Mad World: What Ratatouille’s nightmares are made of

Some dishes are bound to make the common man stutter ldquowhyrdquo Why indeed While it might not make the list for dishes to try when in Mexico Mercado Repuacuteblica in the city of San Luis Potosiacute 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 ratHistorically rat meat based delicacies have a been in Mexican menusThe last rat broth seller Joseacute Remedios Hernaacutendez also called Camilo inherited this bizarre tradition from his mother who recently passed away and he doesnrsquot 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 ldquodemystify the consumption of field ratsrdquo by encouraging people to ldquoeat caldo de ratardquo rat soupFrom diabetes to arthritis rat broth was the onestop cureall for every ailment one could encounter Flores even stated that rats are clean animals The rats found in Camilorsquos broth come from the countryside surrounding communities and municipalities around San Luis Potosiacute 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 meatrsquos flavourRs 480Will get you scrumptious bowl of rat brothSex on the beachMillions of fish descend on the California beaches for their annual matingldquoLooked like some postapocalyptic marine lsquoMad Maxrsquordquo 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 hightideThe money puzzleA Japanese boy under the Twitter user lsquoTomorsquo spent three weeks piecing back together a 10000 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 challengeDude wherersquos my carAn 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 Metaacuten decided to buy a new truck last yearAn Iguana poolOne 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 carsMove over Kanye WestMona lisa rapping in Anne Hathwayrsquos voiceTherersquos a new rapper in town and you definitely know her deadly smile Now shersquos here to drop some sick beats despite the fact that shersquos just a painting Introducing their new AI software VASA1 which can create a video out of image and video input Microsoft released a video of an AIgenerated Mona Lisa rapping Anne Hathwayrsquos rendition of paparazzi Netizens are happy that Da Vinci did not live to see this dayDrinking in a marathon wine notAfter 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 finaldays alive