WHO knew smoking was a sport?
Hold onto your humidors - the "highly anticipated" Cigar Smoking World Championship is set be held in Bangkok next week for the third year running.
It's not as simple as just lighting up and puffing away - contestants must choose from a box of identical cigars and conform to a plethora of point scoring rules around lighting time, keeping the ash, not letting it go out & more.
Prizes include a limited edition Cueryo y Sobrinos luxury pen for the champion, a Manucado Colibri limited edition cigar cutter for the runner up, a Manucado Cigar & Whiskey set for the third prize and more.
There is a maximum of 20 contestants, male and female, who each contribute $1,000 to compete for the questionably coveted prizes.
Big Brother eat your heart out - in future your toilet may know more about you than anyone else.
The rise of artificial intelligence is likely to lead to new "smart toilets" which will scan bodily excretions to check your health.
That's the vision of Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of computer chip maker Micron Technology, who told attendees at a San Francisco technology conference this week to "imagine smart toilets that will be analysing human waste in real time every day.
"You don't need to be going to visit a physician every six months...if any sign of disease starts showing up you'll be able to catch it much faster because of urine and stool analysis," he enthused.
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