Crazy Junk | Quality Junkyard

The Civet – The Maker of Most Expensive Coffee

25. August 2009

Say Hello to the Civet: The Maker of $600 Coffee Yes, it’s true — this mammal, native to Africa and Asia, is responsible for pooping out the world’s most expensive coffee, called Kopi Luwak. Civets are fed coffee cherries, and during digestion the animal’s enzymes mix with the coffee beans before they, ahem, pass through, [...]

Top 10 Craziest Hotels in the World

21. August 2009

2 Comments

10. Capsule Hotel, Netherlands: a hotel made out of a survival pod Your own survival pod! Escape pod hotel in a city centre dock location. Moored in The Hague, your room is a bright orange survival pod which once saw service on an oil rig platform. Originally built in 1972 they are 4.25 metres in [...]

Building Collapsed In Shanghai

28. July 2009

1 Comment

Building Collapsed In Shanghai (06/27/2009) (Daqi) At around 5:30am on June 27, an unoccupied building still under construction at Lianhuanan Road in the Minhang district of Shanghai city toppled over. One worker was killed. According to information, a 70 meter section of the flood prevention wall in nearby Dianpu River and that may have something [...]