Curious
Times No. 363
August 24, 2006
Thanks
to Neatorama.com
FOR MY NEXT TRICK I WILL SEPARATE FOOLS FROM THEIR MONEY
Illusionist David Copperfield claims to have found a “Fountain
of Youth” on one of the islands he owns in the Bahamas. “I’ve
discovered a true phenomenon,” he said in an interview with
Reuters.
“You can take dead leaves, they come in contact with the
water, they become full of life again. ... Bugs or insects that
are near death, come in contact with the water, they’ll fly
away. It’s an amazing thing, very, very exciting.” Copperfield
says he has hired biologists and geologists to test the water
and its effects on humans before he will let anyone buy it...
I mean, drink it.
BUBBLELICIOUS
A Japanese company has created the world’s first chewing
gum that will increase the size of your breasts. The main ingredient
in the “B2UP Body Make-Up Gum” is a wild plant extract
called pueraria mirifica which, according to tests carried out
at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University, was able to enhance
breast size by up to 80 percent. As if that isn’t enough
to make you rush out and buy some, other side effects of the miracle
gum supposedly include smoother skin, less wrinkles, thicker hair,
and the alleviation of menstrual cramps. (EuroweeklyNews)
YOUR SLEEP WILL BE SO EXCITING YOU’LL REGRET HAVING SLEPT
THROUGH IT
Check
out AmericanInventorSpot.com
for an article called “7 Inventive Ways to Go To Sleep,”
which describes a few crazy gadgets to make you the coolest sleeping
dude on your block. Of course, you’re going to have to blow
a lot of cash but think of the thrill you’ll get sleeping
in a $4000 Coffin Bed or having a power nap on your brand new
$1.5 million Floating Bed (no really... this thing is covered
with enough magnets to float up to 2,000 pounds... cool!). And
don’t forget the accessories. You can grab yourself a Chillow
(a pillow that remains cool all night long), a Japanese DreamMachine
(a device which supposedly allows you to choose what you will
dream about), or a Sleep Analysis Doll (a creepy little doll which
tracks your brainwaves and let’s you know whether you need
more sleep or not.)
THOSE
MONKEYS ARE HACKS
Professors and students at the University of Plymouth in the UK
have finished experiments testing the theory that an infinite
number of monkeys typing on an infinite number of typewriters
would eventually produce the works of William Shakespeare. The
study charted the creative output of six monkeys for a month before
the researchers concluded that the monkeys wouldn't ever come
up with anything even closely resembling a single word. Instead
of churning out rhyming couplets and over-dramatic sonnets, the
monkeys only succeeded in partially destroying the equipment and
using it as a toilet. They did come up with about five pages of
text, almost exclusively of the letter "s", as well
as a few occurances of the letters a, j, l, and m. (BBC)
THE
WAY TO A MAN’S HEART IS THROUGH HIS EMPTY STOMACH
A study published in The British Journal of Psychology found that
hungry men are attracted to heavier women while men who have just
had a meal find thinner women more attractive. (BBC)
BAD NEWS FOR DR. OCTOPUS
A British aerospace and defense firm has created a material inspired
by the gecko which will could be used to build a Spiderman-style
suit to allow a person to walk up walls and crawl along ceilings.
The material --called “Synthetic Gecko” -- is a reusable
polymer covered in millions of tiny mushroom-like hairs which
provide enough grip to suspend a car from the ceiling of your
living room. There are a lot of boring scientific applications
for this material, but the coolest by far is the potential to
build a suit which would allow us to climb around like Spiderman.
“It would mean that your local window cleaner could dispense
with his ladders and climb up the side of your house,” said
Dr Sajad Haq, a principal research scientist on the project. (BBC)
GO ON, YOU CAN BURN FOOD CAN’T YA?
If you're still searching for your calling in life, why not start
contributing to the Burnt Food Museum in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Currently, the actual museum is closed due to fire damage, but
you can check out masterpieces such as the "Thrice-Baked
Potato" and "Before and After Toast" at the online
shrine of all things waaay overcooked, at BurntFoodMuseum.com.
I-READ-IT-ON-THE-INTERNET-SO-IT-MUST-BE-TRUE FACT OF THE WEEK
People who believe in the existence of UFOs suffer fewer complications
during colon surgery and recover more quickly than patients who
do not believe in UFOs.
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