Wisconsin man suctions 10 cans to his head for Guinness World Record

Aside July 21, 2022 Markozen.com Bizarre, Offbeat

July 15 (UPI) — A Wisconsin man with unusual skin suction recaptured a Guinness World Record by sticking 10 cans to his shaved head.

Jamie Keeton, aka “Canhead,” or “Canpa” to his grandchildren, originally set the record for most drink cans placed on head using air suction in 2016, when he affixed eight cans to his head and had them remain in place for at least 5 seconds.

Keeton’s record was broken by a Japanese man who stuck nine cans to his head in 2019, leading Keeton to recapture the title this year with 10 cans.

Keeton, who turned his ability to stick objects to his head into a lucrative career, attributed his unusual skill to a medical condition.

“I actually have a skin condition that’s not named yet where my skin pores literally suck in oxygen,” Keeton told Guinness World Records.

The condition has caused objects to stick to his skin since he was a child, but Keeton said he didn’t realize the extent of his abilities until he shaved his head for the first time and went to a ball game.

“I was trying to cool my head down. I dried it off first, grabbed a can of pop, and just started cooling my head down,” he said. “As I was doing that, they hit a homerun and I went up to grab it and missed, and then I was like ‘Where’s my drink?’ It was stuck to the back of my head.”

Keeton said his head suction has led him to some unexpected places in life.

“I now have made it into a business. I market for people’s companies and go to events where they pay me anywhere from 10 to 20 thousand dollars a weekend,” he said. “All because of this condition, I got to meet so many celebrities. And what’s really funny is that they actually come up to me and ask me for photos. They know me before I see them.”

This Instagram Account Collects Funny And Strange Things Spotted On Public Transport

Aside July 10, 2022 Markozen.com Offbeat

This page is the best-kept secret of the entire ‘Humans of’ series. Heck, maybe of the entire internet. Humans of Trolleybuses (Humans of Trūlai) offers a glimpse into the funny side of Lithuanian public transport, and it’s really colorful, too. Extravagant clothing, questionable luggage, they feature it all.

The creator of the page, Rokas Stasevičius, said he started it after one memorable encounter. Rokas was taking a trolleybus when one of the passengers, a drunk, was smoking inside of it, singing chanson songs and, after being kicked out of the vehicle, waved Rokas goodbye with a smile on his face. This pretty much sums up what content to expect from Humans of Trolleybuses.

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”

When the other girl wears the same dress on prom as you

When she used to call me on my cell phone

Is this the driver’s dog?

How much hairspray did it take?

Crap I missed my stop!

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Florida Man Tries For New World Record By Drinking 33 Beers In One Night

Aside July 6, 2022 Markozen.com Offbeat

A Florida man tried to beat a world record by drinking 33 beers in a single night. At least that’s what Michael Monahan, 48, told St. Lucie County sheriff’s deputies as he was arrested outside Body Talk Sports Bar on South U.S. 1, the TC Palm reports. Needless to say, things didn’t go so well for him.

1. MONAHAN GOT A LITTLE ROWDY WHILE DRINKING.According to reports, he used foul language and tried to fight when police arrived. They’d been called out just before midnight to the adult entertainment establishment after receiving reports about a man passed out in the parking lot. A woman was there rubbing Monahan’s back – she was later identified as his fiancee.

2. HE DECIDED TO TRY AND FIGHT THE POLICE.While Monahan’s fiancee warned him to “be calm please and don’t fight them,” he didn’t take her advice. Instead, he stood up and stepped up to the officers, saying: “Oh you want to [expletive] fight? Let’s go then.”

3. OFFICERS TRIED TO TELL MONAHAN THAT THEY JUST WANTED TO HELP.However, he wasn’t calmed by this. He instead put his fists up and said: “Let’s go [expletive].”

4. MONAHAN WAS CUFFED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.However, they first took him to a hospital where he revealed just how much he’d been drinking. Had he really downed 33 beers, that would be three gallons of beer. He was arrested on charges of disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer without violence.

Mystery surrounds aristocrat’s vampire hunting kit

Aside July 2, 2022 Markozen.com Bizarre, Offbeat

A different sort of hammer has fallen on a century-old vampire fighting kit, complete with holy water bottle and wooden stake, after it was auctioned.

The bizarre box of paranormal paraphernalia, including candlesticks, crucifixes and pistols, was once owned by British peer Lord Hailey.

