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- Bizarre “Death Experience” School Helps Depressed Koreans Appreciate Life by Locking Them in Coffins
- Japanese All-Boys School Crowns Its Prettiest Students in Annual Beauty Pageant
- Marathon Runner-Up Faces Fraud Charges for Only Running Half a Mile of 26 Mile Race
| Bizarre “Death Experience” School Helps Depressed Koreans Appreciate Life by Locking Them in Coffins Posted: 30 Oct 2015 02:49 AM PDT A new treatment for suicidal patients in South Korea involves locking them up in wooden coffins. The fake "death experience" apparently helps students appreciate life better after confronting a simulated version of their last moments. |
| Japanese All-Boys School Crowns Its Prettiest Students in Annual Beauty Pageant Posted: 30 Oct 2015 02:15 AM PDT Every year, the prettiest student at Komaba High School, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, is crowned the winner of their annual beauty pageant. That doesn't sound so odd, but here's the catch – it's an all-boys institution so the title of 'Miss Komaba High School' actually goes to a boy! |
| Marathon Runner-Up Faces Fraud Charges for Only Running Half a Mile of 26 Mile Race Posted: 30 Oct 2015 01:32 AM PDT In a bizarre turn of events, the second place winner at the Nairobi International Marathon last Sunday was arrested for blatant cheating. Julius Njogu apparently stayed hidden among the crowd for most of the 26-mile race before joining the other runners for about half a mile, on the last stretch and laying claim to the $7,000 prize money. |
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