01. Pictures of Stuff, cont’d: Bread Bag Ties (above)
“I’d been meaning to mention that Lisa Congdon’s Collection A Day blog, mentioned earlier here, is still awesome.” (murketing)
02. $3 hand-powered suction device quickly heals wounds
“Nobody knows precisely why it works, but doctors have known for decades that the healing process for open wounds can be greatly speeded up by applying negative pressure — that is, suction — under a bandage sealed tightly over the affected area. The speculation is that it helps by drawing bacteria and fluid away from the wound, keeping it cleaner.” (bb)
03. How many words did Shakespeare know?
“In his collected writings, Shakespeare used 31,534 different words. 14,376 words appeared only once and 846 were used more than 100 times. Using statistical techniques, it’s possible to estimate how many words he knew but didn’t use.” (kottke)
04. Bolivian Coca Cola Ripoff Contains Coca Extra
“Well, this gives new meaning to the idea of Coke “Classic”: Bolivian president Evo Morales has approved the production and sale of a soft drink called “Coca Colla,” which, apart from being a familiar-looking dark soda with a red label, also contains an extract made from coca leaves, the raw ingredient used to manufacture cocaine.” #sniff (eatme)
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How odd, I bought a loaf yesterday and the main reason was due to it having a bread tag, I thought they were obsolete now but obviously not. Then I see this!
Luckily the bread’s half decent too.