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Aussie Study: Energy Drink Overdoses On The Rise

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10:00AM January 16, 2012 | Angus Kidman

Think there’s no risk involved in knocking back a Red Bull or a V when you need to stay alert for a big project (or an all-night gaming session)? A new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia highlights a massive rise in calls to poison information lines as a result of caffeine toxicity from energy drinks. More »


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The World Isn’t Ready For The Michael Bay Energy Drink

7:40PM October 10, 2011 | Kat Hannaford - Gizmodo UK

Can you imagine the devastation caused by a morning swig of the “Bay in a can” energy drink? Urban Outfitters would have to amp production of denim shorty-shorts to dangerous levels at the very least. More »


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An Aphrodisiac That Actually Works? SRSLY?

6:35AM July 7, 2011 | Joe Brown

At first glance, SINsual Shot seems like a 5-Hour Energy Drink knockoff you’d find next to the Enzyte at your local head shop. It also packs about the same wallop of B-vitamins as 5-Hour Energy, but the comparison ends there. [Fleshbot NSFW]


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Man Finds Mouse In His Monster Energy Can

5:20AM April 1, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Vitaliy Sulzhik, 19, was doing what teenagers do, looking for party fuel at the bottom of an oversized energy drink can. What he found instead? A big ol’ dead mouse. More »


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Romulan Ale Energy Drink Is Neither Romulan Nor Ale

5:40AM March 29, 2011 | Jason Chen

I have a bottle of real Romulan Ale (the novelty beer they sold at the Star Trek experience in Vegas before it went under again), but this Romulan Ale seems interesting. Even though it’s not ale and not in a bottle, it is safe to drink while driving. That gentleman knows what I’m talking about. [ThinkGeek via Nerd Approved]


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For Every Can Of Banned Four Loko Turned Into Ethanol, An Urban Twentysomething Falls Into A Depressive Rut

12:40PM January 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Four Loko, the recently banned alcoholic energy drink may be a scarcely available resource, but depending on who you ask, all those unused cans of Loko haven’t gone to waste: Orphaned cans along the East Coast are now being converted to Ethanol. More »


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Blood Energy Potion Cures Imaginary Afflicitions 4 Hours At A Time

10:00AM October 21, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Jack pointed out the lameness and creepiness of the Blood Energy Potion, but it gets lamer and creepier. The makers are touting it as being the best way to deal with your imagined vampirism while drinking faux blood. More »


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Blood Energy Drink Not Made Of Bottled Twilight Fangirl Angst

5:00AM September 28, 2009 | Jack Loftus

This vampire shit has gone too far. I mean really, can we just drop the act and start drinking real human blood already? More »


Duracell Energy Drink Is Probably Delicious With Vodka

5:10AM August 25, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Monster? Red Bull? Pfft. Duracell has been powering the world before you were but a gleam in Xtreme sports’ eye. More »


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VIZCap, A Reinvention Of The Bottle Cap For Hypochondriacs

11:28PM April 13, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

What will those packaging geniuses think of next? The VIZCap is their latest flight of fancy, a bottle cap that stores vitamins and fizzies away from that liquid, high and dry so they won’t lose any of their potency. More »