Author: The Averagebeing

Okay, either Dr. Max Rempel is a genius ahead of his time, or this is how all those sci-fi movies start right before humanity collectively screams, “Wait, he was serious?” So, a geneticist, Dr. Max Rempel, claims that millions of us might have alien DNA. Yeah, not metaphorically, he literally thinks extraterrestrials have been “editing” our genes over the years, possibly through abductions. His study, which hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed (because, of course), analyzed 581 families from the 1,000 Genomes Project and found 11 families with chunks of DNA that didn’t match either parent. Translation: someone’s been sneaking into our…

They were so confident in their bad work that they posted it online and then had to delete it because the Internet said, “Nah, chief.” The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai’s government body, tried flexing its “problem solved” muscles by posting photos of a repaired road in Mumbai’s Kunchi Korve Nagar. But instead of applause, they got memes, mockery, and probably a lifetime supply of shame. An activist, Er Ataul Khan, flagged the pothole back in June, saying it caused “huge jerks” to vehicles. Four months later, BMC proudly announced “Issue resolved” with photos that would make anyone think twice…

Sometimes the stories you read make you wonder if humanity’s moral compass is broken. A 35-year-old Florida nurse, Alexis Von Yates, is behind bars after admitting she abused her 15-year-old stepson, a crime her own husband discovered when he walked in on the scene. Von Yates took a plea deal that dropped her original sexual battery charge to a lesser felony of lewd and lascivious battery. She’ll serve two years in state prison, followed by community control and ten years’ probation as a registered sex offender. The judge has now added fines and victim-support payments to her sentence. The victim’s…

64-year-old Jeff Geraci thought he was just driving home from a workout in Virginia when his body decided to quit on him. A massive “widow maker” heart attack hit, his heart stopped, and he blacked out behind the wheel. His car veered across lanes, smashed into a sign, and came to a stop—right outside a cardiologist’s office. And not just any cardiologist. Dr. Deepak Talreja, chief of cardiology at Sentara Health, happened to be inside, phone in hand, with 911. He sprinted out, found Geraci surrounded by airbags, unresponsive, and without a pulse. “You weren’t breathing, and you didn’t have…

The hell? Did this guy think he was in some taxi and could just “hop off” mid-ride? A Ryanair flight from London to Alicante had to make an emergency landing in Toulouse after a British passenger, Daniel Ashley-Laws, tried to open the emergency exit while the plane was cruising. According to reports, the man had downed massive amounts of duty-free booze before boarding, so much that he could barely stand. Once on board, things got messy. Ashley-Laws, who also goes by “Dan Rizz” online, was spotted fiddling with the exit, which freaked out everyone around him. The man refused to…

Have you ever noticed how some battles in life feel harder than they should be? Like, curing a common cold seems easier than getting your rental deposit back, right? But in Bengaluru, India, one tenant just did the impossible. He got all his Rs 2.6 lakh ($2,927) back from his landlord as claimed in a now deleted Reddit post (My story how I recovered 2.6 L security deposit by u/Best_Taste_7704 in LegalAdviceIndia). Yes, miracles do happen, apparently. So during COVID, the guy rented a 3.5 BHK for ₹55,000 ($619.31) a month. Post-pandemic, the landlord hiked rent to ₹78,000 ($878.29). Since…

Okay…how do I explain this one? You’re an entrepreneur in China, successful, filthy rich, and then one day, you fall head over heels for your younger employee. He’s hardworking, handsome, and understands you like no one else. Except there’s one tiny catch: he’s married. But don’t worry, you’ve got money to throw at the problem. So what do you do? Write a fat check. That’s exactly what Zhu, a businesswoman in Chongqing, did. She handed over 3 million yuan (about $420,000) to her lover He, so he could divorce his wife, Chen, and sweeten the deal with compensation for her…

