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Kopi Luwak Coffee Kopi Luwak or civet coffee is made by brewing the undigested coffee beans in the crap of the Asian Palm Civet, a weasel-like mammal. The civet’s stomach enzymes break down proteins in the beans giving the coffee a less bitter taste. And even though the coffee is made from feces-beans,is the most [...]

1 – Girl swallows toothbrush while practicing oral sex A Romanian teenager had to have emergency surgery after swallowing a toothbrush while she practised performing oral sex. Andreea Vlad, 16, from Falticeni in eastern Romania, initially told doctors she had slipped and swallowed the seven inch toothbrush. But when medical staff carried out examinations they [...]

A list of demons, devils, and evil gods from around the world. Probably not exhaustive. If you know of any more, keep it to yourself. A Abaddon – King of the Demons of Hell. Also known as Apollyon (Greek). Abigor – Rides a horse and carries a scepter and lance. In Hell he commands sixty [...]

Once upon a time, the word “hex” simply meant to practice magic or witchcraft, but those days are long gone. The strange and wonderful world of semantics has mutated the word into a darker form. The art of the hex, as it is understood today, means putting the nasty on someone you hate. A hex [...]

Radioactive Comdoms If you needed “a cure for the living dead” or required “perpetual sunshine” between 1918-1928, you could take Radithor. It was a patent medicine whose active ingredient was radium isotopes. One man took so much his jaw had to be surgically removed. Marie Curie’s discovery of radioactive elements caught the nation’s imagination. Radioactivity [...]

AirKicking This human catapult launches individuals over 26 feet in the air into a swimming pool or foam pit. Describing the AirKick’s functionality, Jochen Schweizer explains, “it propels participants through the air in a pre-calculated parabolic trajectory using a special combination of air pressure and water recoil technology. The participant sits in a specially constructed [...]

1 -Dancing death In July of 1518, a woman referred to as Frau Troffea stepped into a narrow street in Strasbourg, France and began a fervent dancing vigil that lasted between four and six days. By the end of the week, 34 others had joined her and, within a month, the crowd of dancing, hopping [...]

Human Key Holder You’ll never blame her again for losing the keys with this pair of Human Key Holders (His and Hers – $16.99 each) mounted to the wall. Simply attach your keys to the key provided, and insert the key into the male or female forms. USB Keyholder – high tech key store nonsense [...]

1 – iPods get heavier with more music Researchers have discovered that MP3 players like iPods and iPhones get fractionally heavier depending on how many music tracks they contain. The difference between a empty iPod and a full one is only a 0.4 gram say the team from Blackpool University. Tests showed that a empty [...]

Heavy lift vessels are quite amazing vessels, built to load, carry and discharge large, unusual shaped cargoes (or even smaller vessels) that will simply not fit inside the holds of conventional vessels. Unusual cargoes can include power plants, submarines, desalination units,oil platform, generators and yachts. Nuclear submarine transported by ship Ship carrying 11,000 ton oil [...]