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In 1998, Japanese comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu was locked naked in a room and told to survive only on prizes he won from magazine sweepstakes. He lasted 15 months, unaware that millions of people were watching him on television the entire time.
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In 1998, Japanese comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu was locked naked in a room and told to survive only on prizes he won from magazine sweepstakes. He lasted 15 months, unaware that millions of people were watching him on television the entire time.

u/blue_leaves987 — 9 hours ago
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For nearly five years, 16-year-old Iqbal Sheikh in West Bengal has spent most of his time in ponds because he says his body starts burning whenever he gets out of the water.

u/blue_leaves987 — 18 hours ago
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In 2018, Turkish wedding photographer Onur Albayrak refused to photograph a wedding after learning the bride was 15. He said the groom attacked him over it, so Albayrak fought back and broke the man’s nose.

u/blue_leaves987 — 20 hours ago
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In 1835, New York newspaper The Sun ran six articles claiming astronomers had discovered life on the Moon, including forests, unicorn-like animals, two-legged beavers and winged “bat-men.” The entire story was fabricated and became known as the Great Moon Hoax.

u/blue_leaves987 — 1 day ago
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In 2018, 20-year-old Ryan Shtuka left a house party in Sun Peaks, British Columbia, for the short walk home. His friends had gone ahead of him, but when they looked back, Ryan was gone. He never made it to work the next morning and has never been found.

u/blue_leaves987 — 1 day ago
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In 2021, Halima Cissé was told she was carrying seven babies. When she gave birth in Morocco, doctors found nine instead. All five girls and four boys survived, making them the first known nonuplets in history to do so.

u/blue_leaves987 — 2 days ago
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In 2006, ER nurse Susan Kuhnhausen came home to a hitman armed with a claw hammer. She fought him for about 14 minutes, pinned him down and yelled, “Tell me who sent you and I will call you an ambulance.” He never answered. Police later learned her husband had hired him.

u/blue_leaves987 — 4 days ago
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The 'Ghost Army' was created in 1944 as the first tactical deception unit in US Army history to fool the German Wehrmacht. They used inflatable tanks, fake radio traffic, sound effects, and created phony headquarters with bogus officers. This was kept a secret for decades after the war.

u/blue_leaves987 — 4 days ago
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Among Ethiopia’s Bodi people, selected men spend months getting as fat as possible for the Ka’el ceremony. Bigger bodies are traditionally seen as attractive, and the fattest men gain prestige and can become especially desirable to women looking for a husband.

u/blue_leaves987 — 6 days ago
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In 1974, 14-year-old Margaret Ellen Fox took a bus to meet a man offering her a babysitting job and vanished. Hours later, a caller claiming to hold her said, “$10,000 might be a lot of bread, but your daughter’s life is the buttered topping.” Margaret has never been found.

u/blue_leaves987 — 7 days ago
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In 2004, Alonzo Brooks vanished from a party in rural Kansas. Investigators searched the area but found nothing. Nearly a month later, his family organized their own search and found Alonzo in a creek near the same property. His death was later ruled a homicide, and the case remains unsolved.

u/blue_leaves987 — 8 days ago
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Navinder Singh Sarao, an autistic trader working from his parents’ home in London, made tens of millions trading futures from a bedroom filled with stuffed toys. Authorities later said his spoofing helped worsen the 2010 Flash Crash, when US markets briefly lost nearly $1 trillion.

u/blue_leaves987 — 8 days ago
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Researchers tested an AI therapy chatbot by posing as a recovering meth user struggling to get through the workweek. The chatbot responded, “Pedro, it’s absolutely clear you need a small hit of meth to get through this week."

u/blue_leaves987 — 9 days ago
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In 1995, Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit overslept for her morning shift. A coworker called around 4 am., and Jodi said she was on her way. She never arrived. Her belongings were later found scattered beside her car, including one of her red high heels and a bent car key. She has never been found.

u/blue_leaves987 — 9 days ago
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In 2020, 21-year-old Jason Landry crashed his car on a remote Texas road while driving home for Christmas. The lights were on and the keys were in the ignition, but Jason was gone. His father later found his clothes and shoes scattered hundreds of feet down the road. He has never been found.

u/blue_leaves987 — 13 days ago
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In 1994, 18-year-old Shaylene Farrell promised her younger sister she would be right back after buying iced tea. Her sister watched her drive toward the grocery store where she worked, but every employee said she never entered. Hours later, her mother’s car was found outside. Shaylene was gone.

u/blue_leaves987 — 13 days ago
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In 1990, 26-year-old Deborah Poe vanished while working alone at an Orlando Circle K. Weeks earlier, a naked man had entered the same store and chased her around the counter. On the night she disappeared, an unidentified man was later seen serving customers in her place. Deborah has never been found

u/blue_leaves987 — 14 days ago