No, that's not a new planet discovered by NASA. Rather, it's part of Devour, a series of photographs featuring the bottoms of frying pans by Norwegian photographer Christopher Jonassen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/frying-pan-planets/Given the low birth rates of some countries (I'm looking at you, Hong Kong* and Singapore), it's only a matter of time before they simply depopulate themselves out of existence. But ho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/when-countries-go-extinct-thanks-to-low-birth-rates/We've featured a lot of burnt toast art here on Neatorama, and more than a few posts about The Beatles--but now the twain shall meet, in mixed media artist Henry Hargreaves' series, Toasted, large-scale port...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/a-toast-to-the-beatles/An Illinois appellate court dismissed a case that two grown children have pursued against their mother for two years. The lawsuit accused Kimberly Garrity of bad mothering for a long list of complaints, including making...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/bad-mothering-lawsuit-thrown-out/Joseph Tame has only been an Apple product-owner for five years (since he purchased a 5th gen iPod Classic) but he's happily professed his love of the company's tech since. Tame claims that "[h]aving an iPhone really...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/the-21km-tribute-to-steve-jobs/Superhero Bust Banks - $15.95 Saving your pennies is hard work. Don't trust your coins to just any piggy bank. You need a Superhero Bust Bank from the NeatoShop to protect your loose change. These banks mean business....
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/superhero-bust-banks/I don't know about you, but I'm a sucker for touching animal stories and this National Geographic article about the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust an elephant orphanage in Nairobi. The stories in the article are a must-r...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/nairobis-wonderful-elephent-orphanage/If you've been looking for some paper dolls to play with that are actually designed for adults instead of kiddos, then BuzzFeed has a great collection of them for your paper-playing pleasure. Time to get printing!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/15-awesome-pop-culture-paper-dolls/I know school's about to start (if it hasn't already), but just in case you want to provide them with a few last educational activities at home, this geode egg project is a good way to get them interested in the scie...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/make-your-own-crystal-egg-geodes/We've already linked to Mental Floss' list of weird college courses, but if you can't get enough of these strange course listings, then you probably ought to head over to Cracked and read about six more of these clas...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/6-seriously-strange-college-courses/The Little Hen Rescue is a chicken rescue group in Norfolk, England. Because many of their chicks are missing feathers and get cold in the winter months, the group uses jumpers to help keep the birds nice and warm. Y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/28/help-cold-chickens-cover-up/If you have ever seen Adventure Time on Cartoon Network, then you are already familiar with Oliver's surreal and quirky cartoon style. If you love cartoons but have never seen Adventure Time then you're missing out o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/oliver-akuins-art-is-a-cartoon-delight/(YouTube link) Cubies are German 8-bit characters: a cow, a chicken, a sheep, and a robot "toy." In this silly but catchy video, they sing about going to Oktoberfest. -via Daily Picks and FlicksMusic, Beer, animatio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/cubies-go-to-oktoberfest/If you like octopuses and squids, you'll love this collection of marine lithographs from the collection "I Cefalopodi!" at the the Biodiversity Heritage Library on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution. See nine piec...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/neapolitan-cephalopods/A Webshots user who goes by the name gothamtradingcompany makes high-quality tables with popular themes. He's made a few Batman tables, one featuring the Scottish lion, and several with the logos of American sports t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/batman-coffee-table/Etsy seller Love & A Sandwich is currently sold out of these cute works of embroidery and appliqué, but she still has available a hoop featuring Beast from the X-Men. Still, I have my heart set on the Fuzzball hoop....
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/star-wars-embroidery-says-sad-wampa-is-sad/It goes without saying that smoking is bad for you, but as it turns out, when you smoke can affect just how much of a health impact a cigarette could have on your body. Two new studies have shown that smokers who light u...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/science-says-smoke-later-if-you-smoke-at-all/If you're a regular Simpsons viewer, then you already know that the show occasionally features some utterly disgusting foodstuffs. If you've ever wondered how to make a Tom Collins pot pie or some corn nog, then Warming...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/recreating-recipes-from-the-simpsons/I'm sure we can all agree that it's important to keep kids safe from the big dangers of this world, but there is certainly a line between safety and stupidity and many schools these days have jumped right over that b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/the-stupidest-school-safety-measures/I know Halloween is still two months away, but it's never too early to enjoy some ridiculously cute pictures of critters in goofy costumes. InventorSpot has a great list of the best costumes released this year, but I...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/the-14-best-pet-halloween-costumes/If you're a regular Neatorama reader, then you probably already know that Nikola Tesla was certainly a bit strange, but when you really look at his eccentricities, you'll quickly realize that he really was utterly in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/7-geniuses-who-were-completely-insane/A bioluminescent mushroom was discovered in Brazil in 1840 and named Agaricus gardneri (in honor of botanist George Gardner, who discovered it). The species was not observed again until 2009! I read that and tho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/rediscovered-bioluminescent-fungus/No one's worse at living a normal life than the people in infomercials, as evidenced by this supercut of "you're doing it wrong" moments from product ads. Seriously, how hard is cling wrap, really? And unles...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/as-seen-on-tv-infomercial-fails/Fossils of a 160-million-year-old mammal found in China show us a placental mammal that is 35 million years older than any found before. This tiny animal is named Juramaia sinensis, or "Jurassic mother from Chin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/jurassic-mother-from-china/It looks like a 'shopped-up version of your average garden rose, but it's not: that's the Rainbow Rose, and you can make them yourself using cut flowers and some heavily tinted water. And if you aren't a rose fan, yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/technicolor-roses/(Video Link) YouTube user simplydreaming had some fun with his mom's parrot, Kiwi. I wonder if there is any human equivalent to what animals experience when they encounter a laser pointer's red dot. -via Urlesquelas...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/parrot-confused-by-laser-pointer/To be 115 when the best life expectancy rates in history hover around 78 (for a person born in 2009!) is no small feat. Besse Cooper, currently the world's oldest person, just celebrated her 115th birthday in Georgia sta...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/the-worlds-oldest-person-turns-115/Space travel doesn't yet allow for planet-hopping, so to see a place that is truly alien-looking should be on any traveler's bucket list. Personally, I suggest heading to Bolivia, where you'll find Salar de Uyuni, th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/salar-de-uyuni-the-salt-flats-of-bolivia/Behind-the-scenes footage of anything is usually interesting (if you're interested in that sort of thing), but these screen tests from classic movies are more fun than most. Above, a probably-intoxicated Judy Garland...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/10-classic-hollywood-screen-tests/These pods are moored in a canal in The Hague. They used to be oil rig life rafts, but now they serve as hotel rooms. Except for an exterior lock and a chemical toilet, they remain in their original state. This way,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/life-rafts-serve-as-hotel-rooms/
