ProTraveller looks at 17 theaters and auditoriums that survive from ancient times. It's hard to believe that some of these theatres are close to 3,000 years old, and it's amazing that they're even still standing....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/08/ancient-theaters/(YouTube link) Take a three minute break and enjoy some scenes from planet Earth. Music by composer Jo Blankenburg. -via Viral Video Chart...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/08/planet-earth-2/This sign confuses me. Does it confuse you? Submitted to ilovebacon.com. http://www.ilovebacon.com/050808/h.shtml -via Geek Like Me...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/08/can-i-park-here/Esquire’s list of things every man should master contains some good advice, and some surprises. 11. Swim three different strokes. Doggie paddle doesn't count. 14. Chop down a tree. Know your escape path. When...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/08/the-75-skills-every-man-should-master/French fries? No, this is candy! The fries are made of marshmallow, and the “ketchup” is strawberry sauce. I don’t think I could handle the cognitive dissonance of trying them out. Link -via Unique Daily...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/08/mallow-fries/If you're looking for a new job, here's a tip: have a firm handshake.In a new study, scientists put 98 students through mock job interviews with businesspeople. The students also met with trained handshake raters who...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/secret-to-getting-the-job-a-firm-handshake/Here's the third and final Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt question you've been waiting for: How many LEDs are featured in the Pimp Star Performer watch design?Got all three answers? Then string 'em together (a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/tokyoflash-treasure-hunt-1-question-3-final/Photo: Proggie [Flickr]Got a big bottom? Well, take heart, as scientists found something good about that: it protects you from diabetes!A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer som...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/the-benefits-of-big-bottom/Neatorama pal Dan Piraro is auctioning off original Bizarro comic arts on Heritage Auction Galleries. If you love Bizarro, this is the perfect opportunity to own your very own original comic strip: Link - Thanks Dan!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/bizarro-comic-auction/Automobile makers usually try to find the best way to build a car, but Mazda had the unenviable task of finding the best way to destroy over 4,700 brand new cars:It all started about two years ago, when a ship carryi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/mazda-destroyed-4703-brand-new-cars-after-cargo-ship-accident/Now this is a time-lapse video! Andrew Curtis stitched over 2600 photos he took in the Cinco De Mayo Carnival in Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon to make this neat video:Shooting 1 second exposures every 2 secondsA...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/waterfront-park-time-lapse-video/Photo: Travispastrana.com Oh, to be Travis Pastrana: bored by motocross/supercross, freestyle motoX, rally racing, doing a double backflip and jumping out of a plane without...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/hydrojump-by-travis-pastrana/Photo: Brian Klaus Cigarette smoking may be bad for your health, but it's great for the wildlife! Brian Klaus of Nothing Else Better To Do Than Read This Blog wrote:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/cigarette-smoking-is-good-for-birds/Dancing condoms! [eBaums]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/bollywood-safe-sex-psa/I spend a lot of time lurking at Craftster because there's always tons of cool projects to check out and get inspiration from. But every now and then I see something that just absolutely blows my mind. Like this embroid...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/quick-fix-for-calvin-and-hobbes-fans/(YouTube link) This beats laying on the bed to get them zipped up anytime! -via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/how-to-put-your-jeans-on/Here's a funny site where the heads of fathers are photoshopped in their kid's place. Link: manbabiesFunny, Photoshop...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/manbabies/He may look like a panther, but he’s all jaguar. A rare black jaguar cub was born a couple of months ago at the Huachipa zoo in Lima. The unnamed youngster is the third of this endangered species to be born in capitivi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/baby-black-jaguar/Legoland Windsor in Berkshire, England has the world’s largest Lego tower ever! The tower, shaped like a Viking longboat, was completed just a couple of days ago with the help of park visitors. Children built 20 cm se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/07/world-record-lego-tower/Dr. Arthur Dunec, a dentist in Toronto, Canada, has a sense of humor: his office has the sign "Sorry We're Open" to welcome his patients!Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/a-dentist-with-a-sense-of-humor-sorry-were-open/It's easy to stay warm while lying down on the Cozy Chair by Sabine Müller and Andreas Quednau of SMAQ design group: the chair doubles as a radiator!The chair saves energy by heating only what needs to be heated: yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/cozy-chair-part-chair-part-radiator/"I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity." - Robert G. Ingersoll, American political leader and orator...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/quote-ingersoll-on-hope/After decades of US investments in China, it seems that the pendulum is swinging back. Today, many Chinese firms are pleasantly surprised to find that land, energy, and operating costs are actually cheaper in th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/chinese-companies-are-finding-us-to-be-a-bargain/What do you get when you combine sheet music with a roller coaster? This neat award-winning ad from the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, by Euro RSCG Zurich. Looks like the ad people played RollerCoaster Tycoon!Hit play or go t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/roller-coaster-sheet-music-zurich-chamber-orchestra-ad/Animal Index is a cute set of book dividers (also works for magazine and CDs) by Hiroshi Sasagawa, made to look like animal silhouettes.They look like something you can make yourself as a fun weekend project with the kid...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/animal-index-book-divider/Quick: what image comes to mind when I say "Oreo"? The sweet round cookie with a creamy center that you dunk in milk?Apparently, that's not the image that comes to mind in China: The iconic cookie is a long, th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/oreo-in-china-not-round-not-sweet/Undecimber is the thirteenth month of the year, according to the computer language Java.It's not a joke: the logic is that lunar calendars sometime have 13th month (for example, in the Hebrew calendar, 7 years out of eve...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/trivia-the-13th-month-of-the-year/From On Gold Mountain: Sculptures from the Sierra by Zhan Wang Artist Zhan Wang created the cityscape of San Francisco using stainless steel pots and pans and silverware!His work is now on display at the Asian A...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/san-francisco-cityscape-sculpted-from-stainless-steel-cookware/Craftster user Theperilouspopsicle decided to make her own prom dress out of ... Skittles candy wrappers! stats:15 hours101 skittle wrappers.a very cool thing about this project is that i posted ads on craig...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/skittles-wrapper-prom-dress/Californians who converted their cars to run on vegetable oil pride themselves for saving gas money, as well as promoting alternative or "greener" fuels. Unfortunately, they are also learning that no good deeds...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/06/california-veggie-oil-powered-grease-car-owners-are-scofflaws/
