THE CATCH-UP
happenedbackin2017,butthenow21-year-
oldmanhasonlyrecentlysharedphotosofthe
results ofhisundertaking.Aweek aft er getti nga
very visibletatt ooonhislower forearm theman
decidedhewasdispleasedwiththeresult;he
‘detested theaestheti csofit’ andwhat’s more,
hisdreamtojointheairportpolicerequiredthat
hesportnovisibleink.Laserremovalwasnotan
opti on,apparently,andaft erfutileatt empts at
pumicingoffthemarkwithastone heresorted
to more drasti cmeasures.Enter thecheese
grater...Yeah,sitwiththatonefora moment...
Surprisingly,though,profusebleedinganda whole
lotofpainaside,the‘operati on’was asuccess.
“Ithurtandbleda lot.I hadtobandageit a lot
andapplydisinfectant.A weeklaterI wentto
thehospital andIhadatetanus vaccinati on,” he
saidofhisactions.Hedoesn’t recommendthat
anybody att empt this, though. Go fi gure.
NORMALLYwe’d rejoice ifwe were to
digupa relicfromthepast,because
it mayjustyetgiveusinsightintothe
machinationsofyesteryear’scivilisati ons.
Oneamateurarchaeologist?Notsomuch.
Thetreasurehunterwasstrollingabout
nearLakeBielinSwitzerlandwhenhe
cameacrossa 3 500-year-oldbronzehand,
adagger andahumanrib.Hepromptly
turnedhisdiscoveryintothecorrect
authorities,butnow, two years aft erthe
findin2017,he’s shockingly been fi ned a
heft yR
for hiseff orts.
Thediscovery
is saidtobe
theearliest
representation
ofa human
bodypart
madeoutof
bronzeeverto
bediscovered
inEurope,
andthough
it is amazing,
thereasoning
behindthe
punishmentLOST & FINED
oftheastoundingfindissound.Authorities
claimthatthemandidnothavethecorrect
documentsinplacetobeallowedtosearch
forarchaeologicalrelicswithhismetal
detector andhisinexperiencecould’ve
caused significant damage to thesite.
Mitigati ngfactors, asargued by thecourts,
stated that themanhadnotset outto profi t
andhewas notalooter, buthesays he’lldo
itallover again shouldhefindsomething
else.Archaeologistshavesincediscovered
additi onal items at the site.HOW IN THE...
IT’Snotasifit’s any sortofdelicacy,
andsohowonecangulpdownso
muchhairastoforma duodenalulcer
is a realhead-scratcher.A 19-year-old
Russiangirlwasrushedtohospital
by hermotheraft ershecomplainedofsevere stomach pains,vomiti ng
profuselyaft ermeals.Athorough
medicalexamrevealedsomething
extraordinary:abezoar –acollecti on
ofindigesti blematerials –inhergut.
Mostofit washairandit weighedan
astonishing2kg,occupyingall
thespaceinherstomach.(Wild
guess:that’s thereason she
couldn’t keep herfood down...)
Thehugemasswassafely
removed,butthechiefsurgeon,
DrBatorDandokov,sayshe
hasanideaastowhythehair
was ingested inthefirst place- trichophagia.Trichophagia
canbestbedescribedasa
psychiatricdisorderwhere
peopleunknowinglychewon
andswallowtheirownhair.It
most common amonggirls.H
mothersays she’ll make a ful
recovery.