BBC food writer Stefan Gates travelled to Chernobyl in Ukraine and meets with people live there and regularly eat radioactive food:It turns out that the Chernobyl "Zone of Alienation" is home to several hun...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/the-radioactive-diet/Greyhound #3 fell down in the race, took a shortcut and got in first anyway! Smart dog!Link [YouTube] - via Gorilla Mask...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/smart-dog-takes-a-shortcut-to-win-race/Tennessee inmate Philip Workman requested that his last meal be a vegetarian pizza donated to any homeless person near prison, but prison official refused (they do not donate to charity, they said)Upset after hearing the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/inmates-last-meal-request-denied-by-prison-fulfilled-by-regular-people/Here's something very cool: synchronized skating [wiki]! Apparently, it's quite a popular sports in Europe.Link [Google video]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/synchronized-skating/When its own mother abandoned it, this lucky pig found a new mother, a German Shepherd dog! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/german-shepherd-nurses-baby-pig/Here's something wonderful: old people dancing in the street to "Dance of the Knights" by Prokofiev. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks antnhec!Anton Hecht...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/blinking-ballet-old-people-dancing-in-the-street/Here's something that I wish I had while studying for the SATs: Justin Heimberg's Yo Momma vocabulary builder book, which uses the one-liner joke to teach new words!Yo momma's so emaciated, she can h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/justin-heimbergs-yo-momma-vocabulary-builder/From the website:Scientists have developed an artificial plastic blood which could act as a substitute in emergencies.Researchers at Sheffield University said their creation could be a huge advantage in war...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/scientists-developed-plastic-blood/The City Desk, a blog about life in a non-existent city, is a strangely fascinating blog by RJ White. Sample entries:As temperatures start to warm up, we would like to offer a reminder that a city ordinance passed la...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/the-city-desk-blog/Shaun at the Book Inscriptions Project wrote to us: We are trying to collect as many book inscriptions as we can from all around the world so we can put up a new one every day. Some of them are funny, some a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/book-inscriptions-project/The ashes of Star Trek actor James "Scotty" Doohan was launched into sub-orbital space. The rocket carrying his ashes (and other people's) was supposed to parachute back down gently, so the cremains can be retu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/scottys-ashes-had-trouble-beaming-down/This is Lisa Katayama from Tokyomango playing a dog walking arcade game in Japan. Lisa explains: "basically you have to walk on a treadmill while holding this white dog's leash. Walk too fast, and he'll get tired...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/virtual-dog-walking-arcade-game/"Johnny B. Goode" [wiki] is a song by Chuck Berry. Berry wrote the piece in 1955 and released it in 1958. It is a rock and roll telling of the American dream - a poor country boy becoming a star by hard work and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/live-from-tokyo-johnny-b-goode/Miss Cellania has a neat collection of 50 Quotes about mothers, right on time for Mother's Day. Here's a few gems:9. We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves. -Henry Ward Beecher*em...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/quotes-about-mothers/We've blogged about Say No to Crack's comparison between Smurfette and Paris Hilton before, but if you haven't seen it, here it is again: Have you ever noticed that Paris Hilton looks a lot like Smurfette?S...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/smurfette-and-paris-again/Here's a "Leisure Red Flower Chair," made by the Shenzhen Haosen Furniture Factory in China.Don't miss their red Eggplant chair and Bean Sprout Sofa!Link - via Smidigt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/red-flower-chair/Must have lost something in the translation! What do you think they sell there? Found at Tokyo Times - via Scribal Terror...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/sexy-cramp-store/For St. Patricks's Day, SeaWorld San Diego had a special (and cute) Irish dance, performed by Clyde the Sea Lion. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Random Good Stuff...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/sea-lion-irish-dance-for-st-patricks-day/You can't make this stuff up, folks: The Spanish newspaper Ideal Gallego reports today on one of the strangest traffic offences ever to be seen in Spain.It happened last Friday when drivers on the motorway i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/weirdest-traffic-violation-ever/"You'll shoot your eye out, kid" - that's the only thing I can think about when I saw this ad! Found at Vintage Ads - via Eduyayo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/vintage-christmas-ad-for-pellet-guns/"Trough the wind" is a 37 min video installation by Swiss artist Anina Schenker, showing her face getting pulled into all directions at a speed of 112 mph (180 km/h). Link to artist's page at likeyou.com - via vvo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/getting-a-112-mph-facelift/Currently being auctioned on eBay: 1931-59 FBI Agent Diary Collection of Meet Max H. Roder (1892-1988). A special agent who covered narcotics his entire 34 year career. The collection consists of 28 diaries, kept...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/1931-59-fbi-agent-diary-collection/Scientists discovered that the toxin of the Brazilian wandering spider can improve the sex lives of men who were bitten!Their investigation follows reports that men bitten by the Phoneutria nigriventer experienced pr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/spider-toxin-improves-sex-lives-of-men/Futurist, explorer, dreamer, and Neatorama pal Cliff Pickover has just released a new novel called The Heaven Virus:In the The Heaven Virus, technology is sufficiently advanced that we can upload our minds to a virtu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/cliff-pickovers-the-heaven-virus-book/Burkitt & Burkitt hand-placed 1 million Swarovski crystals to adorn this Mini Cooper called "American Icon" as an ad for Crystal Art. Check out some more of their amazing creations: Link - Thanks JustEl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/bejeweled-mini-cooper/Here's a neat optical illusion from Michael Bach, which illustrates the power of "motion binding" in how we perceive things.Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/motion-binding-optical-illusion/This German locomotive BBQ grill is awesome! It sold on eBay for over $12,000: Link - via smidigtDon't forget to check out Neatorama's Top 10 Coolest BBQ Grills (And Then Some)....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/locomotive-bbq-grill/Meet Masha Tyelna, a 17 year old fashion model from Ukraine, who probably has got the BIGGEST eyes in the fashion modeling world!Her profile and more pics at Face Forward: http://www.thefaceforward.com/profiled/116-masha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/the-biggest-eyes-in-fashion-modeling/Vampire was a TV series, created by Osamu Tezuka, that ran in the 60's in Japan. Below is a video clip - live footage mixed with animations - of the opening sequence for the pilot version. YouTube link - via Pink Ten...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/11/vampire-by-osamu-tezuka/
