You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

Non-bouncy pickles

According to Connecticut state law, a pickle must be able to bounce. Well, that's at least one of the tests used to determine whether or not a pickle is legally fit for human consumption. Pickles dropped one foot should bounce, according to the Connecticut Food & Drug Commission.

[Lee Stewart]

Absinthe

Absinthe was banned for almost 100 years in the United States because the Swiss grain alcohol contains the toxic chemical thujone in one of its key ingredients, wormwood. Absinthe with less than 10 parts per million of thujone was legalized in 2007, and most traditional absinthes fall well below this cutoff.

[Lee Stewart]

Beluga caviar

While other varieties of caviar are legal, in 2005, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service banned importing beluga caviar and other beluga products because of the critically endangered status of the beluga sturgeon in the Caspian and Black Seas. The United Nations lifted its ban on exporting beluga caviar in 2007 after the Caspian-bordering countries of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan agreed on fishing quotas, but the U.S. ban remains in place.

[Lee Stewart]

Raw milk and cheese

"Raw" milk and dairy products, meaning unpasteurized, are commonly consumed in Europe, Asia and Africa. Some European countries even have unpasteurized milk vending machines. But at the federal level in the U.S., the interstate sale or distribution of raw milk is illegal. Consuming raw milk is legal in all 50 states, but only a dozen states allow the sale of raw cow’s milk in stores.

[dustinm]

If you seen what was in the filter before the milk tank you would want all of your milk pasteurized. Now with the "auto" milking barns I bet it is much worse because teats are not always easily cleaned or consistent.

[Lee Stewart]

Floridians warned to watch for 'falling iguanas' during cold snap

Iguanas, like other reptiles, are cold-blooded — so when temperatures fall too far below average for a subtropical climate like Florida's, they enter an immobilized dormant state, which often makes them lose their grip on branches and fall to the ground.

[Lee Stewart]

An Idaho angler went fishing for bass Sunday, but ended up landing a record-shattering mirror carp.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game announced the record in a news release issued Wednesday, stating that Veenstra’s catch broke the previous record by 10 pounds.

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

US Army prototype cannon blasts target from 43 miles away

[Lee Stewart]