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 …
The First Traffic Laws Born in New York City in 1858, William Phelps Eno became a progressive thinking man who observed the massive traffic jams of his era, and from his observations, formulated traffic solutions that carried over from the time of horse and carriages, to the age of automobiles. In 1900, he wrote an essay called “Reform in Our …
Student Solves ‘Unsolvable’ Statistical Problems Mr. George Bernard Dantzig, a doctoral candidate at the University of California (USC), Berkeley in 1939, arrived late for his graduate-level statistics class and found two problems written upon the blackboard. Not knowing that they were examples of ‘unsolvable’ statistical problems, he mistook them for a homework assignment, jotted them down and solved them. The …
Pecker (so named for his attitude) is a squirrel who has graciously decided to let us share his territory. But it was not always so. It all began three years ago when we bought our house. The first indication we were not alone was a scratching on the other side of the ceiling during the night, which needless to say, …
Kemorovo, Russia, also known as Kuzbass by the locals, is a region that rarely makes international front page news. Yet, strange lights in the sky, mysterious creatures, and unexplained phenomena rival coal as the primary export from the region. Now, a Siberian expedition is claiming that not only does the long lost legendary creature of the snowy wasteland, Yeti, exist, …
The Nose Knows It’s bad enough that our kids are hooked on video games and computers, now a dog food company is trying to get our four-legged companions hooked on TV commercials! Ads Use Inaudible Sounds To Humans Nestle Purina dog food advertising has created a commercial with sounds that only dogs can hear. Inaudible to humans, the commercial contains …
False 911 Calls It’s not enough that dumb crooks have unwittingly called 911, but sometimes it’s old cordless phones that call to summon help. Yep, 911 personnel across North America still get calls from old cordless phones that malfunction and dial 911, said Nancy Branson, a spokesperson for a 911 district. She said, “What happens with cordless phones is that …
Mars Had A Huge Corporate Brain Fart Mars Inc. was offered the chance for its flagship product M and M’s to be used in the 1982 film ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’, allowing the Hershey Foods Corporation’s Reese’s Pieces to become a huge international success. It all came to be when Amblin Productions approached Mars Inc. proposing a tie-in between Mars candies …
Imagine walking along and seeing a massive city, complete with tall skyscrapers and trees, floating hundreds of feet above a river. That’s what happened in Huangshan City, China, on June 16th, 2011. A mysterious floating island in China had experts puzzled. Scientific mainstream says that its an optical illusion, a complex mirage, or Fata Morgana (images very far away carried …
Sweetly Scented Garments The Otoko Kaoru (good-smelling man) Fragrant Shirt was released for sale in Japan and attracted a lot of attention from retailers, who snapped up the first run of these sweetly scented garments. I mean, who doesn’t want to go through their day and get home smelling like a bed of roses? “Fashion is in the air, borne …
No Extra Money? Thank goodness for the Beauty Lift High Nose Electric Nose Lift. Plastic surgery can cost a fortune, and in these times, not too many people have the extra money to get that perfect nose. But all is not lost. Now you can have that perfect schnoz. No scalpels, no doctors and it won’t break the bank! The …
Are these platform shoes for you? For those who want to stand out in a crowd, there are now platform shoes with a whopping nine inch high heel. With a price tag of under $100 for a pair, these platform shoes are priced perfectly for those who feel vertically challenged or drag queens. The low price is a good thing, …
Want a thrill-a-minute job? Then respond to this help wanted call.The Catholic church needs more exorcists! Help Wanted – Experienced Exorcists Due to a significant global increase in the number of requests for exorcisms, the church needs to train far more exorcists than ever before. While some suggest the move is related to an increase in mental health concerns, others suggest …
Flylashes might not be for the squirmish! For many who are not blessed with lush lashes, they opt for false eyelashes. Just glue on some fake ones, and they enhance your eyes. Flylashes Are The Latest Craze Fake eyelashes come in many different lengths and colors. Some have glitter and even feathers. Jessica Harrison, a British artist, took false eyelashes …
Accidentally Amputated Oscar the cat, a resident of jolly old Eegland, regained a spring in his step following an innovative surgery by Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick to fit him with a pair of prosthetic paws. The two-and-a-half-year-old feline had his rear paws accidentally amputated by a combine harvester. Oscar’s road to recovery began after a local vet referred his owners, Kate …
