Animals
Cyriak for Coke
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 07, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Surrealism, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Period Rock
Period rock, the lovely nickname for a creature found on Chilean beaches that bleeds when cut open. In fact locals eat it with salad and rice. (and a nice Chianti, just kidding!) There is a disturbing video at the link showing one of the living rocks being dissected by a tourist.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 06, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
Rat Burning Festival
Nowadays we have the Burning Man festival. But back in the 19th century, they had the Burning Rat festival.
Is this custom still kept up at Rome? If so, on what day in the year?
From: Notes and Queries. Nov 28, 1857.
Unfortunately, I don't believe that the correspondent ever received a reply to his question.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 05, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Customs, Foreign Customs
Bunnies Galore
A Japanese island that during WWII held secret poison gas producing factories now is home to something much more pleasant. Herds of friendly bunnies who love to be fed and petted as you can see by the delightful video above.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 24, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
SQUIRREL
Zapping the poor little squirrels, how cruel!
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 16, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
Stag Imitation Competition
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 13, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Europe
Cow Bomb
Put 90 cows in a shed without good ventilation, add a little static electricity and...BOOM! The shed was damaged and one cow was injured.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 27, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
Walter Potter
The Wikipedia page.
Alas, the museum was dissolved in 2003.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 23, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Eccentrics, Hobbies and DIY, Museums, Outsider Art, Europe, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Mischief Again!
I understand Michael Bay has already optioned this book for his next film, due to its over-the-top action.
View the whole book here.
The author.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 19, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Cats, Dogs, 1950s
Bulls Prefer Smirnoff
A bull that had run loose in a German town since last summer has finally been caught. The owner tried a number of things to catch the animal, even attempting to get permission to put it down, which was denied. Finally a neighbor saw the bull eating grain on his own farm and decided to try a new approach. He mixed a bottle of vodka with some feed and put it out. Unfortunately one bottle was not enough to put the big guy under the feed bag. Two, on the other hand, did the trick. Now the marauding beast is back in captivity, with a hangover no doubt.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 15, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
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