A woman in China had her left ear torn off in a factory accident when her hair got caught in heavy machinery. Doctors could not put the ear back right away because the blood vessels were too damaged, ...

Road workers in Beijing, China, pulled off an amazing feat by fixing a 1.5-mile stretch of the Fourth Ring Road in just six hours. That’s not a typo; they fixed an entire road in a quarter of a day. T ...

You never know what’ll be turned up when scientists start looking at things. For example, research now suggests that hydrogen sulfide, the smelly gas found in flatulence, may help protect the brain fr ...

“Fake it ‘til you make it” isn’t always the best plan. A pair of "advanced humanoid robots" at a tech expo in Iran turned out to be just people in cheesy costumes. The fakes were shown at the Kish Ino ...

If you’re looking for the definition of “animal lover,” kissing a snake has to put you on the list. A man in Gujarat, India, saved a snake's life after it got electrocuted on an electric fence. The sn ...

How big of a pest do you have to be for the town you live in to sue you over it? The town of Mihama in Japan is preparing to sue a resident in his 60s who has been harassing town hall staff for five y ...

A 49-year-old New Yorker named Michael Moreau set two Guinness World Records in September by swimming around Manhattan in handcuffs. He completed the 28.5-mile loop in nine hours, 41 minutes, and 46 s ...

“Mom! Watch how high I can jump!” has never been more terrifying. Four children were hurt on Saturday when a bouncy castle was picked up by strong winds and blown over a fence in southwestern Sydney, ...

The “Birds Aren’t Real” theory is evolving. A Russian company called Neiry has started testing pigeons with brain implants that let them be controlled like drones. The company puts tiny wires in the b ...

Running a scheme in the world of collectible cards is a cut-throat world. GameStop now says it will ban Pokémon card scalpers for life if they're caught using scales to weigh packs in stores. The comp ...