Gambling and communism! Oh my! At Weird World Wire we LOVE hitting some of the quirkier things in life and it does not get much quirky than gambling in North Korea. Gambling and communism Gambling tends to be heavily frowned upon by communists. I mean just the very concept of flipping a card to become…
She joined ISIS, with love? Despite the territorial defeat of the Islamic State, the presence of the group continues to haunt news headlines through stories of extreme brutality or through the many weird and niche stories surrounding the terror group. In a bizarre story that came out of Germany this month, a detained former ISIS…
It is not all that often when you can largely sum up a story in the opening gambit, but a UK male has been jailed for 3 years for banging chickens to death ,whilst his wife filmed it. Yep, that is what happened! Murder most fowl AKA banging chickens to death The convict has been…
What are micronations? A miconation is a virtual country, new country project, role-playing self-declared states and a whole heap of stuff in-between. It is also a community so bitchy it would put supermodels to shame! They are not to be confused with microstates, which are small actual countries. Me and micronations In was in 2001…
So, I imagine most of you know who Saddam was. Back before America was screeching angrily about north Korea’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’, it was the Republic of Iraq stuck firmly in their crosshairs. There was a whole bunch of different wars, with the Gulf War officially marking Iraq as one of America’s hot post…
How many communist countries are there in the world? Well we will get into the whole labyrinth of what counts as a communist country later, but in shirt there are 5 communist states left in the world. So, which countries are communist? Namely China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos and Cuba. Simple enough right? What is…
Worst islands? Cuba, Palawan, Aruba, Coffee Caye, Koh Rong. All lovey places that put thoughts of coconuts and cocktails on pristine beaches into our minds. Maybe you just live in a Beijing Tokyo style Metropilis and dream of the serenity of an island? Well much like people not all islands are created equally. Weird World…
What counts as visiting a country? If you find yourself in the company of travelers the conversation will at some point always end up at how many countries you have been to. This throws up the conversation of “what counts as a country” and what counts as “visited”. With the former you have the UN…