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Scotch whisky protected against ‘inferior’ copies

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 24, 2009

New guidelines to protect whisky from foreign imitation, including new rules on labelling and bottling, are coming into force in Scotland on Monday.
Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8372260.stm

Biggest baby crib recall in U.S. History

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 24, 2009

WASHINGTON ” More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations.
Source:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6736230.html

Remarkable Footage of San Francisco in 1905

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 24, 2009

A video shot from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco in 1905 before the earthquake/fire of 1906 destroyed the area.
Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k

Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 24, 2009

If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.
Experiments now suggest directing shockwaves at penises can help treat erectile dysfunction.
Source:http://www.livescience.com/health/091123-shockwave-grow.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: Livesciencecom (LiveScience.com Science Headline Feed)&utm_content=Google Reader

Criminals Beware: Abu Dhabi Unveils Police-Issue Nissan GT-R

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 22, 2009

The Abu Dhabi police department took the wraps of its latest cruiser on Monday at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ” a 2010 Nissan GT-R carrying a price tag of over $83,000.
Source:http://www.leftlanenews.com/criminals-beware-abu-dhabi-unveils-police-issue-nissan-gt-r.html

Deep fried bull testicles? Chew on this…

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 21, 2009

It might take balls to eat them, but deep fried bull testicles have a niche market in parts of Montana.
This north-western US state even hosts its own Testicle Festival every year.
Source:http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,26370776-28017,00.html

Cigarettes harbor many pathogenic bacteria

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 21, 2009

The research team describes the study as the first to show that cigarettes themselves could be the direct source of exposure to a wide array of potentially pathogenic microbes among smokers and other people exposed to secondhand smoke.
Source:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091119121300.htm

Mechani-Kong and Dr. Who’s secret pyramid base

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 21, 2009

Illustrations detailing the secret weapons of Dr.
Who, an evil scientist bent on capturing King Kong, place a mind-control helmet on his head, and use him to hijack ships and rob banks.The 50-meter tall remote-control robot is powered by a 200,000-kilowatt nuclear reactor and can shoot laser beams from its eyes and poison gas from [...]

Panty Liner? Phallic Art? No, It’s Eco-Spoon for the Insane

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 21, 2009

Not everyone can be trusted with a spoon (think asylums and prisons), so a company that develops paper container lids has developed a biodegradable, safe spoon. While its safe paper design ensures your dining partner won’t be able to shank you with it, it’s shape, complete with a tip labeled ‘Eat’, suggests a shank [...]

Videos: Great Depression Cooking with Clara

Posted by: beckyminx on: November 21, 2009

Clara, a delightful woman in her nineties, has a series of videos that show you how to cook like many people did during the Great Depression.
She tells wonderful stories while she prepares the meals.
Source:http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/19/videos-great-depress.html