Thursday, January 29, 2009

Snake Wine

Snake wine and Scorpion wine are asian beverages that can be found in some Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Laos Cambodia, but also in Korea, and Japan.To prepare this incredible beverage a cobra snake or some scorpions are put into a bottle fulfilled with transparent rice wine liquor and some herbs are added before the drink is left to ferment for months. The venomous cobra snake used to make Snake wine is preserved to have the snake poison dissolved in the rice wine, but because snake venoms are protein-based they are inactivated by the denaturing effects of ethanol, and no more dangerous, but this makes a healthy liquor...

81 Year Measured with Sand

This amount of sand will last for 81 years when put into hourglass. Just think about it - most of us live just about the same number of years. How short is that? Rolex Time sand is packed in 30 kg bags . Each bag’s content equals 30 days flowing in a standard hourglass. On the 18 palets, there are 972 bags with a total weight of 29.160 Kg. They last for 81 years- our generous estimation of an average lifesti...

Preakness Toilet Run 2008

The running of the Porta Potties at Preakness 20...

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Awesome Soccer Beatdowns

No matter what you call it: soccer, football, or futbol. The world's most popular sport never fails to provide some rough kicks, punches, and braw...

Weirdest Deformed Animals of the World

This is a collection of extraordinary rare and weird deformed animals.A Deformed LambThis seven-legged lamb was photographed when it was found on July 31, 2007, at the farm at Methven near to Christ Church which is situated in the South Island of New Zealand. The veterinarian, Steve Williams believed that this deformity was caused by a misprint in embryo formation. Due to this scientific reason, the lamb was being born polydactyl (or with many legs). He further remarked that this is a common condition that may have occurred once in every several million sheep.A Deformed GiraffeThis was Gemina, a giraffe which was found to have a dominant crooked...

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Retro Extreme Sports and Tricks

A compilation of 7 images of extreme sports and tricks from the past. No photosh...

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