Author: The Averagebeing

You know how most people block their exes for peace of mind? Miriam Katz, on the other hand, decided to book them, literally, on her podcast. LA-based actor and writer Miriam Katz has launched one of the most chaotic yet oddly tender social experiments of 2025. A podcast called “Ex Appeal,” where she interviews every single person she’s ever dated, hooked up with, or even crushed on. From a fifth-grade pizza date to a strip club encounter, Katz wants to uncover what really happened and maybe, what still lingers. “I wanted to reconnect with my past loves to find out…

You’ve heard of doctors passing down the family legacy, but this Austrian neurosurgeon tried to pass her drill to her 12-year-old daughter. Somewhere, Hippocrates is screaming. This story centers around Dr. Theresa L., a neurosurgeon at the University Hospital Graz, who allegedly allowed her 12-year-old daughter to drill a hole in a patient’s skull during surgery. The operation was meant to save a 33-year-old farm worker who’d been struck on the head by a falling tree branch. As the surgery was wrapping up, prosecutors say Dr. Theresa let her daughter, who’d begged to watch the procedure, take control of the…

So, this poor woman from Tennessee booked what she thought was her dream solo escape. A TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Murfreesboro, two months in advance. It was supposed to be her first night alone in five years since having a baby. She imagined fluffy pillows, quiet peace, maybe a glass of wine. Instead? Cement dust, plastic-wrapped furniture, and doors locked tighter than her patience. The hotel was still under construction. Despite this, Marriott’s system had gone all out with the automated hospitality. She got her check-in emails, app notifications, and even a friendly “Your room is ready!” reminder. The…

I’ve heard of meal hacks, but this Japanese guy took it to a criminal art form over 1,000 meals, all free, courtesy of a food delivery app’s dumb refund loophole. Meet Takuya Higashimoto, a 38-year-old from Nagoya, Japan, who found a way to live off takeout for two straight years without paying a yen. He ordered food via Demae-can, choosing contactless delivery, then immediately claimed through the app that the order never arrived. Refund issued. Food eaten. Scam repeated. In total, he pulled this stunt 1,095 times, setting up 124 fake accounts under false names and prepaid SIM cards costing…

You know how people say, “I wonder what my funeral will be like”? Well, in Konchi village, Bihar, India, 74-year-old Mohan Lal, a retired Indian Air Force Warrant Officer, decided to stage his own funeral while still very much alive. Draped in a white shroud, he lay on a bier as villagers chanted “Ram Naam Satya Hai,” fully convinced they were attending his last rites. The whole thing looked heartbreakingly real until Mohan Lal suddenly sat up at the cremation ground and revealed it was all an elaborate test. He confessed he wanted to know who truly cared for him…

When most dads say they’ll handle their son’s mess, they usually mean emotionally. Not Arnon Rodthong, Thailand’s durian king, just put a literal bounty on his son’s mistress in public. Arnon Rodthong, a 65-year-old tycoon who owns Thailand’s largest durian orchard, went viral for offering 30,000 baht (around $900) to anyone who would slap his married son’s mistress at least ten times. Yeah, ten precise smacks, payable in cash. Rodthong claimed his outburst came from protecting his innocent daughter-in-law. His son Chai reportedly left his wife and child for On, a woman who had previously dated another family member, possibly…

So, somewhere in New York City (of course), an entrepreneur claims she literally works 24/7, awake or asleep. According to Andrew Yeung, a former Meta and Google employee turned startup founder, he met a woman who has mastered lucid dreaming just so she can solve business problems in her sleep. Yeah…you actually read that right. She goes to bed with a to-do list. Yeung posted the story on X (because where else?), saying the unnamed founder has already raised tens of millions of dollars and manages a few dozen employees. Apparently, her technique is working, though probably not for her…

