Popeye, the jelly man

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Kirill Tereshin, 25, a former soldier, who already had his fake triceps removed, still has his 24-inch guns after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed his additional surgery. Tereshin had injected petroleum jelly into his arm to artificially enlarge his biceps. "The risk of complications in this case is very high, but inaction will not help the patient," Dr Dmitry Melnikov, a surgeon, told him, according to East2West News. "A toxic substance in the body can complicate the kidneys in the long term and lead to death."

The fake muscle man - who has 3,10,000 followers on Instagram - is seen on video undergoing a CT scan in preparation for surgery in Russia. "Soon I will have a very complicated, hard third surgery. I don't know how it'll end up," he told the news outlet. "I bulked up my arms when I was 20 due to my own stupidity. I did not think about the consequences." Tereshin went under the knife in 2019, but his new girth didn't matter much in the ring, as he lost to an opponent 20 years his senior, in just three minutes. Shortly thereafter, he started to complain about problems caused by the implants.

Alana Mamaeva, 33, a leading campaigner against cosmetic surgery abuses, persuaded him to save his life by having the poisonous mounds removed. "I am very lucky that there are doctors who took me on. God forbid something happens to this nerve and I cannot move my arm," said Tereshin. "I really worry about this. I am very afraid… I should have thought about this earlier, I know. I blame myself; I know I'm guilty."

Not a bedroom fight

How a children's game became a popular competitive sport in Japan

Every year, dozens of teams from all over Japan travel to the Japanese town of Ito to compete in one of the world's most unique sporting events - All-Japan Pillow Fighting Championships. Pillow fighting is an age-old pastime practised by children of all ages all over the world. Japan is no different, only here the game has been elevated to the status of national sport, with teams made up of people of all ages competing against each other for fame and fortune. After first battling it out in regional qualifying events, winning teams meet up in the small fishing town of Ito, south of Tokyo, to compete in the All-Japan Pillow Fighting Championships, for the title of Japan's best pillow fighters. The tournament started in 2013 and has been held yearly ever since.

$300 haircut gone wrong

A woman has been left absolutely horrified after paying US $300 (22,000 approx) for a haircut that made her look like a middle-aged mum. TikTok user @icarlyreboot was devastated when she walked out of the salon. Taking to the video sharing app, the woman absolutely sobbed as she inspected her extremely expensive new short hair-do, which has since then gone viral on TikTok. "I look like I'm on the PTA. I swear I don't drive a f'''ing minivan," she said, while crying hysterically.

Idle taxis go green

Taxi fleets in Thailand are giving new meaning to the term rooftop garden, as they utilise the roofs of cabs idled by the Coronavirus crisis to serve as small vegetable plots. Workers from two taxi cooperatives assembled the miniature gardens this week using black plastic garbage bags stretched across bamboo frames. On top, they added soil in which a variety of crops, including tomatoes, cucumbers and string beans, were planted.

Boston's skinniest home

Boston's famous Skinny House hit the market in August for $1.2 million, and the deal was closed on Thursday for $1.25 million, according to Zillow. The four-storey home built in 1862, according to a plaque on the facade, is about 1,165 sqft - even though it is about 10 feet wide at its widest point and narrows in the back to about 9.25 feet. It has two bedrooms and one bathroom and includes a private deck with a view of Boston Harbour. The home does not have a front door. Instead, residents enter through a side door.

Couple banned from naming baby Putin

The Swedish tax agency, Skatteverket, rejected a young couple's request to name their son Vladimir Putin, the name of the famous Russian President. Skatteverket didn't explain exactly why they rejected the naming request, but according to Swedish law, names should not be offensive or risk causing problems for the bearer, nor are first names that clearly resemble surnames allowed.

This is the world's largest dog wedding ceremony

Organisers of a world record attempt in Chicago said they are hoping to gather more than 178 canine couples to break the record for the world's largest dog wedding ceremony. Leslie Allison-Seei, chair of the Villa Park Community Focus on Unifying Neighbours Commission, or FUN, said she previously participated in a November 2008 attempt at the record in Oak Park, Ill. The attempt featured 87 canine couples, falling short of the record-setting number of 178.

Songbirds crash into NYC skyscrapers

Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City last week died after crashing into the city's glass towers, a mass casualty event spotlighted by a New York City Audubon volunteer's tweets showing the World Trade Centre littered with bird carcasses. Last week's avian death toll was particularly high, but bird strikes on Manhattan skyscrapers are a persistent problem that NYC Audubon has documented for years, said Kaitlyn Parkins, the group's associate director of conservation and science.

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