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· Editorial Staff
Adorable Minions Try Selling Bananas in China, Gets Stopped by Authorities
Images of Minions (from the movie “Despicable Me”) selling bananas on the streets of Beijing, China, recently went viral on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. Netizens’ hearts were melted by the sheer adorableness of the photos. “Big-eyed adorable Minions pulled over on the…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Author Reveals the Real Difference Between ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ and the Real Wall Street
John LeFevre, the British-born former banker behind Goldman Sachs Elevator, has just substantiated for those outside the insular world of investment banking that the behavior on Wall Street is spot on with how the movie “Wolf of Wall Street” portrayed it. One discrepancy between…
· Benny Luo
Bestselling Author Tim Ferriss Reveals How to Master Any New Skill in Record Time
Tim Ferriss’ entrepreneurial journey began when he founded BrainQuicken in 2001. It was his first company and focused on selling nutritional supplements online. He ended up selling it to a private equity firm in 2010. In between that timeframe, he wrote his first bestselling…
· Max Chang
This Woman’s Innovative ‘Resumé’ Thoroughly Impressed Airbnb’s CEO
Nina Mufleh always wanted to work for Airbnb. After moving from the Middle East, Mufleh lived in San Francisco for a year, unable to land a single interview with the company after months of submitting job applications, answering listings and sending emails to the company — until…
· Editorial Staff
Report: Floyd Mayweather Took an Illegal IV The Night Before He Fought Pacquiao
Right before his fight with Manny Pacquiao on May 2, Floyd Mayweather reportedly took an IV injection that was banned under World Anti-Doping Agency Guidelines. The IV reportedly had a 250-milliliter mixture of saline and multivitamins and a 500-milliliter mixture of saline and…
· Laura Dang
White Guy Uses Chinese Name on Poem Submission, Gets Selected as ‘Best American Poem’
People are getting fussy after finding out that a poem titled “The Bees,” commended as one of the best American poems of 2015, was written by a white man under the Chinese pseudonym Yi-Fen Chou. The poem was chosen from hundreds and probably thousands of other works to be…
· Sebastian Dillon
Chinese Farmer Poses as a Chinese Princess, Scams People Out of $360,000
Most of us are familiar with the “Nigerian prince” scam where would-be victims receive a random email from someone claiming to have millions of dollars but needs help to move their fortune out of Africa via a small donation. One woman in China put her own spin on the scam by…
· Laura Dang
Chinese Couple Adopts Stray Dog, Finds Out It’s Actually a Fox
A Chinese couple from Guangzhou, China who adopted a stray dog was surprised to learn that their new-found pet was actually an Arctic fox. The husband, Huang, discovered the animal stranded outside his home last week in the pouring rain, according to GB Times. He didn’t have the…
· Editorial Staff
One Tweet Perfectly Sums Up Why We Need to Care About What’s Happening in Syria
Tech entrepreneur and designer David Galbraith from Geneva, Switzerland, tweeted out an iconic photograph of Steve Jobs and the caption: “A Syrian migrants’ child.” His message: Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, was the son of a Syrian father who moved to the United States in the…
· Riley Schatzle
Chinese Men Now Banned From Endorsing Maxi Pads by New Law
A new Chinese law forbids men from endorsing maxi pads and has additional regulations that will transform the advertising industry in China. The new law is being called the “toughest advertising law to be passed in China” and is centered around acceptable language and celebrity…
· Riley Schatzle
Why Being Weird Might Help You Find a Date, According to New Study
Men and women prefer partners who are weird, according to a new study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The study’s researchers asked a group of heterosexual and bisexual people from the United States, the United Kingdom and India to select individuals…
· Riley Schatzle
Vladimir Putin Works Out in $3,200 Sweats, Drinks Tea With His Best Bro
Russian President Vladimir Putin, also a former KGB colonel and no stranger to feats of badassery, spent last Sunday with his best bro doing best bro things like lifting weights, grilling steaks and drinking tea in outfits that cost thousands of dollars. At the Bocharov Ruchei…
· Laura Hospes
Suicidal 20-Year-Old Photographer Captures Life Inside a Psychiatric Ward to Recover
I was 20, studying photography and, as they say, living life the fullest. But that was not the real me.
· Editorial Staff
People are Spraying Cheap Vodka on Their Clothes for a Brilliant Reason
Are you in college and out of quarters to wash your three-week-old dirty laundry? Did you leave your clothes in the wash for too long only to end up with a batch of stinky laundry? Have no fear because there is a life hack to rid you of your smelly clothes and cheap vodka. This…
· Jacob Wagner
Why an Olympic Track Star Chose to Become a $600-An-Hour Las Vegas Call Girl
Suzy Favor Hamilton, best known for being a three-time Olympic track-star-turned-escort, revealed that details in her upcoming memoir, “Fast Girl,” will offer insight into why she chose to work as a $600/hr call girl in Las Vegas. Hamilton was infamously exposed by a reporter…
· Jeremy Cai
Twenty-Year-Old Shares What Dropping Out of College For Your Startup is Really Like
*On a personal note, I’m doing fine. I have been and currently am super happy. Truth is often stretched for the sake of storytelling. It seems like leaving school is becoming more common, so I wanted to share a few honest thoughts for those considering it and for those who may…
· Laura Dang
HP Assistant Steals Nearly $1 Million From Company for Luxury Vacations and Shopping
A former assistant to a senior HP executive was sentenced to serve 21 months in prison for embezzling nearly $1 million in company funds for spa resorts, trips to Europe, Apple products and shopping sprees. The woman was sentenced on Monday and ordered to pay $954,000…
· Riley Schatzle
Rich Chinese Women Are Now Paying Americans $150,000 to Have Their Babies For Them
Due to restrictive Chinese laws on childbirth, American surrogate mothers are becoming an increasingly popular choice for Chinese citizens who are having problems conceiving. Although there is an underground surrogacy network set up in China, authorities have been strict in…
· Laura Dang
Inside the Ultra Exclusive $2,400-a-Year Club for Silicon Valley’s Elite
The Battery is a premiere members-only club that opened its doors to the select few last February in the Financial District of San Francisco. @t_lekometros, @beautifulhotels
· Laura Dang
New Report Reveals Why You Should Only Be Eating Grass-Fed Beef
Meat lovers who like their burgers rare, beware. There is an overwhelmingly large amount of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ground beef, according to a Consumer Reports investigation.