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Nice-Breath-freshening mini-apple to help strangers kiss
Researchers at South Korea
The tiny ping-pong-ball-sized fruit is designed to be kept in the pocket and eaten just before people lock lips, although there are those questioning whether this will ruin the moment or not.Hwang Hye-sung, a researcher at the Rural Development Administration, described the apple as a 'do-it-yourself bad breath treatment'.
'We want young people to eat many apples and came up with the idea of portable apples for your bags,' the scientist said.
Feeling-Kim Jong-Il examining a large Number of bras
The undated photos, which were released by the official Korean Central News Agency, show Kim Jong-Il staring at a range of products in various factories, decked out in his traditional tinted glasses.Kim's fondness for looking at things has been widely noted before - so much so that a popular blog, Kim Jong-Il Looking At Things, has been set up devoted just to pictures of the Dear Leader observing various objects.
Damages-Woman Sues ex-Husband over Impotence
A Dubai
She alleges that when she got married, her husband forced her to quit her job and give up all her jewellery.
He then proceeded to deprive her of her conjugal privileges.After four sexless months; she learned he suffered from erectile dysfunction."Considering the conservative Arab values, and the woman's situation in such a society, I remained silent and tried to adapt by praying to God that things would improve," she told the newspaper.
Idea-Man Used alligator to attract women
Police in Illinois
The Cook County Sheriff's Office officials said they received information a man was keeping an American alligator in confined conditions in his home. Police located the four-foot alligator in a fish tank in the kitchen. A video of the alligator showed it swimming in the tank, which was under a heatlamp. The man told police he bought the alligator in Indiana Ill.
Crazy-Apple store riot in Beijing
The Apple store in Beijing
The fracas began after a "foreign" Apple employee tried to intervene when there were reports of people jumping the line for the iPad 2 and he may have grabbed some people, the Beijing News reported. People had been waiting in line for hours at the store to buy the tablet Saturday morning.After the employee left the area, a front door was smashed. Once the crowd was cleared, police officers stood guard until it was fixed, the newspaper reported.One of the injured men said the employee "suddenly grabbed my collar" and he was thrown into the wall, causing his mouth to bleed and a pain in his lower back.
Wow-Impromptu party cancels university classes
Students at the University of Valencia
A spontaneous outdoor campus party, organized on social networking site Tuenti, drew more than 1,000 students, the Guardian newspaper reports.Usually; the university throws a party this time of year. But when it failed to organize one, the students took it upon themselves.The school cancelled classes when drunk students started showing up in classrooms and causing disturbances.
Unique-Man collects 6 million beer bottles, builds castle
Bad-Teen Fights Mom over Starbucks coffee
One South Florida son's behavior toward his mom probably wouldn't be described as good to the last drop.
Brandon Scott Quintana, 19, was taken to jail after he allegedly got physical with his mom because she drank his Starbucks iced coffee, TCPalm.com reported. The Port St. Lucie resident is charged with battery for the incident earlier in the week, just days before Mother's Day.Starbucks is delicious, but not "so good, it will make you wanna slap yo mama" delicious. That didn't stop Quintana from crying over spilled coffee.
The spat started when Quintana's 43-year-old mom woke up from a nap with a parched throat. She saw her son's Starbucks in the refrigerator and probably thought it was safe to drink.
