World’s Strangest

Sisso suffered from an injured right wing over eight months ago. Fortunately, the little swift was taken in by an Israeli animal hospital, where he is now undergoing extensive physical therapy. Originally, he just flapped around on the ground trying to regain his flight skills, but the veterinarians at the clinic decided to help him practice [...]

Amidst all the heartbreaking stories out of Haiti these past two weeks, I was impressed to see that Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) was deploying an inflatable hospital. An inflatable hospital? What a great idea! Here’s how it works. Air is pumped into the columns and beams that support the structure, which are made of [...]

Doctors Without Borders is setting up shop in Haiti to provide medical services to those affected by the earthquake. They will use an inflatable hospital. It’s exactly what it sounds like: a temporary hospital with inflatable components that can be deployed whenever needed. Doctors Without Borders has been employing them for years, including an impressive inflatable [...]

It’s not all srs bsns at the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. The employees of the hospital put together this “Pink Glove Dance” to promote breast cancer awareness. Looks like a lot of fun! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]

Inside Fish Hospital in India Patit Paban Halder runs a hospital solely for fish in Chandannagore, India. Basically, he has 32 aquariums in his home, and he treats ailing fish with his wife and son. The fish he treats are ornamental—fancy ones for aquariums—so I guess there are a lot of people with exotic fish around Chandannagore. [...]

Hello Kitty may be a little bit of a trend in America, but in Asia, it’s a lifestyle. There have been Hello Kitty weddings and hotels before, but did you know kitty-obsessed mothers can even give birth in Taiwan’s Hello Kitty maternity hospital? The three million dollar venture has been officially sanctioned by the character’s parent [...]

China’s hairiest man Yu Zhenhuan undertakes laser hair removal treatment Hair covers 96 percent of Yu’s body. He may be surpassed only by a pair of Mexican brothers: Victor “Larry” and Gabriel “Danny” Ramos Gomez, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having 98 percent hair cover. The 26-year-old Yu is candid and unembarrassed [...]

A new study has revealed that over 25 million people in Britain have been injured by biscuits with 500 people a year needing hospital treatment fo…