China’s Humanoid Robots Are Now as Fast as Usain Bolt

Bixonimania, a made-up eye condition created to prove that large language models (LLMs) could be easily deceived, ended up tricking human researchers as well. Do you spend a lot of time in front of a computer? Do your eyes get sore and itchy after a while? Do they get a reddish pink if you rub […]

Young people in China are undergoing all sorts of extreme cosmetic procedures to modify the shape of their heads according to a disturbing beauty trend known as ‘high skull’.

Mahmud Sadis Buba, a dwarfism-affected man from Nigeria, claimed to be almost twice his age and almost became an elected official in the country’s National Assembly.

Originally published 19th May 2011. Updated May 2026. Two persons, unknown of each other, separated by thousand miles noticed on one morning these strange marks on their skin. They had no idea how those get there. Their common backgound is spirituality. One had an ayahuasca ceremony the night before, the […]

An Uzbek man was arrested and eventually deported from Russia after leaving an online review for a women’s leather skirt.

Tired of having to deal with pigeons pooping on his balcony, a resourceful man built a DIY AI-powered watergun turret that recognizes pigeons and shoots water at them.