Scientists have discovered a previously unknown type of mineral that have a composition similar to that of kryptonite, as described in the film Superman Returns. The large green crystals of kryptonite have a dev...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/kryptonite-discovered-in-serbia/The new planet is about 50 percent bigger than Earth and about five times more massive. The new “super-Earth†is called Gliese 581 C, after its star, Gliese 581, a diminutive red dwarf star located 20.5 l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/This nifty gadget automatically sews together up to five sheets of paper using only the paper itself. It's billed as the "environmentally friendly" alternative to the traditional stapler, and only costs abo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/the-staple-free-stapler/What do you get when you combine Legos, robots, and videogames? WiigoBot is a Lego NXT Wii Playing Robot that can bowl a perfect game! Push play or go to YouTube. BattleBricks has more on Wiigobot with pictures and a l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/wiigobot/The connection explained by Jesse Brown, a Canadian working in print, radio, television and film. The theories presented are pretty interesting. You can download it here....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/jews-chinese-food/I don’t know, either, but there are some suggestions in the comments at Flickr. Link -via Reddit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/what-does-this-sign-mean/This updated version of the Mah NÃ Mah NÃ {wiki} song features WoW characters trying to pronounce l33t terms. Yes, I laughed! Push play or go to YouTube. -via Fuzzytopia...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/roflmao-is-the-name-of-the-video/Skulls in Culture takes a look at how mankind has regarded and portrayed human (and non-human) skulls through the ages. Skulls do more than just protect the brain — they also stimulate the mind. Often symbol...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/skulls-in-culture/Surprise your friends: no one expects to find a banana already sliced when they open the peel! Sara Thacher posted the technique she remembered from Mr. Wizard, with illustrations. Link -via Grow-A-Brain...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/pre-sliced-bananas/Dark Roasted Blend has a collection of the World’s Strangest Vehicles, inclding this three-wheeled high heel. There’s also a stretch Mini Cooper, which strikes me as an oxymoron. Link -via the Presurfer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/worlds-strangest-vehicles/Forgeries, thefts, and outright vandalism? That's right. Art history's about to get a whole lot more interesting.1. The Vermeer ForgeriesDisciples at Emmaus, a Vermeer forgery by Han van Meegeren (1936)Every age se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/5-scandals-that-rocked-art/This Russian site has eerily beautiful artwork designed from skeletal imagery. A rough Babelfish translation: The mysterious X-rays, which penetrate into the depth of things, which luminesce their essence, reveali...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/23/skeletal-art/Rob at Cockeyed.com made these Devo hats for a Guitar Hero party, and posted step-by-step instructions. Link -via Everlasting Blort...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/23/devo-hats/The Mouse Jiggler has to be one of the strangest USB devices with a real purpose (as opposed to the Sushi USB Drives. It does exactly what the name states - when plugged in it jiggles your mouse around. Why? E...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/23/the-worlds-silliest-usb-device/An average of 81 people die by gun every day in the US. The New York Times has a graphic showing the breakdown of those deaths by age, sex, race, and cause. Link -via Exploding Aardvark...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/23/s-gun-deaths/13-year-old Morgan Pozgar of Claysburg, Pennsylvania, won the LG National Texting Championship Saturday in New York. Texting Championship? Yes, 250 contestants battled it out for the title and a $25,000 prize. In this...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/23/texting-championship/The following reprinted from Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader. Some quick stories about the origins of everyday objects. SCOTCH TAPEBelieve it or not, the sticky stuff gets its name from an eth...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/23/everyday-origins/This is a neat music video by the Montreal pop duo Numéro#. Great illustrations! There's even some 8-bit Nintendo madness in it too. Click Play or go to Link [YouTube]....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/22/chewing-gum-fraise-by-numero/For more info, the product page [Japanese] is here. Found at Tokyomango....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/22/lighter-looks-like-a-fire-extinguisher/Emerald Nuts exposes legendary entertainer Robert Goulet's shocking double-life. Click Play or to go to Link [YouTube]....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/22/robert-goulets-double-life/It takes a lot of licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, but this takes even more! Artists Mai Yamashita and Naoto Kobay created a giant candy the size of a football. They kept licking the candy day after day for...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/22/the-eternal-candy-ball/If you saw these signs on restroom doors, which one would you enter? Read carefully! -via Reddit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/22/read-carefully/If we’ve learned anything from “aliensâ€, it’s how to market to bored passengers looking out the windows of airplanes. This is from a collection of field art advertising. Link -via Reddit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/22/beyond-crop-circles/Food fun for kids! Nippon Ham has a gallery of hot dogs cut into the shapes of flowers and animals, like this little elephant. Click on each picture for instructions, in Japanese, but illustrated. Link -via Web Zen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/21/hot-dog-sculptures/Dita Asiedu at Radio Praha writes:The Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil's Bible, is the biggest book in the world. Made at the start of the 13th century in a Bohemian monastery, it was one of the country's most...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/21/the-devils-bible/Australian documentary director Trevor Graham filmed a day in the life of a homeless person in each of six cities: Sydney, New York, Delhi, Tokyo, Jakarta, and London. The resulting stories are broken into many parts (...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/21/homeless/A message from the World Wildlife Foundation to China. The text on the balloon reads: “Drive one day less and look how much carbon dioxide monoxide you’ll keep out of the air we breathe.†Link -via D...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/21/black-cloud/I found this video and song to be wonderfully strange. British pop star Lilly Allen has a song "Smile" that was apparently a hit last year. In addition to singing Smile in English, Allen has also recorded it in Simli...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/20/lilly-allens-smile-in-simlish/This looks like it should be in a 50s sci-fi movie about nuclear mutants, but no. It’s a Giant African Snail, which can grow up to 12 inches long! They are illegal in the US, due to their invasive habits. Push p...
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