Bizarre ‘plastic eating’ trend for weight loss goes viral in China

We’ve seen a lot of unusual diets come and go, but the newest one gaining popularity is particularly odd.

We’ve seen a lot of unusual diets come and go, but the newest one gaining popularity is particularly odd.

Zhong Juanjuan didn’t start gaming until she was approaching 50. The pandemic prompted her to ask her son to teach her, and since then, she’s become a surprisingly skilled and intimidating player known online as ‘Auntie Juan,’ streaming her progress and quickly gaining a reputation as a formidable opponent.

This new documentary revisits the popular competition series, looking at it with today’s values. It explores some of its most problematic past events, including instances of body shaming, pressure to undergo surgery, and reports of sexual assault.

A social media post showing a customer initially complaining about a Mexican restaurant’s food – then immediately changing their mind and giving it a five-star review – went viral, receiving hundreds of thousands of likes.

Agrace, a nonprofit healthcare organization, is heading a large initiative to develop a new kind of community-based care for people with dementia. This approach offers an alternative to traditional nursing homes as more Americans are diagnosed with the condition.

In Japan, February 22nd is celebrated as Cat Day. To mark the occasion, a major oil company is releasing a special product designed to pamper cats.

The partnership launched on the McDonald’s app on February 17, 2026, and included OVO’s iconic owl logo with the phrase “Where Night Owls Land.”
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We already knew the third downloadable content pack would feature a new story centered around Asuna Shiroki and Monica Simmons. Now, we’ve learned about the Digimon that will be added. Similar to how the second DLC focused on school-themed Digimon, this pack will primarily include X-Antibody versions of the Digimon Royal Knights.

Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, creates popular YouTube videos featuring elaborate challenges and huge cash prizes for the people who compete.

Jessica Kolbusz, an oceanographer with the Minderoo-University of Western Australia Deep-Sea Research Center, saw a shark while doing research in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.