International Network Archive has a neat collection of infographics - this one details the breakdown of how many people the US government employs (1% of the entire US population!)Link - via Accordion Guy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/20/neat-infographics/Chris Doyle built a Flying Spaghetti Monster church out of Lego! LinkPreviously on Neatorama: Flying spaghetti monster | Amy Hughes' Lego Church...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/20/chris-doyles-flying-spaghetti-monster-lego-church/Inspired by Ephesians 6:10-18, now you can arm your kids when they go to sleep with Armor of God pajamas. - A pajama set comes complete with (I kid you not):- Pajama top with breastplate of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/20/armor-of-god-pajamas/Hemmy.net has a neat collection of weird watches, where finding out the time is no trivial matter ... Link - via Blue's News...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/20/can-you-tell-the-time/Yes, it's weird: here's a teletubby dancing to MC Hammer's 2 Legit 2 Quit.Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Cynical Smirk...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/20/teletubbies-mc-hammer-weirdness/Candy Addict has the top 10 list of gross candies. Here's no. 8 Sour Flush Candy:The candy in this is nothing special - it’s powdered candy (like Pixy Stix) and a lollipop. It’s all about the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/20/strange-candies/What's this giant equilateral triangle in the desert near the city of Surprise, Arizona for? Link | More weird locations at Google Sightseeing - via Two Blue EinsteinsUpdate 8/21/06: Neatorama reader Jim Voss...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/20/mysterious-triangle-in-surprise-arizona/Ali Rahimi and colleagues at MIT decided to scientifically investigate the efficacy of aluminum tinfoil hats in blocking alien thought-control signals:Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/20/can-aluminum-tinfoil-hat-really-block-alien-signals/Our friend Mikael of Fosfor Gadgets had just posted a top ten list of the world's most beautiful cellphones. This one came in at no. 4:Black Diamond is a luxury phone that isn’t out on the market yet...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/fosfors-ten-most-beautiful-cellphones/Revisionist Photos erases the disturbing images of Nazism in order to show the absurdity of Holocaust deniers. With artful Photoshop manipulations, those pesky, historically-inconvenient proof of the tragedy o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/revisionist-photos/There are many folding bike designs, but Josef's design concept "Locust" folding bicycle seems the most aesthetically pleasing and compact! No words on whether a prototype will be made anytim...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/josef-cadeks-folding-bicycle-concept/A mysterious dog-like creature (with extra claws) was found dead along the side of a road in Turner, Maine, apparently dead from being hit by a car. People thought that this may be the mysterious creatur...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/mysterious-maine-dog-wolf/Photo: Chris CarlsonPhotographers from the non-profit Legacy Project used the world's largest camera (based on the camera obscura [wiki] principle) to take the world's largest photo in a converted air hangar:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/worlds-largest-photo/Instructables user ToolNut explains how you can remove heavy rust from any ferrous object with electricity!This is a relatively simple, safe and cheap way to remove light or heavy rust from any ferrous obj...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/how-to-remove-rust-with-electricity/Why bamboo clothing? Among many practical and environmental advantages, this one caught my eyes:Bamboo clothing has particular natural anti-bacterial functions, bacteriostasis and deodorization value...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/bamboo-clothing/Link [snopes] | Found at Pootling...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/this-cigarette-dangerous-nah-its-the-jackhammers/For the photography buff in your life: Voltron Star Shooter - found at tgray's flickr photostream: Link [flickr] | Voltron [wiki] - via NiNjASLiCE and FEPY...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/voltron-star-shooter/Tom McMahon boils down the world's complex political/social/scientific/other problems and situations into his a cleverly simple 4 blocks.See more (many, many more) here: Link - via Tom McMahon...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/tom-mcmahons-4-blocks/Project Rooftop is a fashion site for superheroes - the website showcases costume redesigns of superheroes by various cartoonist and illustrators.This one is a redesign of an X-Men character Rogue, done...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/superhero-costume-redesign/Darmin Garcia was pushing chocolate down into a vat and accidentally fell into the hopper!"It was in my hair, in my ears, my mouth, everywhere," said Garcia, who has worked at the company f...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/19/man-escaped-death-by-chocolate/Everyone knows hot dogs aren't exactly healthy for you - but scientists discovered that hot dogs may actually cause genetic mutations:Scientists note there is an up to 240-fold variation in levels of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/18/can-hot-dogs-cause-genetic-mutations/From the website: The Million Dollar Lure is crafted in just over 3 pounds of glimmering gold and platinum, then encrusted with 100 carats of diamonds and rubies (4,753 stones to be exact)....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/18/the-million-dollar-lure/Let's hope that the awesome concept refrigerators by Electrolux, part of their "War on White" or WoW design challenge, become a reality soon! From MoCo Loco:These concept fridge designs, based on...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/18/electroluxs-cool-concept-refrigerators/Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry is a hilarious travel guidebook parody of the fictional country Molvania:Molvanian is a difficult language to speak, let alone master. There are four gender...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/18/molvania-a-land-untouched-by-modern-dentistry/Meet Hawkeye, the world's only scuba diving cat! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Mark James Murphy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/18/scuba-diving-cat/Wikipedia spoof on The Onion, the Internet's parody newspaper, made me chuckle: Link - via Laughing Squid...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/18/the-onion-takes-on-wikipedia/Metrobits has a neat little photo collection of subway stations from all over the world!This one above is the central part of the platform of the Komsomolskaya station built in 1952.Moscow's metro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/18/subway-stations-from-around-the-world/Matt Thompson took this amazing photo of a Nacreous (pearl-like) clouds above Antarctica. From the website:The above photo shows metallic nacreous clouds above McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Nacreous means pear...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/18/pearl-clouds-over-antarctica/Still playing with Monopoly money? That's so, 2005. Now, you can play Monopoly with debit cards:Game makers Parker have phased out the standard multi-coloured cash in a new version.Players w...
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