5 weirdest ways to make money

1. Sale of Irish land

Sometime in the early 2000s, an enterprising Irishman, Pat Burke from Tipperary, was about to come to the funeral in America, and one of the family friends asked him to take with him a handful of earth from Ireland. Well, so that the deceased rests not in American mud, but in his native Hibernian soil.

Pat appreciated the idea and began to drive bags of Irish land to America.

For one pound (2.2 kilograms) of soil, he charged $15. And in 2006, when the business first opened, Irish-Americans bought 240 tons of land from Burke worth more than a million dollars.

this soil collectIrish company hits pay dirt flogging soil to Americans / Independent.ie in Tipperary and cleaned of germs and fungi - otherwise US customs will not let it through. Then she is tested at the Department of Agriculture of Ireland - and leaves for the USA and Canada.

Moreover, the Irish buy their native land not only for the sake of using it on

funeral, but also in order to fill it into the foundations of their new homes. Well, to feel your native country under your feet even abroad. And they also throw earth at weddings at newlyweds, like confetti - for good luck.

2. Making the same songs

A musician named Matt Farley found a way earnMatt Farley Makes $23K Posting Music Spam on Spotify / Insider $23,000 a year making songs for Spotify and iTunes. Using about 60 pseudonyms and names of fictitious bands, he composed over 14,000 compositions on a variety of topics.

The principle is this: Matt writes a song with a title containing popular search keywords and uploads it to streaming services. A lot of people looking for music at random come across his work, and the track collects a lot of plays.

Farley, for example, recorded 500 versions of the song with the words "... will you go to prom with me?", In which only the name of the invited girl changed. Millions schoolchildren looking for music to impress their girlfriends, listening to Matt's track - and he gets hefty payouts from the streaming service.

It seems that this is the very moment when you can say about the song: “Oh my God, this is just about me!”

Matt also writes compositions for holidays like name days or wedding anniversaries. Or songs with which you can ask for forgiveness from an offended girl - just substitute her name. Why, he has a track about how... they go to the toilet.

How recognizesMatt Farley Makes $23K Posting Music Spam on Spotify / Insider Farley himself, his songs are not very cool, but they make a profit. So, it takes him $50 to record one album of 100 songs, and 90% of his records beat off investments.

In addition, Matt Farley also composes quite serious lyrical works with his band Moes Haven, but, according to him, this is not so profitable.

3. hugs

American Samantha Hess makes good money doing what others usually do for free: she hugsWeird Job: A Professional Cuddler Earns $60 an Hour / The Penny Hoarder of people. Well, you know, sometimes want to snuggle to someone, and there is no one at hand - in this case, Samantha is at your service for a modest $ 60 per hour.

Hess typically hugs five clients a day. In addition, she teaches 40-hour courses on how to do it right. At the end, the real huggers are given the appropriate certificates. Every month, Hess receives thousands of letters with orders that she and her assistants fulfill.

Her team has served more than 17 million people who wanted to hug - not only in the US, but also in Europe, China, Brazil and Australia.

At the same time, Samantha and her employees do not allow clients too much. Hugs and that's enough.

4. video game tutoring

Many people are familiar with such an annoying situation: you decide to relax after work and play some popular shooter or MOBA. But your opponents, who have more experience, easily overcome you. Yes, and accompany it with insulting comments in chat. It is especially unpleasant when the local witty dominators are minors.

But in esports, there are professional coaches who will come to the rescue in such a situation. Exist ServicesHow It Works / Gamer Sensei, where you can find a tutor for any game - Legaue of Legends, DOTA 2, Starcraft II, Counter-Strike, Overwatch ...

Yes, even Guitar Hero, if you think that playing a guitar controller is more entertaining than playing a wooden instrument that has long bothered everyone.

Classes with a video game coach take place both in a team and one on one. And they sometimes cost a pretty penny, because former and current champions of esports disciplines go to tutors.

You pay these guys who ate the dog at records and speedruns and they teach you how to win. And you no longer need to spend in the game day after day to gain skills on your own.

Moreover, for a fee, such specialists can, for example, upgrade your character in the game or pass a level that is too tough for you.

5. Fecal donation

Everyone knows about blood donation for a monetary reward. But there is a more extravagant way to earn extra money from what your body produces - selling feces.

The fact is that there is such a dangerous bacteriumAbout FMT / Open Biome - Clostridium difficile, which causes severe bowel infection with diarrhea, severe spasms and potentially fatal outcome.

It is difficult to destroy it even with strong antibiotics, and patients who have undergone treatment practically lose their intestinal microflora. And there, healthy people live about 2,500 different types of microorganisms, and they are simply necessary to digest food.

The solution is simple - faecal biome transplantation. From the stool of a healthy person, the necessary cultures of bacteria are extracted, distilled into tablets and given to the patient. Here.

Far from any feces is suitable for transplantation: only four people out of a thousand are medically selected for the honorary role of a donor. But the lucky one can receiveYou can earn $13,000 a year selling your poop / The Washington Post up to $13,000 a year by donating feces for $250 per sample, thereby not only contributing to your own enrichment, but also saving other people's lives.