Continuing the series begun with Fast Food in Europe (previously at Neatorama) HealthAssist takes a look at fast foods found in Australia and various Asian countries. In Indonesia: In most cities it is common to see...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/27/fast-food-in-asia-australia/Who hasn't seen The Goonies at least five times? It's one of the best movies ever. Even though I've seen it a million times (and consider myself somewhat well-versed in movie trivia), I learned a ton of new st...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/27/movie-trivia-the-goonies/(YouTube link) Honda's new ad features pixels made of car headlights!W+K’s Amsterdam office one-upped the Sheep LED ad spot with this one. There is no CG here! This was put together the good old fashion way, wi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/27/pixel-cars-in-honda-ad/Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken In 1967, Nashville attorney John Jay Hooker convinced Grand Ole Opry comedienne Minnie Pearl that she could sell more drumsticks than Colonel Sanders...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/27/5-country-stars-who-got-fried-in-the-food-business/(Links open in a new browser window/tab) The View From the Intl Space Station Window This short but fantastic video clip is of the view...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/27/videosift-clips-of-the-week-23/Teachers Diana Carter and Dona McKenzie are fed up with their students wearing clown trousers - y'know, pants that sag to their bums - so they came up with this: "Pull Up Your Pants Day."Following in the fo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/26/pull-up-your-pants-day/In the ongoing saga of the economic crisis, AIG has been squarely portrayed as the villains. Everybody piled on the bandwagon of villifying the greed and brazenness of their multi-million dollar bonuses (yes, including t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/26/dear-aig-i-quit/Substitute science teacher Alex Dolan took covert footage of students in London and Leeds to document and uncover deficiencies in the local school system. And what did she get for her trouble? Why, she was found guilty o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/26/undercover-substitute-teacher-reprimanded-for-covertly-filming-schools-deficiencies/It's long been known that if you want someone to do something (especially if that "something" is contrary to what they're likely to do in the first place), give them an "expert" advice. But why is tha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/26/why-expert-advice-suddenly-makes-us-stupid/Who can't use a few tricks up their sleeve when in a pinch? I've already used the dollar as a rule hint this week. Pretty awesome.Look like a genius using these secrets for navigating everyday lifehttp://www.w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/26/30-simple-tricks-that-make-you-look-smart/Kitch and nostalgia abound. Definitely got a kick looking at these! Favorite? "Weighting only 8 lbs" to describe the portable TV of the future. Household chores may never feel effortless, but applian...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/26/15-vintage-household-ads/The first photograph of Earthrise was taken in 1966 by NASA's robotic probe Lunar Orbiter 1. After the Apollo manned lunar missions brought back better pictures, the original image and other priceless photographs store...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/26/earthrise-1966/The favorite perfume of powerful Egyptian "she king" Hatshepsut may be resurrected from residue found in a 3,500-year-old perfume bottle. X-ray photographs of the 4.7-inch-tall (12-centimeter-tall) bottl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/26/egyptian-queens-perfume-to-be-resurrected/A collection of strange animals whose fossils have been discovered.More than 99 percent of all species that have lived on Earth are now extinct. Sometimes extinctions actually accelerate the evolution of life on Ea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/26/strangest-beasts-to-ever-die/Dear friends,Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.Doug...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/obituary-of-the-pillsbury-doughboy/This panel from Zach Weiner's webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal reveals what I've always suspected about physicists. If you've never read SMBC, you're missing out on a treat. Check it out.webcomic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/how-we-get-breakthroughs-in-science/Quick: what did you have for lunch yesterday? How about two days ago? If you remember, then you have a pretty good memory - but how about remembering everything you have seen and experienced throughout your life...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/jill-price-the-woman-who-cant-forget/Psst! If you're a criminal and you're considering a deathbed confession, make sure you're actually dying first. Here's what happened to a man named James Brewer, who thought he was dying and confessed to a murder ... onl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/man-confessed-murder-on-deathbed-then-got-better/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54ABqSOScQ][YouTube - Link]For a school assignment, Tomas Nilsson decided to create this animation of the story of the Little Red Riding Hood, in the style of Röyksopps Remin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/reinterpreting-little-red-riding-hood/...One Giant Leap For Owlkind! Steven Waterhouse of Plympton, Devon was walking along a nature trail near his home when he spotted this tawny owl on a fence post. He grabbed his camera and clicked just as the owl levi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/one-small-leap-for-owl/Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss revolves around the site's mascot, Albert Einstein. Think you know Einstein? I scored a miserable 40%, which, as a mental_floss blogger, I should be ashamed to admit. No doubt you...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/the-einstein-quiz/Veterinarians have discovered an interesting connection between dogs who chase their own tails and their blood cholesterol levels. In a study published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice, researchers took bloo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/why-dogs-chase-their-own-tails-high-cholesterol/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtYCOAFPPVc][YouTube - Link]12 years old Benjamin is playing this classic Star Wars music.From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Christophe.Star Wars, harp, cantina...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/star-wars-cantina-on-harp/The Swedish tattoo magazine Tare Lugnt "published" its third issue as a tattoo! I can't find who the person tattooed is, but I suspect it might be Marc Strömberg. That's what you call a "limited edition"! Link to stor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/magazine-released-as-tattoo/Sakhan Dosova of Karaganda in northern Kazakhstan has documents that say she will celebrate her 130th birthday on Friday. Census officials discovered that her documents all agree that her birthdate is March 27, 1879. Rec...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/130-year-old-woman/Today brings another installment of the continuing adventures of sculptor Joel Haas in Taiwan, in which Joel has his name translated phonetically into Chinese, yielding a memorable, if embarrassing phrase. He then has...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/chop-shops-and-green-pancakes/The following reprinted from Uncle John's Giant 10th Anniversary Bathroom Reader. It's interesting to study the paintings of the great masters ... but sometimes it's even more fun to study the work of t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/6-greatest-art-fakers-in-history/If you haven't gotten your daily cute animal fix yet, here it is. This little kitty just can't get enough of her little fox friend's ears. Link Via Cute Overloadcats, fennee fox, licking, interspecies love...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/cat-loves-fennee-fox/Daniel Edwards {wiki}, the sculptor who brought you Pregnant Britney Spears and Dead Paris Hilton, has a new work out featuring "Octomom" Nadya Suleman. The statue is made of pink rubber and is entitled String of Babie...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/octomom-sculpture/Do you ever think bad luck follows you around? Tsutomu Yamaguchi was on a business trip to Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945 when the US dropped the first atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns and stayed ove...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/double-a-bomb-survivor/
