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Airport Scanner


"A trial of a scanner that produces "naked" images of passengers has begun at Manchester Airport.

The authorities say it will speed up security checks by quickly revealing any concealed weapons or explosives.

But the full body scans will also show up breast enlargements, body piercings and a clear black-and-white outline of passengers' genitals. "

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Distilled, Bottled Cow Urine

Casu marzu


Like the mold on blue cheese? This is a step beyond.
This cheese is set a side so that cheese flies can lay eggs inside the rind which then hatch into crawling maggots. The texture of the cheese becomes very soft, with some liquid seeping out. The larvae themselves appear as translucent white worms. Eating the maggots with the cheese or removing them first is a personal preference.

Fried tarantulas – Cambodia


The abdomen is only for the truly brave and is said to taste like "licking damp cobwebs."

Horror Novel on Toilet Roll


"The nine-chapter tale is appropriately titled "Drop," and is the alarming story of an evil spirit that inhabits a toilet bowl, according to Takaki Hayashi, vice president of Hayashi Paper Corp."