MLB Players Up Their Game with Shots of Snake Blood

Staying true to the saying "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," a group of MLB heavy hitters captured the international media spotlight by throwing back a few shots...of warm, fresh snake blood, that …

Taiwanese Bride Marries Self: With This Ring, I Me Wed

Thirty-year-old Wei-yih Chen, an office worker from Taipei, was uninspired by the men she had met from whom she would have picked a marriage partner. Succumbing to social pressure, she decided …

Coming to a Laundromat Near You: Video Game-controlled Washing Machines!

Doing laundry may no longer be the boring, meaningless task it's been for the past several hundred centuries. In fact, successfully getting your digs clean in the future might depend on how well coord…

Thailand Chimp Feeds Tiger Cubs at Zoo

Dodo is a most unusual two-and-a-half-year-old male primate. The caring chimp looks after the tiger cubs that come and go at the Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, which is located some 25 miles ea…

Orangutans and Road Safety: Monkey See, Monkey Do?

Bam is an eight-year-old orangutan with a very important job. He encourages children to wear helmets while cycling. Recruited by the government of Thailand at his home at the Dusit Zoo in Bangk…

Indonesian Ball of Fire Game: Some Really Do Like It Hot

Traditional Indonesian culture is in a way impervious to hi-tech toys and sophisticated electronic games. Although these items are often found in the homes of upper- and middle-class families, …

Thai Government Offers Cash Reward for ‘Fugitive’ Crocodiles

The government of Ayutthaya has offered a reward of 1,000 baht (US$33) to those who aid in catching renegade crocodiles alive. The worst floods to have hit Thailand in decades have caused a hos…

Hello Kitty Chainsaw: A Must for the Handy Serial Killer

Psycho killers and the color pink don’t often combine well. Still, someone (we knoweth not exactly whom) has irretrievably joined them in the creation of the Hello Kitty Chainsaw. Complete with a sp…

Thailand’s New Year Breaks New Record for Water Pistol Fight

  In celebration of Thailand’s traditional New Year’s Day, which is known as Sonkgran (meaning "entering the new"), 3,477 people drenched each other in a 10-minute shootout with water pist…

Buddhist Temple Discourages Ways of Ladyboys

Believing that teenagers can be dissuaded from certain unwanted behaviors, a Buddhist temple in Thailand has endorsed a program that forbids young monks (would be ladyboys) from displaying feminine ma…

Man Undergoes Extensive Plastic Surgery to Look Like Superman

The plastic surgery-obsessed aren’t just in America. Philippines resident Herbert Chavez has undergone a drastic change to look like…Superman? Mr. Chavez, 35, lives in Calamba City, has und…

Breast Slapping: Bigger Breasts Or Bust!

For those women who may seek breast augmentation but would rather not undergo surgery, there is an alternative in the form of a new craze that is slapping its way silly across Thailand. The gov…

Women in Philippine Village Withhold Sex to End Feud

Echoing the famous "Lysistrata" of Aristophenes, a group of women in Maguindano village of the Philippines withheld sex from their significant others to end a longstanding clan feud, or "rido." …

20-month-old Cambodian Boy Drinks Milk Straight from Cow’s Udder

Here in the States, there's often a bit of a controversy over whether or not breastfeeding is healthier than feeding a baby formula after it's born. In Cambodia, breastfeeding seems to be the winner, …