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10 things you never knew existed that actually do. Like snake massages.

Do you know the saying “if you can think of it, it exists”?

All those weird and wacky business ideas you thought of but never actually made happen? Yeah. Some people are making them happen. And we’re not too sure if that was such a good idea.

Try not to be freaked out.

1. Fairmont Hotel and Resort’s ‘Bee Hotels’, Canada.

Secretly for the past 15 years, this luxury hotel chain has been transforming 16 of its Canadian resorts into hotels… for bees. Scientists suggest that the world is currently witnessing a mass bee die-off, a status the Canadians are hoping to put an end to with these bee bachelor pads. They are providing wood, twigs, and soil in shelf-like compartments that give the bees both a food source and a nesting place. Kaitlynn Dodge, marketing manager at Fairmont headquarters in Toronto, reports that bees pollinate one-third of the world’s food supply and therefore are a species we should certainly be saving.

“What we’re trying to do is educate our guests and the public on the importance to bees and some of the threats to their survival,” Dodge told Take Part.

You’ve got to admit, it’s a pretty good hideaway. You can see more of Fairmont’s programs by clicking here.

Can I be a bee for a day?

2. Cat cafe’s, Tokyo.

If you haven’t heard of them yet, you will. Cat lovers and Forever Alone Women (just kidding) will rejoice as they drink their morning coffee surrounded by oodles of kittens and furrballs.

It began in Japan, where there seems to be almost an obscene amount of stray cats residing, but has since moved to America and our very own Melbourne, Australia. No word yet if we’re getting a dog equivalent. Here’s hoping.

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3. The Hangover Heaven Bus, Las Vegas.

You could expect nothing less from a city that thrives on alcohol, gambling and a quickie marriage or two. The daily Hangover Heaven bus is one of the best forms of post-partying transport. You just have to climb aboard to receive IV hydration, anti-nausea medications, and anti-inflammatory medications while recouping the day after. That is, until you realise that you’re paying (in more ways than one) for a night you surely spent a lot of money on and can barely remember, just to to sit in a dark bus with a needle in your arm. Ah, Las Vegas. Don’t tell your kids about this one.

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The bus your younger self needed.

4. Naked Cleaning Service, South Africa.

Stick with us on this one. The Natural Cleaning Company of South Africa will send a naked person to your doorstep at an hourly rate to complete a service for you. Their menu of services extend beyond those you might expect for a sans-clothing establishment.

For example, you could have a naked person who will help you with your taxes or consult you on any legal jams you might find yourself in. There also cooks, personal trainers, plumbers, maids, yoga instructors and handymen. In fact, the only service not condoned by the Natural Cleaning Company is prostitution. The possibilities are endless here. We just want to know why they're naked?

5. Rent a Significant Other, China.

Why spend hopeless hours talking to someone on EHarmony, forging a bond, and possibly entering into a meaningful relationship when you can take the shorter route of just hiring someone?

Need someone to attend that wedding with you? Check.

Need a partner to watch Orange Is The New Black for 12 hours straight? Checkity Check.

You can "hire" your human on China's version of Ebay, called Taobao.

Maybe you'll even fall in love with your rented somebody?

6. Snake massages, Israel.

Exactly what they sound like. Israeli spa-owner Ida Barak opts to help clients unwind and reduce their joint pain by covering them in snakes. Never mind the studies that demonstrate that some 56% of all adults are afraid of snakes. No, cover yourself away.

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HELL. NO.

7. You can pay people to stalk you in America.

It's downright creepy, but if you've ever wondered what it's like to be a celebrity who is followed by paparazzi day-in and day-out, now is your chance.

With New York-based Methodizaz, you can have an anonymous stranger follow you (or someone else), taking candid photos. The product (to “present you with your personal works of art”) is fabulous. But the process? Um, no thank you.

8. You can anonymously message someone to inform them their nose hair needs to be trimmed. Really.

At what point do we say apps have taken over our life? Probably at this point right here.

Chololi is an app that allows you to enter the mobile number of someone you wish would just trim their damn nostril hair - and they will. Well, hopefully, after their receive an anonymous text from the app telling them to "Just trim your damn hair."

Father's Day present, anyone?

What an excellent, fool-proof plan.

9. You can be delivered the last meal of someone who was on Death Row. 

We're not sure what sick people would actually use this service, but it definitely exists.

In Toronto, the Last Meal Delivery Service will deliver you the last meal requested by an inmate on Death Row. Bonus: The meal comes with a DVD and a custom paper mask in the likeness of the doomed prisoner whose last meal you're eating.

The date night you've always wanted.

10. Ashes to Portraits, Virginia.

Virginia’s Cremation Solutions will make your deceased family member or friend's cremated ashes into a portrait. Of them. So they can watch you from the living room FOREVER. Yeah, no thank you.

Here is Uncle Bob.

Would you actually use any of these services?

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