Attaining the status of Eagle Scout is a noteworthy achievement, and is often an early sign that a man is going places with his life. Do you recall which high-achievers were Eagle Scouts when they were young? That’s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/24/was-he-an-eagle-scout/Need a good excuse for why you're late to/absent from work? The Office Kid kit lets you pretend to have a child, which you can then use as an excuse for your questionable work ethic. Each kit comes with a framed pi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/24/the-office-kid-your-source-for-excuses-from-work/Photo: David King Collection, London The New York Times has a slideshow of famous faked photographs, including Abraham Lincoln's head on John Calhoun's body and Stalin's erasure of his enemies. Shown above is...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/24/a-brief-history-of-photo-fakery/Super Tremendous has a collection of ten videos that will make you giggle. There are people who sound like machinery, cartoon characters, or just plain weird when they let their hair down and laugh. Of course, "...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/24/the-10-weirdest-laughs-ever-caught-on-camera/Many folks built small bomb shelters to survive a nuclear attack during the Cold War, but others took the idea to great lengths. Good Magazine has a pictorial taken from the book Waiting for the End of the World*/e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/24/waiting-for-the-end-of-the-world/You can probably guess the number one, and maybe number two daredevils of the past and present, but have you heard about the 63-year-old woman who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel? 63-year-old Annie Edson Taylor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/24/the-top-ten-daredevils/Lucky is a turtle living in Petaluma, California. On July 31st, Lucky was attacked by what his owner Sally Pyne believes was a raccoon. A veterinarian amputated what was left of Lucky’s front legs. But Lucky can wal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/23/lucky-the-legless-turtle/(YouTube Link) 8-Bit Trip is a stop motion LEGO video tribute to classic video games. It was created by the Swedish band Rymdreglage after 1,500 hours of work. Via Boing BoingLego, stopmotion, Rymdregla...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/23/8-bit-trip/Scientists found the fossil of an ancient squid of the species Belemnotheutis antiquus at a dig near Trowbridge, England, when they reopened an archaeological site that had been abandoned for 170 years. Inside t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/23/squid-drawn-from-150-million-year-old-ink/Stefan Gatward has been wrestling with inner turmoil ever since the Birmingham city council began removing the apostrophes from the city's signs this January. Finally, his frustration was too much to bear, and Stefan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/23/punctuation-hero-or-vandalizing-grammar-nazi/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YErZjCtmEgY][YouTube - Link]Croatian rescue workers were taken by surprise when a service vehicle dispatched to assist them with a train wreck lost control and crashed in nearby th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/23/rescue-train-crashed-in-front-of-a-train-wreck/Tamarins are considered highly endangered in the wild yet they are an increasingly popular pet amongst those who wish to purchase a NHP (Non-Human Primate). Do you want to help save the Tamarins? Why not adopt one as...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/23/saving-the-tamarins-by-making-them-into-pets/Another step in the quest to create life has been made, as scientists successfully transformed one bacteria into another by replacing it's DNA with a related species'. Now, scientists are setting their sights on creating...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/23/breakthrough-means-artificial-life-could-be-here-within-months/This great Japanese video features the filming of a The Ring parody, staring an adorable celebrity chimp, Pan-Kun. The effect is not so scary, but completely hilarious. Link Via Tokyo MangoFunny, chimps, the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/ring-parody-staring-a-chimp/Someone in Australia has robbed over $10,000 worth of cucumbers in eleven separate robberies over the last three months.The latest robbery of 50 bags of pickles is the largest of the heists so far. "The issue with t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/cucumber-theif-stumps-authorities/What better way to get kids interested in biology at an early age than to make them their very own plush cell? Instructables has all the info you need to make your very own cuddly block of life. LinkToys, crafts,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/plush-cell-model/Architect Sou Fujimoto created a house inspired by the table game Jenga. It consists of cedar blocks 35 cm wide and was completed in Kumamoto, Japan in 2008. Artist's Website Link via Juxtapozjenga, Sou Fujimo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/jenga-inspired-house/Inventor James Dyson's fountain, inspired by the work of MC Escher, gives the illusion that its water flows uphill: Covering the ramp is a glass surface. Water is pumped in at the bottom, and comes out of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/james-dysons-wrong-way-fountain/When you see a town like Tightwad, Missouri, you have to wonder how that ever came about. This small town got its name from an incident in which a store owner cheated a postal worker by charging him an extra fifty...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/oddly-named-places/(YouTube link) Helen Keller and her instructor Annie Sullivan explain how Keller learned to speak in this 1930 Vitaphone newsreel. -via the Presurfer speech, deaf, blind, newsreel, Helen Keller...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/helen-keller-and-annie-sullivan/The Long Horn Miao women of Soga Village sport a traditional hairstyle that puts Marie Antoinette's 'do to shame!We watched three women show us how they made their amazing big hairdos (and I thought my hair was expan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/the-hair-village/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZqRJzE8xg][YouTube - Link]In 1963 Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad, a drawing device for architects and graphic designers. It's functions are still cutting edge today. Check...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/sketchpad-c-1963-the-ancestor-to-modern-cad-software/Frustrated with those around office who brag about how early they got up? It appears that genetics plays a role in one's sleep habits ... and that the tendency of getting up early is caused by a mutation:In 200...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/early-risers-are-mutants/David Thorne, who once paid a bill with a picture of a spider and crashed a party now gives the office manager an idea about washing coffee cups. The email trail will no doubt remind you of situations you’ve encountere...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/shannons-colour-coded-coffee-cup-cleaning-chart/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyYhdY-A_Hs][YouTube - Link]Thanks to Winkers, you no longer have to go through life with a plain, ordinary butt. Now you can turn your butt into a winking owl, or two birds snappi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/winkers-animated-jean-art-for-your-butt/This microwave safe and dishwasher safe stoneware pizza plate is divided into the first eighty-eight digits of the constant pi, should you ever desire to calculate its circumference. Link via Nerd Approvedpizza, p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/pi-plate/Sadly, this product is currently out of stock -- toilet paper always runs out at the worst possible moment. But when it's available again, it will shine a light into the darker recesses of your bathroom. Normally o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/21/glow-in-the-dark-toilet-paper/These steampunk Ghostbusters costumes are really inventive and visually interesting. Definately click on the link and take a look at all the pics because the old-styled ghosts accompanying them are also super cool....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/21/ghostbusters-steampunks/We've posted our share of artery clogging-fair foods before, including the deep-fried Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich, but now KFC's giving them all a run for their money. This heart attack-waiting-to-happen is called...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/21/kfc-introduces-delicious-deadly-sandwich/(YouTube link) A school trip to the zoo! What fun for the kids! You can make one of these automatons yourself with a kit for £8, plus £2 for postage. Link -via b3ta zoo, crocodile, automaton, kit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/21/feeding-time-at-the-zoo/
