10 Daily Things

Here is some terrific video of a bioluminescent deep-sea siphonophore – an eerily fantastic creature that appears to be a single, large organism, but which is actually a colony of numerous individual jellyfish-like animals that behave and function together as a single entity. The individual units, called zooids, all share the same genetic material and each perform a specialized role within the colony. The best-known siphonophore is the poisonous Portuguese Man o’ War (Physalia physalis), which lives at the surface of the ocean, unlike the one shown in this video (filmed at a depth of 770 meters). Some siphonophore species can grow up to 40 meters (130 ft) in length.

Kazakhstani yoga practitioner Akhmet Surkhatilov spends 10 minutes in a glass box underwater – strangely, as a birthday present for the President of Kazakhstan.

A man accidentally killed himself by putting a condom over his head in a bizarre sext stunt.

An inquest heard Gary Ashbrook, 31, was found suffocated naked on his bed wearing the inflated rubber – beside empty cans of laughing gas.

The West Michigan Whitecaps, a minor league baseball team, will be offering up major league cholesterol, carbohydrates and calories in an enormous hamburger being added to the menu this year at the Fifth Third Ballpark.

The 4-pound, $20 burger features five beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips, all on an 8-inch sesame-seed bun. That’s a lot of dough!

The Grand Rapids Press reports that anyone who eats the entire 4,800-calorie behemoth in one sitting will receive a special T-shirt. Saner fans can divide it up with a pizza cutter and share.

[VIA]