Have you ever heard about Australian Dingo Fence? I haven't. But it is one of longest fences in the world. And the longest dog fence anywhere. It is almost 3500 miles (5614 km) long. And it was built to keep wild dogs away from humans. Are those dogs really so dangerous, that people had to built those fences? Actually, there was another famous fence in Australia - Rabbit-proof fence. You can read about it in Wikipedia.
The Ga-Adangbe are an ethnic group in the West African nation of Ghana. The Ga people are renowned worldwide for their funeral celebrations and processions. The Ga believe that when someone dies, they move to another life. Therefore, special coffins are often crafted by highly skilled carpenters. The coffins can be anything wanted by relatives of the deceased from a pencil to any animal such as an elephant. Coffins are usually crafted to reflect an essence of the deceased, in forms such as a character trait, an occupation, or a symbol of one's standing in the community. For example, a taxicab driver is most likely to be buried in a coffin shaped as a car.
Red Sox's number 9 Ted Williams became a Halloween costume. A little explanation for our non-US visitors. Ted Williams was a famous baseball player. After his death in 2002 his body was frozen. In October, 2009 in the book "Frozen" Larry Johnson, a former exec at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz., graphically described how Ted Williams was beheaded, his head frozen and repeatedly abused by the employees of the cryonics facility.
I love these kind of things. But I wouldn't use something like this myself. Those flash drives would make a great present, but they are not very useful.
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