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Heart-Shaped Watermelons Show How Love Grows

by Steve Levenstein

The heart-shaped watermelons grown by Japanese farmer Hiroichi Kimura and his wife are more than just a labor of love, they are products of the Kimura's passion for farming - and each other.

Nintendo Famicom Art Plays On Retro NES Game Themes

Retro Famicom Art Exhibit Features Bush Jr. Game

by Steve Levenstein

The best games never created? That's the theme of Meteor's Famicase 2009, a celebration of wishful gaming designed to pay tribute to Nintendo's influential Famicom home game console.

Peer To Peer Lending Trend Expands With Video Rentals From iLetYou

by Beth Graddon-Hodgson

At a time when the economy requires us all to derive income from the minimal resources we might have available to us, iLetYou, a new business which recently launched in Private Beta, couldn't have had better timing. Allowing people to rent out the items that they hold near and dear to them, iLetYou's revenue sharing program is an easy way to make money with minimal effort.

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Bizarre Weight Loss Solution Lifts, Separates, Disturbs

Bizarre Belt Weight Loss Solution Lifts, Separates, Disturbs

by Steve Levenstein

Overweight in Japan and not a Sumo wrestler? Not to worry, there's a new weight loss solution that's easy to wear but hard to look at: the bizarre Boneless Belt.

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Samurai Sword Handle Umbrella Provides Cutting Edge Rain Protection

by Steve Levenstein

The Samurai Sword Handle Umbrella protects you from post-atomic black rain, gushing founts of enemy blood, storms of fire arrows... and the occasional mild drizzle.

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Eight Surgical Masks to Survive Swine Flu in Style

by Steve Levenstein

Got your mask on? Due to the deadly Swine Flu outbreak people in Mexico are wearing surgical masks like they're going out of style - except they're not, just the opposite in fact. Here are the top ten weirdest variations on Japan's (and now the world's) most healthy fashion accessory, the personal surgical mask.

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Innovative Electricity Generator is Powered by Prayer

Prayer Wheel Energy Generator Harnesses the Power of Religion

by Steve Levenstein

Buddhist prayer wheels are a common site in China, Tibet, Nepal and India. Spun hundreds of times daily by passersby, you might think that some wise guy would wire them to generate and store electric power - and, wise guy Taikkun Li has done exactly that.

The Business Of Boys And Their Toys: Heavy Equipment, Construction Amusement Park For Men

by Beth Graddon-Hodgson

They have always said that boys love their toys, and I think we all know that it's an expression that refers to the over 18 male demographic. Some men prefer their video games, or their set of garage tools, but there's others that prefer entertainment that's a little bigger and little dirtier. At Mannerspielplatz, Germany's playground for men, men get to play out their construction worker fantasies and leave their suits and ties behind at the office.

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Giant Cell Phone Building Calls Out for Attention

by Steve Levenstein

When Japan's Bic Camera wanted their electronics store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro ward to really stand out, they made a few calls on their cell phones... and got the idea for a memorable building everyone can recall.

10 Ads That Will Make You Totally Queasy

by J. Barker

Humans are organic machines. Instead of oil, we have blood. Instead of engines we have organs. And internal organs are just... well, nasty. They're all floppy and gelatinous and squirt out all matter of fluids. So leave it up to the marketing guys of the world to utilize internal organs for a (mostly) positive effect. Take the ad to the right. If that's not positive, I don't know what is...

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