Buddhist monks have recycled over one million used bottles to build a temple in Khun Han, Thailand near the Cambodian border. The monks started collecting bottles in 1984 and gathered so many that they decided to use them as a building material. Wat Lan Kuad or 'the Temple of a Million Bottles', is a complex of around 20 buildings, comprising the main temple over a lake, crematorium, prayer rooms, a hall, water tower, tourist bathrooms and several small bungalows raised off the ground which serve as monks quarters, all using bottles. The monks plan on expanding once they have more bottles. Abbot San Kataboonyo says, "The more bottles we get, the more buildings we make."

The day all your wildest dreams come true.

Logical Zebra writes "Australia, in an effort to curb water use during a drought, is proposing a new tax. Households would be charged per flush of the toilet. 'Some people may go as far as not flushing their toilet as often because the less sewage you produce, the less sewage rate you pay,' says Adelaide University Water Management Professor Mike Young. This policy doesn't yet have a name, but I would like to propose "If it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down."

Police trying to restrain children will use Velcro handcuffs instead of the tougher steel model to subdue disturbed or unruly children in 22 schools in northern Queens. "We would prefer never to use restraints of any kind, but in those rare instances where it may become necessary, we want a softer alternative to conventional handcuffs," Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said. I wonder if the police looked into other ill-suited materials to build handcuffs out of, like wet noodles, air, or words, before deciding on Velcro.

"Attitude", a female alligator at Jungle Gardens in Sarasota, is falling in love with a city garbage truck. Caretakers noticed her unusual behavior every time the truck would come to pick up the trash. "It's very consistent. Every time they come, she'll pick her head and tail up and let out a huge roar. It's very loud and intimidating if you're not expecting it." said Julie Harder, Attitude's caretaker. Alligators communicate by bellowing with one another during mating season and experts at Jungle Gardens believe Attitude may be mistaking the garbage truck's low rumble for a male alligator's mating call. Lets hope Attitude never gets a chance to consummate her love. Wildlife officials have enough problems fighting introduced species in the Everglades without the terror of giant compacting alligators.

3 out of 4 pilots graduate.

The Dutch city of Leeuwarden has lost the municipal pornography archive and officials fear it may be gone forever. A spokesman for the city said the collection may have been taken home "accidentally" by an employee or visitor. "We're hoping that someone will say 'Hey, I have that in my attic' and bring it back," he said Thursday. "No questions asked." Leeuwarden shouldn't be too upset. I've found it a good practice to get rid of your porn archive and rebuild every 6 months or so.

The High Court in New Delhi is so behind in its work that it could take 466 years to clear the backlog, the court's chief justice said in a report. Even though the average case takes about 5 minutes to decide, the court still has tens of thousands of cases pending, including upward of 600 that are more than 20 years old. The United Nations Development Program says some 20 million legal cases are pending in India. "It's a completely collapsed system," said Prashant Bhushan, a well-known lawyer in New Delhi. "This country only lives under the illusion that there is a judicial system." Maybe we could stimulate the economy a little and help India out by shipping them a few hundred reality TV judge shows — we seem to have an abundance.

With midterm elections looming in July, Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard has come up with some unusual and creative ways of getting votes. He dumps sand at public pools to create artificial beaches. He bans cars from major roadways on Sundays. He has created the largest skating rink in the world and most importantly he has started a program that gives free Viagra to poor men age 60 and above. An anonymous recipient of the free Viagra program said, "This was a problem I thought I'd have to live with the rest of my life, but thanks to Mayor Ebrard I'm finally beating the problem, many times a day."

Managers with Gloucester's Public Works Departmint are trying to catch counterfiters by deliberately mispelling the word "official" with "offcial". Recycling cordinator Kathy Middleton says the intentional misspelling is suposed to make it easier to catch people who try to counterfeit bags. It's good to know that the spelling mistakes were intentinal and not just somebody hurring through thier work.

In addition to being really lazy, this guy is twelve-time world Jenga champion.

arcticstoat writes "Warner Bros has revealed that it plans to advertise its forthcoming shooter, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, via a clowder of black cats roaming the streets of London on the game's launch day on Friday 13th. Branded a 'cat-vertising campaign', the scheme will see the specially trained black moggies sporting F.E.A.R. 2 cat clothing. The idea, according to Warner Bros, is that the creepy kitties will 'capture the attention of superstitious passers-by,' as Friday 13th is famous for its supposed bad luck and a black cat crossing your path was listed at number 5 in a recent survey of Britain's superstitions and signs of bad luck."

I'm going to build a washing machine that plays, "You Shook Me All Night Long."

If you happen to have a partner that craves the dulcet screech of baboon passion or the symphony of grunts only a herd of wildebeests practicing the carnal arts can compose, Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, Michigan is the place for you this Valentines Day. For $50, the zoo is offering their "Zoorotica" program to lovers. The tour runs from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and includes a special presentation and hors d'oeuvres. "We're going to talk about animal reproduction, the different animals here at Binder Park Zoo and their little quirks, different things that get them going to help them reproduce," said Jenny Parnett of Binder Park Zoo.

Prison chiefs have been criticized for allowing inmates at HMP Erlestoke to borrow books such as Escape by David McMillan , which describes how he broke out of Thailand's "Bangkok Hilton" from the prison library. The catalog of "inappropriate" books also includes Pretty Boy, the story of Roy Shaw, an armed robber who assaulted prison guards while jailed and a book by Tim Carroll about great escapes during World War Two. Strangely, Shiv Making For Dummies, and The Rotation Schedules of Gloucester Prison Guards, didn't make the "questionable" list.

Animal Planet's version of American Gladiators ended poorly.

goran72 writes "A new study has suggested that strands discovered in fossil hyena poop found in a South African cave could be the oldest-known human hairs. According to a report in National Geographic News, researchers discovered the rock-hard hyena dung near the Sterkfontein caves, where many early human ancestor fossils have been found."

An anonymous reader writes "A British graduate student was left 'reeling' after his university threw out a bag of lizard excrement he had spent years collecting in the rain forests of the Philippines." So he has to spend another seven years in the rain collecting lizard crap, it could be much worse. The university could have lost his records and forced him to take all of his freshman and sophomore level humanities classes again.

David William Hadeen is facing criminal charges after allegedly donning a cape and robbing an adult store with a wooden sword. David, wearing an American flag sequin hat, green shirt, blue jeans, tennis shoes and red cape, entered L'amour Shoppe and went straight to an area of the store that features sexual-enhancing devices. Hadeen allegedly took one of the enhancing devices, worth about $200, and waved the sword at a clerk "as if to ward him off," said Sacramento police Officer Konrad Von Schoech. When police made contact with Hadeen he was still wearing the cape and hat. The sword was lying on the ground, along with the apparatus, which appeared to have been opened. It's a shame when someone twists something as innocent as Mad Libs into something illegal.

India's Hindu nationalist movement is developing a new soft drink made from cow urine. The Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India's biggest and oldest Hindu nationalist group, is in the final stages of development for the pee pop. Om Prakash, the head of the department, said "Don't worry, it won't smell like urine and will be tasty, too. Its USP will be that it's going to be very healthy. It won't be like carbonated drinks and would be devoid of any toxins." I hope this becomes popular enough that I can collect and sell all the old trucker bombs lying in the ditch on my way to work.