Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities

The rise of “Abin Al-Ajabin Zazzau” (The Wonder of Zaria), as Mahmud Sadis Buba came to be known in Nigeria, began last month, after a video of his All Progressives Congress (APC) party screening for a seat in the House of Representatives went viral on social media. But what began as inspiration for a more inclusive political scene quickly turned into a nationwide scanda...

In the hit Japanese manga series One-Punch Man, Saitama, a part-time convenience store worker, adopts a grueling physical training routine for three years straight to become an invincible superhero capable of defeating any foe with a single punch. His training routine was recently replicated for 1,096 days straight by a Japanese middle-aged man who recently showed off the eff...

While most commercial pet translator apps are largely created with entertainment in mind, Hangzhou-based tech startup Meng Xiaoyi claims that its new pet translator is the real deal! As long as the pet is wearing the device around its neck, the translator can allegedly recognize vocalizations, emotions, and behavioral language with an accuracy rate approaching 95%.

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After several drone strikes were reported in the city of Perm, the local diocese decided to lend a hand in keeping the potentially lethal flying contraptions away. Although Ukrainian drones have been evolving at an extremely rapid pace, straining Russian air defenses to their limit, the Russian Orthodox Church believes there is one thing they can’t bypass – prayer.

Three years ago, Mr. Chen (pseudonym), a farmer from Longtang Town in Western Guangdong, started experiencing frequent and difficult urination. Urination would often be interrupted suddenly, and he would need to change position in order to relieve himself. Sometimes he would also experience discomfort and even pain.

Chen initially mistook the symptoms for common pro...