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· Laura Dang
Japan is Holding a Toilet Design Contest For the Best Reason Ever
A government panel in Japan is currently accepting applications for a toilet design contest in a bid to find the most affordable toilet for the developing world that is both comfortable and safe for women. Japan has long been a pioneer for luxurious, high-tech toilets equipped…
· Sebastian Dillon
Chinese Bankers Catch STDs After Counting Dirty Cash
We all know paper money may not be the cleanest item we keep on us all the time, but we had no idea it could be this dirty. Two bank tellers in Wenzhou, China have been infected with genital warts after gynecologists told them they caught the STD from touching dirty paper money.…
· Sebastian Dillon
This Scientist Says We’ve Been Pooping All Wrong — You Won’t Believe the Right Way
It turns out that the number one way to go number two isn’t what we’ve been doing here in the civilized West, and it’s basically all John Harrington’s fault, the inventor of the flush toilet (not Thomas Crapper). According to science, most of us have been pooping wrong our whole…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Chinese Woman Gives Birth in Internet Cafe, Continues Surfing Internet Covered in Blood
A pregnant woman ended up giving birth in the restroom of an internet cafe in Nanchang, China, on Monday.
· Waylae Gregoire
I Spent $50 to Blow Hot Steam Up My Ass So You Wouldn’t Have To
We step into this dark room with four chairs that smells roughly of the herbs my Chinese grandmother might keep in her medicine cabinet. In my head, I felt sort of like Steve-O before a “Jackass” stunt — I turned to face a non-existent camera and said in my head, “My name’s…
· Max Chang
Science Reveals Just How Dirty Your Phone Is
While we’ve been told our cell phones are dirtier than the toilet, we haven’t had a clear visual of the types of bacteria that live in our favorite devices — until now. Students studying bacteriology at the University of Surrey planted their phones with a “bacterial growth…
· Sebastian Dillon
This is How You Can Make a Fortune Off of People Who Need to Go to the Bathroom
“Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you’re going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren’t quite on the radar yet and try to solve those.”
· Derek Low
This is What It’s Like to Fly the $23,000 Singapore Airlines Suites Class [PHOTOS]
In 2008, Singapore Airlines introduced their Suites Class, the most luxurious class of flying that is commercially available. The Suites were exclusive to their flagship Airbus A380, and they go beyond flat beds by offering enclosed private cabins with sliding doors that cocoon…
· Sebastian Dillon
11 Ways to Get Important People to Take You Seriously When You’re a ‘Nobody’
One of the biggest struggles for our generation in the business world is to be taken seriously. Being young is enough of a reason for investors and business professionals to view you as illegitimate, so naturally we must go the extra mile to prove our character and value. It’s…
· Dottie Schrock
7 Must Have Items For Traveling Light
Packing lightly is an art. There is nothing worse than overpacking for a trip and having to drag around excess baggage that slows down your trip. To me, traveling is best done with a small over-the-shoulder purse and backpack, with nothing extra that makes me sweat unnecessarily…