Raising the flag in honor of John Frum Day. Photo: Paul RaffaeleOn the remote island of Tanna in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, February 15 is John Frum Day. Here's why it's interesting:This is February 15, Joh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/cargo-cult-worshiping-the-american-messiah-john-frum/Sixty-nine-year-old Inga Walen's refrigerator was top heavy and as she leaned in to open the fridge door, it fell on top of her and pinned her to the ground for four days.She called out for help to no avail. Until, that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/politician-saved-woman-trapped-by-fridge/Fifteen-year-old teenager Ritchie Calvin Davis stole a bus and drove it along its route, picking up passengers and collecting fares: "I drove that bus better than most of the LYNX drivers could," the teen t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/teenager-took-bus-on-joyride-picked-up-passengers/Star Wars Lego Sympthony. Clever CGI animation of Darth Vader conducting the Star Wars symphony. What do you think he used for a baton?: Link - via Blue's News...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/star-wars-symphony/Brazilian scientists have discovered new species of glowing mushrooms! Like a black light poster come to life, a group of bioluminescent fungi collected from Ribeira Valley Tourist State Park near São Paulo, B...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/new-species-of-glowing-mushroom/This rocking chair, built for two, is made by Thomas Oliphant: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/rocking-chair-for-two/From the website: “Hello, world!” is a real installation for the virtual globe of the software Google Earth. A Semacode measuring 160 x 160 meters was mown into a wheat field near the town of Ilmenau in t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/hello-world-code-mown-into-lawn/Tired of always losing your TV remote? You won't lose it if it weren't so small! Check out this super-sized TV remote from Brookstone! http://www.brookstone.com/store/product.asp?pid=538744&wid=2&cid=20&sid=402&search_ty...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/giant-tv-remote-control/With all the hoople surrounding illegal immigration, you may not know that the US Government actually *initiated* the importation of Mexican agricultural laborers into California as part of the Bracero Program [wiki] in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/bracero-program-when-us-govt-imported-mexican-labor/I wonder what they sell there ... Found at Engrish - Thanks Joe!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/dog-wiz-store/Balloon Manor is a fantastic haunted house, made completely from balloons! Link - via Fazed....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/balloon-manor/This fantastic ad is for Anagram Bookshop in Prague, Czech Republic. See more at BibliOdyssey....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/cool-anagram-bookshop-ads/Flickr user Rob Cruickshank made this little contraption called Lil Sparky:Putting the "cute" in "electrocute"!Powered by a 9v battery, it delivers just a little jolt.Endless possibilities for fun...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/lil-sparky-diy-mini-electric-chair/My wife and I made these cute owl pumpkins a few years ago (Not my idea, saw it on a magazine). I think we'll make them again today for Halloween (just thought I'd share!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/owl-pumpkin/The Devil's Tramping Ground is a spooky collection of scary stories, movies, and other eerie Halloween treats. This picture is from the movie The Banshee. I also particularly enjoyed the UFO webcam. Link -via web zenBa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/28/watch-these-in-the-dark/A homeowner in Los Angeles, who is an aircraft mechanic in training, set up a plane crash as a Halloween decoration! He used parts from a real Gulfstream jet. Neighbors were taken aback, police we...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/28/realistic-plane-crash-display/Now for something truly scary, from Carl theWAREHOUSE guy: Spam-O-Lantern - Thanks Carl!jack-o-lantern, Halloween crafts...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/spam-o-lantern/This is from Mitsubishi in 2001, a privacy enhanced computer display that shows a jumbled screen to the naked eye, but a perfectly coherent display using the special ferroelectric shutter glasses.Link - Thanks Dougal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/privacy-enhanced-computer-display/Here's a fan-made video clip of a Star Wars lightsaber duel, acted by Ryan Wieber and Michael Scott. You gotta admit, pretty darn good! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Christopher!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/homemade-lightsaber-duel-scene/Photo: K. Parkinson @ Australian MuseumQuick, someone submit this to Ugly Overload! This is a fathead (genus Psychrolutes) fish found on the Norfolk Ridge, New Zealand. The photo was taken by Kerryn Parkinson of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/mr-blobby-ugliest-fish-ever/This clever tea light candle holder designed by Mathew Jackson and available from mathmos, called thaw, uses a shade made from ice. The thing is, as the ice thaws, the water goes back into the mold, ready to be frozen ag...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/ice-candle/Austrian art college graduate Andreas Strauss converted those concrete drain pipes into rooms for the Dasparkhotel: Link - via Smidigt.se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/concrete-drain-tube-hotel/The call of SpongeBob SquarePants was just too strong for 3-year-old Robert Moore. When his grandmother turned her back for a split second, the toddler squeezed through the opening of the machine and got trapped inside!L...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/toddler-trapped-inside-spongebob-vending-machine/In the mid-1960s, Williams Research developed a flying platform called the "X-Jet" using a light turbofan engine:This machine looked something like a flying trashcan on skids, and could carry a pilot direct...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/x-jet-flying-platform/Lee Goldberg of Main Title Heaven has compiled the main title sequences or opening credits of great and not so great TV series.This one above [YouTube] is from the Man From U.N.C.L.E. [wiki] Season 1 Opening.Link - via Y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/title-sequence-of-vintage-tv-shows/George Poinar from Oregon State University and colleagues discovered the world's oldest bee, a 100-million-year-old fossil preserved in amber, found in a mine in Hukawng Valley of Myanmar."This is the oldest kno...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/worlds-oldest-bee-fossil/Nathaniel's photos are beautifully shot. Many are thought-provoking, too - but this one is just oh, so wrong! Link - via Mira y Calla....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/nathaniel-welch-photography/Neighboroo uses Google maps to give you statistics about your hometown. You can look up housing prices, cost of living, income, racial breakdown, commute times, crime rates, and political affiliat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/27/neighboroo/This picture shows a mountain range in Canada that resembles someone listening to an iPod. You can study this area more closely at Google Maps. Link -via The Panda’s Thumb....
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