Clever Stuff

Like nature, man is infinitely inventive, and sometimes, ludicrously so.

1. Carrie Kenner has a recipe for Placenta Pills, yes, Placenta Pills- they are good for 'milk supply, fending off postpartum depression, increased energy, and support during times of separation from baby or major changes'- Improbable Research

2. Rhonda is a brilliant software that helps you draw 3D pictures. It is devilishly clever, watch this video at Robert Paterson's Weblog

3. Man constructs skyscrapers with stapler pins!- www.peterroot.com

4. You can stay healthy on potato and milk- Chris Blattman quotes a report which blames potato for '12% of the increase in population, 22% of the increase in population growth, 47% of the increase in urbanization, and 50% of the increase in urbanization growth.'

5. Latest study finds that people who are afraid of infidelity keep a gimlet eye on what the highly attractive and high-threat members of their own sex are up to.- BPS Research Digest

6. May be you should subscribe to this site- Atlas Obscura- 'a crowd-sourced, yet curated collection of the worlds most wondrous treasures'. Because I found this picture from North-East India: a bridge of living tree roots:

via The Long Now Blog


7. Environmental Graffiti shows off the seven most disgustiest insect delicacies on Earth, and one of which is- yes, spider:

8. Engineering students at Virginia Tech have built a car that can be driven by the blind- Neatorama.

9. I feel hedonometer will find that I am a happy person (playing it safe- scientists can read sentences that begin with "I feel..." and measure the level of your happiness/ unhappiness- Science Daily

10. Yu Wan Mei has bought Onion, the satire/spoof humour magazine- and the aftermath of the purchase is well, Onionish-

"Honorable men—trusting titans of Chinese industry who valued their advisers as their own sons—were told of the high price one could charge for the free press, of the brand loyalty and reader subservience such a venture would bring. These were deceptions. Those who misled us shall never take their place in the exalted Celestial Bureaucracy. Fortunately, with the fast actions of our subsidiary Duo-Ling Leadibles, Ltd., we may be rid of their presence much sooner.

May their spines keel the Dragon Boat of the Underworld’s Sewage Minister!"

I couldn't stop laughing- Yu Wan Mei is very clever.

Be happy.