Olympic Snacking: Seahorse-on-a-Stick

China might have a KFC right near the Forbidden City, but if you're looking for more exotic delectables, Olympic snack foods include fried scorpion, goat lung soup, starfish and cicadas over rice, and starfish-on-a-stick, served up like corn dogs.

As the world's eyes turn toward the Beijing Summer Games, China's diverse cultural goes on display, both the ancient traditions and the wild modernism. On the streets, vendors are selling everything from goofy 2008 glasses to Chairman Mao wristwatches.

From the massive fireworks show set to launch festivities, we'll keep tabs on the strange photos from the 2008 games. If you're not interested in who won, but rather who looked silliest, you've come to the right place.

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• It Don't 'Gitmo' Exciting: Coney Island Opens Waterboarding Attraction (Weird Art);
• Will the 'Change' Candidate Change Flats?: Poll shows More Women Want to Carpool With Obama Than McCain (Obama Mania);
• A Play-Doh Don't: Man arrested after standoff with Play-Doh Bomb (Dumb Crime Du Jour).

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