A white bear with brown patches shot dead in northern Canada is the first grizzly-polar hybrid found in the wild, DNA tests have confirmed. Canadian wildlife officials say it is the offspring of a male grizzly bear and a female polar bear. There have long been stories of oddly coloured bears living in regions where…
Category: Oddities
other odd stuff
Ivorians catch bird flu dance fever
In a nightclub in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, DJ Lewis stretches his arms out either side of his body, bends his arms at the wrists, and begins trembling like a man possessed. A man possessed? Three seconds later, the DJ and musician sets that impression straight, by clucking loudly in his best imitation of…
The Dread is worse than the Pain
An interesting study…the brain can be much more painful than pain itself…. cd It found that among 32 volunteers who agreed to have a series of shocks to the foot, some of them dreaded each shock so much that they repeatedly opted to have a higher-voltage jolt just so they could get it over with…
Do you like to Party?
This looks pretty cool. Jason in Arizona sent me this link hoping that Mink Hippie and I would write about some of our burning man experiences last year or maybe other great World Festivals we’ve been to. I like it. Things like swimming in Chang Mai canals during Songkran, Monsoon parties in the Indian Ocean,…
China Makes Artificial Rain for Beijing
This might seem at first glance to be just a simple story, but if you take a moment to think about it further, it raises some very interesting questions….things like 1) Are rain and the water it produces a finite resource? 2) Does creating artificial rain in one place affect rainfall in another place? 3)…
Filipinas aim for breast-fed best
First we had the largest chain of bras. Now we have the largest gathering of lactating breasts…. More than 3,000 mothers in the Philippines have made a bid to break the Guinness World Record for simultaneous breast-feeding. A total of 3,738 mothers simultaneously breast-fed their babies for at least a minute, said Manila mayor Lito…
Independent Online Edition > Asia
I don’t know who to feel worse for the men who are retiring to get dumped or the women that feel compelled ot dump them….keep in mind, as Mink Hippie reported not long ago…Japanese statistically are the least sexually satisfied in the world…maybe its the dawn of a new revolution…watch out for many Mrs. Robinsonniku…
Couple, 33 and 104, Tie the hitch.
Isn’t there a movie about this? There should be… cd KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love, a news report said Tuesday. It was Muhamad Noor Che Musa’s first marriage and his wife’s 21st, according to The Star…
'Longest' bra chain goes up in Cyprus April 30
56 miles of bras! NICOSIA (Reuters) – Women on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus say they are poised to create the world’s longest chain of up to 100,000 bras to heighten breast cancer awareness on April 30. A group of Dutch, British and Cypriot organizers plan to create a 90 km-long chain (55.9 mile) string…
Mystery of the Stateless American
This could prove to be a very interesting story….I’ll keep you updated… cd STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Swedish authorities Saturday were investigating how a man calling himself a “stateless American” ended up floating on a raft of oil barrels and wood planks in the waters between Denmark and Norway. The man — who carried no identification,…