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  • Smelling your own farts can boost brain power, prevent Alzheimer’s, finds study

    'The results showed that the behavioral outcomes of Alzheimer’s disease could be reversed by introducing hydrogen sulfide,' the research team noted. Hydrogen sulfide is typically characterised as smelling of rotten eggs. The human body naturally creates small amounts of hydrogen sulfide to help regulate functions.

  • Man tells pregnant wife he's going on 'business trip,' found stuck in Thailand flood with lover

    The couple have three children and according to the rescuers, the wife had no suspicions, as the husband frequently communicated with her during his stay in Thailand.

  • Widow of gay man files case against his lover, in-laws over his inheritance

    The woman's mother-in-law has now filed an appeal seeking to declare the marriage as invalid.

  • Thief 'eats' Rs 17 lakh gold pendant inspired by James Bond movie. Police wait for him to defecate

    Crafted from gold and painted with green enamel, the pendant is encrusted with 183 diamonds and two sapphires. It has an 18-carat yellow gold octopus adorned with white diamond suckers and black diamond eyes.

  • UP woman dislocates jaw while trying to eat golgappa. Video

    As soon as the woman tried to eat a particularly large golgappa, her lower jawbone slipped out of its normal position, leaving her mouth stuck open.

  • Chinese brand makes staff change surname to ‘rat’, call customers ‘master’

    In November, a customer shared that an employee handling returns was labelled as 'Return Rat'. The company later clarified that the names were not meant to insult customers.

  • Hyderabad man builds 17-foot bike using tractor wheels. Watch

    Kanyaboyina Sudhakar’s creativity doesn’t stop at the 17-foot bike. In another video, he unveils a suitcase car — a fully functional vehicle that folds into a travel case.

  • Human washing machine goes on sale in Japan: Get cleaned like clothes while music plays

    The machine 'not only washes your body but also your soul,' a company spokesperson said. She added that the it also monitors users' heartbeats and other vital signs.

  • 47-year-old mother of two donates kidney to boss, gets fired later. 2012 story is viral now

    'I didn’t do it for job security. I didn’t do it to get a raise. I did it because it’s who I am. I didn’t want her to die,' Debbie Stevens had said, referring to her boss.

  • Man marries woman 4 hours after blind date, she spends all his Rs 30 lakh savings in a month

    The couple spent one night together—their only intimate moment. 'After that, even when I attempted to hug her, she pushed me away,' the 40-year-old man said.

  • China's 40cm 'mini-end' living units with tiny bed, TV and Rs 90 rent go viral: 'Coffin has more room'

    In the viral video, the narrator demonstrates that the space is so tight that a person must enter sideways. 'The biggest flaw? If you want to hang yourself, it’s not tall enough,' she jokes darkly.

  • India’s costliest car registration number: HR88B8888 sold for Rs 1.17 crore in Haryana

    The base price of the registration number was Rs 50,000, but bids surged rapidly. At noon, the price had already touched Rs 88 lakh before settling at Rs 1.17 crore by evening.

  • Man seeks divorce after wife spent Rs 84 lakh on male live-streamer: 'Don't love you anymore'

    The husband used to live close to his workplace, about 25 km away from the couple's home. Over the years, he had sent her about Rs 1.5 crore, of which the wife admitted to spending Rs 84 lakh on the live-streamer and could not account for the rest.

  • This is the only tree on Earth that grows intense blue-coloured fruit. It grows in...

    What makes this fruit extraordinary is that it contains no blue pigment at all. It's something researchers discovered while grinding the fruit to extract pigment.

  • Bengaluru techie uses Rs 48 lakh ‘Ayurvedic' herbs to improve sexual health, suffers kidney damage

    The software engineer had to borrow money from his wife, parents, and even take a bank loan to fund his Ayurvedic 'treatment'. His medicines included herbs that were sold to him for Rs 2.6 lakh per gram.

  • 66-year-old man wins Rs 34 crore lottery, hides money from wife to secretly live in luxury

    The man splurged on a luxury car, booked stays at high-end hot spring resorts, and travelled across Japan, spending about Rs 1 crore in six months.

  • 'Rat people': China's unemployed Gen Z rebel against burnout, spend all day in bed

    In 2021, the 'lying flat' movement emerged as a backlash against the country’s grueling '996' work culture—9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. Instead of climbing the corporate ladder, many opted for minimal effort and maximum rest.

  • Bengaluru techie loses Rs 16,000 shoes outside temple. Priest's slippers stolen twice

    CCTV footage from the temple entrance showed the thief walking barefoot, posing as a devotee, before leaving with the shoes.

  • CEO accidentally names new project on famous OnlyFans model. What happened next

    The original Project AELLA was pitched as an 'open-science initiative to make scientific research accessible via structured summaries created by LLMs'. But CEO Sam Hogan soon learned that Aella—the person—was a prominent figure in tech-adjacent circles. In 2020, reportedly earned about Rs 89 lakh a month.

  • Divorce case of Chinese 'Warren Buffet' ends after 15 years. Wife gets Rs 664 crore alimony

    Zhao Bingxian and Lu Juan married in 1988. They share a son and a daughter. While Zhao became a prominent figure in China’s investment circles, Lu managed the company’s finances and largely stayed out of the public eye.

  • Outrage after China dumped over 1,100 cats in water reservoir, many died

    'Life release,' a Buddhist ritual meant to show compassion, has faced growing criticism for ecological harm and animal suffering.

  • ‘Bite spot not blind spot’: Karnataka man finds snake in side mirror while driving. Watch

    With the onset of cold and rainy weather, snakes and other small creatures often seek warmth inside parked vehicles.

  • Man gets Rs 5.7 crore plastic surgery after being bullied: 'If I become world’s most beautiful...'

    Allen began with nose, mouth and eye procedures, spending about Rs 86 lakh, before debuting on a Tokyo variety show. By 2015, he had undergone more than 200 surgeries.

  • Employee gets fired when boss finds him walking 16,000 steps during sick leave for foot pain

    After being fired, the man filed a case against the company for unlawful termination and the courts ordered the company to pay him Rs 15 lakh in compensation.

  • Man spends Rs 1.2 crore to rent flat wife was murdered in for 26 years to preserve crime scene

    The woman was murdered on November 13, 1999. She was found stabbed multiple times in the neck inside their home, while her two-year-old son was left uninjured beside her.

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