Job Opportunity: How About an Exciting Career as a Professional Fart Smeller?
Hmmm, I’m getting notes of sandalwood, rosemary and a hint of boiled cabbage… We kid you not; there are people out there being paid to smell others’ farts and diagnose physical health based on their various odours. And not only that, it pays well, with reports of professional fart smellers in China being paid up…
The Historical Roots of Today’s Diet and Exercise Fads
Long before the Atkins diet, Shaun T’s Insanity Workout, and The Biggest Loser, people have been fascinated by what we eat and how to exercise, for optimal health. Take the famous quotation used by dieters of all sorts, “Eat to live, not live to eat”: It was penned by the Roman philosopher Cicero. The field…
Can Viagra Make You A Better Athlete?
The idea that Viagra helps out athletes has been around for years now, but is there a scientific consensus on it? Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall caused a great engorgement in the wit of the sports commentariat when he admitted that he’s “heard (of) guys using like Viagra, seriously” to gain a competitive edge on…
Dr. Kellogg’s 15 Most Absurd Medical Contraptions
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, though most famous for his invention of the corn flake, also ran a very successful holistic sanitarium where the ill and infirmed would subject themselves to his unique medical practices. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 15 of the strangest restorative devices to ever come out of Battle Creek, MI. After…