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24K Gold Pills Will Make Luxury Addicts Poop Gold
Horses Inside Out – Horse Anatomy Painted on Live Horses
Atomic Fallout Burger Is So Hot You Need Gloves to Eat It

24K Gold Pills Will Make Luxury Addicts Poop Gold

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:47 AM PST

Created back in 2005 by by late New York artist Tobi Wong in collaboration with Ken Courtney, these swallowable 24G gold pills are said to turn your innermost parts into chambers of wealth”.

Gold Pills were originally launched by Wong and Courtney as part of their ‘Indulgence’ line – an art project that comments on society’s ‘ever-expanding market of luxury items’, but in the last seven years, they’ve become quite the hit with luxury addicts, and their price has skyrocketed to $425. That’s probably just chump change for rich kids looking for new ideas to take their already decadent lifestyles to new heights, so it’s no wonder Citizen:Citizen, the webstore selling the pills states that they are ‘temporarily unavailable’. It’s not clear if for the above-mentioned price you get one or three gold pills, but I bet some of the people who bought them actually swallowed them to see if it makes their poop glitter. Either that or they are really big fans of Tywin Lannister.

via She Finds

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Horses Inside Out – Horse Anatomy Painted on Live Horses

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:41 AM PST

English champion rider Gillian Higgins has devised a novel way to teach horse anatomy to veterinary students, riders and caretakers – she takes up to four hours to paint the animal’s skeletal and muscular systems on live horses, using water-based hypoallergenic paints.

Horse anatomy is pretty tricky, considering students have to understand how the 205 bones and 700 muscles in its body make this beautiful animal work like a well-oiled machine. But instead of boring them with sketches and complicated diagrams, Gillian Higgins uses her artistic skills to paint the anatomical systems on actual horses. “Painting the skeleton and musculature on the side of the horse really helps to bring the subject to life, she told the Daily Mail. “You can discover how to get the best out of your horse by seeing exactly what happens as it moves.” The English horse-ring champion and sports remedial therapist got the idea for “Horses Inside Out” back in 2006 after completing a degree in equine business management. She understood why many riders and trainers were struggling to learn all those bones and muscles with incredibly long names, and started thinking about a way to better make them understand how the horse works.

Gillian started applying paint on her horses gradually, but as her courses gained popularity, she started painting the whole skeletal and muscular systems, one on each side of the horse. She uses uses water-based hypoallergenic paints which are easy to wash off after a lecture, and spends around four hours painting every anatomical detail. Sometimes a rider dressed in a skeleton body suit also reveals the interaction between humans and horses. The 30-year-old’s lectures have become really popular in the equine world, and feedback has been very positive. "Gillian Higgins has taken a simple and inspired idea and executed it exceptionally. Her Inside Out presentations have increased awareness on how we can reduce injury and improve performance and condition, and she's also helped educate the public on the importance of good digestion” said Jonathan Nelson, Director at Equine Premium.

Photos via Horses Inside Out on Facebook

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Atomic Fallout Burger Is So Hot You Need Gloves to Eat It

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:42 AM PST

Living up to its name, the Atomic Fallout burger is so hot that owners of the Atomic Burger restaurant, in Bristol, England, require daredevils to sign a waiver and wear protective gloves so not to burn their hands.

Eating a burger is usually a pleasurable experience, but chowing down on the Atomic Fallout burger is a painful challenge. According to restaurant owner Martin Bunce, the sauce in the mouth-burning fast food treat contains “a variety of chillies including the Ghost Chilli and the Scotch Bonnet. But what gives the sauce a real kick is the Ghost Chilli extract which registers at 4.2 million Scoville units.” Considering Tabasco sauce is ranked at just 5000 units on the Scoville scale, you can understand why some people are referring to the Atomic Fallout as the hottest burger in the world. Apart from the stomach melting Ghost Chilli extract, chefs at the Atomic Burger, in Bristol, also use a variety of other chillies, including the tiny but ultra-hot Scotch Bonnet.

Photo: Food Network

The Fallout Challenge, where patrons were asked to chow down on the £25 hot burger in under an hour, was introduced as a four-week special at the Bristol restaurant, but even after it expired so many people came round asking to do it that it became a permanent fixture. But finishing this particular meal isn’t as easy as you might think. First, the courageous eaters have to sign a disclaimer absolving the restaurant of any legal obligations in case of medical problems, and are asked to put on latex gloves, as the hot sauce would otherwise burn their hands. And as if the hotness of the burger wasn’t bad enough, its size is also a problem. Challengers have to go through 18oz of minced beef and 18oz of cheese sandwiched between two deep-fried pizza slices instead of buns, as well as a triple serving of chilli fries. Mr Bunce says that about 500 people have so went through the Fallout Challenge, and only about 1 in 10 has actually managed to beat it, adding that he himself only managed to eat a quarter of the burger. The victors get a special t-shirt and their name mounted on the restaurant’s Wall of Flame.

Photo: Sofia Bianca

If you’re looking for more hot eating challenges in the UK, the Red Dog Saloon's Viper Challenge might interest you. All you’re required to do is eat six chicken wings in ten minutes. Sound easy enough, only there is a catch – the wings are smothered in sauce made from Naga Vipers, the world’s hottest chilli peppers.