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iPod replaced with meat

Published on December 30, 2005 in Gadget and Weird. 0 Comments


The next time you buy an iPod from a local Apple store, just prey hard that you will get a MP3 player inside the box, not some sort of unknown stinky meats.

When her son opened the box for the high-tech toy, he discovered the iPod that should have been there wasn’t. It had apparently been replaced with some kind of mystery meat.

Via ABCNews.

Man with the 7 second memory

Published on December 5, 2005 in Health, Science and Weird. 1 Comment

If you have watched 50 First Dates before, you might have wondered how horrible it is to live a life with a serious amnesia and forget about everything the next day. Unfortunately, this is more than just fictional.

In 1985, Clive Wearing was struck down with one of the most extreme cases of amnesia ever recorded. A virus damaged a part of his brain which is essential for memory. Consequently, Clive can only recall what has happened 7 seconds ago.
“It’s like being dead . . . one long night with no thoughts, no dreams. There’s no difference between day and night, I haven’t been conscious in 20 years.”
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