It sold for £13,000 at a Derbyshire auction – five times its guide price.

It is unclear how seriously Lord Hailey took the threat of vampires, or if the kit was ever used.

The 19th Century lockable box features two brass crucifixes on the lid, which act as secret sliding locks.

Inside are more crucifixes, a matching pair of pistols, a brass powder flask, holy water, a Gothic Bible, a wooden mallet, a stake, brass candlesticks and rosary beads.

Several items were stamped with Lord Hailey’s initials.

Also included was Metropolitan Police paperwork apparently registering an “alien enemy” in 1915 – during World War One.

William Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey was born in 1872 and rose to be governor of the Punjab from 1924 to 1928 and Governor of the United Provinces from 1928 to 1934.

He died in 1969 and has a memorial tablet in Westminster Abbey.

Lantern Clock — Image caption,This clock is thought to be one of the earliest domestic types available

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: “Vampires have been part of popular culture for more than 200 years. They are enshrined in European folklore.

“The publication of John Polidori’s The Vampyre in 1819 had a major impact and that was followed by Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic Dracula.

“However, a belief in vampires and strange superstitions go back even further and persist to this day. The task of killing a vampire was extremely serious and historical accounts suggested the need for particular methods and tools.”

Chinese 'lotus' bottle vase — Image caption,The Chinese vase may have had links to a World War Two spy

Also in the sale was a Lantern clock dating from between 1690 and 1700.

These are thought to be the earliest types of domestic clocks in England and this example was unusual due to its original condition. It sold for £7,000.

Another lot was a blue and white Chinese “lotus” bottle vase, given to a British serviceman by a family in Japan.

According to family legend, he may have worked as a spy during World War Two. It sold for £1,900.

BBC

Man walks 3.4 miles while balancing a guitar on his chin

Aside June 30, 2022 Markozen.com Offbeat

What people won’t do!

June 28 (UPI) — An Idaho man broke a Guinness World Record by walking 3.4 miles while balancing a guitar on his chin.

David Rush, who has broken nearly 250 Guinness World Records to promote STEM education, said it took him 1 hour and 7 minutes to break the record for greatest distance traveled while balancing a guitar on the chin.

Rush walked 13 laps around a track — a total 3.4 miles — before the guitar fell. The total was enough to claim the record.

Rush said he has to “fight a light breeze” during his walk, and afterward he found himself so dizzy and sore he had to lie down on the ground for a time to recover.

What’s Going On With “Three Blind Mice” Nursery Rhyme?

Aside June 7, 2022 Markozen.com Music, Offbeat

Three blind mice. Three blind mice. See how they run. See how they run. They all ran after the farmer’s wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice?

Weird Facts

Aside May 22, 2022 Markozen.com Offbeat

I fact checked all of these using Snopes.com and Wikipedia and they seem to be accurate.

The platypus is one of the few living mammals to produce venom. The venom is made in venom glands that are connected to hollow spurs on their hind legs; it is primarily made during the mating season. While the venom’s effects are described as extremely painful, it is not lethal to humans.

The different chemicals in the venom have a range of effects from lowering blood pressure to causing pain and increasing blood flow around the wound. Coagulating effects have been seen during experiments on laboratory animals, but this has not been observed consistently. Unlike snake venom, there appears to be no necrotising component in the platypus’s venom. While some muscle wastage has been observed in cases of envenomation in humans, it is likely due to the inability to use the limb while the effects of the venom persist. It is unknown whether the pain caused is a result of the associated edema around the wound or the venom has a component that acts directly on the pain receptors.

Although powerful enough to paralyse smaller animals, the venom is not lethal to humans. Yet, it produces excruciating pain that may be intense enough to incapacitate a victim. Swelling rapidly develops around the entry wound and gradually spreads outward. Information obtained from case studies shows that the pain develops into a long-lasting hyperalgesia that can persist for months but usually lasts from a few days to a few weeks. A clinical report from 1992 showed that the severe pain was persistent and did not respond to morphine.

In 1991 Keith Payne, a former member of the Australian Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross (Australia’s highest award for valour), was struck on the hand by a platypus spur while trying to rescue the stranded animal. He described the pain as worse than being struck by shrapnel. A month later he was still experiencing pain in that hand. In 2006, Payne reported discomfort and stiffness when carrying out some physical activities such as using a hammer. Wikipedia.