Archive for June 27th, 2017

Everyone is a Hero

The song "みんながみんな英雄" ("Everyone is a Hero"), from the Japanese group AI, became a big hit in 2016. The video is gorgeous, and full of wacky scenes depicting heroes from different folktales coming togeth...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Everyone-is-a-Hero/

29 Mind-blowing Banana Facts

You may think you know a lot about bananas because you've eaten them all your life. Even if you do, you'll learn more in a list chock-full of banana facts, all with links for further reading. Did you know…8. The s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/29-Mind-blowing-Banana-Facts/

Cat Asks for Help, Gets It

The YouTuber who goes by the name "walter santi" (Walter is his/her dog, and Santi is a cat) tells the story of an injured stray cat who came to their house and asked for help. The video shows his wounds and may be distu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Cat-Asks-for-Help-Gets-It/

Epic Trucks, Trailers, Buses And Other Vehicles You Can Actually Stay In

The type of lodgings people choose when they're traveling says a lot about the type of trip they're on- stuck in a stuffy hotel means business trip, staying in the city center means tourist trip, and theme park hotel mea...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Epic-Trucks-Trailers-Buses-And-Other-Vehicles-You-Can-Actually-Stay-In/

The Best Hot Dogs, Taste-Tested

The staff of the New York Times taste-tested ten hot dogs, most of which are available at your local grocery store. The ten were all-beef franks, so they will cost a little more than average, but you should get some idea...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/The-Best-Hot-Dogs-Taste-Tested/

New Study Finds Cats Most Likely Domesticated Themselves

Cats are truly amazing creatures, and since humans have never been able to fully tame those tiny tigers it's not all that surprising to hear a new study has found cats pretty much domesticated themselves.But this discove...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/New-Study-Finds-Cats-Most-Likely-Domesticated-Themselves/

Starter Grow Kit - Trainers Gotta Start Somewhere

Starter Grow Kit by miskiTrainers have a hard time breaking in to the pocket monster training game, and some trainers start out so young it's impossible for them to go out and catch 'em all because they aren't allowed t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Starter-Grow-Kit-Trainers-Gotta-Start-Somewhere/

Even in the 1700s, Book Clubs Were Really About Drinking and Socializing

Once you got all dressed in the 1700s, you needed to have some place to go! You might even go to the library for a book club meeting, although that could cause people to talk.These libraries weren’t just places to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Even-in-the-1700s-Book-Clubs-Were-Really-About-Drinking-and-Socializing/

Stanley Kubrick Talks About Growing Up As A Misfit In This Cool Video

You can learn a lot about a person by examining their childhood roots, because all the good and bad things that happened to us when we were kids have an impact on who we are and what we do for the rest of our lives.Stanl...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Stanley-Kubrick-Talks-About-Growing-Up-As-A-Misfit-In-This-Cool-Video/

When the Beast of Gévaudan Terrorized France

At the point where belief in supernatural forest monsters overlapped the new era of newspaper distribution lies the story of the Beast of Gévaudan. Beginning in 1764, the people of the French region of Géva...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/When-the-Beast-of-Gvaudan-Terrorized-France/

A Game Where You Slap A Watermelon To Learn About The Horror Of Being A Watermelon

The Melon Game Jam started out as an inside joke among the game developers who attended A MAZE 2016 and became a delicious reality one year later, producing watermelon-themed video games for a fruit hungry world.But one...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/A-Game-Where-You-Slap-A-Watermelon-To-Learn-About-The-Horror-Of-Being-A-Watermelon/

Five Actors You Totally Forgot Were in X-Men Movies

There have been ten X-Men films released since the year 2000. Unless you're a comic book fan from way back, it's hard to keep up with which ones you've seen, much less who is in them all. And considering the fil...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Five-Actors-You-Totally-Forgot-Were-in-X-Men-Movies/

Vintage Photos Of Big And Beautiful Hairstyles From The 1960s

Americans were way more in to "big" in the 60s- big cars, big collars and big hairstyles, but in order to live large folks had to put in work. Can you imagine washing one of those giant 60s street boats by hand?People pr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Vintage-Photos-Of-Big-And-Beautiful-Hairstyles-From-The-1960s/

Why Chimpanzees Are So Strong

Great apes include gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, chimpanzees, and humans. While chimpanzees are the smallest, humans are the weakest. Chimps are much stronger than humans, even accounting for physical condition, meaning...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Why-Chimpanzees-Are-So-Strong/

Getting Dressed in the 1700s

You've seen tons of portraits of 18th century women like Martha Washington and Marie Antoinette, and while you know what their clothes look like, you probably have no idea how much work went into putting those dresses on...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Getting-Dressed-in-the-1700s/

Paper Airplane Research Review

The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research, now in all-pdf form. Get a subscription now for only $25 a year!Glimpses at some of the relevant paperscompiled by Bertha Vanatian...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/Paper-Airplane-Research-Review/

A Man and His Pineapple

It's not easy to grow a pineapple. It's more difficult in some places than others, but redditor vlone17's dad finally harvested one of his own. He was so proud, he had a portrait made with it. Without his shoes on. The o...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/27/A-Man-and-His-Pineapple/




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