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Whiskey made from the urine of diabetics, and the inventor that makes it gives it away to make a public health statement. Here is the website of the inventor, James Gilpon. He asks:

“Large amounts of sugar are excreted on a daily basis by type-two diabetic patients especially amongst the upper end of our aging population….Is it plausible  to suggest that we start utilizing our water purification systems in order to harvest the biological resources that our elderly already process in abundance?”

The creator of TheUglyBugBall.co.uk said the British dating site is the world’s first to cater exclusively to people who “weren’t blessed with great looks.”

Howard James of London said the dating site for the “aesthetically challenged” excludes “anyone who is overtly pretty or attractive,” The Sun reported, The Sun reported Friday.

I wonder though, would they really kick off an attractive person who preferred to date ugly people? It seems like larger, mainstream dating sites should be able to incorporate niches like these within their networks but still allow for people who want to date more of a variety.

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