Seratonin levels have been found to affect animal’s sexual choices.
There’s a new peer-reviewed research paper out this week that purports to show a link between an animal’s levels of serotonin—a brain chemical probably best known for its association with happy feelings—and who that animal chooses to be its sex partners…
Continue reading… “Low Serotonin Levels Make Mice More Bisexual”
What makes movie popcorn so gosh darned expensive? What’s in that strange yellow liquid they call butter anyhow? And while we’re at it – what are in those popcorns anyhow?
Well, it’s all a secret and theater owners are fighting the FDA to keep it that way…
Continue reading… “What’s In Movie Theater Popcorns?”
A Cornish man has set up a hotel for chickens to provide five star service for pampered hens while their owners are away.
David Roberts, 31, came up with idea for the Chicken Hotel in response to the growing popularity for people to rear their own hens. Many people thought he was joking at first but he now runs a thriving business on his farm in Helston, and has bookings as far ahead as Christmas…
Continue reading… “Man Sets up Hotel for Chickens”
Due to radiation fears from the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan, many Chinese citizens have rushed to buy salt under the belief that it will help fight the effects of radiation due to it’s iodine content…
Continue reading… “Salt Panic: Chinese Fearing Japan Radiation Rush To Buy Salt”
Dalton Stevens, from Bishopville, South Carolina, has earned the title of Button King after he spent 15 years stitching and gluing thousands of buttons on all sorts of objects.
The story of The Button King began one night in 1983, when his insomnia prevented him from falling asleep…
Continue reading… “Dalton Stevens – The Button King”
Forced perspective photo
Forced Perspective Photography creates extremely interesting persona as it makes use of some visual tricks which make it possible for the wrapped perception to appear as the real object. (Photos)
Continue reading… “Brilliant Forced Perspective Photography – Part 3”
Kang Shoe Company electric shoe car.
A footwear manufacturer in China has made an electric car out of a giant shoe. A shoe shaped electric car is the newest promotional tool of the Kang Shoe Company, headquartered in Wenzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province.
Continue reading… “If the Shoe Fits… Chinese Footwear Company Makes Giant Electric Shoe Car”
Of all the cultures in the world, you have to respect China for never letting go of thousands-of-years-old customs, even when it involves boiling eggs in the urine of young boys…
Continue reading… “Local Chinese Delicacy: Eggs Boiled in Urine”
Maria Popova of BrainPickings has posted an excellent article about 7 micro-documentaries about occupations and crafts that are fast becoming obsolete. From being a shoe black to working the film projector to making glass signs, these are the stories of people who are the last of their kinds.
This one above is the story of Taiwan’s last sword maker…
Continue reading… “The Last Sword Maker in Taiwan”
The Glaze Brothers have a great idea for a board game. The Waxing Game is quite straighforward. A Candy Land-like board is filled with body parts. Roll the die and move your piece forward. From whichever location you land on, you must have your body hair ripped off. What a pleasant way to spend a quiet evening!
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When an ageing playground was dismantled by workmen, people living nearby expected new swings, slides and climbing frames. What they ended up with was . . . a brick wall. The old play equipment in Audenshaw’s Shepley Wood Park was taken away two years ago. Town hall chiefs promised to replace it with brand-new facilities.
But when the plug was pulled on government funding last year, the council was forced to think again. Now it has now replaced the equipment – with a wall for kids to kick a ball against. Eileen Pritchard, whose house overlooks the park, said: “We can’t believe what we’re seeing…
Continue reading… “Children’s Playground Replaced With Brick Wall”
At age 15, most normal people are going to high school, learning to drive, not listening to their parents, and doing things that they’ll later tell their kids not to do. Josh Buckley is not a normal teenager. At 15, he was selling his first company for just over six figures.
Today, the 18-year-old entrepreneur and angel investor has partnered with 17-year-old engineer Tyler Diaz to co-found MinoMonsters, a social game in which players collect and battle pet monsters.
Continue reading… “Youngest Y Combinator Founders Launch MinoMonsters, The Pokemon Of Social Games”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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