This bear knows how to "Get Down On It." I hope he at least finally gets that scratch taken care of for all the embarrassment he's sure to get out of it. Am I the only one that sees this being used in some kind of com...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/bear-pole-dancing/And they want more! The Chawners, who haven't worked in 11 years, explains why they want, nay, deserve more money! (Photo: Bernard Ashton/Closer)"What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the tabl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/family-too-fat-to-work-gets-22000-a-year/The staff at St. Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in the UK can't figure out why Spud the hedgehog has lost his spines. He gets a warm bath and baby oil massage every day to try and heal his skin, and vets are lo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/hedgehog-loses-spines/Meet Winifred Pristell. 70 years old. A great grandmother. And current world record holder in the sport of powerlifting. Winifred first took up the sport in her late 40's due to her struggl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/the-70-year-old-world-record-holder/(YouTube Link) Nemesis is a short film by Leonard Scarlow about an ordinary man trying to discover his hidden superpowers -- because deep down inside of himself, he knows that he was meant to be a superhero....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/nemesis/Fast food grease as art? Yep. Watch as artist Phil Hansen creates a huge replica of the Mona Lisa using nothing but grease squeezed from hamburger patties - and it only took him 10 double burgers to do it. He...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/mona-lisa-made-from-burger-grease/If you recall the Diet Coke/Mentos phenomenon, you already know Fritz Grobe and Stephen Yoltz, even if you don't know their names. They're the geniuses behind the theater company Eepybird. Geeks Are Sexy has a two-pa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/the-guys-behind-the-mentos-thing/[YouTube - Link] We all are still in mourning for Space Bat who took the ultimate ride to the Heavens and beyond by holding on to dear life to the Discovery Space Shuttle. This is a tribute to remember what the bra...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/a-tribute-to-space-bat/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI0GojnuKOg][YouTube - Link]After years of being the staple of science fiction movies and cartoons, the flying car is finally here. The team at Terrafugia Transition have des...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/finally-a-car-that-flies/Jellyfish expert Lisa Gershwin found a new species off Tasmania that has a rainbow attached! It's not bioluminescent, but shows reflected light in lovely colors. And it doesn't sting. The unnamed jelly is very fragile,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/rainbow-glow-jellyfish/Here's an appropriate way to keep from slipping in the shower -banana peels! These peels are non-skid stickers, available from Mortimer Snodgrass. http://shop.mortimersnodgrass.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&prod...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/no-slip-banana-peels/(YouTube link) The folks from Improv Everywhere staged an art gallery opening on the 23rd Street subway platform in Manhattan. They had all the trappings: an open bar (serving cider), a coat check attendant, a cello p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/subway-art-gallery-opening/If you enjoyed reading A Trip to Taipei's Shilin Night Market yesterday at Neatorama, you'll want to see part two of sculptor Joel Haas' travelogue. Red Bean Filled Hockey Pucks and Mind Control chronicles his visits to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/red-bean-filled-hockey-pucks-and-mind-control/Dan Meth produced a map of the United States featuring the places some of your favorite TV shows were set. It was inspired by his earlier map of sitcoms set in New York City. Link to US map. Link to New York map. -via...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/usa-sitcom-map/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw][YouTube - Link]Check out this awesome DIY art using sheep and LEDs. Watch as the sheep make wonderful array of geometric lines on the field in the dark. - via ze...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/19/diy-led-sheep-art/Hitchhikers in space ... wasn't there a book about that? An apparently injured bat was expected to simply fly away when the spacecraft gunned the engines before take-off but inexplicably clung to the outside of the shi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/bat-boards-discovery-stowaway-unlikely-to-have-survived/ElvisElvis, of course, loved his mama Gladys. In fact, his love for his mom may be the reason he first set foot in a recording studio - the story goes that he wanted to record a very belated birthday present for Gladys...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/six-mamas-boys/Green roofs have become about more than just sustainable architecture - they have become new, long-unused canvasses for artistic expression and creative design. This collection of green roof designs shows the poss...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/green-roofs-style-sustainable-17-sweet-designs/ILuvNUFC is prolific blogger on all kinds of odd and interesting things but his crown jewel is his photography site in which he has seemingly documented every last corner of Newcastle Upon Tyne - quite possibly the most...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/a-complete-photo-guide-to-newcastle-including-amazing-abandoned-places/An Insatiable Greed: Bonus Time! - $9.95 First they engaged in risky business practices - including insuring trillions in risky derivatives, then their meltdown helped trigger the g...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/an-insatiable-greed-bonus-time/A friend sent me this on Monday and it was a lovely way to end my day. Ahhh, the Carlton Dance. The actor, Alfonso Ribeiro, is actually a very good dancer - he was even featured in one of Michael Jackson's Pepsi co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/the-carlton-dance/Sometimes cats are hard up for cash, too! This cat begging money was spotted in one of the cities of Belarus. He stays on one place with a note that reads “need money for meat and fish, bless you”. He doesn’...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/panhandling-cat/Matt Slater, a curator at the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay, Cornwall, England and his team were puzzled at the wreck their carefully grown coral reef had become. After weeks of watching the reef fall apart, they decided...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/4-foot-worm-found-in-cornwall/This unexpected puzzle creation takes Sudoku a giant step forward: it is also very tasty, especially if you like your pizza with exactly 9 toppings arranged differently on each slice. So what’s the logic in this...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/sudoku-pizza/March is Poison Prevention Month, and it never hurts to learn a little more about what can kill you. Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss will find out how much you know about poisons. I scored only 60%, but I learne...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/poison/Last year, an archive of World War II maps was donated to the British Library Map Library. Some of these maps are now on display to the public, and they have fascinating story behind them!Waddington PLC, the printing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/world-war-ii-pows-used-escape-maps-secreted-in-monopoly-pieces/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ikH9ZRcF2Q][YouTube - Link]Whether they're on an obstacle course, drunk off fermented pumpkin or just being cute, squirrel videos will get you through a Wednesday. - via url...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/idiot-squirels-a-video-collection/History is consistently shaped by consensus, but consensus is usually formed through old-fashioned rough-and-tumble fist fights... the intellectual kind of course. Anyone who studies history quickly discovers that ide...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/the-10-biggest-intellectual-fights-of-all-time/This is one brilliant bird. He can not only play dead, but also plays sports. I'd love to see his training techniques. Link Via Metro.CO.UKparakeet, bird training, playing dead...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/parrot-plays-golf-and-basketball/This guest post is from North Carolina author and sculptor Joel Haas (featured previously at Neatorama), who is traveling in Taiwan and taking plenty of pictures. Whatever they are, a night market is NOISE and C...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/18/a-trip-to-taipeis-shilin-night-market/
