Hijacker on board!

The 53-year-old Argentinian who hijacked a bus for a football match

On December 13, a 53-year-old man, riding a bus on line 440 between Fraga and Avenida Ricardo Balbín in Argentia, realised that there was no way he would catch the start of the football game at the rate that the bus was moving.

So when the vehicle stopped at a red light and the driver stepped out to buy something from a nearby kiosk, the man jumped behind the wheel and started driving towards his home. As soon as he saw the bus drive away, the driver called the police to report the hijacking, and multiple police cars were dispatched to its last known location.

The man drove the bus about four miles before abandoning it near his residence and continuing the rest of the way on foot. Unfortunately, he running football fan was caught by the police near the intersection of Callao and Maestro Ferreyra streets and taken in for questioning.

Despite his desperate efforts to catch the start of Argentina's match against Croatia, the die-hard football fan ended up missing the whole game. He did, however, take comfort in the fact that his country won 3-0 and qualified for the World Cup Final. He was charged with hijacking a public transportation vehicle and it is unclear if he will be released from jail until Sunday when Argentina faces off against France.

X-Mas pleasure

An United Kingdom doctor is raising eyebrows across social media by warning people of the dangers of masturbating with Christmas ornaments - which is apparently an actual trend. Refraining from pleasuring oneself these so-called sex-mas toys might seem like a no-brainer; however, this unfortunate phenomenon is more common than one would think. Candy cane, Christmas tree ball and all other decorations are hazardous because they contain lead, flame retardants, tin compounds and phthalates, among other hazardous substances.

Solo trip for a ghost

Jess Austen, 29, from Sydney flew to Bali for a first date and has detailed the mortifying moment she realised she had been stood up. The man she'd been talking to online for several months, invited her to join him on holiday. But after paying for flights and travelling more than six hours, Jess said she was left feeling "stupid" when her date ghosted her, leaving her to fend for herself. In a final cruel twist, Jess then came face-to-face with her "ghost", the date who abandoned her, on her flight home.

The chaotic singles party

A bunch of women threw a party with 15 men, all strangers they found on a dating app

Kat Delaney, her pals and their dates at the strangers Christmas party

Kat Delaney, 24, and her pals decided to bring a guy to their soiree, on the condition they find their plus one through a dating app. There could be no prior connections with them. After wrangling 15 willing men to attend the event, held at a shared house in Santa Barbara on December 2, the party was a huge success. Not only did it result in three second dates and one date switch, it also led to a viral TikTok video with 5.4 million views and counting - that's inspiring viewers to throw a "chaotic singles party."

"When you're with a big group of people, [the vibe] is different," Delaney, a social media manager said. "Definitely lower stakes." On paper, the plan seemed relatively easy, but some girls admitted that their invitees took a little longer to convince. "Wednesday rolled around, I was like, ‘I don't have a date,'" Delaney recalled, adding, "It felt like prom." A lot of men she'd asked demurred, with one telling her it "sounded hella awkward". The barista said she was comfortable meeting stranger in a group than she would have been on a one-on-one date.

Hug the huggieBot!

HuggieBot 3.0 is helping humankind with perfect hugs. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems are working to replace actual people in various scenarios like providing comfort to the lonely, or replacing someone who just can't deliver a hug in person reason.

Creep who sends food

Diane Maines, from England, receives 30 takeout meals in a single night, seemingly sent by a creep keeping a close eye on her home. The ordered from local restaurants through food delivery app. They are all "cash on delivery" and have different names, accounts and phone numbers.