Non-alcoholic cocktails are having their day and the notion of giving up the sauce for a stint is ever popular. It seems the lure of saving money, trimming the waist and skipping hangovers is a potent one! If you are one of those who decided to pass on the booze during dry January, then grab a glass and treat yourself to the world’s first mocktail.

William Grant & Sons-owned blended malt whisky brand Monkey Shoulder has reinvented the classic jigger with the launch of a new bar tool said to be 100% accurate with every pour.

Instant coffee may seem like a relatively modern convenience, but it’s in fact a lot older than many other inventions that we still use today.

In a 2016 episode of Antiques Roadshow, UK glass expert Andy McConnell plunged a syringe through the cork of a bottle that a Cornwall man has discovered purposely buried under the threshold of his house, which dated back to 1840.

The Can Cannon is a 100% legal soda can launcher for your AR-15 / M16 rifle. The Can Cannon is perfect for launching soda cans and other similarly sized objects such as tennis balls, paint cans, t-shirts, or the X Products Grappling Hook

The boss of a celebrated Japanese sushi restaurant chain has bid a winning 193.2 million yen ($2.6 million) for a 276-kilogram tuna in the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market.

Coming in at the 11th hour as a dark horse candidate for best coffee news of the year: dogs that look like tigers. That’s right, it’s a dog, but it’s been made to look like a tiger. And why was this dog given racing stripes (other than to look pretty sharp, of course)? Apparently to scare away monkeys.

Viet Nguyen Dinh Tuan, a resident of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam has won a Guinness World Record for his impressive whisky collection. His collection consist of 535 old and rare Scotch whiskies valued to be worth £10,770,635 (approximately $13.9 million).

Annie’s Pub and Grill in Stikland, Cape Town wants to break the record for the biggest burger on a menu anywhere in the world after making South Africa’s biggest earlier this year.

The convenience plastic offers through single-use straws, water bottles and disposable coffee cups comes at no small cost to the environment, but we are growing more aware of the damage they cause. And with that awareness comes new eco-conscious products that can help us chip away at the problem. The Unocup is a simple yet clever example, using a paper folding design to give coffee drinkers a takeout option without the need for a plastic lid.