How do you convince someone to not only drink poo, but pay loads for the privilege? A 41-year-old former calligraphy teacher, An Yanshi, appears to have the answer: make sure it's panda poop. This professor-turned-businessman has purchased 11 tons of panda manure from Sichuan Province's panda breeding center and is using it to fertilize a new luxury crop of tea leaves in that same region. The price for the first line of pan-doo brew, slated for the shelves this spring, is estimated at around 215,000RMB per pound - approximately ten times as expensive as the white truffle, the priciest edible on earth. more ›

The Taiwanese are clearly fed up with the scourge of dog crap that has until now rendered the streets of New Taipei City virtually un-walkable. To combat the odorous problem, the government is granting citizens the opportunity to collect and exchange sacks of crap for lottery tickets, one ticket per "doggy bag." Like any other lottery, each ticket enters into a raffle, but in this rare case, the drawn ticket-holder can win a bar of gold worth Taiwan $60,000 or around $2,000 USD. Literally turning shit into gold! more ›

We've probably all seen Chinese parents helping their kids relieve themselves of a little pee on Shanghai's charming streets - and we've gotten somewhat used to that - but we don't know if we'll ever get over some of them actually helping their children go number two. more ›