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Brent Csutoras of Weird Asia News brings the best of weird, strange, funny, odd, and just plain crazy news and stories from the lands of the Far East.
How popular is this site? Well he’s been dropped by 2 servers over the period of 2 weeks for bandwidth overload from people flocking to his blog for his popular stories, if that’s any indication. Gawd I hate when that happens (I can only dream). Brent feels confident that he has now found the right company that can handle these massive surges.
Here is a little taste of what you will find on his site.
Chinese Pet Carp responds when its name is called.
Fang Peng, from Pingsai town, Guizhou Province, claims ‘Submarine’ responds to his name being called out. The fish developed his ability to understand human speech from Fang Peng’s father who spent hours with him daily.
“He would tie a piece of cake or bread on the top of the fishing pole and call ‘Submarine’. On hearing his name, Submarine would emerge from the water and take the food, or I would feed him by hand.�
Pee Powered Battery
To make the battery, a piece of paper is soaked in a solution of copper chloride and placed between strips of magnesium and copper. It’s then laminated between two sheets of transparent plastic.
When a drop of urine is added to the paper through the opening, a chemical reaction takes place that produces electricity.
The prototype battery produced about 1.5 volts, the same as a standard AA battery, and runs for about 90 minutes. Researchers said the power, voltage, and lifetime of the battery can be improved by adjusting the geometry and materials used.
Urine contains many ions (electrically charged atoms), which allows the electricity-producing chemical reaction to take place in the battery. Other bodily fluids such as tears, blood, and semen will also work to activate the battery.
Online Gamers can now pay to play with their own blood.
An online game operator demanded that banned players donate blood to be allowed back into the game. Moliyo, which runs a 3D massively multiplayer online game in China, made the demand after banning 120,000 players who attempted to hack the game using unauthorized software to artificially boost their standing in the game. Moliyo operates several games in China, including Cabal and Tales of Pirates.
More than 100 players signed up to exchange a pint of blood for game accounts. The company also offered free accounts to players who give blood. The players had to attend a public blood donation drive in the city of Nanjing.
Moliyo arranged the event in an attempt to create a civilized society, and enhance online gamers’ appreciation of social responsibility and public welfare.
Chinese hospitals have had difficulty attracting blood donors after scandals in which thousands of donors and blood recipients contracted HIV. Blood donors in China are usually paid about 12 dollars per donation.
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I would love to see that koi responding like that, sounds hard to believe but would be cool
Jamie, Koi are actually smarter than many would think.
I had a koi pond once. They knew me to be their feeder. When people would aproach the pond they’d run for cover, but when they saw me they’d be jumping over each other in a frenzy — they knew who had the treats
wow $12 a pop for a pint of blood in China.. hmm sounds pretty good to me