THE US horse racing fraternity is running a particularly unusual fundraiser, with an auction under which bidders can vie for rare samples of horse manure from championship thoroughbreds.
The initiative relates to the popular Kentucky Derby race, with sales of the so-called "Derby Turds" going to fund a retirement facility where the ageing animals can live out their golden years.
It's the brainchild of local artist Coleman Larkin, who "tastefully" coats the faeces in resin (to ensure there are no health risks) before putting the poo up for sale.
He said the hardest part of the creative project was "asking the type of people that own million-dollar thoroughbreds if I can please have some horse crap to put in jars," according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
And on a similar, if slightly grosser subject, the case of a Taiwanese man who swallowed one of Apple's tiny wireless AirPods has intrigued and delighted tech-watchers globally.
Why? Because after the gadget made its way right through his digestive tract and came out the other end, it was still working.
It's not clear how he managed to ingest the device, but using the 'Find my AirPods' function to locate it, he said "I could hear the 'beep beep' sound which seemed to follow me around the room".
"I then realised it was coming from my stomach," he said.
A doctor suggested a laxative, and lo and behold the next day it appeared - and after a particularly thorough cleaning he found it still had 41% battery left.
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