A man has used a cheese-grater to remove a tattoo, a week after having it inked. The 21-year-old, from Mendoza, Argentina, said: "It hurt and bled a lot. I had to bandage it a lot and apply disinfectant. A week later I went to the hospital and I had a tetanus vaccination." As the Daily Mail says, "Not a grate idea."
Woman gored by bison in date de ja vuA man took a woman he was dating to Utah State Park where he was gored by a bison earlier this year, only to see her attacked by a bison too. "I thought my situation was just a freak accident," Kyler Bourgeous told The Washington Post. "But apparently, they're a lot more aggressive than I ever thought." The woman bled from her left thigh and broke her right ankle.
Fish robots use farts to leap out of seaA flying fish robot uses farts to propel itself out of the water. The robot, developed by a team at Imperial College London, might be used to monitor reefs or ice floes. "As a locomotion principle, this aquatic jump-gliding is also used by flying fish," said one of the team. "That's partially where the inspiration comes from."
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