A list of curious facts
One: The hottest detox trend in California involves taking kambo—a poisonous substance extracted from an Amazonian frog—and vomiting... a lot: “[T]he goal is to purge not only so-called ‘toxins’ trapped in your body but also, devotees say, psychological trauma and bad juju in general.” New York Times has more.
Two: You can literally eat your Christmas tree. And there’s a UK-based chef whose cookbook offers 30 recipes that use pine, fir and spruce trees. Recipes and more information available here.
Three: Millions of lonely Chinese men now have a girlfriend: Xiaoice—an artificial intelligence-driven chat bot. She is “an 18-year-old who likes to wear Japanese-style school uniforms, she flirts, jokes, and even sexts with her human partners, as her algorithm tries to work out how to become their perfect companion.” In other words, this ain’t no Siri. Watch the vid or read SixthTone’s story for more.
Four: Don’t know how we missed this all these years: ‘Awwal Number’—an atrocious 90s-era film starring Dev Anand—features Cindy Crawford as his… dead stepmom?
