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$320 Million Of Cheese Destroyed In Italian Earthquake

On Sunday, Northern Italy was rocked by a magnitude-6.0 earthquake. In the process, many cheese factories in the region suffered damage — and it is estimated that over 300,000 wheels of cheese, thought to be worth at least $US320 million, have been destroyed.

May 1, 2012
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Is This The Cheesiest Gumtree Ad Ever?

Gizmodo AU

People advertise for all sorts of things on Gumtree. Some very basic things… and some things that will have you wondering whether you can ever eat cheese again, like this ad seeking some very specific help in Melbourne.

August 5, 2011
Science

There’s Wood Powder In Your Shredded Cheese

It would totally ruin Taco Tuesdays if you reached into your bag of delicious shredded cheese and it had all congealed into a giant yellow-orange clump. But that never happens! Ever wonder why? Food companies add wood pulp, that’s why.

July 20, 2011
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I Want Parmesan Pencil Shavings In My Salad

I’ll get the bad news out with first: unfortunately only 500 sets of these parmesan pencils were made, and they’re all sold out. But perhaps if we petition The Deli Garage, they’ll magic new stock up out of thin air?

July 1, 2011
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Facebook Revolt Scores Lower Cottage Cheese Prices For Israelis

Israelis are particularly partial to a scoop of cottage cheese, but not when it’s as overpriced as it’s been recently. Taking to Facebook, over 100,000 people pledged to boycott buying the cheese until the prices were reduced.

March 5, 2011
Science

This Is What Cheese Really Looks Like

There’s nothing in this world quite so delicious as cheese. And while I knew there was all sorts of bacteria and fermentation involved in delivering me unto cheddar, I never imagined it would be quite so graphic.

March 3, 2011
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This Building Looks Inspired By Cheese

OK—maybe it doesn’t look like actual cheese, but this design centre in France (dubbed “The Orange Cube”) looks like the type of cheese that cartoon mice dream about and weirdos in Wisconsin wear on their heads. In reality, the building was designed by Jakob + Macfarlane Architects to revitalize the harbor districtin the city of Lyon. There’s a bunch of architectural jibbajabba explaining why the holes, geometric patterns and colour were chosen (light and airflow, the movement of the river, and a historical paint used in harbors, respectively), but all I see is cheese. I big orange block of cheddar, to be exact. [Dezeen]

February 2, 2011
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Kraft Has A 37,000sqm Underground Cheese Cave

That Kraft cheese slice you might chomp for lunch today? It came from a mammoth subterranean dairy bunker the company uses as dirt cheap refrigeration and storage, Wired reports. Inside a 70-year-old mine that’s still rocked by explosions.

January 23, 2011
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Would You Eat Human Cheese Made With Human Breast Milk?

There is such thing as human cheese. How is it human? Well, er, it’s made from the breast milk of women. Human women. That’s not gross, right? It’s breast milk, it’s natural. Uh no, still gross. Would you eat it, though?

December 10, 2010
Science

What Was The Secret Payload Inside SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft?

Did you know there was a very secret payload on board the Dragon spacecraft, the first private spaceship to reach orbit and return safely to Earth? SpaceX didn’t reveal what it was until today. The answer is deliciously funny.

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