Archive for the ‘Bizarre/Oddities’ Category
Death is an inevitable part of life, there is nothing you can do to avoid it, all you can do is make sure you fit in as much life as possible before your time is up. And of course make sure you go out with a bang. Of course none of the people mentioned above planned such a memorable, unique and hilarious end to their lives, but they do serve as a reminder of just how many people around the [...]
Now that Weinergate is said and done, it is time to reflect on the real victims – the 14,088 Americans who share the last name Weiner. To those folks, all we can say is – no matter how bad it may seem now, you can at least take solace in knowing someone out there will always have a slightly more hilarious anatomy based name(like Hugh Jass, for example).
The Bull Run takes place during the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona. The purpose of this event is the transport of the bulls from the off-site corrals where they had spent the night, to the bullring where they would be killed in the evening. People would jump among them to show off their bravery. Today, thousands of people gather every year to run in front of the Bulls.
About 1/3 of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year; approximately 1.3 billion tonnes gets lost or wasted. Industrialized anddeveloping countries waste roughly the same quantities of food – respectively 670 and 630 million tonnes. Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food(222 million tonnes) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa(230 million tonnes). Fruits and vehetables, plus roots and tubers have the highest wastage rates of any food.













