Weird News/The World’s Most Expensive Tea: Made From Panda Poo!?

When one thinks of tea, they may think of sitting back and relaxing in a comfortable armchair, cozying up to a roaring fire and then indulging in a warm, chewy chocolate chip cookie.

They don’t think about pandas and certainly not panda poo.
But, turns out, it’s all about the panda dung. Wildlife expert and Sinchuan University lecturer An Yashi is debuting a special blend of green tea that is expected to go for as much as approximately $35,000 per pound, Australia’s SBC.com reported. And guess what? It’s fertilized using panda excrement.
Why is the poo so popular? Turns out panda excrement is loaded with various vitamins and minerals that come from bamboo – what pandas primarily eat.
“Pandas have a very poor digestive system and only absorb about 30 percent of everything they eat,” Yashi told the Australian website. “That means their excrement is rich in fibers and nutrients.”
According to Yashi, those important nutrients end up in the tea through that fertilization process.
These nutrients are no joke, and Yashi claims that they are immensely powerful.
“Just like green tea, bamboo contains an element that can prevent cancer and enhance green tea’s anti-cancer effects if it is used as fertilizer for the tea,” he told SBC.com.
Yashi, who collects the dung at a panda breeding center in southern China, is hoping the discovery – along with it’s hefty price tag – will earn him a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
He might not be far off track with that idea. Kopi Lupak, an Indonesian coffee, is brewed from beans that have been eaten and then digested by the Asian palm civet, a catlike wild animal. That java can sell for as much as $150 per pound.

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Meet the $2.18 Million Dolan Sheep

For the man who has everything, this year’s prize bauble is a 14 million yuan ($2.18 million) Dolan sheep from the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar in the China’s far west. Only 1,000 Dolan sheep exist in the world, according to breeders, and their extraordinary features have made them the latest collectors’ item for ultra-rich Chinese.

Dolan Sheep - The World's Most Expensive Sheep Worth $2.18 Million

The Dolan breed has a distinctive curved nose and twin tails, as well as a long floppy ears. Originally bred from sheep in Kashgar to grow quickly and to yield more meat, the breed has since become ornamental. The price depends on the pedigree, said Liu Fenghua, a 48-year-old sheep breeder in the city of Aksu, in the far western region of Xinjiang. The darker the fleece, the better. The bigger the ears the better. The more curved the face, the better, like an eagle’s beak. The best ones have a dark body and white tail. I started breeding Dolans in 2009, buying a couple for 25,000 yuan ($3,900). The next year, I had an offer of 250,000 ($39,000) yuan for them, and the price keeps rising.
The most valuable sheep is a six-year-old owned by Majid Abdul Reyim, a breeder in Kashgar. Mr Reyim said he had received offers of 14 million yuan ($2.18 million) for it, but had not yet succumbed to a sale. That sheep is the grandfather of all the best pedigree Dolans in the region, said Mr Liu. I have one of its grandsons and that one is worth some six million yuan. I have 19 in total and I feed them dates and walnuts as well as grass.
Dolan breeders said that several families often clubbed together to buy a single sheep as an investment and then charge for its breeding rights. The top sheep can command fees of up to 300,000 ($47,000) yuan per dose of semen.
China’s sudden wealth has produced bubbles in all sorts of commodities, from tea to fine wine to jade. Last year, a Tibetan Mastiff puppy called Big Splash became the world’s most expensive dog when it was sold for close to $1.5 million in the city of Qingdao. 

[Telegraph]

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$4.8 Billion golden yatch,History Supreme – Most Expensive ever

History Supreme

Stuart Hughes Presents The World’s Most Luxurious and Expensive Yacht With 100,000 kg of Gold

Probably world’s most expensive yacht, History Supreme (Baia 100 Supreme), was created by Stuart Hughes, a British purveyor of luxury gadgets. British genius designer made this luxury yacht especially for anonymous Malaysian business tycoon,who had to pay amazing $4.8 billion for it!

History Supreme interior

100,000 kilograms of solid gold and platinum is embedded in this project. They were used throughout the boat, from the base of the vessel – to the deck, dining area, rails and anchor. The master bedroom comes adorned with platinum accents and has wall art made of meteoric stone and the bones of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The 100ft super yacht took 3 years to complete.

[Stuart Hughes]

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Cantata Music Center – World`s Most Expensive USB-based Digital Audio Converter

Cantata Music Center by Resolution Audio is the world’s best and most expensive USB-based Digital Audio Converter.  This audiophile-grade music server costs £5,995 ($9,660).
It can handled wireless or wired USB connections, thanks to an add-on called Pont Neuf, from a variety of different sources, from CDs, to audio files stored on your computer. Audio is output via XLR or RCA outputs. You can basically hook this box to your computer and it can play back your tunes in awesome quality up to 192kHz/24-bit – assuming they were encoded at such a high quality. The front side of the Cantata shows off an impressive dot-matrix LED display, which gives feedback as well.
It is built on the award-winning Opus 21 series and had been refined and enhanced to include computer-based music libraries. Other digital sources such as a DVD player can be played through the external inputs. [Resolution Audio]

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$75,000 Clic Gold – World’s Most Expensive Eyeglasses

Clic Gold 18-carat glasses

World’s most expensive eyeglasses comes from Clic Gold. Along with renowned jewelry designer/co-inventor, Hugh Power, Clic Gold launched their 18-carat glasses with the price tag of $75,000!
Clic Gold’s 18-carat glasses includes superb designs and comes with fashionable exclusive looks. It is use a magnetic front connection system, and the other details include: 18-carat gold extendable sidepieces and an 18-carat gold expandable back made to fit everyone. It is made to be custom fit to the wearer, so that it sits properly on the nose bridge and the weight will be evenly distributed out and around through the headband, so they won’t be heavy on your face. A solid gold pin is used in place of a screw to keep the hinge in place. And, when you are not wearing them, the glasses are meant to hang around your neck, like jewellery.
Each piece took over 50 hours to handcraft. A limited edition of 300 pieces will be made available in the collection. Your order will take 6 to 8 weeks to process, and Clic Gold will soon be accepting orders.

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The Eternal Love Bra – World’s Most Expensive Sport Bra

The Eternal Love Bra by BodyRock Sport

BodyRock Sport is launching its Fall 2011 collection and features practical and stylish activewear. Breaking the Trenta Bra’s world record, BodyRock has also introduced The Eternal Love Bra, their latest collaboration with Knight&Hammer.

The Eternal Love Bra by BodyRock Sport-2

Consisting of detachable skull zipper pulls with clear Swarovski hearts, and an encrusted neckline of black diamond Swarovski crystals and gold studs, this one-of-a-kind sports bra is also made with French silk, a black and gunmetal pattern resembling a skeleton, and an 18-carat gold removable tassel that contains skulls with diamond eyes and clear Swarovski hearts.
As the new, world’s most expensive sports bra, Eternal Love Bra is priced at $21,011, will be available in limited pieces on BodyRock website.

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