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10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Nun
"Abstinence is our gift to God. I made this decision for my life, so if I masturbated, I would be very disappointed in myself."
Meet the Arkansas Monks Who Make Flaming Habanero Hot Sauce
Since 2003, the monks at Subiaco Abbey have been making Monk Sauce—a homemade hot sauce made with habanero peppers grown at the monastery.
This Is What It’s Like to Get Drunk Through Your Eyeballs
A new project from food art duo Bompas and Parr uses humidifiers to turn spirits and mixers into a fine cloud. Without taking a sip of liquid, you simply breath and let the alcohol mist enter through your eyeballs, straight into the bloodstream.
The World's Toughest Rehab Is a Monastery in Thailand
Tham Krabok, Thailand's monastic equivalent to the Betty Ford Clinic, helps people overcome their addictions by living like monks and drinking a "cleansing" brown liquid that makes them vomit excessively each day.
Trappist Monks Are Trying to Save Venezuela's Dying Coffee Industry
The monks who live and roast beans at the Roman Catholic Trappist monastery in the mountains above Mérida face shortages like anyone else in the country, but manage to navigate the lawless world of the dwindling coffee industry there.
