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Do not adjust your screens… Something called the Black Terra is an entirely black hot dog. Served at Vegas Premium Hot Dogs in Tokyo, the Terra’s shade of black is made possible by using an edible bamboo charcoal powder.
Now, we’re going to go ahead and end this post before I say something that’ll get us in trouble. Thanks for stopping by.
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Fed up with the self-taken pictures and “look at me” mentality of some social media users, artist Mike Mellia has responded with a fun series of guerilla art, and his own version of the dreaded “selfie.”
In his series, Self-Absorbed, Mellia uses pictures of himself to rebrand and repackage some well-known products — then places them in supermarkets, bodegas and people’s homes around New York to act his own “status update.”
“With our self-portraits shared through social media, everyone now creates their own ‘brand’,” he said. “This product placement project reimagines some of the most famous branding icons in American advertising.”
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Since wine snobs recently got their own popcorn, it only seems fair that the gin and tonic crowd get some snackage too.
UK-based Joe & Seph’s Gourmet Popcorn has released Gin and Tonic Gourmet Popcorn. Made with 5% real Gin and 5% real Tonic, the popcorn offers the experience of “crisp tonic and finish with smooth, tasty gin.” Congrats, old ladies and yuppies… Enjoy your new popcorn.
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Harry Potter & the Beer is a pun-fueled series of beer labels based on the titles of all seven Harry Potter books.
Brought to us by artist Anita Brown, she conjures up such brews as Sorcerer’s Stout, Pilsner of Azkaban, and Heffe-Blonde Prince. Now if only most Harry Potter fans were old enough to drink. Please enjoy responsibly…
There’s a tree located near Modjadjiskloof, South Africa that is about 6,000 years old — so it’s only natural that someone put a pub in it. The ‘Pub Tree’ resides within a Baobab tree, and its naturally occurring hollow interior makes for an awesome place to get s-faced.
The tree can hold about 15 people and is full of historical memorabilia of the tree pub’s history, which dates back to 1933.
