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- Japanese Women Are Falling Hard for a “Handsome” Gorilla Named Shabani
- Johnnie Walker Launches Mustache Wax That Makes Whisky Drink Taste Better
- Russian Man Claims His Skin Has Become Darker after Liver Transplant from African-American Donor
| Japanese Women Are Falling Hard for a “Handsome” Gorilla Named Shabani Posted: 13 Jul 2015 01:48 AM PDT Meet Shabani, a handsome male gorilla that has managed to steal the hearts of young women all over Japan. He is fondly known as 'ikimen', a Japanese term for 'good-looking man', and some have even hailed him as the animal-world equivalent of George Clooney or Hugh Jackman! Shabani, who grew up in an Australian zoo, has been living at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya, Japan, since 2007. The western lowland gorilla is blessed with a shiny black coat and a macho brooding expression that make him very photogenic. In fact, his photos have gone viral on Twitter, where fans have shared them thousands of times over with comments like: "he's too handsome!" |
| Johnnie Walker Launches Mustache Wax That Makes Whisky Drink Taste Better Posted: 13 Jul 2015 01:08 AM PDT Popular whisky brand Johnnie Walker has launched a bizarre new product that they claim will enhance the taste of your drink. 'The Johnnie Walker Boldest Wax' collection is a flavored mustache wax that when applied generously makes every sip of whisky taste better! Priced at about £7.99 ($12) a pot, the hand-mixed waxes are made of 100 percent natural beeswax. They come in three flavors – Piperine Pepper, Citrus Essence, and Ginger Root – and are designed to complement the Johnnie Walker and ginger cocktail serve. They supposedly carry a scent that "lingers beneath the nostrils." |
| Russian Man Claims His Skin Has Become Darker after Liver Transplant from African-American Donor Posted: 13 Jul 2015 12:03 AM PDT A Russian man has surprised the medical community by claiming that a liver transplant from an African-American donor has made his skin darker! It all started when 65-year-old Semen Gendler, an inventor from Krasnodar, was diagnosed with hepatitis C and cancer. He was told that his only hope of survival was a liver transplant, so he decided to fly to the United States for the procedure. "Doctors made it quite clear to me that if I didn't have a liver transplant I would not live," Gendler revealed. "I do a lot of business in the US with partners in New York, and I asked him to help me arrange for the operation where if you have enough money it is possible to do it more quickly than in Russia," he added. "Fortunately, I was able to afford the cost of the $500,000 operation. In Russia, I would have had to wait too long for a donor." During the course of the operation, Gendler received the liver of a 38-year-old African-American man. He says that the transplant has saved his life, but then his friends and family began to notice something odd. As he recovered from his illness, his skin was turning darker.
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