“Dear Sex Toy Shop…”

Why do these actual customer letters to a sex toy shop look like the same cute stuff a recently freed heiress would scribble?

The Short, Brutal Life Of… Fruits And Vegetables

Fruits and vegetables live a very violent, inexplicably sad life - like poor people! Those battery chickens are just so lucky.

Stephen Hawking Finds (A Semblance Of) Sex In Paris

Somebody stumbles on renowned British cosmologist Stephen Hawking in a strippers joint in Paris, where he was reportedly enjoying the charms and company of about half a dozen females. Presumably, he was regaling the ladies how in a parallel universe where Stephen would be David Hasselhoff-ish, he could have taken them all from behind at [...]

China’s Vast Cafeterias And Endless Assembly Lines

An endless procession of working and eating people - welcome to modern China. Sure, we’ve all loved the cheap plastic toys, dressed chicken, and sometimes toxic toothpaste, but isn’t it great to see the people who produce those wonderful things? The photo shows lunch time in the cafeteria of Youngor Textiles, the largest suit maker [...]

The Canadian Crippler Got Too Rabid

The Rabid Wolverine Chris Benoit (21 May 1967 — 25 June 2007) has had enough. And whatever his problems were, he tagged along his poor, defenseless family. Tsk.
He’s been in trouble all along. These past few months, whatever it was that disturbed him unmistakably reflected on his face every time he entered the ring: his countenance was haggard, scraggly, [...]

Have A Taste Of The ‘Baby Jesus’ Pork Dry Sausage

If the weekly Sunday ration of holy wafer doesn’t feel so filling despite all those grueling confessions, the Baby Jesus authentic pure pork dry sausage will meet the demand of your discerning palate. The holy infant is so tender and mild, it’s delicious.
via BOINGBOING

Microwave Melts Plastic Back To Oil

The Hawk-10, created by Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a device that fires finely tuned microwave at plastic and turns it back to oil and combustible gas.
Key to GRC’s process is a machine that uses 1200 different frequencies within the microwave range, which act on specific hydrocarbon materials. As the material is zapped at the [...]

The Uncannily Human Artificial Hand

Kyoto-based robot and factory automation manufacturer Squse has developed an air pressure-controlled artificial hand that’s efficient enough to pick up a raw egg.
“So far, robots have an image of helping people do heavy lifting, but we aim at delicate work as a human hand can do,” company president Mikio Shimizu said.
During a demonstration, the prototype [...]