Weird Universe Archive
August 2010
August 20, 2010
Don’t Drink And Drive-Drive On Your Drink
Scottish scientists have come up with a way to use the waste from whisky making to create a new bio fuel. They even claim it is ready to be used without modifying car engines as required with ethanol and can be used as a higher percentage of blended fuel than ethanol as well. Wonder how long it will take to get across the pond.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 20, 2010 -
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Manpacks
Manpacks is your savior!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 20, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Underwear, Men
August 19, 2010
Oh The Horror!
Zombie ants? Not quite, but the fungus discussed in the clip does take over the will (for lack of a better word) of the infected ants. To the point that the insects will hang from the bottom of a leaf till they die, at which point the fungus sprouts from their bodies. SHUDDER worthy pictures of fungus sprouting insects in the clip as well.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 19, 2010 -
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Highway Distraction
Four delightful sculptures adorn the South 24th Street Bridge in Council Bluffs, Iowa. So striking is the artwork that atleast one resident claims the distraction caused him to hit another vehicle. Another resident charmingly refered to the scultures as looking like Freddy Krueger's hands coming down to grab somebody. Some people just don't appriciate art.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 19, 2010 -
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Follies of the Mad Men #119
Mad Men, here's a secret: music is the realm of emotion and poetry and piercing observations, of romance and satire, of history and dreams.
So when you create a song that is full of boring statistics about a boring object, you look like an idiot, and so does your product.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 19, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Appliances, Music, 1960s
August 18, 2010
The Girls of Murder City
Why the video of an old song in this post? It's the tune that one of the murderesses played and danced to, over the corpse of her victim!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 18, 2010 -
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Category: Crime, Feminism, Music, Regionalism, Wives, Books, 1920s
August 17, 2010
It Sucks To Be A Chinese Citizen
The Chinese have come up with a way to make people pay to sit on a park bench. A meter is attached to the bench as are short metal spikes. Drop your change and the spikes retract, time's up and the spikes deploy. They are not long or sharp enough to do harm, just enought to make sitting uncomfortable.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 17, 2010 -
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The Swing Wing
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 17, 2010 -
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Category: Toys, 1960s, Brain Damage
What Tree Did You Fall From?
Posted By: Nethie - Tue Aug 17, 2010 -
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Category: Humor, New Age, Superstition, Weird Studies and Guides
August 16, 2010
Circumcision Study
A study has shown circumcision is effective in slowing the transmission of HIV and STD's. In fact it is possible the procedure will become recommended for health concerns at some future point. Interesting isn't it?
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 16, 2010 -
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