If this article is to be believed a man has created a whisky made from urine. The whisky is made using the high sugar urine produced by diabetes patients. The urine is filtered using the same processes which are used to purify water. This removes the sugars which are used in the fermentation process. The whisky is not available commercially but if do you want to try some tasting opportunities are available at the Materials design event in London in September.
This cute little guy is Luntik. He is unusual because he has an extra pair of ears in front of his regular ones. The ears don’t have any canals so unfortunately the cat is not blessed with super hearing but it does make him look a little unusual. The cat was pictured at a service station in Russia and other than the extra ears appears perfectly normal.
A man in Austria has created what is thought to be the world’s largest lederhosen. measuring over 15ft long and four yards wide they took two months to make. Tailor Walter Sinnhofer used 77 square yards of cow hide to make the lederhosen which weigh 50kg. He is now waiting for Guinness World Records to officially confirm they are in fact the world’s largest pair.
A two
headed calf has recently been born in Egypt. The calf which is normal in every
other way has been hailed as a divine miracle. Its two heads are divided centrally
meaning that it has two complete sets of eyes and two mouths. The calf is in a stable
conditions and is expected to survive but due to the weight of its heads is currently
unable to stand.
According to this article performing Shakespeare plays to cows can help them to produce more milk. Researchers have found that Shakespeare’s plays help to relax a dairy herd and boost milk production by as much as 4%. Cows also produce more like when they are played slow music as this has the similar effect of alleviating stress. In an experiment actors from a theatre group entertained cows at the Pleasant Farm near Maidstone. They found that the plays helped to relax the cows although they stick to light hearted comedies rather than tragedies which could have the opposite effect.
This giant
burger could be the world’s largest. It took four men twelve hours to cook and
weighs an amazing 90kg (200lb). It also contains 120 eggs, 150 slices of cheese, 1.5kg
of beetroot, 2.5kg of tomatoes and 2kg of lettuce. The big question, however, is whether
you want fries with that?
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one of the more unusual animal stories I have come across recently a Jack Russell
was rushed to the vet because he managed to glue
his jaws together. The dog named Toby had eaten the morning post and the sticky
mess of glue and envelopes had formed a substance similar to papier-mache and glued
his jaws shut. His owner found her pet when she returned home and quickly realised
he couldn’t open his mouth. He was rushed to the vet and sedated whilst the substance
was removed and appears to have suffered no ill effects.
This is probably one of the more unusual stories I have seen recently. It involves a man called Steven Sparks who decided that a trip to a Victorian sewer would be the prefect way to propose to his girlfriend. Whilst it might not be everyone's idea of romance it seems the lady in question was happy to accept and the proposal met with the sweet smell of success. I wonder whether the wedding will be more conventional.
This was the outcome after an incident in Berkshire when a bus driver went under a low bridge. Luckily the driver had just dropped off the bus load of school children he was carrying and was in the bus on his own at the time. It seems the driver who usually drives a smaller bus simply forgot he was driving a double decker. Instead he now has an open top bus.
According to this article a postman in Germany has married his cat. Uwe Mitzscherlich had been told by a vet that his pet Cecilia might not have long to live. In order to show his devotion for his cat he decided to marry her. Officials refused to carry out the ceremony and man and cat eventually had to be married by an actress who played the registrar.