Behold, the blobfish that lives off Australia and Tasmania. To remain buoyant in the deep ocean, it mainly is a "gelatinous mass." Because it is slightly less dense than water, the fish floats above the sea floor and eat what floats by.
To see more interesting animals, check out http://www.alistoflists.com/animals/10-weird-as-hell-animals#comments
In a "conceptual art" project, Kristian von Hornsleth offered to give Ugandan villagers free goats, sheep and pigs if they adopted his name. His exibition in Copenhagen, "We Want to Help You, but We Want to Own You," has pictures of 108 villagers holding ID cards with his name. Before the project was stopped in October 2006, 270 villagers had changed their names.
George Sabadu Hornsleth commented: "Africans adopting European names for gifts - that's nothing new. We've been doing that since colonial times. Why do you think I'm called George?"
From his press release, the artist comments: "“Basically I believe in free trade. You sell something to me, and I buy something from you. In this case the Africans are fond of the animals that I offer them – and I am happy to be able to give them a beautiful name and to make some art. The result is that both parts are happy. Nothing else matters."
For pictures of the villagers: http://www.hornsleth.com/template/t03.php?menuId=52.
For an article: http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=609&id=1715632006
Picture by Sheila RockRecommended: To hear him sing, listen to http://www.musicremedy.com/p/Placido_Domingo/videos/TAmo_Piu-5483.html
To read more about him, check out http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/40730923.
If you are planning a wedding and want to save money, rent your wedding cake. You heard me! For $100-150 dollars, display a pristine plastic foam, gum paste and fondant cake to your guests. Pull the happy couple's special slice of wedding cake out of a secret compartment in the back. Then serve cheap sheet cake to your guests. Odd, but extremely practical and thrifty.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/06/12/business_rents_out_fake_wedding_cakes/
Are you hungry and have money to spend? Why not have a look at my specialized menu of most expensive food?
Food:
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Stanford's University's team name used to be "the Indians," but was changed to "The Cardinals" in 1972. Their mascot is now a tree. Seen in the Cardinal's picture above, the dollies (dancers) walk with their Tree mascot down to the field, led by by the leader of their band in an astronaut costume. Hmmm.
Another team name that was considered was the Thunder Chickens, and two other considered mascots were the French Fry and the Manhole.
Anonymous explains: "Just so you know - It's the Stanford Cardinal. It's the color, not the bird.
And the tree is derived from the Stanford logo and Palo Alto city seal, both of which prominently display a lone tree."
I still love it. I wish my school had an interesting mascot.
To read the full story, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Tree
Go ahead, click and listen:
Did you hear anything? If you did, chances are that you are under 25 (or 20 depending on the source). For those of you who can't hear it, the sound is a very annoying high-pitched grating noise.
The sound is called "the mosquito." Although not the actual sound of a mosquito, it can be just as pesky. Howard Stapleton invented boxes with loudspeakers and markets them to businesses who want to drive away loitering teenagers. It works.
Another way the noise is being marketed? Ringtones. Especially useful because teacher's can't hear your phone ring.
To read more, check out http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/05/earlyshow/living/main1095665.shtml
Have you ever thought about how much people pay for their "sponsored links" on Google searches?
If you went to Google, typed in "mesothelioma treatment options" and clicked on a "sponsored link," you would be costing the advertiser $69.10. "Mesotheliona risk" pulls a close second at $66.46 per click. And a surprising third most expensive, "personal injury lawyer Michigan." (In case you are wondering, mesotheliona is a cancer caused by inhaling asbestos. )
"Brittney Spears Nude" goes for a mediocre 21 cents.
Speaking of odd keywords, "linguistics" is currently the fifth most searched keyword. Who would have guessed? (This website is updated in real time, so it might have changed by now.)
Do you love the sound of bubble wrap? For $59, you can pre-order a pack of 5 PuchiPuchi Virtual Bubble Wrap toys. For that essential element of surprise, every 100 "pops" there is a random nose like a sexy voice or a fart.
To preview the popping sounds, go to http://www.asovision.com/putiputi/. And preview their ad with a catchy song at http://www.asovision.com/putiputi/movie.html. One of their promotion pictures is translated above.
Jack Layton: "After all these years of inaction, will the Prime Minister finally get something done and do something the former government would not, and cancel the subsidies to big oil and big ass, big gas and start putting–"
Stephen Harper: Mr. Speaker, I promise to get to the bottom of it.More of amusing quotes than odd facts, but I couldn't help myself. All of these appear in the reviews of the Oct 12th edition of the NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html.
One day, John Freyer sold almost everything he owned on e-bay, keeping only enough to fit in his car trunk. Among the items sold were his sideburns in a plastic bag, an opened box of taco shells, not-yet-given family Christmas presents, a bag of pork skins, a bowling belt buckle, a half-used bottle of mouthwash and 27 spoons. Then he visited many of his old belongings. He even has a book. To see more, go to http://allmylifeforsale.com/
The 2007 Ig Noble Prize winner for peace is the The Air Force Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. In 1994, they asked for 7.5 million dollars to create a "gay bomb." Edward Hammond from a watchdog group said, ""The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive to one another." The Pentagon has confirmed this story but insists that the plan is abandoned.
Don't believe me? Go here for the full story and a news video.
For more Ig Noble Prize winners see here.
In the mood to confuse your eyes? Here's some help. If you easily get dizzy, please be careful on these sites.
Right: "Play it, Sam."
in Star Wars:
Wrong: "Luke, I am your father."
Right: "No, I am your father."
James Cagney:
Wrong: "You dirty rat."
Right: Said by impersonators
According to the book Oddballs and Eccentrics, Liberace owned a piano made from toothpicks and a toilet that could retract into the floor. In his own words, "There is no reason why you should walk into a bathroom and see a toilet - it is unglamorous."
There are two rather interesting things about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The first is the red nose. The second is that he, along with all of Santa's reindeer, is a girl. Only Female reindeer keep their antlers through winter. If you don't like this possibility, then maybe Santa took a page from the Sami's care of reindeer and all of his reindeer are eunuchs. Rudolph?
What is 007's favorite drink? . . . Not a vodka martini. But that doesn't mean Bond doesn't like his alcohol. on the contrary, in the novels James Bond drinks once about every 7 pages and prefers whiskey, drinking 101 in all. For an in-depth survey go to http://007.atomicmartinis.com/nstats.htm.
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What are the teacher's at Troy Buchanan High School (MO) blowing the whistle on? PDA.
To see the full article go to http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stcharles/story/301535537F50466386257367000FD848?OpenDocument
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