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Poop beverages are probably one of the most unfathomable things you've ever heard but it's real, people do eat dishes and drink beverages made from either human or animal poop. Take a look at these foods and beverages made from human waste. After all, with food, taste is highly subjective. 1. Feces Wine/Ttongsul Making of Ttongsul As indicated by its name, feces wine is an alcoholic wine made from feces. Dr. Lee Chang Soo is a traditional Korean medicine doctor who claims to be one of the last people who knows how to make the drink, given that the consumption of Ttsongul almost died out in the 1960s. Ancient Koreans claimed the drink could cure a host of diseases. Ttsongul is 9% alcohol and makes use of faeces from children aged six. Other ingredients include: boiled rice, yeast, and concentrated faeces water. 2. Panda Dung Green Tea An Yanshi, a wildlife expert and super panda enthusiast from Sichuan, China, invented this tea in November 2011. It is current...

A banyan tree located in Landi Kotal army cantonment area in present day Pakistan stands arrested for 120 years now. Landi Kotal is located at the western edge of the Khyber Pass that traditionally marks the entrance to Afghanistan. The small town of Landi Kital is situated in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The banyan tree is shackled in chains, with a board that reads "I am under arrest." The story goes that in 1898, a British officer named James Squid, in an inebriated state, thought the tree was lurching towards him. This made him feel threatened, so he ordered the mess sergeant to arrest it. The mess sergeant obeyed and chained the offending tree. This illogical act has a deeper, darker meaning though. It is a symbol of the draconian British Raj Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) colonial laws. Amran Shinwari, a local resident told the Tribune, " Through this act, the British basically implied to the tribesmen that if they dared act ag...