Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss grew out of Sandy Wood doing an impression of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. That has nothing to do with the questions, however. They all have to do with people, places, and things with "ello" in the name. Good luck -I scored only 44%. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17027

From Hello Kitty Hell, which has outdone itself with this one. How much does Sanrio have to pay a cycle racer to wear this? Link -via Everlasting Blort

Take a walk in the grass wherever you are in these flip flops that have real grass growing in the soles! They are supposed to last up to four months with proper care. Have you watered your shoes lately? It's a promotion from Krispy Kreme donuts. Link -via the Presurfer

When the carnival comes to town during your local festival, you may be tempted to play a game of chance or skill. Keep in mind that the advantage is to the house; otherwise, they wouldn't be in business. If the price of playing is more than the prize is worth, you'll have better odds. Otherwise, try the tips in this Wired How-to Wiki. Link -via Geek Like Me

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Want a pair of really vintage jeans? These Levis are over 100 years old!

This old pair of LEVI'S were found in a mine in the Rand Mining District, on the Mojave Desert,. California. They are covered in candlewax from the candle's the miner was using to light the tunnel he was working in. They were found with and old paper bag with the name of a mercantile store which operated between 1895 and 1898 in the town or Randsburg. Their was also a gunny sack with the initials A.P.K. and Randsburg marked on it. A.P.K. is through to be Adam P. Kuffel who was a partner in the mercantile store.

With less than a day to go on the eBay auction, the bidding is over $15,000. In case you are wondering, the size is W34 x L33. You can assume they are prewashed, but they aren't all that clean. Link -via YesButNoButYes

The media is full of scare stories, but everything is relative. The New York Times give you the lowdown on ten things that you shouldn't bother worrying abut on your vacation.

Now, I can’t guarantee you that any of these worries is groundless, because I can’t guarantee you that anything is absolutely safe, including the act of reading a newspaper. With enough money, an enterprising researcher could surely identify a chemical in newsprint or keyboards that is dangerously carcinogenic for any rat that reads a trillion science columns every day.

What I can guarantee is that I wouldn’t spend a nanosecond of my vacation worrying about any of these 10 things:

I just got home from my vacation, and I forgot the sunscreen, ate a hot dog, and drove around with the windows down AND the A/C on! Link -Thanks, Duke!

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Update 7/30/08 by Alex: Treehugger has a "rebuttal" of this John Tierney article: Link - Thanks Chris!

The annual Rapa das bestas, or horse-wrestling festival, was held earlier this month in Galicia, Spain.

People gather all the untamed horses in a corral, where men and women of all ages wrestle them to the ground with their bare hands to cut their manes and tales out and brand them. This fiesta goes on for about three days starting the first Saturday of July.

See more pictures at Blame It On The Voices. Link -via J-Walk Blog

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Marc Israel loves his cat Barkley. Find out more about Barkley at mental_floss. Link

The Toy Zone has 20 examples of album covers faithfully recreated with Lego bricks. Link -via Gorilla Mask

Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss is a classic: can you tell which item is a discontinued flavor of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and which is a real band on MySpace? When this quiz first appeared, the founder of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream only got 8 out of ten correct! Can you beat that? You'll certainly do better than I did (20%)! http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15865

When does size matter? In warfare, apparently. Dark Roasted Blend takes a look at the biggest cannons through history. Link

For every internet success story, there are many more failures. Most just disappeared quietly, but these 25 had rather public flameouts. Why did they fail? Some offered a product no one needed. Some went up against another startup that did it better. And some were victims of hubris, mismanagement, or bad luck. Business Pundit has the stories behind 25 of them. Link -via Digg

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BBC Sport is using the traditional Monkey King character in the marketing campaign for their Olympics coverage. Produced by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn. Link -via Viral Video Chart

Stained glass art is not just for church anymore! deputydog has a collection of stained glass featuring subjects from videogames, comics, and science. This Darth Vader pane was recreated from a Christmas card drawn by a 6-year-old. http://deputy-dog.com/2008/07/23/when-geeks-and-stained-glass-collide/

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After finding Chris Muth of Brooklyn barricaded in a neighbor's apartment, police took him to a psych ward, where he was confined for six days.

He has the “bizarre delusion [that he] was trying to ‘save’ a cat of his friend,” medical records show.

This story was bizarre, but the “delusion” was actually quite real.

The friend's cat Rumi had fallen 30 feet down a hole in the bathroom of his third-floor apartment and was trapped for 15 days!

It proved easier for Muth to earn his freedom than Rumi, who was still trapped in the duct when Muth was released six days later.

According to animal rescue experts, Rumi’s confinement proved to be one of the field’s greatest riddles.

“This was a very difficult cat rescue because there was no way to maneuver,” said Mike Pastore, director of field operations for the Center for Animal Care and Control. “There was no way to reach the cat and because of the length of time, I was getting worried that the cat would pass away.”

The story has a happy ending, as authorities advised Muth and the cat's owner to stop feeding him so he would be hungry enough to walk into a lasso and be pulled out. Link -via Fark