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Which of these is not a real business?

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Here's a list of the best Weird of the Week business ideas from the Springwise database — innovations that should be April Fools, but are actually real...except for one. Can you guess which?

It’s April Fools’ Day. While many are busy taking preventative measures to avoid office pranks, we have put together a list of the best Weird of the Week business ideas from the Springwise database — innovations that should be April Fools, but are actually real. But there’s one hidden in the lineup that’s actually not a real product or business. Can you guess which?

4 Airline sends cuddly toys on the trip of a lifetime

Inspiring a sense of wonder in kids that can’t globetrot themselves, Unagi Travel sends their toys on adventures and posts Facebook photos from their holiday.

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5 New database sells stock images of how people really live

Modstock is a new stock photography database, which offers images of the modern digital lifestyle.

Read more about Modstock »

6 ‘Methane backpacks’ capture cow farts, turn them into green fuel

Argentina’s INTA governmental research body has developed cow backpacks that trap the methane they produce in order to turn it into green energy.

Read more about INTA »

(Answer: 5. Modstock.)

3 Learn how to dance like Chinese grannies

Public Dance Classics is an app which enables anyone to learn the routines of the dancing grannies who perform in China’s public squares.

Read more about Public Dance Classics »

4 Airline sends cuddly toys on the trip of a lifetime

Inspiring a sense of wonder in kids that can’t globetrot themselves, Unagi Travel sends their toys on adventures and posts Facebook photos from their holiday.

Read more about Unagi Travel »

5 New database sells stock images of how people really live

Modstock is a new stock photography database, which offers images of the modern digital lifestyle.

Read more about Modstock »

6 ‘Methane backpacks’ capture cow farts, turn them into green fuel

Argentina’s INTA governmental research body has developed cow backpacks that trap the methane they produce in order to turn it into green energy.

Read more about INTA »

(Answer: 5. Modstock.)

1 Intravaginal speaker plays music for unborn babies

Babypod is a small pink device that transforms the mother’s vagina into a sound system.

Read more about Babypod »

2 3D printed urns designed to look like the dead

Vermont-based Cremation Solutions is 3D printing urns that double as a lifelike bust of the deceased.

Read more about Cremation Solutions »

3 Learn how to dance like Chinese grannies

Public Dance Classics is an app which enables anyone to learn the routines of the dancing grannies who perform in China’s public squares.

Read more about Public Dance Classics »

4 Airline sends cuddly toys on the trip of a lifetime

Inspiring a sense of wonder in kids that can’t globetrot themselves, Unagi Travel sends their toys on adventures and posts Facebook photos from their holiday.

Read more about Unagi Travel »

5 New database sells stock images of how people really live

Modstock is a new stock photography database, which offers images of the modern digital lifestyle.

Read more about Modstock »

6 ‘Methane backpacks’ capture cow farts, turn them into green fuel

Argentina’s INTA governmental research body has developed cow backpacks that trap the methane they produce in order to turn it into green energy.

Read more about INTA »

(Answer: 5. Modstock.)