Some people really go out of their way to do dangerous things. Take, for example, Dan "Captain Cutless" Meyer. Not only did he swallow a 30-inch long steel sword, but he did it underwater. In a tank fi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/23/underwater-sword-swallowing/Darius' recent post about the Skull Illusion Scarf got me all excited about this peculiar form of neckwear (hey, I live in California - we don't wear scarves!). Here's a strange one that I found at Twinkie Chan: a croche...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/23/dead-black-kitty-scarf/Trustnobody Slipmad Illustration by Alex TrochutAlex Trochut, a freelance graphic designer from Barcelona, Spain, is one of those artists whose work literally drip with creativity - check out his portfolio here (don't mi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/23/alex-trochuts-liquid-illustrations/In the area of Oudane, Mauritania there is a mysterious geological structure that has been speculated to be the product of either a Meteorite or a very unique leftover of an eroded Volcano. Did you know that this am...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-richat-mystery-structure/Like most of Asia, Thailand experienced exuberant economic expansion in the early to mid Nineties. Construction in Thailand's capital exploded, creating hundreds of new skyscrapers within a few short years. However...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/bangkoks-ghost-towers/George Alexander was a black child with a skin pigmentation disorder known as piebaldism. For much of his short life he was exhibited for show, described as ‘the Beautiful Spotted Negro Boy’ and â€...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-beautiful-spotted-negro-boy/Here's a picture of the dedicated mother:Police continue to look for Lakechia Woodard, 36, for driving her 12-year-old son and three friends to a house off Flat Shoals Road where they stole 14 rifles.The rif...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/mom-drove-kids-to-from-burglaries/Here's a coffee table guaranteed to be a conversation piece for you: Alien furniture, hand crafted made from used car parts, tools, and scrap metal! Link - via Born Rich, thanks Naveen!A perfect companion for yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/alien-coffee-table/"The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong." - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (106BC-43BC)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/quote-a-day-cicero-and-the-law/Here are 10 things you may not know about our favorite video game character Mario: Mario was first seen in the video game Donkey Kong, but he was called "Jumpman." He was also a carpenter then, not a plumber. Mario was...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/10-mario-fun-facts/Funny British TV quiz show Quite Interesting hosted by Stephen Fry, covered before on Neatorama here, also has a weekly column on Telegraph. Today's column, about strange animal facts, is particularly ... well,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/fun-pigeon-facts-super-vision/In 1947, Marilyn Monroe became the first Miss California Artichoke Queen in Castroville, California, the Artichoke Capital of the World!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/trivia-marilyn-monroe-artichoke-queen/Joanna Ebenstein of Morbid Anatomy told us about this fantastic find: a set of 18th century coffee set featuring a rather macabre art: anatomical illustration! Way to wake yourself up in the morning!Link (click on the pi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/anatomical-coffee-set-ca-18th-century/Australian carrot grower turned part-time drag racer Phil Lamattina survived what is one of the most spectacular drag racing crash.Disaster strikes at 500 km (310 mi.) per hour. Seen here in slow motion, Phil Lamatti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/man-survived-spectacular-310-mph-drag-racing-fireball-accident/Above is an updated picture of 'Zombie', the young Montreal gentleman previously featured here on Neatorama for his radical facial skull tattoo. The tattoo has developed to encompass his entire cranium and has crept down...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/skull-facial-tattoo-update/The Crooked House pub in England will make you stagger after only one drink... or none at all! The foundation of the building has shifted over time due to underground mining. Buttressing stopped the damage, but there i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/Watching somebody play a theramin is weird enough, now here’s a robot playing the theremin! The Thereminbot is named Lev, and his friend on percussion is a thumpbot. Here they perform Gnarls Barkley...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/theraminbot-and-thumpbot/The great thing is, when you drop these lines at your next cocktail party and people ask, "Where's that from?" you're actually going to know!1. "Rule a large country as you'd cook a small fish&...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/what-a-famous-thing-to-say-6-quotable-lines-and-how-to-use-em/For our weekly collab with VideoSift, let's take a look at the Sci-Fi Fandom Channel, a repository of cool documentaries, trailers, and scenes from famous (and not so famous) sci-fi movies:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/videosift-sci-fi-fandom-channel/It’s a GMC van meticulously converted to resemble the vehicle from the TV show The A-Team, available for hire in the UK. Equipped with two TVs, and stocked with every episode of The A-Team on D...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/the-a-team-van/It's never too early to prepare for Halloween! Aranamuerta has a tutorial on how to create "witch kitchen jars," filled with such goodies as Snake Oil, Hob Goblin Brains, and Dragon Embryos. Linkjars, witch, Hallowee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/witch-kitchen-jars/Normally I try to avoid political content in my Neatorama posts. This one, by Slate, for the Romney campaign was too good to pass up, however. You'll remember that a few months back Mitt Romney was asked why given hi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/band-of-brothers/Faces in Places is a photoblog of inanimate objects that look like faces. Since the human brain is wired to recognize faces, these are seen all over. Link -via b3ta(Image credit: Flickr user lucianf)faces in places, face...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/faces-in-places/An underwater formation off the coast of Yonaguni Jima, Japan was discovered in 1986. Scientists are divided, with some believing the “pyramid†to be part of a 5,000 year old civilization, and some believin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/japanese-atlantis/This hoodie has a New York City subway map imprinted on it... if you get lost, just follow your arm, or neck, or something. http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=3342&cat=103# -via Dump Trumpet...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/nyc-subway-map-hoodie/Let's take a little break from LOLcats and take a look at what I think is one of the strangest scenes in exploitation film history: When Cats Attack in Sweet Sugar (1973) with Phyllis Davis.Hit play or go to Link [YouTub...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/when-cats-attack-2/That's Bertie the Pipebot, a character drawn by Australian painter and comic book artist Ashley Wood. Ashley is producing a 14-inch tall version of his trademark robot, made by Bigshot Toyworks, an independent toy design...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/bertie-the-pipebot/Hell hath no cheese like tomato and chili cheese spread from Finland. Found at Barefoot Travel Blog - Thanks Stane!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/hell-cheese/Ash of Mr. PotatoMash uses modelling clay to "mash up" Mr. PotatoHead into various fantastic-looking pop culture, movie, and cartoon characters: http://www.mrpotatomash.com/ | Flickr Set - Thanks Rich B.!*/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/21/mr-potato-head-mash-up/This one is quite cool: Artist Blu made an animated movie right out of paintings done on a wall inside a room, blotting out the previous frames as the movie goes along.Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Blu's website | B...
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