2008 will be the International Year of the Potato. The United Nations made this designation in 2005. Over the next two decades, the world's population is expected to grow on average by more than 100 million peop...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/27/international-year-of-the-potato/PETA has compiled a list of US prisons that best cater to the diets of vegan and vegetarian inmates. We get calls all the time from inmates who want to make a positive change in their lives by going vegetarian, and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/27/top-ten-vegetarian-friendly-prisons/If you have some Christmas cash burning a hole in your pocket, this book sounds great: Opening with a written forward by Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and introduction by the Ames Bros, the 264-page hard cove...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/27/pearl-jam-vs-ames-bros-poster-book/The Google image results are far more amusing than the Yahoo ones. Via We Are All Angry. If failure's your thing, read about 4 Utopian Communities That Bombed Miserably....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/26/google-image-results-for-the-word-fail-are-hilarious/(YouTube link) Ravi Baichwal was on-air live during the 10PM newscast Sunday at channel 7 in Chicago, when a minivan crashed through the studio wall! The interruption became the news as it happened. Link -via Arbroa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/26/we-interrupt-this-program/Odd Shoe Finder is a site to match up shoes that can’t be used by their owners. Many people have feet that are different sizes, and some people only have one foot. Users can list odd shoes for sale or trade to othe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/26/odd-shoe-finder/(YouTube link) Top Gear is into remote-controlled vehicles in a big way. In this race, it’s a full-size R/C car against a toy-sized model. And treachery is not out of the question. -via Unique Daily...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/26/remote-control-race/What would those classical sculptures look like in color? Surprise, many of them were probably in color when they were unveiled! When we think of statues and buildings of the classical period, we tend to imagine...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/26/color-sculpture-recreations/(YouTube link) The first half of this video features a guy singing a song in reverse. He’s also doing some stuff that will look strange backwards. The second half is where you find out what song he is singing, when...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/26/singing-backwards/How would you like a batcave in your basement, complete with a bat-theater? A retired naturalist has just that! DC Audio Video Systems of New Hampshire set up a complete home theater in her cellar. The set-up i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/25/batcave-theater/Curious Expeditions takes a look at some of the holiday customs of Europe, including the arrivals of Krampus and Black Piet, building the Hungarian Luca Chair, and burning Jack Straw to ring in the New Year. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/25/christmas-customs/1,500 year old murals survive in a series of Buddhist temple caves carved out of a mountain in central India. The 30 caves at Ajanta were abandoned hundreds of years ago and rediscovered in 1819. Recently, Benoy K. Behl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/25/buddhist-cave-murals/The two keys are a big blanket and ruthlessness - - the video portrays pretty accurately how pleased the typical newborn is to be swaddled. Here's some more tips on swaddling a baby....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/25/how-to-swaddle-a-newborn/[YouTube Link] This commercial for Virgin Mobile answers the important question "What would the Christmas story be like if there had been breakdancing at the Nativity?" It's really amazing what you can discover when...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/25/breakdancing-nativity/Hello everyone! I'd like you to say hello to the most wonderful Christmas present my lovely wife has ever given me: our new son, baby Zachary Graham, who was born just a few days ago.The past few months had been a blur...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/25/a-new-addition-to-our-family/(Yahoo video link) Just because you live in an Airstream trailer is no reason you can’t synch your Christmas lights to music via computer. -via Fark...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/24/travel-trailer-light-show/Pedro Toala is paying the price of a prank. A group of kids tipped over a portable toilet in a park while Toala was inside. He was left with a broken back, permanently paralyzed, yet he forgave those who did this to him....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/24/tragedy-pulls-small-businesses-together/I haven't seen 300 - and I hate cats, but I thought this video compilation of classic YouTube cat-moments was wacky fun!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/24/300-cats/This strangely cute animal with his toy was the “photo of the day” at Nothing to do with Arbroath. It was identified by a Heavenly Jane, a commenter at Scribal Terror as a baby sifaka {wiki), native to Madagascar....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/24/plushie-hugger/(YouTube link) Kina Grannis recorded this love song to Digg as an entry in the Dorito’s Crash the Superbowl contest. The lyrics are on her site. She’s now one of the final ten contestants. The reaction from Digg...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/24/gotta-digg/It certainly looks suitably creepy. Here's Coraline at Wikipedia if you're unfamiliar. The movie is by LAIKA Entertainment, which was recently profiled by Fast Company. Via Drawn, which offers some related links....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/23/video-coraline-movie-footage/(YouTube link) Kitty cats Musashi, Leo, Luka, Seri, and Marble sing Jingle Bells. Link to Musashi's website (in Japanese) -via Viral Video Chart...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/23/musashis-christmas-song/Cyclists collide during a high speed race in Australia. Initially two cyclists competing in a 2000m dash in Melbourne, Australia, collided at high speeds, resulting in a domino effect pile up. The collision caused...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/23/cycling-crash/California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chew on discarded rattlesnake skin, then smear it on their fur. The result is that they smell like rattlesnake instead of squirrels, which may protect them from snake attack...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/23/squirrels-use-snake-perfume-to-fool-predators/Santa Claus originated far away from Japan, and sometimes the details get lost in translation. Or is it just creative liscence? Inventor’s Spot presents the Top Ten Strange Santas from Japan, including versions from mo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/23/top-ten-strange-santas-from-japan/After a 95-year ban, absinthe is legal again in the United States. But there are a lot of myths surrounding the drink, such as its madness-inducing properties. Absinthe was a favorite among 19th century French artists, w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/23/absinthe-makes-the-heart-grow/Carl Zimmer’s collection of science tattoo photos (reported previously on Neatorama) is growing. There are now 119 submitted tattoos! This eight inch forearm ruler from Mikey is so handy, he uses it every day. Linksc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/23/a-most-useful-tattoo/The YouTube page says, “Welcome to Official YouTube Channel for the British Monarchy.” Queen Elizabeth of England has just launched her official YouTube channel. It already contains historical film footage a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/23/the-queens-youtube/Super secure doors, artistic doors, secret doors, deputydog has a rundown of some of the most interesting. These lifelike faces grace the door to St. Nicholas’ Cathedral in Slovenia. http://deputy-dog.com/2007/12/17/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/22/9-intriguing-doors/I received 64 credits on The Sci Fi Sounds QuizHow much of a Sci-Fi geek are you? Guess the Sci-Fi Movie Sounds here Can you identify a science fiction movie from a short sound clip? Hw...
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