Ivory soap has been known all over the world for its capacity to float, but did you know that the first batch of this was actually a product of a huge mistake? The workers have been mixing the soap formula, and excess air bubbles were formed, causing it to float. Customers wrote to the company telling them that they loved the idea of floating soap, and it floated ever since.

It’s not just a unicycle, it’s a HUGE monocycle! Apparently, these things are called Motorouta, and these were invented in Italy (or by an Italian, it’s not really clear on the caption of one of the images). Cool, eh?

See? Even Indiana Jones makes his escape from the Temple of Doom with one of these!

Well, no. Not really. Guy kind of looks like him though.

Women can also go around with these!

Just make sure you don’t bring a passenger with you when you drive around in this.

"Bob, Bob, where are you, Bob?"

Or at least the water you use for it.

Did you know that to create a glass of orange juice, 50 glasses of water are needed to grow enough oranges to make the juice?

So in effect, does that mean that you’re drinking 51 glasses of water?

Found this online. Parents may find it interesting.:)

Cyberbullying: What’s Happening to Your Kids Online

By Parul Joshi
Reporter
Published: October 30, 2008

Parents think about this; how many times a day is your child on the internet? If your child is like most, then a big chunk of his or her social life probably takes place online. But law enforcement wants you to be aware; every time they’re online they could be at risk of something else. There’s a danger lurking in cyber space you may have heard of; cyber bullying. But do you know how common it really is? According to the National Crime Prevention Council, it’s a problem that affects almost half of all teens in America. In this nine on your side special report, we show you what your children could be facing online.

“She played an absolutely ridiculous game with my daughter’s life and I want to see her pay justice, I want her to pay time in jail,” Tina Meier said.

Tina Meier lost her 13-year-old daughter, Megan, to cyber bullying two years ago.

Megan took her own life in her bedroom after reading a hoax e-mail from a boy she believed liked her romantically, a 16-year-old named Josh, whom she met through MySpace.

The note said: “the world would be a better place without you.”

But after Megan took her life, an investigation revealed there was no Josh.

Prosecutors say Lori Drew was behind Josh’s fake MySpace page to trick and taunt Megan. 

Drew is the mother of a girl Megan had problems with.

In a case of cyber bullying federal authorities charged Lori Drew with conspiracy and other felonies.

“This adult woman allegedly used the internet to target a young teenage girl with horrendous ramifications,” Thomas O’Brien said.

A fictitious account on MySpace used to harass, humiliate and embarrass that ultimately resulted in a young girl taking her life. Drew’s trial in the girl’s death is set to be heard in November.

“Whether or not the defendant could have foreseen the tragic choice made by Megan, she is accountable for her fraudulent actions,” FBI Investigator Sal Fernandez said.

It happens more often than you might think and the perpetrators are not normally parents, most of the time they are teens.

Just a few months ago, a North Carolina teen became a victim of cyber bullying on facebook after high school students made a fake page about him.

The page so pornographic, obscene and humiliating for the young boy - we’ve been asked not to show it. 

And this young man is not alone.

According to a National Crime Prevention Council 2007 study, close to half of all teens surveyed said they experienced some form of cyber bullying.

If you wonder why you don’t hear more about it, the answer is simple; like most crimes involving kids the council says only 11 percent of victims tell their parents about it.

“Parents are the first line of defense. They need to be talking with their kids about social networking sites and I think young kids, parents should say no would be my advice to them, do not get on these sites,” N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper said.

And though Attorney General Roy Cooper’s advice is good, it’s not always practical, and he knows it. That’s why he is leading the charge to crack down on abusers of social networking sites.

I just saw Pocari Sweat yet again on the supermarket, so I decided to see if there are other weird drinks out there. Guess I’m right! Here’s a list of some of the strangest drinks in the world. Please make sure you haven’t eaten anything before proceeding. Oh, and yes, you really do have take these things literally (as in, go with what the names say. They’re not euphemisms).

Baby Mouse Wine (China)

Seagull Wine (Eskimos)

Lizard Wine (China)

Tea with Yak Butter (Tibet)

Cynar, or liquor made from artichokes (Italy)

For more weird drinks, click here.