Neatorama » kaufman http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:23:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why a WWI Warplane Sits On Top a Manhattan Office Building http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/20/why-a-wwi-warplane-sits-on-top-a-manhattan-office-building/ http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/20/why-a-wwi-warplane-sits-on-top-a-manhattan-office-building/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:20:53 +0000 Stacy http://www.neatorama.com/?p=49676 Photo by Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal

Though a WWI British warplane appears to have just landed on top of 77 Water Street in Lower Manhattan, the antique plane has resided on top of the office building since 1969. Film location scout Nick Carr only recently uncovered why: the owners of the building just figured they might as well do something interesting with the otherwise unused top of the building. In fact, other buildings owned by the William Kaufman Organization also sport interesting but completely unnecessary details, including a three-story chess board on 767 Third Avenue.

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Kitty’s hand-eye coordination catches food

This cat uses its binocular vision and amazing manual dexterity to catch stuff better than most little leaguers .

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The Hubble floats away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis

This is some great candid footage of the astronauts in Atlantis extricating themselves from their Hubble rendezvous. The technical patter between the team is fascinating. Such a shame that with the imminent retirement of the Shuttle program – these human satellite servicing skills will no longer be practiced.

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The REAL Andy Kaufman

I’m not sure anyone really knew when Andy was being himself, even him.

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine – in 30 Seconds

“There are two kinds of people in the world, those who saw the Wolverine movie and those who didn’t. Within this 30 second recap you will find the epic scale of the story of a torn and confused man who must struggle with his rage. Pay close attention to the dialogue though because it does go by pretty quick.”

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Fresh-baked pizza vending machine

Watch this vending machine make a fairly delicious looking pie from scratch in just a few minutes.

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