This beautifully intricate item in the Cleveland Museum of Art is a portable writing kit and makeup compact. It was made in England between 1760 and 1770. Opening it reveals a mirror, pencils and a manicure set.Link -via...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/04/Eighteenth-Century-Compact-Writing-Kit/
Kegerators are cool, but for many, they're just a bit too frat-house-ish. For those that need to nerd up their kegerators, this Android version is a perfect way to accessorize your beer drinking habits. It even uses...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/04/because-your-beer-wasnt-geeky-enough-before/
In 1989, a shipwreck from about 130 B.C. was disco... ...iscovery was a chest of vials and containers with tablets in them, some still dry! Evolutionary geneticist... ...as identified some of the plant components in the tablets : carrot, radish, parsley, celery, wild onion, cab... ...rmine what they were for....
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/22/2000-year-old-pills/
