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Some dishes are bound to make the common man stutter, "why?" Why, indeed. While it might not make the list for dishes to try when in Mexico, Mercado República in the city of San Luis Potosí sells an insane rat broth. The place is the only one left that still offers rat meat based dishes. Their offerings include both raw rats and rodent broth cooked with a variety of vegetables and spices. Priced at Rs 480, each bowl has a whole field rat.

Historically, rat meat based delicacies have a been in Mexican menus

The last rat broth seller, José Remedios Hernández, also called Camilo, inherited this bizarre tradition from his mother, who recently passed away and he doesn't plan on giving up the family business. Operating for more than half a century, Camilo has no wish to shut down. While in India, the FSSAI might come knocking on your doors if you start cooking up this dish, in 2017, Mexican politicians wished to restore the recipe to the menu. According to The Guardian, Guadalupe Flores, of the Zacatecas state legislature, wanted to "demystify the consumption of field rats" by encouraging people to "eat caldo de rata" (rat soup).

From diabetes to arthritis, rat broth was the one-stop cure-all for every ailment one could encounter. Flores even stated that rats are clean animals. The rats found in Camilo's broth come from the countryside surrounding communities and municipalities around San Luis Potosí and boast great nutritional values, even said to increase appetites. One can either choose to buy the cooked meal, or raw rats for Rs 430, which Camilo suggests turn out the best when prepared with vegetables and condiments that compliment the meat's flavour.

Rs 480
Will get you scrumptious bowl of rat broth

Sex on the beach

Millions of fish descend on the California beaches for their annual mating

"Looked like some post-apocalyptic marine ‘Mad Max,'" one citizen scientist wrote while describing the carnal congregations, media reported. The Grunion mating season usually happens from February to September but escalates specifically between April to June. What makes these fishes unique is that they have sex and give birth on the beaches, carpeting the sand like scaly spring breakers. They choose full moon or new moon days because of the high-tide.

The money puzzle

A Japanese boy under the Twitter user ‘Tomo' spent three weeks piecing back together a 10,000 yen bill that had been shredded into thousands of pieces, like a jigsaw puzzle. Knowing that his son has a knack for solving puzzles, his father posed him this challenge.

Dude, where's my car?

An Argentinian man named Abelardo Usandivaras barricaded himself inside a car dealership and refused to leave without the truck he had made an advance payment for. Usandivaras, a horse breeder and advisor from Metán, decided to buy a new truck last year.

An Iguana pool

One female iguana was recently removed from a Miami resort swimming pool after laying more than two dozen eggs on its water slide. Humane Iguana Control told agencies they received calls about iguanas nesting in unusual places like pools and cars.

Move over, Kanye West

Mona lisa rapping in Anne Hathway's voice

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Drinking in a marathon, wine not?

After the Chinese grandpa who finished a marathon while smoking cigarettes, the world is now to bear witness to sommelier Tom Gilbey who gulped down 25 wine glasses throughout the course of his run. Testing out a different wine at every one mile mark, Gilbey ran the marathon to raise money for Sobell House hospice charity which cared for his mom during her final
days alive.