http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged Days en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:13 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/wife-divorced-after-4-days-over-sms/ HUNDREDS of Indonesians have rallied to demand a district chief's resignation following his text message divorce to a teenage girl four days after their marriage. Aceng Fikri, 40, chief of West Java district in Garut, took Fani Oktora, 17, as his second wife in July. But he divorced her via a short SMS, alleging Ms Oktora was not a virgin when they married as he had expected. He says he spent the equivalent of $25,000 on the wedding. ... ]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:03:07 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/wife-divorced-after-4-days-over-sms/ http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/klein-levin-syndrome-pennsylvania-teen-nicole-delien-slept-for-64-days-with-rare-sleeping-beauty-condition/ A Pennsylvania teenager slept for 64 days from Thanksgiving into January -- her longest sleeping episode yet. Nicole Delien, 17, struggles with a rare sleep disorder called Kleine-Levine, or ‘Sleeping Beauty Syndrome’. During her sleep spells she will wake up in a confused state for small periods of time to eat and go to the bathroom and then fall back to sleep. In addition to excessive sleeping, symptoms include disorientation, hallucin... ]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:33:38 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/klein-levin-syndrome-pennsylvania-teen-nicole-delien-slept-for-64-days-with-rare-sleeping-beauty-condition/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/man-with-broken-leg-survives-four-days-in-drainage-pipe/ A Utah man is recovering in the hospital after spending four days stuck in a drainage pipe near Foothill Drive in Salt Lake City. Daniel Samuelsen says he’d crossed the drainage pipe before and had used a rope to help him, but on Wednesday morning when he tried to cross, there was no rope. He slipped on a steep incline, slid down the pipe and broke his leg in two places. Going in and out of consciousness without food, water or any means of contacting anyone%... ]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:07:20 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/man-with-broken-leg-survives-four-days-in-drainage-pipe/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/womans-365-days-of-hugs/ After moving to the big city, Melinda Schmidt looked for a way to connect with people like she did with her friends and family back home, and found hugging helped. So she hugged total strangers every day, for a whole year. It’s tough moving to the city after you’ve spent all your life in a small community where everyone was close, and young Melinda Schmidt found that out the hard way. She was feeling homesick, so she vowed to hug a new person every day, fo... ]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:45:37 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/womans-365-days-of-hugs/ http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/chinese-woman-has-spider-removed-from-ear-after-five-days/ HERE was an old lady who swallowed a fly... Then there was this young woman with a spider inside her. The urban legend of being infested with spiders came horribly true for a woman admitted to China's Changsha Central Hospital. She had woken five days earlier after a hard round of home renovations with an itchy ear. ]]> Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:09:03 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/chinese-woman-has-spider-removed-from-ear-after-five-days/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/3-year-old-sleeps-for-3-days-after-eating-grans-cannabis-cookies/ A three-year-old boy slept for three days after accidentally eating his grandmother's cannabis cookies. The boy ate the biscuits after finding them hidden in a garage refrigerator in Murrieta, California, reports the LA Times. His grandmother has cancer and had a doctor's recommendation for marijuana to treat her pain and help her sleep. Police Sgt. Phil Gomez said the boy's family called an ambulance when he didn't wake up after sleeping for more tha... ]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:01:38 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/3-year-old-sleeps-for-3-days-after-eating-grans-cannabis-cookies/ http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/ive-had-sex-with-5000-men-in-3285-days/ A beauty therapist, 25, has claimed to have slept with 5,000 men in just nine years - or 3,285 days. Nikki Lee also boasts about having a ‘personal best’ of four men in one night and she claims she has never had sex with the same conquest twice. In an admission that will shock most people, the blonde Essex girl has told how she has had casual sex in nightclubs, alleyways, parks, cinemas and teen discos since losing her virginity at 16. %... ]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 19:50:04 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/ive-had-sex-with-5000-men-in-3285-days/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/woman-trapped-in-lounger-for-two-days/ An elderly Swedish woman sat out on her balcony to enjoy the summer weather - and got stuck in a sun lounger for two days. The 84-year-old woman, from Karlskrona, suddenly fell through the seat and remained stuck fast until she was rescued by anxious friends. They realised something was wrong when the woman failed to turn up at church, reports the local Kvällsposten newspaper. Lilian Orrgren, chairwoman of the tenant's association, said: "... ]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 19:10:51 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/woman-trapped-in-lounger-for-two-days/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/chinese-coal-miner-rescued-after-being-trapped-underground-for-17-days/ A Chinese coal miner has been rescued after being trapped underground for 17 days by an underground flood that killed at least 10 others. State television and the official Xinhua News Agency say rescuers brought 39-year-old Si Li out of the Junyuan No. 2 Coal Mine in the northeastern city of Hegang on Saturday. The reports Sunday said he was hospitalized in stable condition. ]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 07:42:58 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/chinese-coal-miner-rescued-after-being-trapped-underground-for-17-days/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/woman-rescued-after-4-days-in-remote-garfield-county/ A woman from Maine was found safe in remote Garfield County after spending four days with a broken leg and no food. 59-year-old Victoria Grover of Wade, Maine, was hiking near the Sand Creek area of Garfield County on Tuesday. She’d been planning on going on a short day hike, but didn’t make it back to her car before dark, so she decided to spend the night in the desert. The next morning, Grover jumped off a 4-foot ledge and broke her leg just abov... ]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:03:06 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/woman-rescued-after-4-days-in-remote-garfield-county/