Free Drugs helping Eradicate Disease
This one kinda restores a little faith in big business and people in general. The World Health Organization is coordinating a massive world wide effort to eradicate elephantiasis. The effort is helped in a big way by GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co., who have pledged free drugs to fight the disease as long as they're needed.
Inner Cow
This has got to be one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. Researchers cut holes into the sides of cows and insert an cannula, which allows access to a live animals stomach. These holes are so big, you can actually see what's going on inside -- literally, reach into the stomach of a cow. Cows stomach have millions microbes that aid in digestion, and surprisingly, cannulated cows are usually the healthiest of the herd. You would think that walking around with a hole in your stomach would be bad for you, but apparently not. Some farmers apparently keep cannulated cows in their herd so they can serve as microbe donors to sick cows. Just bizarre. [Source: Oddity Central ]
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