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Shiba Inu is Upset He’s Not Allowed on the Subway, Gets Carried Out by Authorities
One determined Shiba Inu determined to live his life-long dream of riding the subway was sadly foiled in his plot when he was so close to finally riding the subway. The shiba walked into the the Kitaoji Station in Kyoto, Japan trailing alongside two humans going through the…
· Editorial Staff
Man Reveals How Scam Artists Hack Amazon to Become ‘Best Selling’ Authors
Brent Underwood made headlines last month after uploading a photo of his foot to Amazon Books to prove how easy it is to become an Amazon “bestselling” author. He executed the stunt after he became fed up with individuals putting up obscure content on Amazon in order to get the…
· Ryan General
Author Randomly Decides to Check Her Junk Mail, Wins $150,000
You might want to skim over your junk email next time before you click “delete all” as you might miss out on some surprises. Australian author Helen Garner would have missed out on a huge cash prize if she hadn’t gone through her spam messages, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.…
· Editorial Staff
Homeless Man Becomes Bestselling Author After Writing a Book About Being Homeless
A Parisian beggar is now a bestselling author after his book detailing his life as a homeless man sold nearly 50,000 copies.
· 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…
· Ryan General
Chinese Tourist Fined $1000 For Collecting Water From Yellowstone Park’s Hot Springs
A Chinese tourist was caught by park rangers dangerously walking off the boardwalk in Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs on Tuesday. The unnamed visitor from China further broke park regulations by breaking through the fragile travertine crust and collecting thermal…
· Ryan General
Man Completely Loses it After His Son’s Girlfriend Tells Him the Earth is Flat
Local authorities in Ontario, Canada were on the hunt for a 56-year-old dad after a dispute between him and his son’s girlfriend about the real shape of the Earth escalated on Monday. The woman reportedly insisted that the Earth is flat while her boyfriend’s father argued that…
· Ryan General
Japan Cracks Down on Modeling Agencies Allegedly Coercing Women to do Porn
Executives of a popular modeling agency in Japan have been arrested following allegations from a model who claims she was forced into performing in sex films. Japanese authorities announced on Monday that they arrested Takashi Kozasu, president of Marks Japan, and two other…
· Laura Dang
A 2,000-Year-Old Lump of Butter Was Found in Ireland — And It’s Theoretically Still Edible
An enormous 2,000-year-old lump of butter was discovered in a bog by an Irish farmer earlier this month. Jack Conway, from Maghera, Ireland stumbled across an immense 22-pound ball of ancient butter in a bog, a soft, wet and muddy terrain. According to The Irish Times, the “bog…
· Benny Luo
Ryan Holiday Reveals the One Thing That Can Destroy Your Career in ‘Ego is The Enemy’
At only 28 years of age, Ryan Holiday has achieved more than most. After dropping out of college at 20, he took mentorships with bestselling authors like Robert Greene and Tucker Max, became director of marketing for American Apparel in 2008, and released his own bestselling…
· Quentin Lee
Wayne Lo: An Ex-Campus Shooter Gives Thoughts on Orlando and UCLA Shootings
Editor’s Note: Quentin Lee is a Canadian film writer and director. He’s most known for films including “White Frog”, “The People I’ve Slept With”, and “Ethan Mao”. In the wake of the largest mass shooting in America that already overshadowed the UCLA campus shooting less than…
· Ryan General
Chinese People Are Now Illegally Entering The U.S. Using the Mexican Border
The United States Border Patrol has caught a growing number of Chinese immigrants crossing the Mexican border into California illegally in the last eight months. According to the Los Angeles Times, around 663 Chinese were apprehended by San Diego agents between October and May.…
· Ryan General
Apple Store Thieves Steal $16,000 Worth of iPhones With a Simple Trick
Two crafty thieves were able to sneak out several iPhones from an Apple store in New York just by wearing the store’s blue shirt uniform. According to DNAInfo, one person dressed as an Apple store employee took off with 19 iPhones worth a total of $16,130 from Apple’s SoHo store…
· Laura Dang
‘Do you think Korean people are ugly?’ BBC Reporter Reveals North Korean Interrogation Questions
Last month, a journalist was detained, interrogated and expelled from North Korea after he was accused of calling Korean people ugly and saying they bark like dogs. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, a reporter with the BBC, was about to board his flight to Beijing after spending a week in…
· Editorial Staff
Y Combinator’s Sam Altman Got Kicked Out of The Ritz London For Wearing Sneakers
One of America’s richest and most famous tech venture capitalists was kicked out of a bar for wearing “sports shoes.” That man, Sam Altman, happens to be the president of Y Combinator, the seed accelerator responsible for funding unicorn startups including Airbnb, Dropbox,…
· Editorial Staff
Photos of Superheroes and Villains Then and Now Will Make You Nostalgic
Superheroes and villains from days of future past unite! Iconic superheroes and villains have been with us through the days of black and white television to the booming age of technology. Some of our favorite characters have received drastic computer-generated imagery (CGI)…
· Laura Dang
Japanese Boy Abandoned By Parents in the Forest Found Alive
There appears to be a happy ending to the folk tale-like story of the Japanese parents who abandoned their naughty 7-year-old son in the forest after all. Six days after Yamato Tanooka had reportedly “disappeared,” soldiers found the young boy alive though he was left with…