Photo by Senor McGuireNeatorama reader Britt Savage (who's quite an excellent singer, you can check out her tracks at her MySpace page) sent us some pics of her first fashion creation: a dress made out of IRS tax forms!B...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/tax-form-dress/Who says that boys should have all the fun peeing standing up? Here's P-mate, a "urinating device" that allows women to pee just like the guys! From the directions of use:- Simply pop open the P-Mate and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/p-mate-lets-women-pee-like-men/Back in the days, printers are big. Really big. The News in Print has a nifty post about 6 of the biggest old school printers ever made. This one above is the Xerox 9700:The Xerox 9700 is largely recognised...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/massive-old-school-printers/Honestly, I’ve had a crush on Bob Ross ever since I was a little girl. It was something in the way he stroked the canvas and talked in that ever soothing voice about happy little trees and clouds. He mesmerized me...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/bob-ross-o-rama-the-joy-of-painting-on-yubbycom/A 44-year-old Japanese monk named Genshin Fujinami has just completed what probably is the most grueling race in history: a 7-year 24,800 mile (~40,000 km) journey - an equivalent of a trip around the world!Since 188...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/japans-marathon-monk/Billboard advertisements. Holding signs on busy street. Making online videos. These are just some of the unconventional methods used by job seekers in these trying economic times. Now, add cosmetic s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/plastic-surgery-for-job-seekers/Researchers in the Tai National Park in West Africa found that in a study of 262 chimpanzees, male chimpanzees favored giving food to females that were in heat and ready to mate:Gomes and co-author Christophe Boesch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/lady-chimps-will-mate-for-meat/Duckweed spreads like wildfire to cover ponds. Jay Cheng, a biological engineer at North Carolina State University says this tiny aquatic plant could be a way to clean up industrial farm waste AND provide fuel for our ve...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/tiny-flower-turns-pig-poop-into-fuel/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APViUODDhT0][YouTube - Link]Stunning footage from a small camera strapped to a hawk in flight. The swooping dive at the end is mind boggling!From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/hawks-eye-view/No shots fired, no score, no colors. BallDroppings is just a fun little physics-based music game. Draw lines to catch the bouncing balls and enjoy the music they make. Bonus -no inertia! Link -via Buzzfeed physics gam...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/balldroppings/Flickr user On The Set has created some of the most beloved sitcom shows in scale model form. Some haven't been worked on in several years but are being brought out of storage to be completed. For fun, try and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/on-the-set-sitcom-sets-in-miniature/(YouTube link) Who will win the office race -the digital camera, the mouse, the PDA, the remote control, the cell phone, or another hand held gadget? This is another of those creative Samsung ads that go viral about o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/gadget-grand-prix/After having solved all of the world's problems like cancer and global warming, scientists turn their attention to the vexing problem of why the top of your shoes get soaked when walking on a wet pavement: The team u...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/why-the-top-of-your-shoes-get-soaked-when-walking-on-a-wet-floor/Jeremy Barker at Popped Culture has compiled 101 satirical versions of da Vinci's The Last Supper, covering everything from Popeye to Mario Brothers to Gordon Ramsay. LinkThe Last Supper...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/101-last-suppers/Our collaboration with the What is it? Blog brings us this strange (and gruesome-looking) object. Do you know what it is for? Does it have anything to do with vampires?Place your guess in the comment sec...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/what-is-it-game-95/Ana Rodarte was born with neurofibromatosis, which caused tumors to cover half her face. She was in her twenties when a team of doctors led by plastic surgeon Munish Batra performed a series of operations that transforme...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/anas-story/Darwining oneself isn't limited to toothless rednecks who want you to hold their beer so you can watch this... plenty of smart, talented people have met their end in incredibly dumb ways as well. Here's 10 of them, in al...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/09/10-smart-people-that-died-in-really-stupid-ways/Since the beginning of modern science we have been solving the great mysteries around us. Because of recent advances in science and technology we now have the ability to unravel some unknowns like never before. *e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/08/10-recent-scientifically-solved-mysteries/National Geographic is running a photo contest called Peeps in Places. Just take a picture of one or more marshmallow Peeps posing in some travel destination, add them to the Filckr pool, and tag them as "NGTpeeps." Du...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/08/peeps-in-places-photo-contest/David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth attended art school together in Providence, Rhode Island. It was there that the three formed their first music group called “The Artistics” in 1974. This first band fell...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/08/music-tidbits-talking-heads/Well, the market has fallen out from under everyone but it is still nice to dream, right? And who knows, with housing prices plummeting maybe you too will be able to afford one of these awesomely luxurious modern house d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/08/10-uncanny-ultramodern-houses-you-wish-you-could-afford/Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss challenges you to remember the unusual way some celebrities spell their names. It's the first of a series of quizzes, today featuring female TV stars. In this edition of Spel...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/08/spellbound/(YouTube link) From Think Family, a campaign from the National Family Council in Singapore. http://www.thinkfamily.sg/web/general/homepage.asp -via Viral Video Chart psa, funeral, family, eulogy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/08/funeral/Who knew there were so many kinds of lobsters in the world? See 19 different species in this post at Bukisa. Shown is a blind furry lobster. Blind or not, I couldn't eat something that looks at me that way! Link -via t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/08/unique-and-weird-lobsters/Retired arson investigator and state trooper Ken Borders has opened a doughnut shop in Kentucky and named it Police Doughnuts. "Being in police work for 32 years, it's been a standing joke that cops and doughnuts, t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/07/police-doughnuts/Sure there are kids that don't take the science fair seriously and end up feeding Mountain Dew to a plant for 30 days to see what happens (yay science!), but there are also kids that go well above and beyond. Here are 10...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/07/10-amazing-winning-science-fair-projects/This motorcycle helmet is DOT certified, available in several styles, for only $99. For those times your really want to strike fear into the hearts of all who see you. http://cnj.craigslist.org/mcy/1103192203.html -via...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/07/monster-motorcycle-helmets/Ah, Heathers. As a dark humor lover and a girl who totally resents her high school experience, I think this movie is fantastic. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think the trivia is pretty interesti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/07/movie-trivia-heathers-whats-your-damage/(YouTube link) This little guy looks like a Furby come to life! A commenter at YouTube identified this as the Spot-bellied Eagle Owl {wiki} which is native to southeast Asia. -via Arbroath owl, spotbellied eagle o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/07/cute-or-creepy/The following is reprinted from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into History Again Smithsonian Castle in Washington Mall, in HDR by jculverhouse [Flickr] You haven't experienced American history...
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