Prunes – Amazing Health Benefits In the last fifty years, prunes have earned a reputation more related to power pooping than all the rest of their amazing health benefits. But it was not always so. Prunes have been enjoyed for thousands of years, but it was only recently that some of the benefits were acknowledged by science. Now the dried …
The Annapurna Post, in Nepali, reported on August 23rd that a man had been bitten by a cobra snake while working in his rice paddy. What happened next caught everyone by surprise. Now, most people would have panicked and feared for their lives when bitten by a known deadly poisonous snake, but not 55-year-old Mohamed Salmo Miya. After he was …
Artist, Peter Cook, created this living garden chair, grown via the ‘Pooktre’ method. Pooktre art, or Tree Shaping, is the practice of training living trees, and other woody plants, into artistic shapes and useful structures. Anyone can learn Pooktre, however don’t expect to create your first masterpiece over night. The piece on the left took about eight years, and a …
In a risky marketing move, Blind Chic’s released its Scumbag backpack, and it has been an awesome hit with skateboarders! And, with a name like Scumbag, it had better be awesome! Constructed from durable olive green waxed cotton canvas, it offers plenty of room for goodies in its light blue lined interior, and its way cool front panel is totally …
With many stores now charging for plastic bags, and with the environmental push for people to be more green, bringing your own eco friendly bag when you go shopping is the way to go. But, what happens if you are out shopping, and a disaster happens? Well fear not! We’ve found the perfect shopping bag for you! The Grappa, by …
True or False? A scientific study, supposedly predicting that the naturally blonde-haired segment of the human population (blondes) will die out within the next few centuries, by the World Health Organization, found that natural blonds are very likely become extinct within two hundred years. According to the WHO study, the last natural blond will likely be born in Finland during …
Do you prefer paper or plastic? You go to the bank, withdraw ten new Canadian one hundred dollar bills, and later leave your purse in your car. It’s hot enough to be bootcamp for Hell, so when go to fill up with gas on the way home, and pay for it, you pull out a worthless, melted glob of plastic …
Indian Athletes Just Don’t Stand A Chance In 1912, Harold Anson Bruce, coach of the undefeated caucasian Lafayette College track team, had a team so good, that other schools refused to even compete against them. Desperate to find some competitors, and after hearing rumors that a coach, “Pop” Warner, at the Carlisle Indian School, had a contingent, Bruce invited the …
True or False? Donated by the Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley, in 1892, the Stanley Cup has the names of every team (and almost all of the players) who have won it engraved upon it. The first to win the cup was Montreal’s Amateur Athletic Association hockey club in 1893. No other sports trophy boasts the history of hockey’s …
Take Your Kids To The Creepiest Zoo In The World – Gaza’s Khan Younis Zoo So, what do you do when you are very good person, who is caught in a very bad situation with a bunch of really rare and exotic animals? Well, a visit to the Khan Younis (South Forest Park) Zoo in the Gaza strip will give you …
Religious students failed an exam for not helping a beggar. This story is based upon a real study of religious students that was conducted for a social psychology class at Princeton University during 1970. In order to study the influence that variables can have on compassion, seminary students were asked to take part in a study on religious education and …
A man, who’s fathered fourteen children without ever being intimate with a woman, has created a new sexual orientation, called “Donorsexual”. Trent Arsenault, a thirty six year old computer security specialist from Freemont, California, says that since 2006, he’s been giving away his sperm free of cost, through a one-man sperm bank he runs from home. His service is offered …
