This very cool Valentine’s Day card is made by artist Marian Bantjes, who will probably sell it to you if you ask nicely: Link

Ever got an ice spike when making ice using those ice cube trays? Ever wonder why they happen and how to make more of them? Ken Libbrecht of Caltech has the answer:

To see your own ice spikes, make ice cubes in an ordinary ice cube tray, in an ordinary household freezer, but using distilled water, which you can buy in most supermarkets for about a dollar a gallon. We’ve tried several different freezers, and almost always got some ice spikes to grow.

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From the website:

These bags are the product of a local Los Angeles designer teaming up with a women’s group in the Philippines. Most of these juice pouches are collected from the elementary schools attended by the women’s children. The pouches are sanitized and then sewn in their homes.

Link – Thanks Aunt Beep!

Oh no! The ancient curse of "no one will talk to you at parties!"

Thanks Strange de Jim!

Remember Duo, the two-nosed dog we saw previously on Neatorama? Well, Neatorama reader Brenda wrote about Jeeeep, her half-Chihuahua half-Fiest/Rat terrier, who also has two noses!

I for one do not think that Duo is a freak!!! His nose just makes him special, I have a female dog that is half Chihuahua and half rat fiest that has two noses and I think it is adorable. I have attached a picture of her, her name is Jeeeep, and she has more energy than any dog that I have ever seen. Jeeeep was also both male and female when she was born, when I picked her up from being spayed the vet told me that she had both full male (found inside) and female organs. Everyone in my house and out of my house just love her to death.

Thanks Brenda!

Meet Frank and Louie, the cat with two names:

The cat has two mouths, two noses and two working eyes. A third eye in the middle is not functional. Marty named her cat “Frank and Louie” so each face would have a name. Only one mouth, the one on the cat’s right side — or Frank’s side — is connected to an esophagus, so Frank gets all the food.

Link | Previously on Neatorama: Kitten Born with Two Faces (now missing!)

From the website:

Serb Ratko Dankovic, 23, had been drinking Rakia with mates while watching a magician perform a sword swallowing trick on the television.

They then started arguing over how the trick was done, and when Dankovic told mates that sword swallowing was easy and anyone could do it – they challenged him to prove it.

But he had to be rushed to the local hospital after swallowing a knife with an eight inch blade, eight nails, two spoons and a couple of clothes pegs to win the ten pound bet.

Link – via Fortean Times

A neat gift idea for a web designer: a color reference hexagon mouse pad! Link – via neverhappened

Meet the recreation of Suzuki’s first car: the 1955 Suzulight two-seater:

A charming re-creation of Suzuki’s first car, the 1955 Suzulight, the LC microcar has space for only two people inside its two-door, 10.5-foot-long body. The split-level cabin with plaid seats is decidedly minimalist, but the detailing throughout the car is fantastic. Suzuki’s three-cylinder, 660-cc minicar engine is under the hood. It’s just the car for zipping through Tokyo’s crowded streets.

Link – via Collision Detection

From the website:

At the restaurant Zauo you can help yourself, no really, you HAVE to help yourself.

“If you want it you first have to catch it.”

The middle of the restaurant is shaped like a boat and there are plenty of rooms alongside where catching can be a satisfying if unnerving experience for those will little experience fishing.

Link – via Cynical-C

From the website:

International Color Awards is a global online awards show recognizing excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the finest professional and amateur photographers in the world’s premier photographic showcase of color photography.

Definitely worth a visit! Here are a couple of samples:

This one is from Garry Simpson, UK, titled Shave It Easy (I don’t get it, either). Garry got Honorable Mention in the Advertising category:

And this one is from Gary Roberts, UK, titled Elephant Orphans. Gary took Honorable Mention in the Nature category:

Link | Gallery of 2006 Winners and Nominees – via Ursi’s Blog

If you think you’re badass, read this and weep:

Lu Di, 6, does pushups as other young kungfu students watch at a kungfu school in Central China’s Henan Province July 26, 2006. According to school president Shi Yongdi, Lu did 10,000 pushups in three hours and twenty minutes four days ago.

Link – via A Welsh View