Do you know what a pluot is? It's a hybrid cross between a plum and an apricot. Sounds yummy! The pluot pictured is just one of seven hybrid or genetically modified food items detailed at WebEcoist. Link -via the Presu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/7-intriguing-genetically-modified-fruits-veggies/A recently identified portrait of William Shakespeare, if genuine, would be the only true likeness we have of The Bard. The popular face of Shakespeare that we know was taken from a woodcut by Martin Droeshout that was p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/is-this-what-shakespeare-looked-like/Urlesque blog has a tribute of the funniest scanned print ads and newspaper articles that have been floating 'round the web. They're oldies but goodies!LinkFrom the Upcoming ueue, submitted by interweber.newspapers,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/why-print-cannot-die-the-funniest-newspaper-articles/The following is a guest blog by Adam Koford, current curator (if you believe his tale) and/or creator (if you believe John Hodgman and everyone else) of the Laugh-Out-Loud Cat comic s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/the-influences-behind-the-laugh-out-loud-cats-by-adam-koford/The city of Lvov in the Ukraine is home to the world's largest crossword puzzle. Clues to the crossword are scattered around the city's major landmarks and attractions including parks, fountains, and theatres....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/worlds-largest-crossword-puzzle/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swqFA9Mvq5M][YouTube - Link]Suspending a camera from a kite is not a new idea, but Charles C. Benton, professor of architecture at UC Berkeley has "taken it to new heights.&qu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/kite-assisted-aerial-photography/Physicists Alex Snezhko and Igor Aronson at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois have made an interesting discovery. They placed nickel particles in a beaker of liquid, and applied a magnet hooked up to an alt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/nickel-particles-self-assemble-into-life-like-snakes/OK, so some of your friends (or maybe you) have flunked a grade at some point or took a little longer than you planned with college but ... 44 years? Vegetable stand or no, it is hard to imagine being so busy with work t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/man-retaking-secondary-school-exams-for-the-44th-time/Jack Hough of Smart Money weighs the pros and cons of renting versus buying a house, and concludes that renting is better. He gives 5 reasons: 1. Houses produce lousy returns, while stocks produce good ones 2. H...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/5-reasons-renting-still-beats-buying-a-house/Police officer Javid Iqbal, 38, of Bedforshire, England, doesn't just have any beard. No sir - he has what can truly called an "epic beard." Daily Mail (yes, I know how you guys feel about this newspaper, but t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/policeman-sued-his-force-over-epic-beard/It's a car, it's a boat, it's an Amphicar! Designed to operate on land and in the water, the German-made Amphicar landed on US shores between 1961 and 1967. It was the only civilian amphibious passenger car t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/10/the-amphicar/Hey Neatoramanauts, I'm testing out a new section here, kinda like Stacy's Movie Trivia -only for music. For the first one, I decided to do one of my all time favorite musicians, Iggy Pop, but I'd love some suggestions f...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/music-tidbits-iggy-pop/Hello Neatoramanauts! Just a real quick update:Mystery Sale - the warehouse started shipping out the orders last Friday. We will ship every day (it may take us a week or so) till all the orders go out. I...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/neatorama-update-3909/Neatorama reader Nick Schwartz sent us this intriguing account of an "angel" captured on a webcam from a scuba club in Cozumel, Mexico:"One of my bookmarks is a scuba club in Cozumel - which I have nev...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/webcam-angel-in-a-cozumel-scuba-club/Just the other day, I thought about how neato my basement would look with a laboratory set up like Dr. Frankenstein, with beakers and burners and electrical gadgets. Now Wired has a how-to video on just that! They d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/your-basement-chemistry-lab/The first quiz about fictional bands was so popular, part two is up today as the Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. How well do you know bands that weren't really bands from movies and TV? I scored 33% despite not knowing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/im-with-the-fictional-band-2/The entire city council loses it and cannot conduct business when some kid uses a fart machine. There's no indication of what city it is, but they moved to recess in order to regain composure. LinkFart, fart machine, cit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/fart-machine-in-a-public-meeting/You thought a boy named Sue would have to grow up strong and tough? Try overcoming life's obstacles as a girl named Marijuana Pepsi Jackson! Ms. Sawyer (her married name) is a schoolteacher who had parents with a sense o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/marijuana-pepsi-jackson/Pink Tentacle has a roundup of the different types of mummies found in Japan. There are the monks who mummified themselves in order to attain Nirvana, mermaid mummies made from parts of different animals, and supernatu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/09/monster-mummies-of-japan/One of my favourite blogs "Smashing Magazine" has a fascinating post filled with awesome video clips all about amazing art presented through video. When an artist wants to show off their portfolio some of them go about...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/08/20-beautiful-video-motion-pieces/The breed that normally rescues people in cold weather had to be rescued at the Peter Yegen Jr. Golf Club in Billings, Montana. A 16-month-old St. Bernard named Duke had fallen through the ice on a pond, climbed out, and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/08/st-bernard-frozen-in-place/(YouTube link) This tells the entire story of Forrest Gump in a most efficient way! (via Buzzfeed) Forrest Gump...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/08/forrest-gump-in-one-minute/Circuit City is slowly going out of business and liquidating store inventories. Employees at an undisclosed location had fun filling out a chart of store discounts. After all, what's the worst that could happen -maybe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/08/circuit-city-discounts/These grass lined railways in Europe are not only aesthetically pleasing, but help cut down on pollution and heat.LinkFrom the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Geekazoid.grass, railway...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/08/europes-grass-lined-green-railways/This is real, construction-grade concrete. It is not totally transparent, but the optical fibers embedded within it allow the concrete to transmit sufficient light to allow for some interesting (and useful) applications....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/08/light-transmitting-see-through-concrete/I don't know about you, but when I'm jonesing for something sugary at work around 3 p.m. (that's usually about when I hit my wall), the last thing I'm thinking about as I'm jamming my quarte...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/08/candy-named-for-real-people/An unidentified man was rescued from a waste tank under a rest stop bathroom on Highway 30 near Filer, Idaho on Thursday. He had climbed into the tank to look for his keys. Another driver found him and called emergency s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/08/man-rescued-from-latrine/This video is really cute. Make sure you watch the whole thing and don't forget to turn the sound up loud enough to hear the conversation. If only this little guy really came out to welcome me to Canada, I would be the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/07/beaver-welcomes-you-to-canada/I have to admit, the first time I saw Step Brothers, my reaction was this: "Eh...." But like all Will Ferrell movies, Step Brothers eventually wormed its way into my brain and now I love it. I felt the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/07/movie-trivia-step-brothers/These cuckoo clocks by artist Nathan Skiles are created with cardboard and rubber. They may be a good option for people with walls too weak to hold up heavy wooden & metal cuckoo clocks. Link Via CraftzineArt,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/07/rubber-cardboard-cuckoo-clock/
