Snake Wine

Snake Wine

 Snake wine originated in Vietnam but is also popular in some other Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Why is it so popular? Because it’s considered an important curative and believed to reinvigorate in person according to Traditional Chinese medicine.

The venomous snakes are not preserved for their meat but to use their “essence”- the snake poison. The recipe is really simple: A large venomous is placed into a glass jar or an appropriate size of bottle medicinal herbs, before they leave for many months. The wine is drunk as a curative is small shots or cups. How is it not poisonous? Because snake venom is protein based, it is modified by the ethanol, contained in wine and its proteins are unfolded and therefore inactivated.

Youngest in Their Field

Youngest in Their Field

What's left to do when you hit your peak at age 14 -- or younger? The people on this list may be wondering the same thing. Was it genius, drive or sheer luck that got them there?

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The youngest professional athlete

The youngest to win a Grammy

The youngest to win an Olympic gold medal

Unusual Weapons

Unusual Weapons

For the most part of articles from scrap materials, have improved models of existing weapons. Some specimens are very interesting.

The Mexican Vampire

The Mexican Vampire

Now tat's scary: The Mexican 'vampire mother' with titanium horns and tattoos on every inch of her body
She was a trained lawyer from a deeply religious family who married at the age of 17.
But Maria Hose Cristerna, a 35-year-old mother of four from Mexico is known as vampire woman after becoming a tattoo artist and taking her body art to the extreme.
She says she turned to body art after suffering years of domestic abuse.
She has tattooed almost 100 per cent of her body, had titanium 'horns' implanted into her skull and dental implants that give her 'fangs'.

Michael Jackson Kitsch Art

Michael Jackson Kitsch Art

Paintings and Sculptures of the King of Pop

 A remarkably kitsch statue of Michael Jackson was unveiled outside the stadium of Premier League side Fulham on Sunday. Chairman Mohamed Al Fayed unveiled the commemorative statue commissioned in memory of his friendship with the controversial singer. He shrugged off criticism of the sculpture, saying: "If some stupid fans don't understand and appreciate such a gift, they can go to hell."
Fayed claimed it would become a mecca for Jackson fans, adding: "People will queue to visit it from all over the UK." The statue, believed to have cost around £100,000, was originally planned for Harrods but, having sold the store, Fayed decided to erect it at Craven Cottage instead. Jackson saw a game at Craven Cottage in 1999.
Michael Jackson would probably have approved of the Fulham statue. The walls of his Neverland ranch were adorned with many kitsch, self-mythologising portraits of himself, such as this oil painting of the star dressed as a king in Elizabethan costume, painted by Norman Oak
Jackson's main go-to man for over-the-top portraits of himself was David Nordahl. Over a 17-year period, Jackson commissioned flamboyant paintings such as "Camelot", a 1995 portrait of Michael Jackson and his wife Lisa Marie Presley.
This Nordahl painting was seemingly modelled on Michelangelo's David, with half naked cherubs surrounding the star.

Working Cats

 Working Cats

 Cats on different jobs.

Best April Fools Day Pranks

 

Best April Fools Day Pranks

Best April Fools' Day pranks

Come April Fools' Day, follow that dollar bill at your own risk and be forewarned if you wake up with a face full of foam.