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- Disturbing New Trend Has Teenagers Sucking on Glasses and Bottles to Get Fuller Lips
- Ever Heard of a Low-Calorie Diet Whisky? Well, You Have Now
- Japanese Real-Life Superhero Cracks Down on Drunk Driving
| Disturbing New Trend Has Teenagers Sucking on Glasses and Bottles to Get Fuller Lips Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:03 AM PDT In a bid to achieve pouty lips à la Kylie Jenner, teens all over the world are engaging in a bizarre DIY lip job challenge called the #kyliejennerchallenge. It involves blowing up their lips to comically large proportions by sucking on a glass or a jar. The method is reportedly rather painful – participants need to place their lips in the opening of any narrow vessel and suck in all the air, causing a vacuum. The lips will eventually swell due to increased blood flow, creating an effect that teens hope will resemble the 17-year-old Kardashian clan member's highly coveted pout.
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| Ever Heard of a Low-Calorie Diet Whisky? Well, You Have Now Posted: 22 Apr 2015 02:31 AM PDT Believe it or not, diet whisky is now a real thing. Which is surprising, because whiskey lovers have always been characterized with a sense of sophistication. It's rather inconceivable that a person who drinks and enjoys the amber spirit might care for its calorie content. Nevertheless, the makers of 'Sinfully Thinn Light Whiskey' do seem to believe in its potential. The new brand was announced recently and according to news reports, its website previously contained some information about how the unusual beverage was developed in order to keep the calorie count low. Unfortunately, the information on the company website has now been taken down. It only consists of a landing page with a short message about updates in progress. "THINN Light Whiskey is vacuum distilled in small batches resulting in a low temperature distilled process highlighting the sweetness and smooth wheat finish," the makers claimed. "From the clean and narrow design of the bottle to the fine and narrow "hearts" cut, empowers THINN to hold to the highest of standards. It is the most desirable and first Light Whiskey to Market." |
| Japanese Real-Life Superhero Cracks Down on Drunk Driving Posted: 22 Apr 2015 01:33 AM PDT Meet Priest Shinjiro Kumagai – mild mannered environmental artist by day, and real-life superhero by night. Dressed up as Japanese sci-fi TV hero Kamen Rider 1, his mission is to rid Kitakyushu city of drunk drivers. Kumagai's day job involves making statues out of old aluminium cans. When he's done, he dons the grasshopper-inspired superhero suit, hops on to a Cyclone motorbike and hunts down drunk drivers. His nightly patrols are supported by the police, as shown by the armband identifying him as an official drunk-drive patrolman. Even with the support of the police, being a superhero in real life can be an expensive affair. But Kumagai doesn't have to worry about money – he is funded by local Buddhist Priest Fukumitsu, the head of the Gokurakuji temple. "He is a real fan of Kamen Rider 1 and has been collecting memorabilia for 20 years," Kumagai said of his benefactor. "So when he heard about what I was doing, he jumped at the chance to help."
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