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Erotic Pasta Aims to Spice Up Valentine's Day

By Monica GarskeFeb 14th 2011 – 7:29AM
FredFlare.com

FredFlare.com

It's no secret that chocolate, strawberries and Champagne are potent aphrodisiacs, but what about pasta? Better yet, what if that pasta is shaped like a phallus? For several years, an erotic edible known simply as Penis Pasta has been on the market. It's just what it sounds like: little penis-shaped noodles in a...

Weird Christmas Custom: Spot the Pooping Peasant

By Monica GarskeDec 23rd 2010 – 7:17AM
AFP / Getty Images

AFP / Getty Images

Holiday traditions such as wrapping gifts and eating fruitcake may suck, but nothing is crappier than a bizarre Christmas custom practiced in Spain. While a typical Nativity scene in most parts of the world usually includes figurines of baby Jesus, Joseph, Mary and their entourage of Wise Men and farm animals, folks in...

Divers Find 200-Year-Old Champagne in Shipwreck

Jul 17th 2010 – 11:03AM

STOCKHOLM (July 17) -- Now that's some vintage bubbly. Divers have discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, one of the finders said Saturday. They tasted the one bottle they've brought up so far before they even got back to shore. Diving instructor...

Torii Hunter Wanted To Charge The Mound

By Tom FornelliApr 27th 2007 – 1:11PM

As we told you here on the Fanhouse yesterday, Torii Hunter is having a bad week. It all came to a head, or his head actually, on Thursday when he received a Zack Greinke fastball to his face. Hunter said after the game that Grienke apologized and is a nice guy, but that's not the reason he didn't charge the mound."It...

Torii Hunter's Gratitude Has No Place On A Baseball Field

By Tom FornelliApr 24th 2007 – 12:48PM

When the Kansas City Royals swept the Detroit Tigers on the last weekend of the 2006 season, it clinched the AL Central for the Minnesota Twins. Since he's such a wonderful guy, Torii Hunter decided then and there that he would provide the Royals with a gift as a way of giving thanks.Little did anybody know just how far...

Background on Champagne

Champagne-Ardenne () is one of the 27 regions of France.

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