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Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia has a brilliant idea to reduce health care costs: Let the poor die. He wants Congress to repeal the Reagan-era law requiring hospitals to treat someone in a medical emergency. Rachel Maddow rightly blasted him for this inhumane suggestion:

Would you dare to buy candles that were labelled ‘Stinky’? Apparently, there are people who would! The Stinky Candle Company was set up by Jeff Bennett after he got sick of boring scents like vanilla, lavender and shea butter. He came up with 25 unique smells – including bizarre stuff like leather, pencils, wood, wet grass, money and even car exhausts.

The Chicago based inventor seems to have gone all out in choosing scents for his new collection. His range also includes food-inspired aromas like bacon, wine and fast food. The candles are priced between US $6 and $8. We’re not sure how well these candles are selling, but it doesn’t look like Jeff is too bothered about that. He’s more excited about the candles. Eventually, he aims at increasing the range from 25 to 200.

He spoke about his inspiration behind creating the candles: “A lot of people I knew really liked scented candles and they loved receiving them as gifts. I wondered why we only ever see the same fragrances in shops and thought it would be a fun idea to try and come up with some unusual ones.” So he got to work on the concoctions in his garage, sourcing specific odors from a fragrance house.

3800 year old Chinese mummy found with what may be the world’s oldest cheese

Historians believe that cheese making goes back to around 6000 BC, but there is precious little cheese to be found from that period. This mummy, which was buried in China’s Taklamakan Desert 3800 years ago, was buried with small pieces of cheese. The cheese may have been intended as food for the afterlife. However, it looks more like a mid-morning snack for the afterlife.

Read more at Live Science

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Photographs by Tim Carter [flickr]

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Oh yeah, new Professor Layton is out today ⊟

l’ve been sleeping on this one, probably because I’ve never been into the series too much and my attention is on the upcoming Ace Attorney crossover anyway. But it’s out today in North America if you want to get up on some Azrans and their legacies.

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