Guy Cuts Everything in Half After Split with Wife

You've heard the saying about hell hath no fury like a woman scorned? Well, in Germany apparently it applies to at least one fellow who was recently divorced by his wife of 12 years.

It seems the guy who uses the name of "Der Juli" wasn't too happy when his wife told him she wanted a divorce. At the court proceedings, the judge told him he had to split everything up equally so each one would get their fair share. So, he got out all his cutting tools and really did divide everything they mutually owned in half. Literally.

Mr. Juli went online and posted a video on YouTube that showcases him going through the process of cutting up their chairs, beds, laptops, their Opel Corsa, an Apple Macbook Pro, mailbox and even a beloved teddy bear, exactly in half, so each of them could go their separate ways without having to argue about who got what. 

The caption to the video reads, "Thank you for 12 'beautiful years,' Laura! You've really earned half. Greetings also to my successor."

He shipped the ex-wife her halves and then decided to post his half of everything on the German version of eBay with the (translated) description, "From my half I must now separate, fond memories you can not remove."

If you're interested, here are the prices (in Euros) for the front or left side of a few of the items he kept:

Bicycle	40,50
Digital TV	27,60
Opel Corsa	671,66
Sofa	22,50
Teddy Bear	74,00
Apple MacBook Pro	91,00
DVD Player	20,50

Unfortunately, he isn't offering to ship anything to the U.S. so you'll have to go to Germany to pick up whatever you had your heart set on. And, honestly, I would doubt that if you got the other half of something from his ex-wife, you could put the two halves back together again and get it to work. By the way, he's only accepting cash. Maybe he needs to buy himself a few replacements?

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Naked Tourists Jailed for Causing Earthquake

This is one of those stories you have to wonder if sometimes we've awakened on the wrong planet in the universe. It seems a small group of about ten tourists from Canada, the U.K. and the Netherlands decided to hike up to the top of Mount Kinabalu, a UNESCO World Heritage site that's 13,435 feet tall and is the highest peak in Malaysia.

They apparently were so excited upon reaching the peak that everybody decided to throw their clothes down on the ground, urinate on the mountain top and prance around, even though their guide told them to stop. To make sure this historical event was recorded for posterity, they took a bunch of nice Instagram pictures of the unruly scene and, naturally, they went viral on the Internet.

A few days later, a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the region, killing 18 residents who reported "boulders raining down” the side of the mountain into their villages.

A couple of Malaysian government officials quickly called a press conference and blamed the earthquake on the tourists, accusing them of angering the spirits of the sacred mountain. According to the Deputy Chief Minister of the state where the mountain is located, "It is a sacred mountain and you cannot take it lightly! ... There is almost certainly a connection. We have to take this as a reminder that local beliefs and customs are not to be disrespected."

During the next few days, anger spread throughout the entire country. Five of the hikers were arrested and detained, each facing a fine and up to three months in prison. The rest apparently were able to escape. A park ranger at the mountain, Daikin Anam, who first reported the hikers and their nudity to the police, says that the group should be severely punished for their actions after they deliberately “insulted the mountain spirit.” Calling Mount Kinabalu a holy mountain, he says the tourists showed "disrespect to our mountain and our people."

Tribal elders of the region agreed that the hikers should be punished in their native court in a more traditional way. One elder said, "To appease the mountain protector, the 10 western tourists who stripped and urinated on Mount Kinabalu should be fined 10 head of buffalo, according to local customs. According to local beliefs, the spirit of the mountain is very angry." 

However, the four hikers who were detained were released from jail after pleading guilty to committing obscene acts in public. They were sentenced to three days in prison, which was the time they had served since their arrests on June 9th, and fined 5,000 Malaysian Ringgit (what a great name for a currency!) which works out to about $1,350. I'll bet they never go back and take another tour to Malaysia again.