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· Ryan General
Korean Author is Tired of Being Told to ‘Improve’ Herself So She Can Find a Man
During her early 20’s, Korean author Lee Jin-song was constantly told by people around her on how she can “improve” herself so she can do better in the dating scene. In an interview with The Korea Herald, Lee recalled how tips telling her how to look and act in certain ways came…
· Editorial Staff
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
Van Crashes into Plane About to Take Off in Hong Kong
A plane carrying 300 passengers was hit by a container van before it could take off at the Hong Kong International Airport on Thursday. While none of the plane’s passengers were harmed, the driver of the van was momentarily stuck in the vehicle as it was dragged along the tarmac…
· Editorial Staff
Man Illegally Documents Trip to North Korea, Smuggles a Ton of Photos Home
A man brought back some of the most telling and forbidden souvenirs from his trip in North Korea. London-based photographer and software developer Michal Huniewicz somehow managed to take prohibited photos during his visit to the militarized state and make it out with them…
· Editorial Staff
Sarcasm is Now Illegal in North Korea
Sarcastic people in North Korea can now face repercussions for opening their mouths. Apparently, Kim Jong Un just banned citizens from using sarcasm in casual conversations — especially those taking an aim at his regime.
· Ryan General
Beautiful Chinese Bodyguard Melts Hearts At the G20 Summit
While the recently concluded G20 summit in China may have been dubbed as successful by the Chinese authorities and other observers, outsiders may dismiss the 2-day meeting of powerful heads of states as quite uneventful. Leave it to some Chinese netizens, however, to find…
· Ryan General
Obama Exits Plane Using Back Door Because Security Couldn’t Understand Chinese Driver
Many observers have been accusing China’s leaders of deliberately snubbing Barack Obama during his arrival in the country on Saturday afternoon after the U.S. president was not given the standard red-carpet staircase used to leave Air Force One. Chinese official involved in the…
· Ryan General
Homeless Man Returns a Wallet Full of Cash, Gets a Life-Changing Reward
A homeless man in Thailand could have run off with a wallet filled with cash and would have gotten away with it, but he chose to do the right thing instead. Little did he know that his kind gesture will end up changing his life in an instant. The honest 45-year-old…
· Ryan General
Malaysian Woman Viciously Attacks Her Husband For Not Giving Her Money
Malaysian authorities are now looking for, a 35-year-old woman who has left her husband hurt and seriously injured after beating him up for not giving her money when she asked him to. According to The New Straits Times, the couple engaged in a brief scuffle on Wednesday evening,…
· Ryan General
Elderly Japanese Man Fights Off Huge Bear With Epic Karate Skills
There are a just very few things one can really do when faced with a full-grown bear and most of them include different ways of fleeing. A 63-year-old Japanese man, however, chose to stand his ground and fought the raging animal that mauled him using his karate skills. Atsushi…
· Editorial Staff
Controversial Travel Company Invites Foreigners to Become Farmers in North Korea
While North Korea has been making headlines on alleged crazy executions and tourist abduction, one company is inviting foreigners to serve the country as farmers. According to The Daily Caller, Young Pioneer Tours, a travel company in China, just offered a tourist package that…
· Ryan General
Gang of Wealthy Chinese Girls Arrested After Shoplifting For Fun
Authorities in China have arrested six supposedly wealthy Chinese women for allegedly conducting shoplifting contests for fun. The shoplifting squad, who have reportedly stolen beauty products worth more than 20,000 yuan (around $3,000), were recently apprehended in Yingcheng in…
· Ryan General
China is Banning All Media Stories About ‘Western Lifestyles’ and Flaunting Money
In an effort to curb Western influence on China’s citizens, the Chinese executive branch has issued an order to all local media platforms preventing them to report content that it deemed non-compliant to the Communist Party’s ideologies. The country’s State Administration of…