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Doggles
These guys sell goggles for dogs. This revolutionary (sure, sure) eye protection for
pooches is perfect for road trips, beach days, or for sporting a dashing eye-wear while
hunting for favorite poop spot at the park. Doggles have become a major hit that they’ve
been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, among many others.

4. Rent A Chicken
Who would want to rent a chicken for $350? Urban farmers, that’s who. Apparently,
there’s a huge market for chicken renters in urban farming. The farmers rent the chicken
to see if raising chickens work for them.

5. Santa Mail
Every letter costs $10 and is signed and sent from the North Pole. Founder Byron Reese
didn’t let the rain of “that’s a bizarre idea” stop him from sending out at least 200,000
letters throughout the course of his career. He’s a million dollars richer now.

8. Lucky Wishbone
Ken Ahroni believed so much in wishbones that he actually turned it into a money-
making machine. His company, Lucky Wishbone Co., produces 30,000 wishbones daily.
In 2006, his sales hit over one million dollars.

10. Anger Room

Want to break things? Go for it! At the Anger Room, you simply pick up a blunt
instrument of your choice and smash furniture and things to your heart’s content. You’ll
be charged $25 for every 5 minutes.

Ship Snow, Yo – mails snow from New England

During Boston's record snowy winter in 2015, husband and wife team Kyle and Jess
Waring set up a business shipping fresh snow and "snowmen in boxes" to people
deprived of the white stuff. Launched as a joke, the business has since become a
resounding success, turning over thousands of dollars.

Ship Foliage – mails leaves from New England

Building on the success of their snow-selling business, Kyle and Jess Waring established
a leaf-selling enterprise last fall, mailing out hand-collected preserved New England
leaves to buyers worldwide. To date, Ship Foliage has sold more than 1,800 leaves.

Vitality Air – sells bottled Rocky Mountain air

Like Ship Snow, Yo, Vitality Air was started as a joke. The Canadian company sells
bottled air from the Rocky Mountains for $17 per canister. The canisters sell particularly
well in China, and demands spikes when air quality worsens in polluted cities like
Beijing and Shanghai

Dirty Rotten Flowers – decomposing bouquet delivery service

The perfect break-up revenge gift, Dirty Rotten Flowers charges $33 per bouquet of
decaying flowers.

Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium – London's first cat cafe

Cat cafes are all the rage right now, and in the last few years dozens have opened around
the world, such as Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium in London (pictured). Moggy-loving
customers get to drink tea and nibble their cakes surrounded by cute felines.

Cuddle Up To Me – professional huggers

Samantha Hess runs this platonic companionship agency in Portland, Oregon, and along
with her three employees, she does a roaring trade cuddling up to lonesome people.
Offering instant TLC, an hour-long snuggle session costs from $80.

Bed Warmer (United Kingdom)

Some hotels apparently have employees roll around in their beds to warm things up for
their guests.
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Professional Hitchhiker (Indonesia)

The government has restricted some lanes of traffic to only cars with 3 or more people
due to overcrowding. Poor people from the city outskirts take advantage of this by
offering drivers to ride with them in the “fast lanes”.