Authorities at an Oregon School were left shocked with their mouths wide open after it emerged that the water in the school's toilet bowls was far much better than the drinking water at the school's fountains. The discovery was made by a Kyleray Katherman, who infused a little science into his English assignment.

Katherman, a student at the Oregon Coast Technology School, took the samples of water from the school's toilet bowls and from four drinking water fountains and took them to the campus' science lab.

In a bid to make use of nearly two tons of fibrous panda poop that animals drop each day, researchers at China's Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base in central-western Sichuan province are seeking to join hands with area paper mills. The catch: processing of the excrements of the grisly mammals into valuable office quality paper.

According to Liao Jun, a researcher at the panda reserve, the idea of turning panda poop into paper came from Thailand where conversion of elephant dung into a variety of products such as artificial flowers, gift boxes and photo frames, is hugely popular.

Worms have a room of their at one plush hotel in South Africa. The five-star Mount Nelson uses red wrigglers or tiger worms to eat scrap food and in turn, the worms produce rich compost and fertilizer.

Their fluid excrement is called "worm tea" and is harvested to be used as a fertilizer in the hotel's gardens. The worm's other by-product is vermicast, a rich compost.

Clayton, MO (AHN)-More than 300 people have called health officials to report a mysterious rash that children developed after playing in a mud-filled obstacle course at The Mighty Mud Mania festival late last month, in which about 5,000 people attended

Mike Williams, director of communicable disease control for St. Louis County says that health officials confirmed 23 cases of folliculitis, an inflammation of hair follicles caused by contact with certain bacteria.

According to data from a University of Massachusetts study, proanthocyanidins, or PACs, found in cranberries inhibit the growth of lung tumors and colon and leukemia cells in vitro.

Cranberry PACs contain a unique A-type structure, while most other fruit contains only the more-common B-type PACs.