July 6, 2016 12:52 PM EDT For today’s episode of foods around the world, let’s take a look at a new offering from Swedish furniture giant IKEA in Japan: the “ninja” hotdog. It’s called a “ninja” hotdog because it’s dyed pitch black. According to the IKEA site, the inky color comes to the frankfurter and bun thanks to the addition of edible bamboo charcoal, “which is said to have detox properties.
The filmmakers behind American Sniper left out Chris Kyle‘s violent murder at the end of the blockbuster movie for the sake of his two kids, says screenwriter Jason Hall. “A lot of people have asked me, ‘Why don’t we see Chris get killed?'” Hall told PEOPLE while promoting the film last month. “It’s a fair question, but this was about Chris’s life, and it was also a movie that involves his kids.
If a bewildered Boomer turned to an online dictionary these last few weeks, hoping to make some sense out of all this Pokémon business in the news, they likely would have been greeted with a correction. Did you mean pikeman, a soldier armed with a pike? Or perhaps the shell membrane, putamen? Maybe pygmaean, that which is typical of pygmies? As of Tuesday, however, this set will get the results they’re looking for on Dictionary.
These confectionery snacks were quite popular back in the early 2000s but were discontinued by their production companies. It wouldn't be Thursday without a dose of a blast from the past. Take a walk down memory lane with a look at these products that were launched into the Nigerian markets with much ado but didn't make it over the years. Pepsi Blue ADVERTISEMENT
Pramod Kumar, 47, had finally found love with Poonam Devi, 33, after a 22-yr long search for love, marrying in a traditional Indian Ceremony in India just last week. Kumar is reportedly 2'7" and and Devi, 3'4" and their combined height is just 0.4 inches taller than the current record holders. ADVERTISEMENT According to Daily Mirror, that honour goes to Douglas Maistre Breger da Silva and his wife, Claudia Pereira Rocha, measuring a combined 71 inches.