A fast-food restaurant in Manitoba has backtracked on its offer to make customers a burger fit for Fred Flintstone.
I have no idea what this is or why it happened here. I’m now seeing my local Wendy’s restaurant on Gawker, and there’s a possibility I’m in there at the time the photo was taken and I’m being looked at by Internet people and NO GET AWAY ALL OF YOU GET AWAY!
A large asbestos-infested tarantula is believed to be on the loose in Cardiff, after its recently-shed skin was found in an abandoned 19th century house.
The discovery was apparently made by asbestos removal experts Kuston Vorland on Tuesday afternoon, with Wales Online saying the Cardiff Reptile Centre believe the suspected Chilean rose tarantula could now be twice the size of its shed skin.
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Large asbestos-contaminated tarantula ‘on the loose’ in Cardiff - Home News - UK - The Independent so there’s a giant fireproof killer spider on the loose in wales y’all be safe out there (via iamdavidbrothers) |
“Max Headroom WTTW Pirating Incident - 11/22/87 (Subtitled)”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_intrusion
I’ve been interested in these things lately.
Burger King’s HorseBurgers May Be DonkeyBurgers
Last week it was reported that the burgers sold by Burger King in Ireland and Britain were testing positive for equine DNA. To the layperson, that means horse meat. Meat sold in certain grocery stores was also contaminated. First, the country’s Food Safety Authority was finding alleged “beef” with 29% horse meat. Then, they started finding “beef” with 75% horse. Then, 80%. Ultimately, some frozen lasagnas contained 100% horse.
Recalls and apologies have been issued, firings and fines are on the way. But then a new, even more troubling, bit of information surfaced: All that horse meat might actually be donkey meat.
…This issue goes beyond meat. How do we know if something vegetarian doesn’t have meat in it without a proper label? How do we know if something has nuts we’re allergic to? How can we know if there are GMOs in our food if you don’t give them a label?
Read more here.
“A giant eyeball that washed ashore and was found by a beachcomber in Pompano Beach, Fla., is mystifying wildlife officials — but probably not for long.
The softball-sized eyeball was reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday, and wildlife officers put the specimen on ice. It will be preserved and sent to the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., for analysis.
Marine biologists couldn’t immediately identify which species of sea creature would be associated with the eye, but researchers will use genetic testing if necessary to solve the mystery, said Carli Segelson, a spokeswoman for the commission. “I shouldn’t say this, but they may be able to eyeball it,” she told me today.”
