Japan To Launch 'fasting' Camps For Internet-addicted Students

Youngsters in Japan who are glued to their smartphones and laptops may be sent to an Internet "fasting" camp to help them disconnect from the online world.The Ministry of Education estimates that some 518,000 Japanese children between the ages of 12 and 18 are addicted to the Internet, according to The Daily Telegraph. And officials fear that the number of middle school and high school students in need of a digital detox is rising.!-- google_ad_client...

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11-year-old Boy Admitted To The University To Study Quantum Physics

Carson Huey-You, an 11-year-old is among the new class of undergrads at Texas Christian University – adjusting to college life, finding the right buildings, settling in for those easy core classes.Around the time when most kids are playing with jacks and baseball cards, young Huey-You will be taking university-level courses among teenagers and young adults. And it won't just be any class load. !-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-0341799799057061"; /*...

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Man Addicted To Stealing Cuts Off His Own Hands In Line With Sharia Law

A habitual thief who was left so ashamed by his uncontrollable urge to steal, took the drastic step of cutting off his own hands.Huffington post reports Ali Afifi is believed to have been motivated by Sharia law when he amputated both hands in separate incidents.The Egyptian lost his first hand by holding it under the wheels of a train five years ago.His shocked father had him institutionalised, but the 28-year-old repeated the action with...

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Video+ Photo: Girl Swallows Her Phone To Keep Her Boyfriend From Reading Her Texts!

According to a Spanish website Yipeta.com, a 19-year-old woman from Brazil named Adriana Andrade was sooo desperate to keep her boyfriend Renato from reading the text messages on her cellphone that when he demanded to see them she took off running.And when she was far enough away, she did the unthinkable...the girl actually SWALLOWED hercellphone. Supposedly, she had to undergo an operation to get the cellphone removed.Watch the video after...

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Weird Occupation: German Man's Business Specializes In Creating, Maintaining Lies

The owner of a German lying business said his services range from sending mendacious text messages to helping unfaithful spouses live double lives.Patrick Ulmer, 28, said his lying business, sometimes referred to as an alibi agency, helps people create lies to conceal the truth from friends, family and employers, Der Spiegel reported Friday.Ulmer said one of his more large-scale client pays a yearly fee for the agency to maintain a fake apartment...

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Thai Village Khlong Charoen Wai Sieged By Monkeys

In a Thai village, homes are raided, property is pinched and locals are attacked by dastardly gangs operating beyond the law -- but the perpetrators are not men, but monkeys."They creep into my house when they see me sleeping, they go into the kitchen and take cooking oil, sugar and even the medicines that I hide in a cabinet," said Chaluay Khamkajit, after years battling with pesky primates who are thought to have been drawn into Khlong Charoen...

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Loving Husband Buys His Wife 55,000 Dresses in 56 Years

If love was measured in dresses, Paul Brockman would probably be the most loving husband in the world. Over the past 56 years, the German-born contractor from Lomita, California, has gifted his wife Margot with 55,000 dresses, all of which he picked out himself.The first 10 dresses in Paul Brockman’s impressive collection were free. He got them while working at a seaport in Bremen, Germany, where workers could pick out anything they wanted when the...

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'Walking' Shark Discovered In Indonesia

A new species of shark that "walks" along the seabed using its fins as tiny legs has been discovered in eastern Indonesia, an environmental group said Friday.The brown and white bamboo shark pushes itself along the ocean floor as it forages for small fish and crustaceans at night, said Conservation International, whose scientists were involved in its discovery.The shark, which grows to a maximum length of just 80 centimetres (30 inches) and is harmless...

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Plane Lands Upside Down In Water

A small plane crashed onto a beach in Rancho Palos Verdes in Southern California Friday.!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-0341799799057061"; /* ad for add */ google_ad_slot = "8290820706"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 15; //--> The plane landed upside down in shallow water, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said in a statement. The pilot was the sole occupant and suffered minor injuries but is alert and talking.The pilot was transported...

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Ania Lisewska, Polish Woman, Wants To Have Sex With 100,000 Men

It's good to have a goal in life, but the one purportedly expressed by a woman in Warsaw, Poland, may be a stretch.Ania Lisewska, 21, is allegedly attempting to travel to every city in the world so she can have sex with at least 100,000 men for 20 minutes each."I want men from Poland, Europe and all around the world. I love sex, fun and men," she said, according to the Austrian Times. "In Poland the subject of sex is still taboo and anyone...

