The Largest Island in A Lake on An Island in A Lake on An Island In the World

by Willy Volk on

If reading the title of this post didn’t give you the Vulcan mind meld, and you’re still with us, then good: let’s go.

Elbruz has compiled an interesting list of islands and lakes, and various mind-boggling permutations of islands and lakes. For example, they identify the largest lake, the largest island, the largest lake on an island, the largest island in a lake, and so on, until they get to the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

Oh…my head!

Anyway, according to them, the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island is Vulcan Point in Crater Lake on Vulcano Island in Lake Taal on Luzon. (Hint: don’t zoom in and out real fast, or you’re head’ll spin!) If maps aren’t your thing, and you want to see an actual image, check this out. Incidentally, the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake is the island in Mindemoya Lake on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron.

Happily, both these islands are casino-free, so if you head there, don’t be surprised to find, um, nothing.

[Via Digg]

Weird Things People Keep In Jars

by Willy Volk on

People keep all kinds of weird things in jars. From Habu snakes, to one-eyed pigs, to human penises (!!!), here are some of the weirdest. This is in London.

In Laos, they put snakes in jars to make whiskey.

In Vietnam, they call it wine…

…and they use cobras.

Generally, animals seem to be popular things to keep in jars. This monkey can be found in Tulane University’s Museum of Natural History.

You can see this bottle of fish, there too.

You can see this octopus in Vienna’s Natural History Museum. Looks like a crazy wig.

Ugh…bugs. In jars. Some of which are hairy. Ugh.

Nicaraguans like to put snakes in jars, too.

Some Japanese make their sake with poisonous Habu snakes.

People also like to keep aliens in jars! These aliens are in jars in Canada.

Oh wait — I think these are just ginseng.

Snakes are things for Ecuadorians to put in jars, too.

Oddly, some people keep people in jars. This guy in Taiwan actually seems very happy.

And these women on the Great Barrier Reef seem absolutely thrilled to be in jars.

However, not all people in jars appear so happy. These kids in Scandinavia seem like they’re keeping things pretty bottled up.

Check out this kid in Mexico. He looks like he’s about to sneeze.

I guess this guy couldn’t fit inside the jar, so they just stuck his left leg — afflicted with elephantiasis — in the jar. Poor guy.

Ick…in Cairo.

Also in Cairo:

Can’t blame the Egyptians, though, because this baby is in Belhaven Memorial Museum, in NC.

This “cyclops swine” can be found in NC, too!

And, finally, I don’t know what this guy is doing carrying his own penis in a jar! Egad!

Why is she smiling like that?!

Boeing 737 Stuck on Busy Mumbai Road

by Justin Glow on

Just when you thought Mumbai couldn’t get any more hectic, someone comes along and leaves a Boeing 737 sitting in the middle of a busy road. BBC reports, “The decommissioned aircraft was being driven through the city at the weekend when the driver got lost and then abandoned the plane.”

Is this for real? Seriously, how can you put one person in charge of transporting a 737? Never mind the fact that he didn’t know his way around the city very well. It’s no wonder Road Junky listed Bombay as one of the 10 worst cities to visit (even though I completely disagree, Bombay is great — even with the lost plane). Bizarre, but true.

[Via WorldHum]

Kill Flies with a Map of Milan, Italy

by Justin Glow on

From the Why not? department: “the quintessential lifestyle navigator,” Charles & Marie, are stocking a fly swatter patterned with a Milan, Italy street map. Yes, those little lines you see represent streets in Milan, so that you can — SNAP! — smash a fly at the corner of Via Senato and Corso Venezia if you so choose. Much cooler, if you ask me, than killing flies with a regular old fly swatter from K-Mart.

The swatter comes in blue, green, orange, violet, and white, and costs $15 USD, but is currently sold out.

[via BoingBoing]