Hamuketsu: Hamster butts are all the craze in Japan

“Hamuketsu,” which translates to “hamster buttocks,” is a growing trend in Japan.

“The great thing about hamuketsu is that it is delightfully cute. I can’t stop smiling when I see these butts,” said a Japanese publisher of a hamster-butt book.

World's best countries

Check out this great interactive graphic that shows the world's 100 best countries, based on education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. Americans (rank: 11) could greatly improve their lot in life by crossing the border to Canada (rank: 7) or moving to Austrailia (rank: 4). Of course, the overall best country is Finland (rank: 1), which has the best education system in the world.
Japan is the healthiest country, Norway offers the best quality of life, Singapore offers the most economic dynamism, and Sweden offers the best political environment. Whatever you do, don't move to the African nation of Burkina Faso, which has the worst quality of life and worst education system of the 100 countries listed.