All posts tagged "China"

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Classic Viral Video: The Cat-Eyed Boy

    Today we look at the story of a boy who supposedly has cat-like eyes which allow him to see in the dark.

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Classic Viral Video: Bicycle Teleportation Rescue

    A classic viral video allegedly shot from closed circuit camera shows a cyclist being saved from certain death by a supernatural being which teleports the person to safety at the last moment. Is it real or fake?

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Live Turtle Key Chains? They’re Real.

    Today we’ll look at an image which has circulated on Facebook for years which shows a key chain being sold in China that contains a live baby turtle. Is this image real or fake?

  • Hoaxes & Rumors
    Did the world’s oldest man live to be 256 years old?

    Press reports in 1933 claimed that a Chinese man named Li Ching-Yuen had died at the age of either 197 or 256. Is this story real or fake?

  • Odd News
    Baby Born With 31 Fingers and Toes

    A baby boy from China was born in January 2016 with 31 fingers and toes. It’s not the first time a child from that country was born with 31 digits, nor is it a world record.

  • Odd News
    Sewer Explodes When Boy Drops Lit Match Through Manhole Cover

    Video released this week shows a dramatic explosion that sent manhole covers into the air after a boy dropped a lit match into the sewer.

  • Odd News
    Odd This Week: Racist Microsoft Twitter Bot, #ManInTree

    Some odd stories we’re watching this week include Microsoft’s out of control Twitter bot, “Waldo” found “being very disorderly,” an angry Easter Bunny in a New Jersey mall brawl, and a two-headed lamb in China.

  • Odd News
    Classic Odd News: Glow-in-the-Dark and Whiskey-Flavored Pigs

    Scientists have created glow-in-the-dark pigs, not once, but twice – in Taiwan back in 2005, and again in China in 2013. In 2014, whiskey-flavored pigs were also developed. Today we take a look back at these unusual stories.