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KFC’s Lost Sister Found

“Ji’a’po is a fast food chain founded in 2007 and now there are about a hundred stores in China. What make people impressed the most about this chain however is the logo, as it looks so much alike as KFC’s one. Netizens in China start making fun of these two nearly identical image and calling Ji’a’po is the lost sister of Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken.” w/ photos

Zombie Boot Camp

“I wonder how you say ‘WTF’ in Japanese.”

A Strange Classroom In Japan

“What the Godzilla is going on here!?!”

Samsung Commercial WTF

“W to the T to the double motherf’ing F!”

Robot Model Hits The Runway

“What appeared to be petite woman in an elaborate wedding dress walked slowly down the runway in an Osaka fashion show earlier this week. The twist is that this was no blushing bride; this was the HRP-4C female robot. Though encumbered by an elaborate wedding dress, HRP-4C easily navigated the ten meter runway at the fashion show. Developed by Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, the female humanoid robot stands just 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs a mere 95 pounds – batteries included. The robot has highly realistic facial features, and is able to use facial motions and arm movements to indicate basic emotions, such as anger and surprise. HRP-4C robot developer Kazuhito Yokoi expressed the feelings of many when he said “Like the father of a bride, I feel both happy and sad.” w/ video

Poop Bath Bomb

“Have you always wanted to re-enact Caddyshack’s iconic poop-in-the-pool scene in the privacy of your own home? I know I have, and now you can too – thanks to the most bizarre bath bomb anyone’s ever seen. One wonders what the thought process was in evoking a pleasing scent disguised as something which produces the exact opposite. Maybe molding a bath fizzie that smells like roses in the shape of a rose was just too obvious.” w/ photo + video

Japan Workers Check Grins With Smile Meter

“Her uniform looks good, with striped scarf and blue cap in perfect order, but railway employee Mitsue Endo has one thing to do before she faces the masses — pass the smile test. Endo, who works at hectic Shinagawa Station in central Tokyo for Keihin Express Railway Co., sits in front of a laptop computer with a digital camera mounted on top. At first she is a bit grim-faced, and the verdict from the company’s smile-rating software is instant and candid. “Smile: 0″ pops up on the screen. She breaks into a broad grin and the computer responds cheerfully, giving her a score of 70. The company has installed the system to help employees check their smiles before heading out to face customers. The test is optional, but at major stations like Shinagawa, the 250,000 riders who pass through per day can be rushed and agitated, and a happy face can go a long way.” w/ photos + video

Japan Creates Baseball-Playing Robots

“Look out Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka. A pair of baseball-playing robots that can pitch and hit with incredible results have been developed in Japan. The pitching robot, with its three-fingered hand, can throw 90 percent of its pitches in the strike zone, won’t need any relief from the bullpen and never asks for a pay raise. The batting robot, which has a sensor to determine if pitches are strikes or balls, hits balls in the strike zone almost 100 percent of the time, doesn’t swing at pitches outside the strike zone, and is guaranteed to pass all drug tests. The two robots were created by University of Tokyo professor Masatoshi Ishikawa.” w/ photos

Japanese Cell Phone Tombstones

“The afterlife no longer means being out of touch.”

Pyramid Shaped Watermelons

“A farm in Hokkaido has created pyramid-shaped watermelons: Only 16 of the premium watermelons are being sold at a cost of 52,500 yen ($560) each. They’ve been branded with King Tut stickers [perhaps because you'd have to be as rich as a pharaoh to buy one].” — JapanProbe