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Teen Kills Childhood Friend Over Play Station 3, Shoots Victim 9 Times In The Head

Police say they have made an arrest in the murder of a man whose body was found at a demolition site in Philadelphia, adding that a scheme to steal and sell a video game console played a role in the killing. Anderson was described by police as a ‘childhood friend’ of the victim, 19-year-old Daquan Crump.Malik Anderson, 19, was arrested at his home in the 1800 block of Tomlinson Road on Wednesday morning without incident and charged with first-degree...

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Plastic Surgeon Uses His Skills to “Sculpt” the Perfect Wife

Ever since they first met in 2007, Dr. David Matlock, a famous Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, has been using his body-sculpting skills to turn his wife Veronica into the perfect wife.When Veronica first visited Dr. Matlock to ask about a vaginoplasty procedure after giving birth to her daughter, she had no idea she would soon become his wife. But he did. The beautiful brunette was 40lbs heavier and was so unhappy with the way she looked that...

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Man Who Can’t Make It to Anything on Time Gets Diagnosed with Chronic Lateness Condition

For as long as he can remember, 57-year-old Jim Dunbar has never been able to make it to appointments on time. His friends and family always thought he was making excuses, but after a recent doctor’s appointment, for which he was a half-hour late, Jim was diagnosed with incurable lateness.Jim Dunbar used to always tell people it wasn’t his fault he couldn’t make it on time for anything, but they never took him seriously. Even as a five-year-old he...

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Chinese Kidnappers Give Hostage Money, Release Her After Finding Out She's Poor

Talk about a change of heart.Two Chinese kidnappers, identified only by their last names –- Lu and Xie -- grabbed an 11-year-old girl in hopes of getting a hefty ransom in return for her release, Shanghai Daily reported. However, once the pair learned that the girl’s family was poor, and there was no way that they would be able to come up with the more than $160,000 they were demanding, Lu and Xie decided to set the girl free and give her about...

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Yukon Bar Customer Swallows Human Toe ... On Purpose

An American man is the newest member of the "Sourtoe Cocktail Club" — except, instead of touching the severed human toe to his lips, he downed the digit floating in his whiskey shot.The Sourtoe Cocktail has been a tradition at the Downtown Hotel bar in Dawson City, Yukon, since 1973, when, as the story goes, a local named Captain Dick found an amputated toe preserved in jar.!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-0341799799057061"; /* ad for add */ google_ad_slot...

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VIDEO: Scientist Sends Brain Signal Via The Internet To Control Colleague's Hand

University of Washington scientists Rajesh Rao (on the left) and Andrea Stocco (on the right) claim that they have been able to demonstrate human brain-to-brain communication, a feat that has only been successfully demonstrated between rats and from human to rats.A University of Washington press release described the experiment as follows:!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-0341799799057061"; /* ad for add */ google_ad_slot = "8290820706"; google_ad_width...

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Liberia's University Entrance Exam Failed By All 25,000 Students Who Took It

Students in the UK and US think getting into university here is tough.But spare a thought for candidates in Liberia - after every single one of them failed this year's university entrance exam.Almost 25,000 students failed the admissions test for the University of Liberia - one of the African country's two state-run universities - meaning it will have no first year students when the new term begins in September.A university official told the BBC...

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Man Cuddles With Fox, Thinking It's His Girlfriend

This guy really got some tail last night.London man Leon Smith, 30, was sleeping when he felt someone nuzzling the back of his neck. He reached over to snuggle with who he thought was his girlfriend, only to discover a fox in his bed."I just couldn't believe it," Smith said. "It was so calm, just staring at me." After a stressful few minutes, the fox ran off.Gawker points out that the couple plans to keep this kind of furry encounter...

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Teenager Arrested For The Rape Of a 93-Year-Old Woman

Anderson police say they have detained 17-year-old Iquise Taylor in connection to the rape of a 93-year-old woman.Joel Sandefur, spokesman for the Anderson Police Department, said Friday that Iquise Taylor, is at the county juvenile center. He has not been arrested or formally charged.Police said the elderly woman was raped and beaten in her house in the 3600 block of Hamilton Place in Anderson. The intruder, police said, forced his...

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