Even if you are not all that into North Korea, there is a decent chance you would have seen, or heard of Chairman Kim Jong-Un. You will also probably (we hope) be aware that he is the son of the second leader of North Korea, General Kim Jong-Il. For people with a slightly geekier knowledge…
Born on July 29, 1883, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, referred to affectionately by his supporters as Il Duce (“The Leader”), was the first of a series of modern dictators to rise in Europe, serving as the Prime Minister of Italy from 1922-1943. Under Mussolini, Italy became part of the Axis, fronted by Nazi Germany and…
When it comes to North Korea, there is a lot of innuendo and outright lies when to comes to the country. Most of it negative, some a little more debatable. One of the most common myths is that North Koreans are forbidden from leaving the country. Weird World Wire went out to explore the question,…
In the US military and the Canadian Army, units named Rangers are a prominent feature. The Canadians have the Queen’s York Rangers and the US has their elite rangers special forces unit. What do both of these units have in common? They both claim to descend from Rogers’ Rangers, a highly trained militia from the…
It’s safe to say that by 1989, things were not going well in Yugoslavia. Tito had died in 1980 and, following his death, ethnic division was rife throughout the Socialist Federal Republic. Slobodan Milošević sought to increase Serbian influence over the six republics. Civil unrest broke out in Kosovo and the Serbian resistance to the…
When you get woken up in the middle of the night by a film maker friend saying you MUST watch this, you wake up and you watch it. This was how I was introduced to Wakaliwood, the slum filmmakers from Uganda. Absolutely everyone has heard of Hollywood, most would known Bollywood and for those slightly…
The following article was written by a guest author no longer in Cambodia. Weird World Wire in no way condone drug use in Cambodia. If you haven’t read the exciting Part 1 of this adventure in meth and other narcotics, check it out here! Anyway… Where were we? Oh, yeah: A word of advice on…
For some reason, ‘Tatiana Zappardino nude’ has been one of the top trending search terms of 2020. But who is Tatiana Zappardino? And why the obsession with seeing Tatiana Zappardino naked? Weird World Wire headed deep into investigation. Who is Tatiana Zappardino? Tatiana Zappardino is an actress, writer and director. She has been in movies…