ThunderCats was a cartoon series that debuted in 1985. How well do you remember them? Jason at mental_floss photographed his old action figures for Today's Lunchtime Quiz. Can you name the ThunderCat represented by eac...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/name-that-thundercat/Mathias learns about women, in this beautiful 2006 short film by Rasmus Heise. Contains some brief nudity. http://rasmusheise.dk/LM/ -Thanks, PAgent!short film...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/little-man/Koalas in the wild will normally have nothing to do with humans. The devastating fires in Australia are an extraordinary situation, which drove a little female koala named Sam to seek help from a firefighter. A picture t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/sam-gets-a-drink/A remote control for your cat? Good luck with that! Notice the fine print says "No batteries required. Powered by positive thinking." Only $6.99 when they get more in at Think Geek. Link -via the Presurfer Cat, remo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/cat-remote/Stephanie Carpluk of Easthampton, Massachusetts was at work at the Golden Nozzle car wash Sunday when her scarf became entangled in the spinning machinery. She lost consciousness as the scarf tightened around her neck. J...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/saved-from-a-car-wash/Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) is a system that has been used at the University of West Virginia in Morgantown for over 30 years (it was invented by a professor there), and now a super-duper version of it is bein...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/pod-cars-over-abu-dhabi/What do you do when you have 5 kilos of Haribo Gummi bears? Form battalions and march them off to war, of course!"Total army: 432. Time spent: 2.5 hours. Casualties: 23 brave soldiers were eaten after they w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/attack-of-the-gummi-bears/This is quite possibly the most ridiculous picture I've seen of a dog all day -and I see a lot of crazy dog pics. Seriously, he looks like he's ready to join a 1960's all-girl singing group. More pictures behind the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/what-happens-when-a-dog-joins-the-b52s/I adore this steampunk wedding cake, it's so classy, yet it looks so delicious. I'd love to see the outfits worn at a wedding with a cake like this too. Link Via BoingBoingFood, steampunk, cakes, wedding cakes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/steampunk-wedding-cake/If an inspiration poster is good, then three of them would be much better, right? That's the idea behind The Inspiratomatic, which "remixes" a new motivational poster every time you hit the "Inspire Me" button. The r...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/the-inspiratomatic/Meet Ramir, a 6-week-old Indian rhinoceros born at the San Diego Zoo. His mother wasn't producing enough milk and was neglecting little Ramir, and then he developed hypothermia during a cold spell, so zookeepers ar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/milk-it-does-a-baby-rhino-good/[YouTube - Link] Based on the short story The Open Window by Saki (H. H. Munro). A twelve minute film that I think some of you will enjoy. A young nervous man from the city goes to the country to rest but...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/11/the-open-doors/'Scientists' have developed the worst song ever based on an online poll conducted in the 90's ... I'm listening to it now and I'm about to cry, It's musically constructed well but contains alot of things that make music...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/worst-song-ever/Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Darwin's Origin of Species with these 10 illustrated butcherings of its iconic cover art, from the evolution of Lego man to the devolution of alternative rockers.LinkFrom the Upcoming...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/10-illustrated-theories-of-evoution/The geographic cone snail is nicknamed the "cigarette" because if you're stung by one of these, you have about enough time to smoke one cigarette before you die. It's an exaggeration: there have only been...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/beware-the-cigarette-snail/I work in the darkest, dingiest office building known to man. It's like any light is sucked into the beige fabric-covered cube walls... not the best environment for creativity. Needless to say, I'm quite intrigued by t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/ikea-hacked-cubicle/Klingon Nightschool (Video Link) A short film celebrating the wonderful gifts that (Klingon) teachers give to their students, and all of society as well. Directed by Gord McWatters, RT: 1 minute, 37 seconds. Via Topl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/klingon-night-school/Here's a tutorial that shows you how to infuse vodka with Skittles. There are a number of tutorials about this on the net, but this particular one is pretty detailed about the process (including mistakes the author made...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/skittles-vodka-tutorial/Psst, parents: are you sick and tired of your whiny baby? Want to raise a tough kid that will take on real life and beat it so bad that it screams uncle? Here's the Neatorama guide on how...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/neatoramas-guide-on-how-to-raise-a-tough-kid/Alan Taylor's The Big Picture blog at Boston Globe has another amazing post: this time, the Brushfire in Victoria, Australia: The state of Victoria in southern Australia has recently been hit with hundreds of bush fi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/amazing-photos-of-the-australian-brushfire/Tired of your puny carrot in the produce aisle in your local grocery store? Tokyobling blog ran across this carrot shown above at a supermarket in Tokyo. Apparently, it's a breed called...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/worlds-longest-carrot/OK, enough about carrots - how about sausages? Here's the world's longest sausage: a 1,286 ft (392 m) long smoked sausage from Bucharest!Bucharest attempted a new world record Saturday with a 392-metre (1,286-foot) s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/worlds-longest-sausage/In the Great Upcoming Queue Revolt of 2009, Neatorama reader Shon commented how Neatorama takes a long time to load. This was quite surprising to me, since we spent a lot of time, money, and effort to make Neatorama's fr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/make-neatorama-zippy-use-firefox/Here's what designer Lawrence Yang envisions whenever he sees the new Pepsi ads. This could also double as your template for really easy ad remix art if they start putting these up in the subways or bus stops around to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/pepsi-logo-a-response/In 1970, consumer electronics maker Sanyo wanted to improve your daily ablutions. It came up with this: the Ultrasonic Bath AKA the Human Washing Machine.Pink Tentacle has more (including a video clip of the contraption...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/the-human-washing-machine-2/From De Arte Athletica by Paul Hector Mair (c. 1500) at the Bavarian State Library Just because they wear colorful, puffy pants, it didn't mean that these medieval martial artists weren't deadly. Paul Hector Mair documen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/medieval-martial-arts-lethal-puffy-pants/LiveJournal user Monstro-Draw! nicely sums up what activities may go on the bed of a sad, lonely man with a cat. Behold, the Sad Man's Kama Sutra! (Catma Sutra?)Link - via Accordion GuyCat, kama sutra...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/sad-mans-kama-sutra/The Perplexikon, a blog dedicated to documenting the ortographic and linguistic phenomenon of intentional misspellings in brands, trademarks and companies, found this doozie of a school: the Kresmont Kiddie Kollege or .....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/the-kresmont-kiddie-kollege-aka-the-kkk/This is a surreal and gruesome yet fascinating sight: a massive fire engulfing the newly built 40-story Mandarin Oriental hotel in the CCTV Complex in Beijing. You can watch the top of the building exploding as fire cons...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/10/chinese-highrise-engulfed-in-flames/Why do fries (or chips, as themre Brits call 'em) smell so good? A crack science team from Leeds University spared no expenses to find out the secret:The research, which was carried out for National Chip Week 2009, w...
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