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Illinois: 67-year-old orders "beer" coffin
Submitted by DWNDesk on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 12:42.
In heaven, there is no beer. That is why Bill Bramanti, 67, of South Chicago Heights, Illinois had a custom-built coffin made to look like a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. Bramati is still very much alive and enjoys his beer.
Comet: the world's smartest goldfish
Submitted by DWNDesk on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 11:44.
Comet can play football, basketball and even limbo dance under a bar. And Comet is a goldfish.
Ohio man buys dinosaur dungs for nearly $1000
Submitted by DWNDesk on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 11:57.In New York, a pile of dinosaur waste estimated to be around 130 million years old was sold at an auction Wednesday for nearly $1,000.
The buyer was Steve Tsengas, 71, Fairport Harbor, Ohio who owns OurPets, a company that sells products to treat dog and cat waste.
Tsengas placed the winning bid of $960. The dung's pre-auction estimate was $450.
Tsengas said he hoped the dinosaur dung will motivate his employees. He also planned to use them as a marketing tool in the company's booth at trade shows.
Colossal squid caught off New Zealand sea
Submitted by DWNDesk on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 09:39.In New Zealand, marine scientists have revealed the largest known specimen of a colossal squid which was caught in the Ross Sea.
In this photo, scientists at the Museum of New Zealand technician Mark Fenwick thaw out the giant squid in a pool of brine in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, April 30, 2008.
Associated Press says marine scientists were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts