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A 50-year-old resident of the village of Bariyatu, which is located in the eastern state of Jharkhand, exemplifies this bizarre response as he awoke to people shouting.  As he got up and went toward the commotion, he learned that a poisonous snake, a Common Krait, had sought shelter in a neighbor’s house.  Thinking nothing of his own safety, he rushed into the house. After twenty minutes, he emerged from the home with the reptile in his hands. In front of everyone, he began biting the snake until it was dead. Leaving the snake’s corpse on the ground, he proceeded to go back to bed as his neighbors applauded his bravery. Half a day later, those same villagers were forced to deal with the harsh reality that the mysterious hero was dying as reports show he was working his job at a local store when he collapsed. People ran to his aid, but found his breathing labored.  They rushed him to the hospital to receive medical care. Unfortunately, doctors wer...

Having served the government for over three decades Taiwanese government official at the age of 76.   During that time, the former speaker gained a reputation for ‘enjoying a lively and fun time.’ His son made the decision to include the pole dancers in the funeral procession.   According to the young man, he had a dream three days after the elder Hsiang died. In the dream, Tung explained how much he loved crowded places. As a result, he knew including the exotic dancers would generate a lot of attention, leading to the type of crowded spectacle his father would have enjoyed. In addition to the fifty pole dancers, the deceased’s family rented fifty brightly colored foreign cars.  The dancers performed choreographed moves on these Jeeps, with each import having a stripper poll attached to the roof. Onlookers who turned out for the funeral also saw a marching band, traditional totems, and flag bearers. In total, there were over 200 people in the proce...

An unnamed little boy from the southern Indian town of Puladinni can breathe easy. So can his parents.Born with four legs and two penises, the child’s life started under weird circumstances. Born in January in the state of Karnataka, doctors knew right away that something was wrong with the child. They recognized that his extra body parts resulted from Polymelia. A genetic disease, both environmental factors and abnormal chromosomes cause Polymelia.  The disorder is also called “parasitic twins.” While in the womb, an embryo develops into conjoined twins. However, after some time, one of the twins stops growing. While overall growth stops and the twin is never viable, its limbs and organs continue to grow. These appendages remain attached to the one living baby. Clinic doctors knew right after the child’s birth that he needed special care.  With the help of 20 physicians and nurses, Dr. Rao the prescribed doctor in charge of the operation   pre...

Sakdin Duangphakhon, 36-years-old, returned home from work. He lived with his mother and father in a one-story house in Buriram, located in southern Thailand. On the way home, Sakdin stopped to buy pork for his favorite soup. His father, 65-year-old Ngor, volunteered to prepare the meal. While his father cooked, Sakdin grabbed a bottle of beer and went to sit outside in a hammock. Before long, Sakdin grew hungrier. He returned to the house to ask when the pork soup would be ready. He became angry that his father did not have the fire hot enough and this caused a delay in cooking.  Then, Ngor informed his son that, in addition to the soup not being ready, he forgot to add fish sauce to the broth. Fish sauce is the most essential seasoning in Thai cooking. Sakdin felt his father had wasted his pork, money, and time by not including the staple ingredient. Then, without warning, Sakdin smashed his bottle of beer over his father’s head. As Ngor fell to the grou...

In what may be one of the most surprising diagnoses in medical history, a 66-year-old Vietnam-born Chinese man was found to be a woman. The shocking revelation would have remained undisclosed had it not been for the large ovarian cyst found in the patient’s swollen abdomen after a doctor’s visit in Hong Kong. The patient’s condition, as reported by the Hong Kong Medical Journal, stems from two rare genetic disorders, one of which is Turner Syndrome , characterized by stunted growth and reproductive sterility. The other condition, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, is attributed to abnormally higher levels of male hormones, and results in masculine features in women, such as the growth of a beard and the presence of a “micropenis.” The patient, standing only 1.37 meters tall (4′ 6″), having no testes, and with a childhood history of urinary leakage, still sees himself as a man, and considers the need for a possible testosterone replacement therapy.