Weird News

India gets sex museum

A sex museum in Mumbai is attracting hundreds of prostitutes and their clients, who say they learn more from their exhibits about HIV/AIDS than from safe sex lectures.

The museum is run by the state government in its effort to combat the growing numbers of HIV and AIDS sufferers in India.

Near a red-light district, Mumbai’s sex museum is the only one in India. It is a one-room exhibition of human anatomy models, illustrations and nude statues.

Unlike the glamorous sex museums of the Western world, its entrance displays plastic models engaged in conception and childbirth, and descriptions of sexual diseases.

Anaconda attack

A 66-year-old man saved his 8-year-old grandson from the crushing grip of a 15-foot, 80-pound anaconda.

The man wrestled with the constrictor for nearly half an hour, hitting it with stones and stabbing it with a machete, before finally killing it.

The snake began to wrap itself around the man as he attacked it.

The snake attacked the boy while he was playing with his friends by a creek, west of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Unholy holes

American World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz shocked locals in Turkey this week when he stepped into a mosque wearing holey gray socks.

Holes are a big fashion-don’t in Asia since many social, professional and religious events call for the removal of one’s shoes.

Generally, Asians are careful to avoid such embarrassments by making sure their hosiery is always up to par.

High-quality socks can also preserve one’s social and professional standing. Wearing holey socks to an important business lunch could lead to your colleagues thinking less of you.

Hot sweat

It’s official: Women are turned on by men’s sweat.

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley reported that after sniffing a chemical found in male sweat, women experienced elevated levels hormones and sexual arousal, and a higher heart rate.

The study used the musky-smelling male chemical androstadienone, a derivative of testosterone found in sweat, saliva and semen. Researchers then tested the levels of the hormone cortisol in the women as they were exposed to more and more of the chemical.

Cortisol helps a woman’s body maintain arousal levels and sense of well-being.

Published by the Journal of Neuroscience, the report is the first concrete evidence of personal scent influencing hormone levels in the opposite sex.

Finger-licking good

Think poking the bottoms of chocolates to find out the type of filling is bad form? Doesn’t sound like such a bad idea anymore.

A German man discovered a fingertip, complete with fingernail, in the middle of his Italian chocolate bar. He said he thinks it may have been overlooked because of all the nuts in the bar.

The chocolate’s contents were confirmed by a doctor, and are now being examined by forensic experts at the local police station.