When Fork in the Road Beijing correspondent Lillian Chou wrote to tell us about a new Chinese vending machine that dispensed hairy crabs kept alive at barely above-zero temps, it got us thinking about ...

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Click to viewWhoever said Japan had a monopoly on crazy vending machines? Sure they’ve got live crabs and bananas. But can they match the awesome power of France’s baguette dispensers? Put in one Euro ...

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OSAKA, Japan – It's hard to even go one block down the street without running into a vending machine. They are literally on every block, at least in major cities like this one, and what they sell is ...

This Japanese machine lets you take a chance on what flavor soda you're getting. Even weirder, you have to stick your hand up the guy's ass to get it, as a gleeful proctologist looks on.