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When It Comes To Prostate Cancer, There's More Than Meets The Eye

The new Cartoon Network show Robot Chicken ran an episode where Optimus Prime dies of prostate cancer.

Hot Asian Action (c. 1960).

Apparently this is a practical sex guide from 1960's Japan. The illustrations are oddly awesome, conceivably to get around censorship laws of the time. Hubba hubba.

Yo, Fish Made Me Stoopit.

Ever wonder how much mercury you were getting in that otherwise-healthy fish filet? Well, now you can calculate your dose according to your weight, portion size, and type of fish.

I know I'm not going to be eating tilefish (1.45 ppm, shown below, mining mercury from the ocean floor) anytime soon.

English News.

Two uteri, two pregnancies, two births, two months apart . In other news, a rugby fan cuts off his own testicles:

It was reported that the man told his friends: "If Wales win I'll cut my own balls off."

After the 11-9 victory in the Six Nations clash, the man is reported to have gone outside and severed his testicles before bringing them back into the club to show fellow drinkers.

A local was reported as saying that the man was on medication and should not have been drinking.

fruit.

as part of my South Beach diet self-flagellation, i officially crossed the two-week mark today, and rewarded myself with a fruit smoothie. i made one for me (banana, apple, blackberry) and one for The Girl (banana, mango, pineapple) this morning, using my Christmas present to myself, the Magic Bullet. no, not that one. That would take hours. This one.

the Magic Bullet gave me a couple of problems. full review coming soon.