You know things are weird when the city that already runs on broken dreams and haunted slot machines decides to officially hire someone to sleep with ghosts for five grand. So, Casino.org is offering $5,000 to one “lucky” misfit, brave enough (or broke enough) to spend a weekend at El Cortez Hotel & Casino, the oldest and allegedly most haunted hotel in Las Vegas. Built in 1941, back when mobsters ran the strip and house rules meant actual bloodshed, El Cortez has seen enough shady deals, accidents, and unsolved mysteries to qualify as a full-time paranormal Airbnb. Contestants will prowl…

Most of us complain when Starbucks misspells our name. Laurence Watkins, on the other hand, made sure no one could ever spell his name right because it’s 2,253 words long. In 1990, Laurence Gregory Watkins, a mild-mannered librarian from New Zealand, decided to do something spectacularly unnecessary but unforgettable. He legally changed his name to include 2,000 middle names, all handpicked from books or suggested by colleagues. A couple of years later, he thought, “Why stop there?” and added 253 more, taking his case all the way to the High Court after the Registrar General said, “Yeah… no.” He fought,…

You know the AI panic’s gone too far when universities start using AI to accuse humans of using AI. At Australia’s Catholic University (ACU), thousands of students just lived through an episode of Black Mirror: Academic Edition. Nearly 6,000 students were flagged for “AI cheating” last year, and the university used an AI tool to make those accusations. Yep, a machine was basically calling people out for doing exactly what it was doing. The chaos started when Turnitin, that good old plagiarism detector, added an “AI detection” feature in 2023. Turnitin even warned that it “may not always be accurate.”…

You know that saying, “some chase greatness, others have it thrust upon them”? Yeah, Venezuela’s María Corina Machado got a Nobel Peace Prize, while Donald Trump got… really loud about not getting one. Hidden somewhere in Venezuela, dodging persecution from Nicolás Maduro’s regime, María Corina Machado picked up a call that changed her life. On the other end was Kristian Berg Harpviken from the Norwegian Nobel Institute, politely asking her to keep a tiny secret: She’d just won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. “Oh my God… I have no words,” she said, choking up. “I don’t deserve it. This is…

Okay, this might be the first time in history someone robbed a supermarket for family values. Not from greed, but because of love. In Guadeloupe, a 60-year-old former firefighter with zero criminal record, calmly walked into a supermarket, pointed a rifle at the cashier, and demanded the money. Oh, and while he was at it, he grabbed a piece of Emmental cheese and a bottle of wine. Then he walked out slowly, and even waited on the sideline to be arrested. Turns out, that was his plan all along. The man wasn’t trying to get rich or hurt someone, he…

You know how influencers will stream anything these days? Well, Twitch streamer Fandy just raised the bar or, uh, the contractions… So, Texas-based gaming influencer Fandy (real name not disclosed because the internet doesn’t need to know everything, ironically) went full viral on October 8 by livestreaming the birth of her second child on Twitch. Yep, not a gaming session, not a Q&A, but an actual home birth, live, with thousands watching. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ғᴀɴᴅʏ (@fandybtw) The stream showed the full process. No filters, no cutaways, and after the internet collectively gasped, Fandy…

You know your relationship’s gone downhill when an argument doesn’t just end in blocked numbers, it ends with the SWAT team outside your house. So, Derrick Groves, a 28-year-old inmate who literally ripped a toilet off a jail wall to escape New Orleans’ Orleans Parish Justice Center back in May, has finally been caught after five months on the run. His Hollywood-level hideout ended, ironically, because of a fight with his girlfriend in Atlanta. According to a few reports and also the neighbors, the couple was screaming early that morning hours before police rolled up with gas canisters, flash bangs,…

Brazil has opened the world’s largest mosquito factory, a 1,300-square-meter mega-lab in Campinas that breeds up to 190 million mosquitoes a week. No, this is not some prank, and don’t start swatting yet. These aren’t your regular bloodsuckers. They’re part of a carefully engineered army carrying Wolbachia, a harmless bacteria that blocks diseases like dengue, Zika, and chikungunya from spreading. The project, a partnership between Oxitec, the World Mosquito Program, and Brazil’s Ministry of Health, aims to protect 140 million people. I mean we could see trucks literally driving through dengue hotspots, releasing clouds of bacteria-infected mosquitoes to breed with…