However you feel about snails, they come in such a wide variety that you're sure to find at least one in this article you can enjoy! See giant snails, tiny snails, colorful snails, and snails on a plate. Also learn a b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/11/the-snail-pet-pest-or-tasty-treat/[Creative Commons licensed picture courtesy of Flickr user ChanC] Singapore is an amazing place. It is a small island stuck in-between Malaysia and Indonesia. Within many of our lifetimes it was the location of some...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/singapores-last-village/Ugly Overload normally focuses on ugly critters, but the face of this little guy won me over. He looks like he's smiling. Jumping spiders are really interesting and don't worry, they're too small to hurt you. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/adorable-jumping-spider-faces/If you're a fan of Upside Down Dogs, Muttskis or any of the other cute dog blogs that have been featured on Neatorama, you are bound to love Dogs In Outfits. As the name says, it's all dogs in outfits, that's it. And...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/dogs-in-outfits/Here's a great picture of a three-layer love fest. I almost wish there was a tiny flea on the rat just to make things even better. Best. Picture. Ever. I especially love that it wasn't staged, the photographer just h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/a-rat-on-a-cat-on-a-dog/If you've ever wanted to make your own adorable character from Little Big Planet, here's your chance to knit your own. If you're really good, you can even customize them like you do in the game. Link Via Craftzine...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/big-little-big-planet/Maybe it's just because I live in sunny Southern California and never actually see snow, but it truly fascinates me. Even if you've had your lifetime share of cold weather though, you'll still probably love these pho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/stunning-frozen-beauty/Now kids can play airport more realistically with this Playmobil security checkpoint. Comes with a free box of latex gloves. http://www.amazon.com/Playmobil-3172-Security-Check-Point/dp/B0002CYTL2/ref=cm_cr_pr_prod...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/playmobil-tsa-security-checkpoint/Popped Culture as a list of 25 strange throw pillows that you can buy, such as the pool of blood pillow above. Also available are ones made to look like the lap of a woman wearing a miniskirt (from Japan, o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/25-strange-throw-pillows/O.M.G. A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problem pulled his eyeball and then ate it! Before his trial (of which he was convicted and sentenced to death), he had pulled out an eyeball (but didn't eat it)....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/texas-inmate-pulled-out-own-eye-and-ate-it/Here's where men end up when they mess up and get their wives or girlfriends angry: the dog house. Yes, it's an advertisement, but it's funny because it's true (what man hasn't been in the dog house?)Hit play or go to Li...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/the-dog-house/Betcha didn't know that "ha-ha" is an actual word meaning a trench, basically a sunken fence to keep livestocks from coming into your backyard while preserving the uncluttered look of the landscape:... the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/ha-ha-you-ran-into-a-ha-ha/Soon to be an ex-racistAre you a racist? While most people don't view themselves as prejudiced, a surprising new study revealed that many unknowingly have racist views: The authors divided 120 non-black participants...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/you-may-be-more-racist-than-you-think/How do mosquitoes find love? Turns out, they serenade their mates! Scientists at Cornell University found out by supergluing mosquitoes on to a tiny tether and then suspending them in the air:The male mosquito's buzz...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/how-mosquitoes-find-love/Ah, art. Behold the Eco Brolly by Shiu Yuk Yuen. It's an "environmentally friendly" umbrella that turns whatever happens to be convenient at the time of rain (like a newspaper or plastic bag) into an umbrella:*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/eco-brolly/Students in California are probably cheering Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to save $1 billion to help the state's big budget deficit by shortening the school year by five days.In other news, it costs $200 milli...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/no-school-for-5-days-1-billion-savings-for-california/Jay Cowell of River Road Middle School got a fancy haircut with a star, which he said is "for God and all the stuff he made on the earth." But the school officials saw it differently, and declared the his hairc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/eight-graders-fancy-hair-cut-is-a-gang-symbol-to-school-administrators/What on (or out of) Earth could have destroyed this wind turbine in Lincolnshire, UK? In a strange incident, half a dozen residents reported mysterious glowing orbs in the sky before the turbine was wrecked. Matthew...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/glowing-orb-with-tentacles-blamed-for-destroying-wind-turbine/[YouTube - Link]When German weatherman Jörg Kachelmann was doing his live weather report, he had an unexpected guest: a cat named Lupin wandered into the studio. Without missing a beat, Jörg picked up the cat a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/the-weather-forecasting-cat/When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When a freezing winter gives you thousands of tons of snow, what's an Alpine farmer to do? Harvest the snow and sell it to ski resorts, of course!In Austria the biggest "sno...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/10/the-snow-farmer/Food art is a strange field, but I can't help but love people who not only decided to play with their food, but make a living out of it. Over at WebUrbanist, they have spotlighted a few great food artists, one specia...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/incredible-edible-art/What a cute little guy! This potato, with arms, legs, and a nose, was harvested in Huon, Tasmania, where it's summer now. http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/01/09/48825_tasmania-news.html -Thanks, Vit Peyr!*/e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/potato-man/See what happens to various foods and a variety of other materials when you microwave them for as long as it takes to destroy them. The videos are sped up, with timers to let you know how long it takes. The Ch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/micro-maniac/(Links open in a new browser window/tab) Geophysical Survey of the World of Warcraft James Wallis gave an interesting talk at Interestin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/videosift-clips-of-the-week-15/"What's the deal with nunchucks?" by Brandon BirdWe've written about Brandon Bird before on Neatorama, but it's a pleasure to run across another one of his tongue-in-cheek artwork floating on the Web. This one...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/seinfeldbruce-lee-remix-by-brandon-bird-whats-the-deal-with-nunchucks/Meet Mao Xinyu, a 38-year-old senior colonel in China's People's Liberation Army and blogger. He's not just any blogger - his blog, which is all about Chairman Mao, was voted most popular by the readers of People's Daily...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/chairman-maos-grandson-is-a-blogger/College students (why doesn't this surprise me) Cary Silverman combined two party favorites to create a new snack: alcohol-flavored popcorn.The popcorn, which doesn't actually have any alcohol content, comes in beer, pin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/pub-corn-alcohol-flavored-popcorn/TheraminTrees and his brother QualiaSoup collaborated to make this interesting animation called Instruction Manual for Life. There's an unmistakeable (truthful/heavy-handed/blasphemous? Take your pick) message in there -...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/instruction-manual-for-life/The Canadian team of Ray Zahab, Kevin Vallely and Richard Weber have completed a 680 mile journey across Antarctica to the South Pole on foot in just under 34 days. This beats the previous Antarctic speed record by five...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/record-set-in-south-pole-expedition/The Recently Deflowered Girl is a 1965 etiquette book for those awkward moments you hadn't planned for, written by Edward Gorey under the name Hyacinthe Phyppe, an expert in such matters. In each "deflowerment...
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