Cow gallstones now pricier than gold as demand surges in China

Chinese traditional medicines have been using cow gallstones for thousands of years to treat all sorts of serious illnesses including hypertension and cardiovascular diseases Now that China has a rate of strokes three times higher than that of the United States of America the demand for gallstones is higher than ever increasing their pricesThe price of cow gallstones went up to 5800 per ounce in 2025 making it twice as expensive as gold But if you think the issue lies in the cost of some notsocute infinity stones hold your thought The problem was always with their scarcityCow gallstone smuggling and robberies has increased in different part of the world including in the rural town of Bahetus Brazil PICODDITY CENTRALThe chances of gallstone formation in cows increases with age but slaughterhouses around the world chose to slaughter cattle at younger ages for efficient agriculture Doesnrsquot feel so efficient anymore does itThe price of the stones depends on their size so larger the stones the higher their price Gallstone smuggling and robberies have also increased in the rural town of Bahetus Brazil nowhere near China by the way Armed criminals attack cattle farms to steal all the gallstones they could findSlaughterhouse employees have also started smuggling gallstones aiding the black market for the same5800Price per ounce of cow gallstones making it twice as costly as goldEtsy goes to SalemtownThe marketplace bans witches from the platform who now feel persecutedIt had been a haven for witches to sell their services for years PICISTOCKThe witches might curse Etsy nextThe online marketplace has reportedly begun removing sellers offering spellcasting services after banning supernatural services For years the platform had become a haven where online witches could sell everything from soulmate drawings to goodweather spells for weddings to curses on exlovers Now some sellers claim theyrsquove been abruptly banned with little warning ldquoIt feels like persecutionrdquo said one seller comparing the crackdown to a modern witch huntReal life Toy StoryPICINSTAGRAM NIKOLAITEDESCHINikolai Tedeschi an Arizonabased collector has built one of the largest Toy Story collections He now holds the massive collection in a specially designed room styled to look like Andyrsquos bedroom from the filmsDoppelgaumlnger DatePICNORWALK HOURAmerican actress Amanda Peet says that her husband dated her celeb doppelgaumlnger Lake Bell when they were on a ninemonth hiatus The two women have been mistaken so frequently that it inspired a scene in her new movie Fantasy LifeBaby DriverPICODDITY CENTRALChinarsquos youngest professional racecar driver Shao Ziyan got his licence when he was only five years old He was introduced to racing simulators by the age of one and started driving race karts before he was three However Shao Ziyan does not drive on public roads For obvious reasonsKiller birdPICISTOCKThe cassowary a sixfoottall flightless bird has been on Earth for over 60 million years It has officially been declared as the most dangerous bird on the planet with its five inch claws In 2019 the bird killed a man in Florida with a single kick that severed his artery Ouch Australia was smart to declare war on the emusPizza Pie PrimoPICSIXTHMANItalian semipro wrestler Luigi Primo has gone viral for his genius wrestling move where he knocks his opponents out by throwing a pizza at them He stays true to his character dressing like a pizza chef and mixing wrestling with his antics He has singlehandedly made matches into much more entertaining spectacles and has garnered over millions of views online He first appeared at a backyard wrestling show in TexasPaul for presidentPICYOUTUBE ASSOCIATED PRESSUS President Donald Trump has proudly promised to endorse Jake Paul if he ever chooses to run for office During a speechin Kentucky Trump declared this support which was followed by a brief speech from the controversial YouTuberturnedboxer Later that evening Paul uploaded a video of the two of them pumping their fists to the viral hit YMCAThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever