Six years ago, we reported on a clam that was found to be over 400 years old. Scientists named the clam Ming, after the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, it did not get a name before it was dead.Fast-forward to 2013. Scientis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/Clam-Was-Really-507-Years-Old/How do you stop a 400-lb running back rushing at you? The answer is simple: you don't. Meet Tony Picard, a White Swan High School senior from Yakima, Washington, who may just be the biggest running back in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/High-School-Football-Player-is-a-400-lb-Running-Back/[http://youtu.be/X990ltzamQw] (YouTube link)In Taiwan, you can really go out with a bang, or at least with a marching band. There are many more such funeral march videos in this YouTube channel, which may be from the com...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/Taiwan-Funeral/Did you know that you can walk a cheetah on the beach of South Africa at the Cheetah Outreach education and conservation center? Or that you can hold hands with a chimp at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in U...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/10-Places-You-Can-Go-To-Get-Up-Close-With-Your-Favorite-Animals/In the US, sports team logos are usually straightforward, if sometimes over stylized, showing the animal or whatever the team is named. But in England, football/soccer teams are just named by their city, and logos often...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/If-Premier-League-Team-Names-Were-Based-On-Their-Logos/Black Dad by Don Calamari Rectify the situation forthwith with this mash-up T-shirt design. Let us welcome NeatoShop's newest artist Don Calamari. Visit his Facebook page then check out the rest of his N...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/I-Find-Your-Lack-of-Punk-Disturbing/(Photo: Atlas Obscura)The Saint Croix River forms part of the boundary between the US state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The river empties into Passamaquoddy Bay, where it encounters a strong Atla...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/Old-Sow-The-Sarlacc-of-Canada/Sarah Chrisman was enamored with the Victorian lifestyle since she was a child, and wanted to live in a an old home with polished woodwork. She did not grow out of that obsession; but grew up to live it. She even married...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/Im-Living-Like-Im-In-the-Victorian-Era/She may not look like much, but she tastes great where it counts. Actually, she looks pretty great too. justJENN Recipes made this fantastic Millennium Falcon replica out of nothing but gelatin mix, condensed milk, black...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/The-Jell-innium-Falcon/Really? We're halfway through November? Some people call this month Movember, which is (I think) short for Mustache November. The entire month is dedicated to men's health, particularly prostate and testicular cancer, wi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/This-Week-at-Neatorama-179/Giant Microbes Christmas WreathDecorate your holiday tree with your favorite Giant Microbes. This festive set features 5 Christmas ornaments shaped like holiday themed giant microbes: Sore Throat (Streptococcus) d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/Giant-Microbes-Christmas-Wreath/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRxiV3h_VPI](Video Link)Move over, Miley Cyrus! You can't compete with this dog. Watch the corgi twerk like a professional ready for something even bigger than the VMA.-via Daily of the Da...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/Twerking-Dog/The silent movie actress Pola Negri was one of Hollywood's first imports, after she achieved stardom in German films. But German imports were risky in the aftermath of World War I, so the Famous Players-Lasky studio was...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/A-Life-in-the-Gossip-Columns/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNoba3WSOc](Video Link)Tom Kaufmann is a musician, sculptor and instrument maker. He makes primarily percussion instruments, especially glockenspiels. In Mr. Kaufman’s hands, anythi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/Flintstones-Theme-Song-Played-on-a-Glockenspiel-Made-of-Rocks/Iron ManIron BenderGhostbustersBugs BunnyMarge SimpsonIf my kids ever learn that other parents prepare lunches like this, I'll be in trouble! We've seen a lot of lunch art prepared for kids by creative parents, including...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/16/Mom-Dad-Give-Their-Sons-Beautiful-Napkin-Illustrations-Every-Day/[http://youtu.be/h4Cjhn8QbJo] (YouTube link)The latest mashup by FAROFF (previously at Neatorama) throws everything into the stew. You'll hear a mix of songs by James Brown, Gorillaz, The Doors, Queen, Aerosmith, Led Zep...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Mash-Machine/Mike Alcantara, an artist in Austin, makes collages from old comic books, often to create portraits of superheroes. You can find a gallery of his work here.A few weeks ago, Punching the Walls of Reality...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Mike-Alcantaras-Comic-Book-Collages/No, sans comic! Get it? "Sans" comic.Craig Hunter, the artist behind the webcomic Victims of Circumsolar, writes comics "conducted through a thick Glaswegian accent of cynicism and injustice, but with a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Comic-Sans/[http://youtu.be/YAK6TDukvrk] (YouTube link)Just like everyone in the world, you've had a boss or two that made your life miserable. That is, unless you are a beginning worker, in which case you probably feel like some o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Confronting-the-Boss/They're so cuuuuute! But they can also shatter mountains and tear open dimensions, just like normal cats. Alexandra, a crafter in Moscow, made these cat plushes shaped like Thor's magical hammer Mjolnir....
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Thors-Mjolnir-Kittens/Miles Scott is a 5-year-old boy who is battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia, diagnosed when he was only 18 months old. The Make-A-Wish Foundation found out what Miles' dream was -he wanted to be Batman. So they made it...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Batkid-Saves-Gotham-City/Jack & Sally Kiss Salt & Pepper ShakersAttention The Nightmare Before Christmas fans! Now you can celebrate your love 20-year love affair with the pumpkin king and his rag-doll sweetheart with the Jack & Sall...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Jack-Sally-Kiss-Salt-Pepper-Shakers/Retaining walls are usually ugly stacks of cement blocks, but they don't have to be an eyesore - for example, take a look at the Living Wall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. My family and I we...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/The-Living-Wall/Scientists who study the origins of cats have a puzzle to solve: genetic studies indicate that the big cats (lions, tigers, jaguars, and leopards) split off from other cat species about 10.8 million years ago and the old...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Oldest-Big-Cats-Species-Yet/Here’s a sweet looking craft! Instructables member The King of Random made a swan sculpture from apple slices. The whole thing is both beautiful and edible.You can watch an instructional video *str...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/How-to-Make-an-Apple-Swan/[http://youtu.be/WBG0zeGz-3w] (YouTube link)Taiwan's Next Media Animation brings us a parody music video fashioned after the Ylvis song "The Fox." It has the unmistakable animation style they're known for, plus a song th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/What-Does-the-Panda-Say/11th Quotes by Tom Trager We could probably come up with some interesting quotes about this, but Tom Trager has got us beat. So let me just point out to you his Quotes Tee series over at the NeatoShop....
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Quotes-Tees-by-Tom-Trager/[http://youtu.be/7kV4-ziw4pU] (YouTube link)Yesterday, a new world record for the longest basketball shot was broken by Harlem Globetrotters rookie Thunder Law. From up on the stands on the opposite end of the arena at t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/World-Record-Basketball-Shot/Sure you know your birthday, but do you know what the hour and minute you were born? Remembering those details won't be a problem for Nicollette Brynn Anders. She was born on 11/12/13 at 14:15 military time (2:15 pm)....
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Baby-Born-on-111213-1415/[http://youtu.be/xV2EEcDbGlg] The month is only halfway through, but Nick Offerman has already won* Movember. The clip, created by Made Man for its Movember celebration, features Offerman who plays Ron Swan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/15/Nick-Offermans-Epic-Stachedance/
