situation by writing a song and uploading it to TikTok on Monday. In the video, the woman sings while lying in bed and explains in her lyrics how she got the disease at the “worst time” and is…
· Rebecca Moon
Chinese cousins aged 3 and 8 go viral for their impressive calligraphy skills
A series of videos showing two young boys in China demonstrating their calligraphy skills has gone viral on Chinese social media. Gao Yubo, 3, and Gao Yuxuan, 8, are cousins from Qiqihar of Heilongjiang province of northern China who have both taken a liking to the art of…
· Rebecca Moon
Mumbai beach blanketed with shocking amount of trash washed ashore in viral video
A video shared to Twitter on Saturday shows Mahim beach in Mumbai, India, covered in trash and litter that washed ashore from the Arabian sea. Authorities posted an update stating that they had cleaned the beach and asking citizens to refrain from throwing trash into drains and…
· Rebecca Moon
Strangers gather one by one to help clean 2,000 bottles of beer spilled on S Korean road in viral video
After a truck driver in South Korea accidentally spilled 2,000 bottles of Cass beer on the road, strangers began approaching the scene to help clean up the mess. A viral video of the CCTV footage uploaded on Twitter shows the driver cleaning up the mess alone until more people…