(YouTube Link) Jonathan Wolfe makes delicate puzzle boxes out of acorns. Each one opens only when a particular area is tapped or a wire is pulled. One in the video takes the form of a Matryoshka doll with a smalle...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/acorn-puzzle-boxes/Thinking about seeing The Road, the new movie based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy? Â Take note of some of the locations they filmed in, as they utilized existing devastated areas to serve as the cataclysmic se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/volcano-blast-zone-as-apocalyptic-movie-set/Hebert's Specialty Meats can supply your Thanksgiving entree complete with alligator dressing. Order it with your turkey, duck, chicken, quail, or rabbit. From the description, it sounds delicious! Sauté onion, bel...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/alligator-dressing/How did whales manage to grow so big? And is there a limit to how big they can get? Scientists looked at the mechanics of how whales feed, especially those species that consume tiny krill. They call what they discovered...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/the-origin-of-big/I can't imagine how cold it would have to be to freeze such a large, fast flowing river and falls. These pictures were taken in 1911 before there was a dam in place, so the water would have been much higher and much fa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/four-photos-of-a-frozen-niagara-falls/A nanny goat led a herd on a break for freedom during rush hour, and German police had to stop them in order to allow traffic to move. What to do? Identify the perpetrator, and handcuff her to a fence! Hapless polic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/police-handcuff-goat/Americans know about Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, but you probably aren't familiar with all the Native Americans from the history of the early United States profiled in this slide show. Red Cloud is ranked at #8. W...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/top-ten-legendary-native-americans/Image:Fox Bart's Blackboard is an archive of every sentence that Bart Simpson has been forced to write on the blackboard in the opening sequence to The Simpsons. So far, there are six seasons loaded in this...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/bart-simpsons-blackboard-writings/W00t! It's time for our collaboration with the always intriguing What Is It? Blog. Can you guess what today's mysterious object is for?Place your guess in the comment section. The first correct guess and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/what-is-it-game-117/Photo: Erin Papacki Creating a robot capable of grasping a variety of door nobs but is light enough to fit onto a wheelchair is quite an engineering challenge. But Erin Rapacki of the University of Massachusetts at L...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/robotic-arm-opens-doors-for-wheelchair-users/James Ng wanted to surprise his girlfriend by proposing on a hot-air balloon ride when he got a surprise of his own: he dropped the ring 500 feet into the woods!James Ng was set to propose to his fiancée on a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/man-dropped-engagement-ring-from-hot-air-balloon/Photo: Kossy@FINEDAYS [Flickr] Today, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year in the United States. And if you've ever flown commercial airlines, then you've probably got a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/whats-the-worst-airline-youve-ever-flown-and-why/If you're the dainty type of cyclist who just can't go anywhere without a touch of lace, you may consider this awesome reflective lace by Elena Corchero. Link Via Craftzine Image Via Elena CorcheroFashion, Cycling...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/reflective-lace-for-cyclists/These cool sculptures are made during an annual event called Canstruction. Teams of engineers, architects and students get together to make their inspired creations using canned food. After the public exposition of t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/sculptures-made-of-cans/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl1lLze5ZpM] YouTube link. Similar in principle to the colored spirals, the shades of blue, and the famous checkershadow illusion, this video demonstrates that our brains judge...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/25/brown-diamonds-optical-illusion/Instructables has connections to instructions on how to hollow out a light bulb, cleaning the kaolin powder off and making planters and terrariums out of them! Â For the latter tip, check their comments section. Â Link.L...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/make-terrariums-planters-from-light-bulbs/If you could afford the best, which airline should you fly? First class is pretty spiffy on all of them, but some airlines take the concept of luxury to the upper limits. Take a look inside the top-tier accommodations...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/the-worlds-most-luxurious-airlines/Jared Rydelek has a rather unusual talent: he can hammer a 4-inch nail into his nose without hurting himself or even sneezing.In National Geographic's two-part special Humanly Impossible, Jared explains:When I was a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/natgeos-humanly-impossible-human-blockhead-jason-rydelek-hammers-4-inch-nail-into-his-nose/What have Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine (from Seinfeld - if you don't know that already, stop reading now. It wouldn't make sense to you) been doing over the past 11 years?Jimmy Greenfield of Chicago Now's Arts &...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/curb-your-enthusiasms-seinfeld-reunion/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY][YouTube - Link]This new muppet clip - made with 70 different muppets - takes on one of the greatest rock hits of all time; Bohemian Rhapsody. The clip stays true to th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/the-muppets-take-on-queen/Remember the digital pet game Tamagotchi? Well, Japan now has the next step in virtual relationship, a Nintedo DS video game called Love Plus where nerdy males can have their very own anime girlfriends.Lisa Katayama, Boi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/man-weds-virtual-girlfriend/A man asking for money approached two nuns in a California parking lot. When the nuns refused to give him money the man made off with sister De Leon's purse instead. This guy is on Santa's naughty list for sure. S...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/nun-robbed-in-parking-lot/Image:Alexandre Suannes From the cartography blog Strange Maps comes this Portuguese-language chart of per capita wine consumption around the world, shaped like a bundle of grapes. It was created by Brazilia...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/per-capita-wine-consumption-chart/Image: willito, screenshot by SciFiWire YouTube user willito has a video of Battlestar Galactica cake that has a shifting, glowing red eye. YouTube Link via DVICEcakes, Battlestar Galactica, Cylon...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/cylon-birthday-cake-with-functional-eye/Photo: Andrew Byrom Designer Andrew Byrom has developed a font derived from Venetian blinds opened and closed at various angles and lengths. Byrom, a native of Liverpool, UK, studied design at the Cumbria Institute o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/venetian-blind-font/Image: Olly Moss Artist Olly Moss, previously featured on Neatorama for his parody of Shepard Fairey, has created a poster summarizing the weaknesses of foes that you regularly encounter. Whether you're fighting PokÃ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/know-your-enemies-weaknesses/A mother squirrel was caught on camera protecting her baby from the jaws of a large black dog. The first image shows the dog about to start pouncing and playing with the baby as the mother looks on, but then the rest of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/mother-squirrel-saves-her-baby/Photo: Prudence Staite Food artist Prudence Staite, previously featured on Neatorama, recently recreated scenes from the movie Snow White using fourteen different types of apples to express different colors,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/snow-white-images-made-out-of-apples/[caption id="attachment_27723" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photo: Michael Johnson"][/caption] The Big Picture blog is showcasing 25 entries in this year's photography contest that National Geographic host...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/national-geographics-international-photo-contest-2009/Howard, the kitten whose front paws were amputated after an assumed encounter with farm machinery, has a home. The kitten was adopted by the family of Kyle and Bryce Billingslea, the two boys who originally found the...
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