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First there were sit-down marijuana restaurants, and now there's this: Canna Cola, a line of soft drinks laced with medical marijuana.

Commercial artist and Canna Cola entrepreneur Clay Butler has created a cola drink that contains the psychoactive marijuana ingredient THC; $10 to $15 will get drinkers a 12-ounce bottle. In addition, he's producing Doc Weed, a spin on Dr Pepper; Sour Diesel, a lemon-lime flavor; and Orange Kush, his version of the citrus drink.

I'm interested in seeing how well Canna Cola takes off. Do you think these drinks will reach an all-time high?

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Has grass-fed beef fallen out of favor? The new rage among cattlemen and chefs in Canada is wine-fed beef. That's right: apparently, humans aren't the only ones who could benefit from a glass or two of wine. According to the Vancouver Sun, the practice of feeding wine to cows began with Janice Ravndahl of Sezmu Meats in Kelowna, British Columbia. The rancher witnessed Gordon Ramsay feed pigs beer while watching The F Word over a glass of wine. Ravndahl now feeds her free-range, hormone-free Angus cows a liter of local wine daily for their last 90 days.

Not only did Ravndahl notice a difference in the cows' behavior ("they moo more and seem to 'talk to each other,'" she said), but she also saw positive results in the flavor of her beef. The meat's become a hit among well-known restaurateurs, and commands over 15 percent more than ordinary free-range, hormone- and antibiotic-free beef.

I have a hard time with the concept of cows living better than me, but I'd be interested in trying this meat, which allegedly has a flavor similar to that of marinade. What are your thoughts on wine-fed beef?

Talk about a lost treasure. Divers exploring a shipwreck near the Baltic Sea's Åland Islands have also uncovered a collection of what appears to be the world's oldest drinkable Champagne. The 30 bottles, which were likely part of a cargo destined for Russia in the 1780s, are believed to be more than 200 years old.

Divers — among them instructor Christian Ekstrom — hauled the bottles from a depth of 200 feet, and popped one of the corks before even reaching land. Ekstrom said of the wine, "It tasted fantastic. It was a very sweet champagne, with a tobacco taste and oak."Upon consuming one of the bottles, the instructor sent samples to a French lab for testing and analysis. Experts say that based on the bottles' shapes, the Champagne was likely produced in the 1700s by the house of Cliquot.

If this theory is proven correct, the bottles would take over the title of oldest recorded drinkable Champagne (currently held by an 1825 Perrier-Joulet bottle), and each would be valued around $65,000. I suppose it makes sense that the cool, dark conditions of deep sea water are perfect for long-term storage of wine. Underwater cellars, anyone?

Did I mention that the dildos are purportedly molded from each band member's well . . . member?

I love the over-the-top German industrial metal band Rammstein the way I love over-the-top band Abba — with a serious dose of irony. You can never tell if their shtick is for real or tongue-in-cheek, but either way, I like to dork out to them on my way to work.

Well, it turns out that their new box set Liebe Ist Für Alle Da comes with a metal case filled with handcuffs, lube and six pink dildos that are supposed to "reflect the sizes of the six members’ wienerwursts" as Daily Swarm put it. Ha! I guess this is one way of getting close to the musicians you love! Is this better than a personally autographed photo?