Pygmy goat pilates takes off in Scotland
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Fancy learning pilates alongside pygmy goats? At Bellcraig Farm in Scotland, you can do just that. With a maximum ratio of six people per two goats (twin sisters Mabel and Hazel), the class often sees the animals hop onto the backs of the students. “It can be like a massage with their hooves, but you wouldn’t want it on your bare skin,” said the teacher.
Moped accident gives man a nine-day erection
A man had an erection for nine consecutive days after he damaged his genitals during a moped accident. Medics told the British man that he had bruised his perineum, causing a continuous flow of blood to his penis. Or, as a medical report put it, he had a “grade IV erection with a rigid base and shaft with slight dorsal curvature of 10 degrees, which was non-tender”.
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