How to blow a cow

If you're easily grossed out, go away. Now.

Cow blowing, per Wikipedia:

Kuhblasen, phooka, or doom dev, is a process used in many countries according to ethnographers, in which forceful blowing of air into a cow's vagina (or sometimes anus) is applied to induce her to produce more milk.

Cow blowing was the reason why Gandhi abjured cow milk, saying that "since I had come to know that the cow and the buffalo were subjected to the process of phooka, I had conceived a strong disgust for milk."

There is, of course, a video that shows how it's done - for those with delicate sensibilities (and if this is true of you, what the hell are you doing here?) it's below the break.

Previously in the "disgusting things having to do with cattle" department, there's this: 

Urine-drinking Hindu cult believes a warm cup before sunrise straight from virgin cow cures cancer, baldness.

Toys from the past - Radioactive Atomic Energy Lab Kit with Uranium (1950)

Radioactive Atomic Energy Lab Kit with Uranium (1950)

The set came with four types of uranium ore, a beta-alpha source, a pure beta source, a gamma source, a spinthariscope, a cloud chamber, an electroscope, a geiger counter, and a manual. The set also came with a comic book featuring Dagwood from the popular Blondie comic strip. It was titled "Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom" and written in conjunction with General Leslie Groves, director of the Manhattan Project.

Here's an Atlas Obscura video with more: