The elaborately-structured glass item on the right is a nineteenth-century fly catcher: The fly catchers were used in the sickroom. They were baited with sugar and water, which was placed in the ring near the base....
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/only-one-of-these-catches-flies/Holden Caulfied, the Boy Wonder of Gotham City, has a lot of growing up to do. And it doesn't look that Batman is going to help him much. Read the whole piece at Andrew Makes Comics. Link via Atomic Ner...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/the-catcher-in-the-rye-starring-robin/Illustration: Kenji Aoki / The New York Times; Prop Stylist: Nell Tivnan. Source: UI.S.D.A. 2009 Estimates How much do we love sugar? The amount may surprise you - the average Ameri...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/is-sugar-toxic/Taco shell made from Dorito chips? What can be more awesome? According to reports by Slashfood and Food Beast, Taco Bell is experimenting with Nacho Cheese Doritos Taco Shell.What do you think? Will you eat it? LinkTaco...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/taco-bells-doritos-chip-taco-shell/Czech President Václav Klaus really, really liked a pen put in front of him during his official visit to Chile. Check out his smooooth moves in palming the pen. No one will notice ... : Hit play or go to Link [You...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/did-czech-president-steal-a-pen/Farnsworth House, a one room weekend retreat built by architect Mies Van Der Rohe, is the is the ninth release in the LEGO Architecture series. The kit contains contains 546 bricks, building instructions and ex...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/lego-farnsworth-house/My Kid's Personal ATM - $9.95 This Mother's Day show Mom how much you care by buying her a T-shirt from the NeatoShop. We know she will love the My Kid's Personal ATM T-shirt. In fact, we think she will be so touch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/my-kids-personal-atm/I don't know about you guys, but I have a soft spot for seriously strange and seriously niche blogs. Paula Deen Riding Things is one of those blogs.The name says it all. The entire site consists of images of Paula De...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/paula-deen-riding-things/When you order a pizza online, a lot of the places have a text area for you to include any special instructions you might have, like extra sauce or a code to get in to your apartment complex. When the blogger who wri...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/dominos-artists-go-above-and-beyond/Terrarium (or technically, vivarium) is a neat glass enclosure for plants but for some, they're too ... boxy. Well, never fear! Here are some geometric terrariums for the boxophobics: Linkterrarium...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/geometric-terrariums/Someone wasn't using his braaaaaiiiinss here: a billboard advertising the zombie series Walking Dead was put right beside a funeral parlor in Consett, County Durham, England. The ad has since been removed, but the infamy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/the-ultimate-in-bad-product-placement-walking-dead-billboard-next-to-a-funeral-parlor/It seems like every day we're reminded how American kids are falling behind in science and math (we're ranked 24 out of 34 countries that participated in the Organization for Economic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/the-finnish-not-so-secret-weapon-for-top-notch-schools-better-teachers/An apple a day keeps the doctor away, and now, science has proven the age-old saying to be true, at least for post-menopausal women:In a study of 160 women who ate either dried apples or prunes daily for one year, th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/scientifically-proven-an-apple-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away/The ad for J. Crew features a mother and child having a good time painting her child's toenails hot pink. That may sound like a plain ho-hum ad, but the ad sparked a huge controversy in the bl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/j-crew-ad-is-it-bad-to-paint-a-boys-toenails-pink/Graham Short managed to engrave three words on the edge of a razor blade. You can only see it at 400x magnification (or by going to the link to see a larger picture). The 64-year-old Short, who admits he is obsessed with...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/worlds-smallest-engraving/(YouTube Link) The YoGPoD Podcast guys speculate about how the Teletubbies watch television. -via Buzzfeed TV, animation, Teletubbies...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/navel-gazing/Oh, nothing special, just a duck walking through Beijing showing off its shoes. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/8445313/Pictures-of-the-day-12-April-2011.html?image=5 -via Buzzfeed...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/duck-walk/Rabbit Feet - $17.95 Are you still looking for the perfect Easter gift for your favorite 18-months to 3-year-old? Well, look no further! You need the adorable Rabbit Feet slippers from the NeatoShop! The Rabbit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/rabbit-feet/Doug Forbis is in a graduate education program and has done some student teaching. He aspires to be a physical education teacher for children with special needs. Forbis believe he can offer encouragement because he's an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/man-without-legs-to-be-p-e-teacher/(YouTube link) Sheriff's deputies in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma noticed damaged wiring in their cruisers for weeks before finding out who the perpetrator is. Spokesman Mark Myer said the culprit is a squirrel who app...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/squirrel-wanted-for-vandalizing-police-cars/Brabant is a province of Belgium. The Brabant Chronicle is a 14th-century manuscript by Jan Van Boendale. The chronicle was published in several updated versions and covers events of the area from around the year 600...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/the-brabant-chronicle/Jonathon Keats is opening a restaurant in San Francisco, Sacramento but it doesn't serve food. It doesn't even serve humans. The Photosynthetic Restaurant caters to plants! He filters sunlight in various combinations to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/the-photosynthetic-restaurant/(Slate video link) Now you know what medical doctors do during slow shifts. Dr. Denton is apparently a "practicing" physician! -via the Presurfer trick, doctor, aim...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/trick-shot-doc/If you are famous, people are always trying to get something out of you. From Frank Stallone to Jim Belushi, we’ve seen how even your own family will try to ride your coattails. Here are some of the infamous and al...
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