coffee, Coffee, COFFEE!!!

Feeling kind of tired? groggy? or do you just need that extra boost to get you through the day? You might wanna reach for the nearest cup of coffee. If this is your closest cup, you might want to reconsider, unless you're carrying quite a bit of cash on you. This cup of coffee is the Most expensive coffee in the world. Originating in Indonesia, Kopi Luwak is made from eaten coffee beans, that have been partly digested, and finally excreted by the native Common Palm Civet. This weasel-like animal, referred to as "luwak", eats the raw red coffee beans. it digests the soft outer shell but does not digest the inner beans, thus excreting them.
This process changes the bitter flavor of the beans to a more unique and desirable flavor. Indonesian coffee or "Kopi", can cost up to $600 a pound and up to $50 per cup!Unless you have a pocket full of cash, I'd head over to the nearest Starbucks and pick up something a "little" more recession-friendly.

Trash? or Fashion?

Gary Harvey is the former Creative Director of Levi Strauss and Dockers Europe designer for Levi's. He began designing his environmentally friendly dresses during a freelance fashion campaign. His first idea involved 42 pairs of Levi Jeans and morphing them into a dress, and has been designing eco-fashion ever since. His first collection of eco-designs was showcased in February of this year at London Fashion Week for Estethica. Estethica is "the hotspot for ethical fashion, where designers will show collections founded on ecological and organic principles." This dress was made with cans, bottle tops and cardboard boxes. The world waits in anticipation as to what kind of design he'll create next!

SmurfsUp!!

Stephen Parkes (UK) began collecting Smurfs as a child.His collection which has now, as you can see, practically turned into an obsession, has been growing ever since. His collection now comes to a grand total of 1,061 separate items. One of which, is a 3 meter statue of Poppa Smurf. He now holds the world record for the most smurf memorabilia known to mankind as of this year.

World's Largest Spider

The Goliath Birdeater is the largest spider (tarantula)  in the world. Don't worry, it doesn't REALLY eat birds. This spider eats invertebrates such as crickets and mealworms, and also small vertebrates such as mice and lizards. Native to South America, these spiders can be as large as 30 centimetres (12 inches) in leg span, when their legs are stretched out.They have a life-span of about 6-14 years and females lay from about 100-400 eggs. The Goliath Birdeater is small and fuzzy...Don't you want one for a pet??more pics?

World's Most Tattooed Women!!

Julia Gnuse got her first tattoo at the age of 35 steadily gaining more ink over the next 20 years. Some of Gnuse's tattoos seem like odd choices to have permanently inked to her body. Some of the tattoos include Doctor Seuss's Cat in the Hat, and pictures of the entire cast of Bewitched across her buttocks.

Gnuse first started getting tattoos, not because of a simple fashion statement, but as a way of dealing with Porphyria, a skin condition she was suffering from. Now, she has enough tattoos to completely cover 95% of her body.

World's Biggest Shark

Whale sharks are the largest sharksin the world. Growing to a length of about 65 feet (the length of about 1 1/2 school buses!) and weighing about 75,000 pounds, this streamlined fish is really a gentle giant. Some areas frequented by these sharks, such as Ningaloo Reef, Australia, have become popular tourist destinations because of their swim-with-sharks program.

World's Largest Dog

Hercules is the worlds largest dog, he is and English Mastiff owned by Hercules Flynn of massachusetts. He was recognized as the world's biggest dog with a size 38 neck and weighing in at 282 lbs. Mr. Flynn claims that no "bizarre" diet was involved, just a natural diet, and he just seemed to keep growing past his breeds normal 200 lb mark.

Draw it Out!

Julian Beever is one of the world's most famous 3-d street drawing artists. He has created innumerable amounts of artwork in the strangest locations. People all over the world can view and even take live photos  where they can actually be apart of art themselves. He uses a special artistic perspective known as anamorphic illusion. Anamorphic illusions are drawn in a special distortion in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint. His artwork varies from places, to animals, movie scenes, comicbook characters, and random things. He also likes to draw portraits of famous people who have passed away.

world's tallest mohawk

Eric Hahn has broken the official World Record for the tallest mohawk on November 14th. Standing at over 27 inches tall, his mohawk took about 3 hours of hairspray and blow drying to make. He has beaten the previous World Record by 3 inches.

The World's Fattest Man is Married?!?!

Yes! Manuel Uribe from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, married Claudia Solis after being together for 4 years in October of 2008. Manuel is one of the heaviest people in medical history. He has been unable to leave his bed since 2001, and reached a peak weight of 1,235 lbs. He lost a considerable amount of weight by using the Zone Diet and in February 2008 had lost 570 pounds.