[http://youtu.be/zY3NJFfDB1M] (YouTube link)How many times have you stopped the car because you caught a glimpse of some wildlife, and then you don't see anything more? That's not the case here, because this riv...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Otter-Wants-to-Play/Love Cinnabon? Who doesn't? This 5 Yummy Facts about Cinnabon post is the perfect article to read while you munch on the cinnamon-y goodness of a freshly baked cinnamon roll. Hmm, BRB. Going to the mall to get me some!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/5-Yummy-Facts-About-Cinnabon/An estimated 800,000 federal employees are off work today without pay, as the U.S. government shutdown continues. In Washington, D.C., many local businesses are stepping up to help out the workers they depend on. The Was...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/DC-Businesses-Respond-to-Government-Shutdown/(Photo: periwinklepaints)Once upon a time, a brave knight charged forward in a joust against a wicked prince, only to be unhorsed and thrown to the ground, defeated. He would have remained there, but for the healing kiss...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/A-Kiss-from-the-Fairy-Princess-Revives-the-Knight/Hello, college graduates. It's October already, and you've been out of school for some months now. How's the job search going? Did you land that dream job yet? If they haven't already, your sc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Is-College-Degree-Worth-It/Kid's Wolf HatFall is here. Are you hunting for the perfect hat to keep your little wild one warm and cozy? Capture the Kid's Wolf Hat from the NeatoShop. This striking cable knit cap features faux fur and 3-dimensional...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Kids-Wolf-Hat/In order to promote its barely edible French fries, the American fast food chain Burger King distributed giant and thankfully fake French fries in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.Burger King has a new recipe for w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Burger-King-Offers-Free-Wi-Fry/Piet Mondrian's jelloJackson Pollock's Rice Krispie TreatsWhat does a Jackson Pollock painting taste like? You'll never have to get kicked out of a museum again to find out. Sarah Anne Ward, a food photographer, created...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Desserts-Inspired-by-Modern-Art/(Photo: Stephen O'Flaherty)It's the architectural equivalent of the saggy pants fashion. Please get a belt. Your interior walls are showing.Alex Chinneck, whose wonderfully surreal works we've featured previously, design...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/The-Wall-Slid-Down-Again/The following is from the magazine The Annals of Improbable Research.Research about, for, and/or by catscompiled by Tenzing A. Jones, AIR staffAn Enormous Gastro-Intestinal Hairball&ldq...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Cat-Research-Review/Remember the viral "I Quit" video by Marina Shifrin, who quit her job at the Taiwanese animation company in style? She submitted her resignation video showing her dancing to Kanye...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Boss-Responds-to-Girls-Viral-I-Quit-Video-with-His-Own-Interpretive-Dance/The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after former NASA roboticist Randall Munroe of xkcd. The new name 4942 Munroe is a vast improvement over its pre-name designation of (4942) 1987 DU6. Munroe wrot...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Asteroid-4942-Munroe/The 50th anniversary of Doctor Who is coming up next month, and what better way to celebrate than rounding out your collection of nifty Doctor Who items? We've got them on sale on th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Doctor-Who-Sale-Over-at-the-NeatoShop-2/[http://youtu.be/VdF4b1_LQnQ] (YouTube link)Village Voice journalist and radio personality Howard Smith interviewed Janis Joplin by phone on September 30, 1970. No one knew it would be her last interview, and four days l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Janis-Joplins-Final-Interview/Tom Clancy, author of bestselling spy thrillers including The Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger, and The Sum of All Fears, died yesterday, October 1, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland....
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Tom-Clancy-RIP/Atlas Obscura is presenting its annual 31 Days of Halloween series, full of spooky and macabre stories about real people, places, and things. Today, we learn about the Cursed Amethyst.The Delhi Purple Sapphire (which is...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/The-Cursed-Amethyst/Ice Caps Penguin Plush and Baby Hat Set (sold individually)Fall is here and soon there will be a chill in the air. Give the new little bundle a joy in your life a very sweet treat with the Ice Caps Penguin Plush and Baby...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Ice-Caps-Penguin-Plush-and-Baby-Hat/Yesterday, I brought you guys the Breakfast of Dali and today, it's time for his Mae West Room dessert, as created by Le Belle Aurora Sugar Art. But that's not the only cake based on the work of famous artists. In fact,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/More-Delicious-Dali-Treats/[http://youtu.be/WW5FDhsHkUg] (YouTube link)Were you like me and saw the headline as "42 idiot origins"? No, these are idioms, or figures of speech. He talks about how they don't "literally" mean what they say, but we kn...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/42-Idiom-Origins/For those unfamiliar with the many trends in Japan's harajuku fashions, lolita style involves rather doll-like clothing adorned with lots of frilly details and puffy petty coats. Need an example? Well, these four lolita...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Say-Hello-to-the-Lolita-Avengers/Neatorama is happy to announce a new collaboration with Pzzlr, a site where you can always find a riddle to exercise your brain. Can you solve this one?In 1815 John Smith, a notorious Australian bushranger/outlaw, was c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Solve-This-Pzzlr-Ready-Aim-Fire/What does it take to turn a pumpkin into a word search? Nothing more than a little chalkboard paint, some white stickers and a few sticks of chalk. If you want to really help the scene, then a few wooden blocks, some glu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Word-Search-Chalkboard-Pumpkin/Nicola Shipley of Tattoo-cakes makes these awesome art cupcakes with lips! The bottom right cupcake in the group picture looks as if it has just eaten a cupcake itself, don't you think? She can give them any expression y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Lip-Cupcakes/Scott Wade imagined the Dark Knight in the Warring States (Sengoku) Period of Japanese history. The Bat-Signal now requires a lot more work from Commissioner Gordon than just flipping a switch. Batma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Batman-in-Medieval-Japan/There's no denying that both red pandas and giant pandas are both arodable, but in the battle of cuteness, who wins? They aren't closely related species (giant pandas are bears while red pandas are more closely related t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Panda-Show-Down-Red-Or-Giant/Neatorama presents a guest post from J. Tithonus Pednaud of The Human Marvels. This story is condensed from his forthcoming book After Life: True Tales of the Wandering Dead.Most famous for his poems Prometh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/The-Heart-Cherished-by-Frankensteins-Maker/This Halloween, show that you encourage his (or her) sideshow obsession by offering your babe this great strong man costume complete with a plush 150 pound weight. Then your little one will know that you will encourage t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/You-Can-Make-Your-Baby-A-Strong-Man-This-Halloween/Stripes Ruby Slippers SocksDing Dong! The witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch!Wake up, you sleep head. The wicked witch is dead and you get to wear her socks instead. Yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho.Slip in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Stripes-Ruby-Slippers-Socks/[http://youtu.be/-hTqmCUzeYA] (YouTube link)A little chick finds a soft place to cuddle up and sleep, right under Oscar's chin. Oscar doesn't seem to mind. -via Tastefully Offensive cat, chicken, chick, interspecies...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/Baby-Chick-Snuggles-with-Cat/Richard Lewis, a British linguist, is a consultant who helps businesses communicate and promote their services in foreign environments. To help understand the differences between cultures, he created this model. National...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/02/A-Model-to-Explain-Cultures-across-the-World/
