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Weird things sold on eBay
Pig Jockey has a post about ten of the weirdest things sold on eBay.
Here they are in a nutshell:
10. 30 Days of as space on some guy’s forehead.
9. A 10 year old tries to sell her “annoying but cuddly” Grandma
8. A brussel sprout sold for £99.50 in England with the proceeds going to charity.
7. Britney Spears’ chewed gum sold for $14,000
6. A cornflake shaped like Illinois went for $1,350
5. A partially eaten 10 year-old grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary sold on eBay for $28,000
4. An 18-year-old British girl sold her virginity on eBay
3. A man from Florida auctioned off his liver on eBay. The bid reached $5.7 million before it was taken down from the site
2. A ghost contained in a jar sold for $50,922 (but the bidder didn’t pay)
1. A Briton living in Australia sold his whole life for £192,000 after splitting up with his wife. The auction included his house and it’s contents, car, job, motorcycle, jet ski and friends, in an effort to make a fresh start.
Welcome to Google, Kansas
Topeka ‘renames’ itself ‘Google, Kansas’
In a formal proclamation last Monday, Topeka, Kansas, mayor Bill Bunten announced his city will be known as ‘Google, Kansas.’ The unofficial name change will last through the end of March.
The unusual move comes as several U.S. cities elbow for a spot in Google’s new ‘Fiber for Communities’ program. The Web giant is going to install new Internet connections in unannounced locations, giving those communities Internet speeds 100 times faster than those elsewhere, with data transfer rates faster than 1 gigabit per second.