A 300 kilogram (47 stone/661 pound) man shocked doctors when he was rushed to hospital in China. Sun Liang, who is just 22-years-old, became ill last week and couldn’t move himself in his own home. When an ambulance arrived at his house, paramedics were unable to move him onto a stretcher, so a dozen security men were sent to help shift him. […]
A rehabilitation centre in Saint Petersburg has been rescuing these baby seals, suffering from climate change and pollution. Staff members at the centre have been fighting for the life of this little one in particular, after the newborn was brought to the centre covered in oil. “There was a high probability that he would die from oil intoxication but he […]
A teenage boy had a lucky escape after he ran away from home and survived a five-hour flight hiding in the wheel of a jetliner. The 16 year-old stowaway lost consciousness, as the flight from California to Hawaii reached 38,000 feet (11.5 kilometres), and freezing temperatures sank to minus 80 degrees. About an hour after he landed in […]
Meet Long Yunsheng, a man from China with a penchant for iron nails. Apart from Long doesn’t collect the iron nails, he eats them. Yes, you heard correctly. Long easily swallows several nails with a length of three to five centimetres. Washing them down with a cup of water, Long stuns everyone around him, as he eats the nails with ease. […]
This is a visualisation of what it would look like if a city-destroying asteroid hit planet Earth. And scarily, the chance of an asteroid striking our planet is actually higher than scientists previously believed, according to the California-based B612 Foundation. The non-profit group has released the video in the hopes that it will press home the idea […]
From a distance, these buildings may look like any regular brick structure, but close up you can see that their walls are made of hundreds of layers piled up together, as these are actually China’s first buildings made with 3D printing technology. The ten grey coloured buildings have been erected in Shanghai without using a single piece of brick […]
A dead blue whale has washed up on a beach in Canada, causing concerns for locals, as it slowly rots and bloats. The 25-metre whale carcass washed up on the western Newfoundland community of Trout River just over a week ago, and the smell is taking its toll on residents. “Well, it’s getting worse now. It’s really getting… Every day. If the […]
A drunken woman has been rescued after getting stuck on a clothes hanger outside an apartment in China. Firefighters rushed to the building and broke into the home, in an attempt to pull her from the inside. The woman can be seen sitting on one of the iron bars of the hanger and supporting herself on the […]
This little baby is definitely getting more attention than most newborns! A hospital in Massachusetts welcomed Carisa Ruscak on April 22nd – the second biggest baby staff has ever delivered. The little girl weighed in at 14 and a half pounds and 22 inches long to parents Caroline and Bryan. Carisa was delivered via c-section and is said to […]
This shocking CCTV footage captured the moment a freight truck pushed a car 500 metres down a busy road in China. Miraculously, no one was hurt. The accident happened when the empty freight truck suddenly veered and knocked into the side of a white car, forcing the car to swing around 90 degrees and stop in front of the […]