You’ve probably heard of Fugu, or Pufferfish, a delicacy that may kill you if it’s not prepared by an expert. It’s not the only food that may kill you! People eat other animals and plants that contain poison, or...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/seven-deadly-delicacies/This article should come in handy for the next time you're stuck in traffic: have you ever wondered why the Audi in front of you has a logo of four interlocked rings? Did you know that the Cadillac emblem was inspired by...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/evolution-of-car-logos/Here's another cool tidbit of fact from the BBC Series Life in Cold Blood by David Attenborough: a gecko that begs a sap-sucking insect for some honeydew!The day gecko, which lives in the forests of Madagascar, has b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/gecko-begs-bug-for-dinner/I <3 this "Seamour Sheep Illuminative" lamp from Crazy Label and Metin Seven! The limited edition vinyl toy/lamp is USB-powered - maybe they'll make Marty the mole next!http://lab.mimoco.com/index.asp?PageAc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/seamour-sheep-lamp/The Interrogator is a short comedy film by The Ramsey Brothers about one man's quest to find out the identity of Batman. The final "test" is at the end ...Starring Stephen Hebert as Gilbert Harvey and John Rams...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/the-interrogator/This Squirrel vs. Penguin dueling banjos animation - complete with Boss Hog, General Lee and running pigs - is more fun than I thought it would be! I was going to ask why squirrel and penguin, but it would be completely...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/squirrel-vs-penguin-dueling-banjos/Since Carl Zimmer of The Loom began collecting science tattoos, we’ve featured several on Neatorama (here, here, and here). He’s collected so many that he moved them out of Flickr and launched a new site called Carl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/science-tattoo-blog/Luke "I sell pixel and pixel accessories" Sedgeman of Pixel Joint made these tiny but awesome icons of King of the Hill characters you can download for your desktop.There are a few more sets to choose from, suc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/king-of-the-hill-icons/The Human Marvels has a neat story about what Jean Carroll, a bearded lady and popular circus performer, did for love:As a young lady Carroll met a charming young Ohio man and quickly fell in love. The object of her...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/how-the-bearded-lady-found-love/Talk about efficiency: Kevin Felder got married to Misty Johnson right after he was sentenced for a robbery. The same judge that sentenced him officiated the wedding!It wasn't a typical wedding. For one thing, the gr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/man-sentenced-to-prison-then-married-by-same-judge/Dogs are man's best friend and this particular creature will illuminate your room. Plus, with a plastic body, it won't shed any hair and you won't have to take it out for walks.To turn the lamp on/off, all you have to do...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/dog-lamp/Here's a mash up of the famous milk shake scene in the movie There Will Be Blood with (what else?) the "Milk Shake" song by Kelis. The clip, by Leafy Bug Productions, is called There Will Be M...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/there-will-be-milkshake/Remember the good ol' scratch and sniff stickers? Well, Welch's has just taken it a step further with their new ad magazine campaign: the lickable ad.Welch's is taking out full-page print ads in People magazine this...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/welchs-lickable-ad/Iranian filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh directed a movie that some consider as Iran's answer to Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ: a life of Jesus as seen through the Islamic eyes.Lara Setrakian of ABC News inte...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/the-messiah-movie-jesus-as-seen-from-an-islamic-perspective/The commonly held belief that goldfish have short memories has been debunked by 15 year old Rory Stokes, a student at the Australian Science and Mathematics School in Adelaide. "We are told that a goldfish has a m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/beacon-experiment-busts-goldish-memory-myth/(YouTube link) I dare you to not laugh. This is a clip from the PBS series NATURE, the episode entitled "Andes: The Dragon's Back." -via Ursi’s Blog...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/flamingo-flamenco/Arthur Gugick has completed a beautifully detailed Dome of the Rock rendered in Lego. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=301206 -via Grow-A-Brain See more Lego landmarks at Gugick’s site....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/lego-dome-of-the-rock/(Vimeo link) This very pleasant animation was created by Robert Hodgin of Flight404. The music is “In an Instant” by The Flashbulb. http://www.flight404.com/blog/?p=109 -via Militant Platypus...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/magnetic-ink/One year from now, February 17, 2009, analog TV broadcasts will cease entirely in the US. The switchover to digital systems is going on now. What do you need to know to get ready? Wired has a simple overview of who will...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/17/digital-switchover-countdown/Illustration: Amanda DuffyKids are brutally honest, but society demands white lies as "lubricants" of social interaction. So at one point in their life, they began to lie. But at what age?Kang Lee at the Ontari...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/16/flattery-begins-at-four/Ken Jennings, the master of trivia whose Jeopardy! winning streak is legendary, author and mental_floss contributor, wrote one (well, two, actually) of the neatest lists on the Internet: obscure but very useful movie quo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/16/obscure-but-very-useful-movie-quotes/Hero Ha is a young Korean boy still in diaper and a big fan of The Beatles. He loves to sing along and his YouTube videos have made this "Baby Beatles" quite famous.Here's the clip that started it all: a 3-year...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/16/baby-beatle-sings-hey-jude/In the spirit of artists like Giuseppe Arcimboldo, here is a neat drawing simply titled "a monster" by Andrew Rae. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/16/monster-by-andrew-rae/Fran Vincent, a 54 year old woman from Devon, England, cracked open an egg to make a cake and found .... another egg inside of it!Fran, a factory worker from Seaton, Devon, said: "I thought it looked a bit big -...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/16/an-eggnigma-an-egg-within-an-egg/[Video Link]Acid Rain: A short film about a man who, over the phone, tries to stop his psychotic brother from going on a killing spree. Written and directed by Martin Malone. 10 minutes long. Mild language war...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/16/acid-rain/(YouTube link) Evan Jake does an impression of his dad on the phone with the cable company. -via Consumerist...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/16/customer-service-call/I Can Has Cheezburger hosted a marriage proposal on Thursday. In a series of LOLcats, Jon popped the question to Loretta. It was later updated with more LOLcat images to verify that she did, indeed, accept. Link -via G...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/16/lolcat-proposal/(Metacafe link) This is something I never thought about before, but there are many ways to count cash. People in different parts of the world use somewhat different styles. How do YOU count your cash? -via the Presu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/16/how-do-you-count-your-cash/Rosemary*'s photo sets on Flickr are superb. Her photography of flowers and leaves are so well liked that she organized them into a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/15/flickr-star-rosemary/Major Brian Dennis adopted an abused mixed-breed dog in Anbar Province, Iraq. He named the dog Nubs because his ears had been cut off. Dennis nursed Nubs back to health over four months, but then he was ordered to move h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/15/loyal-dog-finds-master-in-iraq/