Man, if you ever wanted proof that life doesn’t follow a neat LinkedIn trajectory, meet Zhao Dian. On paper, he’s a dream candidate with three master’s degrees in finance, globe-trotting education from Sydney to Paris to New York, and fluency in elite academia overseas. But instead of cashing in on Wall Street or sipping lattes in Shanghai’s financial district, the 32-year-old is living on the streets of Dali, Yunnan, surviving on just US$14 a month. And he chose to do this. Three fancy diplomas later, Zhao wakes up at 7 a.m., packs up by 9 p.m., showers at hostels, eats…

At 11 pm in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, a man rolled up in his car near some street vendors late at night, parked, and decided the world was his bathroom. Naturally, the cart family selling food nearby objected. I mean, imagine buying or even eating something there, and the family also has a daughter, too, and this guy’s just relieving himself a few feet away. Gross, right? But instead of apologizing like any sane person, the guy snapped. He hurled insults, even telling the vendor’s wife to keep her daughter indoors, and then pulled out a freaking pistol. Witnesses say…

So here’s a story I never thought I’d type out. A 98-year-old grandma in Shanghai, China, looked in the mirror, saw a horn growing from her forehead, and decided, nah, no doctors, scissors will fix it. Yep, she literally gave herself DIY surgery at almost 100. In Chinese folklore, these hornlike growths are seen as a symbol of long life. Sure enough, Granny Gu had been carrying hers for years. I mean, it grew to about finger length, but during a hospital stay for another issue, she got fed up. Instead of calling the nurse, she whipped out a pair…

Lisa Catalano, a 42-year-old vintage clothes retailer from San Mateo, literally bought billboard space to advertise herself as wife material. Not just one billboard either, she covered 45 miles of Highway 101 between Santa Clara and San Francisco. So…all the billboards push people to her website, MarryLisa.com, where you can apply to be her husband, or even apply on behalf of someone else. I think Lisa’s fed up with dating apps, ghosting, and dead-end dates, so this is her last-ditch effort. I mean, she’s good-looking, probably well-off, and her requirements aren’t insane… just very specific. “People would be shocked if…

Sorry, Rexy, but move aside. Scientists have just found us a prehistoric crocodile that didn’t just coexist with dinosaurs, it freakin hunted them. Named Kostensuchus atrox, this land-dwelling crocodyliform monster from the Peirosaurids family was nearly 11.5 feet long, weighed over 555 pounds, and was armed with serrated two-inch teeth designed to slice through flesh like butter. The researchers who studied the fossil found in the Chorrillo Formation said, “This animal was basically a land predator with the bite force of a bear trap.” Its compact, reinforced skull had anchor points for massive jaw muscles, meaning it could clamp down…

You know how every friend group has that one guy who just has to take things too far? Meet James Ellingsworth, a Louisiana roofing sales manager who moonlights as a content creator with a stomach braver than most. His latest stunt is eating Surströmming, a Swedish infamous fermented herring, also known as “THE WORLD’S SMELLIEST FOOD.” The video (currently sitting at over 9 million views) starts with James cracking open the can. Within seconds, he’s gagging like he just walked into some Indian public toilet. “It smelled like if you poured liquid ass on a dead raccoon.” Not exactly Michelin…

So, here’s what happened… Curtis Dixon, a 60-year-old, was gifted $100,000 last month by Zach Dereniowski, aka MD Motivator, after helping him while thinking he was a blind man in need (Dereniowski in disguise). Literally, the whole internet melted over Dixon’s kindness. I mean, the guy was pawning his wedding ring just to get his lights turned back on, yet still tried to give a stranger a couple of bucks. That moment turned into a global fundraiser that handed him six figures. But then… the nightmare. Just weeks later, (specifically, on Sep 1), Dixon says he was kidnapped near Mt.…

My eyes literally popped the second I saw this story. I was like, wait, what? I’ll be honest and admit that this article is a little biased, because I personally don’t like Zuckerberg. Not like he did anything to me directly, but every time I see him, he just feels… off. FAKE. Anyway, here’s what happened. In Indianapolis, there’s a bankruptcy lawyer named Mark S. Zuckerberg. Real guy. Normal guy. He runs Facebook ads to find clients. Nothing crazy. But Facebook kept rejecting his ads because the system thought he was impersonating the Mark Zuckerberg. At one point, they even…