A crematorium in Germany had told how it is beating the energy crisis by installing solar panels to help keep its ovens burning. The move comes after it was reported that crematoriums may have to close down over winter because of fears that gas could run out due to Russia's…
The city of Kyoto in Japan is reportedly planning to sell the precious metals found in cremated bodies from things like denture fillings. Most Japanese people are cremated after they die and are not buried, and in the Kyoto region of Kansai, there is an old tradition whereby family members…
German crematoriums may have to close down over winter because of fears they may not have enough gas because of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Crematorium officials are reportedly increasingly worried after Russia reduced the amount of gas it supplies to Europe through the crucial Nord Stream 1 pipeline last week.…
A five-leaf clover has been sold on a Swiss auction site for nearly GBP 1 million but the winning bidder reportedly regretted their move and retracted the bid. The incident took place on the Swiss online marketplace Ricardo, when a five-leaf clover was put up for auction by an unnamed…
Financial crisis brought on by the Coronavirus has pushed a young woman to the very edge, causing her to end her own life. Twenty-four-year-old Alysson Jadin from the city of Liege, Belgium, took her own life on Monday, 16th November. The young hairdresser was allegedly devastated that she had to…
A German electronics giant has been accidentally selling off top of the range Apple iMac computers for 2.19 EUR instead of 2,190. The bungle left several customers purchasing the machines at a fraction of the real value before the mistake was noticed at the MediaMarkt store in the North Brabant…
A Malaysian woman has been slammed online for echoing George Floyd’s famous last words “I can’t breathe” to help her sell an air purifier online. The incident occurred when netizen ‘Angie Ng’ posted the advert for an SK Magic Air Purifier on Facebook. In the post, the woman made reference…
An Indian farmer who was waiting outside a wheat procurement centre for two days to sell his crop has died of a heart attack while still waiting his turn. The incident took place in the district of Dewas in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh when farmer Jairam Mandloi…
This billionaire has made the jaw-dropping revelation that he used to be a hacker who spied on corporations like Renault and on the French president for the secret service. Billionaire French businessman Xavier Niel, 52, is the co-owner of the Le Monde media group and founder and majority shareholder of…
A Belgian gambler who was told he had won 2.2 million euros on an online betting game was devastated when the site crashed and the amount was reduced to just 56 euros when it restarted. The online gambler, named only as B.V. in local media who is from Sint-Truiden in…