[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohsg1XI6KdI](Video Link)Adam Walker is an open water adventure swimmer. That means that he swims long distances in ocean waters that are often hazardous for humans.Recently, he swam across...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Dolphins-Scare-a-Shark-Away-from-a-Swimming-Human/The Centro Financiero Confinanzas is a high-rise office building in Caracas, Venezuela. Or, it would have been, if they’d ever finished construction. Instead, the project went belly-up in 1994 and the 45-story towe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Squatting-in-a-Skyscraper/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja37HWc9n7g](Video Link)At the beginning, it seems like Gabe is just barking. But this is actually how a master thespian builds tension in the audience. Watch him deliver a monologue that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/This-Heartbreaking-Dog-Monologue-is-Oscar-Quality/The first time I ever saw Reece’s Pieces was in a theater lobby that was showing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. I bought some, and was eating them when they appeared in the film. What a genius product placeme...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/20-Things-You-Might-Not-Know-About-ET-the-Extra-Terrestrial/(Photos: Waffle Cafe)Mad culinary scientists are feverishly at work, advancing the dark and dangerous frontiers of dessert science. First, they devised the cronut--a cross between the donut and the croissant. Next came t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/The-Wonut-Is-a-Waffle-Donut/Are dinosaur fossils a national resource for research and education, or do they belong to those who own the land they are found on -or who buy them from the owners? Part of the problem is the desirability of dinosaur fos...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Will-the-Private-Market-for-Dinosaur-Bones-Destroy-Us-All/(Video Link)Adventure Time is a brilliant cartoon show in so many ways- it introduces new audiences to old school animation style, it features a world full of adventure that provides a nearly limitle...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Preview-Masaaki-Yuasa-Directed-Episode-Of-Adventure-Time/(video link)Dogs want so bad to be friends, but you know how standoffish cats can be. Underneath it all, cats want to be friends, too. They just want to be cool about it. -via Daily Picks and Flicks dogs and cats...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Dogs-Annoying-Cats-with-Their-Friendship/Tawookie Suit by BaardeiWhat's Mario's favorite weapon against the dark side? A Tawookie Suit, of course, with snap on fangs and signature crossbow type weapon sure to turn make those clones go from stormtroopers to shy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Wouldnt-You-Like-To-Be-Tawookie-Too/[http://vimeo.com/92651492](Video Link)Jesse Butterworth is the lead pastor of Rain City Church in Bellevue, Washington. He has 3 children. 2 of them are biologically his and 1 is adopted. Sometimes people ask incredibly...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Adopting-a-Child-Is-Like-Breast-Augmentation/(Photo: Tokimeki Rukuki)Japan is hardcore about its frozen desserts. We've previously seen a parfait that is topped with not a cherry, but an entire slice of cake. Other Japanese parfaits are even more extreme, such as t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Raw-Tuna-and-Other-Wild-Parfaits-from-Japan/[http://youtu.be/rgk_07aZ5FA] (YouTube link)Ellen Degeneres returns to her standup roots for a guest appearance on the HBO show Game of Thrones. She plays -what else- the court jester. Despite what she tells you...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Ellens-Appearance-on-Game-of-Thrones/Whimsical home furnishings abound these days, but furniture design is still generally kept on the straight and narrow, functional without being too outlandish looking.Straight Line Designs creates one-of-a-kind furniture...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Fun-Custom-Furniture-Pieces-By-Straight-Line-Designs/[http://vimeo.com/89936009] (vimeo link)Abdelrahman Shalan is the first professional sumo wrestler from Africa, or the Middle East. Born in Egypt, he left his family at age 16 to live and train in Japan. He is now known...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Becoming-Sumo/(Image Via Lo Siento Studio)(Image Via Cecilia Uhr)Sometimes all it takes to sell a product is a clever name, a likeable mascot or an eye-catching package design.Consumers often decide to purchase products they don't nor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/25-Creative-Package-Designs-That-Practically-Sell-Themselves/[http://youtu.be/GC3KY4czDxs] (YouTube link)The original title on this video is “Firefighter on a ladder having a bad day on a slippery truck…” But honestly, he’s a firefighter. Any day you fight...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Firefighter-Having-a-Bit-of-Trouble/(Cell Phone Reception t-shirt now on sale at the NeatoShop)Be good to your pets. They may finger your killer someday. At least, that's what one attorney in a French murder case hoped. He called to the courtroom witness s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Dog-Testifies-in-French-Murder-Case/Sloths spend a lot of time hanging from tree branches, often upside-down. In other animals, this would cause the liver and intestines to press down on the lungs and make breathing difficult. But sloths have developed the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/How-Sloths-Breathe-Upside-down/(Video Link)The City of Light is full of so much beauty that it has to be seen in person to be fully appreciated, but this time lapse stop motion short by Mayeul Akpovi called Paris In Motion Part 4 does a great job of s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/A-Time-Lapse-Stop-Motion-Trip-Around-The-City-Of-Light/Mutant Academy by Warbucks DesignWhen the gates of this magical kingdom of learning open for you it's time to channel your powers and embrace your mutant heritage, or you can X it all out of your mind and go rogue.The l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/A-Magical-Kingdom-For-Mutants/Napoleon Blackstone “Nip” Vann had a dramatic life both on and off screen. He worked in traveling Wild West shows and early Western silent films, along with Tom Mix and other notables. But something went wron...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Nip-Vann-Outlaw-on-the-Big-Screen/(Video Link)Cult classic sci-fi flick The Fifth Element is beloved by fans for its original sense of humor, vibrant characters, and truly unique twist on the sci-fi genre, but when TFE gets an 8-bit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/The-Fifth-Element-8-Bit-Cinema-Edition/It's once again time for our collaboration with the wonderfully entertaining What Is It? Blog. Do you know what the pictured item is? Can you make up something totally wacky? That's what we're looking for:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/What-Is-It-game-324/(Video Link)When you take a flight your life is in the hands of the airline, the pilots and the onboard staff, and normally you trust that they are going to get you where you need to go safe and sound.Safety...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Hilarious-Israeli-Airline-Safety-Video/Most colleges try to have some impressively beautiful buildings, but if there's one department that really needs a stunning home, it's the architecture department -and the new design at Bond University of Queen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/The-Beautiful-Bond-University-Architecture-Building/Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook.George Clooney is considered "the last true movie star" by some. With classic go...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/11-Facts-You-May-Not-Know-About-George-Clooney/(Video Link)Star Wars is one of the most beloved sci-fi franchises of all time, and both the special effects and the movie soundtracks still hold up decades later.A big part of the original trilogy’s ch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Star-Wars-Bad-Foley-Edition/(Unrelated photo via ume-y)The fastest elevator in the world is in Taipei. It moves at 38 miles per hour. But it looks like that record will be blown away in 2016. Hitachi plans to build an advanced passenger elevator in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/The-Worlds-Fastest-Elevator-Will-Shoot-You-Up-and-Down-at-45-MPH/[http://youtu.be/d16xAFjwcVw] (YouTube link)I can snap my fingers as well as the next person, but I never knew until today that you (or at least some talented people) can make snapping fingers play different notes. Emil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Fingersnapping-Super-Mario/(Photo: Rick Limpert)It's not miniature golf. Far from it--you play on regular golf courses. But Big Hole Golf, as the sport is called, uses holes that are 15-inches across. That's much bigger than the 4 and 6-inch regul...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/24/Playing-Golf-with-15-Inch-Holes/
