Google is celebrating Doctor Who's 50th anniversary this weekend with its most elaborate Google Doodle yet: a multi-level platform game in which all the different Doctors travel through time and space to engage...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Doctor-Who-Google-Doodle/Jeffrey is blind in his left eye and mostly blind in his right. But his brother and best friend Jermaine can see clearly. So Jermaine guides his brother around and looks out for him.[http://vimeo.com/79676955] (Video Lin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Blind-Puppys-Brother-Is-His-Seeing-Eye-Dog/Remember when we showed you how some people get colorful tattoos on the white part of their eyeballs? You can put jewelry in there, too. Lucy Luckayanko got a small platinum heart shape embedded in her right eye*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Platinum-Implant-In-Her-Eye/This is a testable hypothesis. It's also a confirmed one! Now get into the groove and boogie with science, as inspired by Drew Mokris's Left Handed Toons.But don't take my word for it. Always do a litera...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Disco-Science/The first Macy's holiday parade in 1924 was held on Thanksgiving, but it was called Macy's Christmas Parade. After all, the whole point of staging the parade was to invite people to do their Christmas shopping at the dep...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/20-Things-You-Didnt-Know-About-The-Macys-Thanksgiving-Day-Parade/A bed inside a house inside a room in the house? It's possible with this Casetta bed by Singapore-based designer Nathan Yong. The house-shaped bed is available from Italian furniture company Mogg, and is p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/House-Shaped-Bed/Mr. Frost Melting SnowmanMr. Frost the Melting Snowman was a jolly happy soul. With some googly eyes, a carrot nose, and some suff that looks like snow. You can build him up and pretend he came alive today. Next you can...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Mr-Frost-Melting-Snowman/[http://youtu.be/zfTQY_9b9ec] (YouTube link)Do chemists make better cooks? Probably, but it also might take them all day to do it, because they're experimenting and explaining the process along the way. Anyway, the rest...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/5-Tips-for-a-Better-Thanksgiving-Through-Chemistry/When students of his political science class petitioned to have their research paper due date extended, professor Rex Brynen of McGill University responded in style: After Buzzfeed posted the photo, which we...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Deadline-Extension-THIS-is-How-Your-Professor-Should-React/We know that Santa Claus rides in a sleigh pulled by reindeer, and Halloween witches ride brooms, but have you ever wondered how Krampus gets to work? He takes the U-Bahn! Redditor Kos_Kun snapped a picture on hi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Krampus-Takes-the-Subway/This isn't your ancestor's royal family painting! Queen Margrethe II of Denmark commissioned the first royal family painting in almost 125 years, and chose Danish artist Thomas Kluge to paint it. Four year...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Danish-Royal-Family-Portrait-Cute-or-Creepy/[http://youtu.be/hfBjKOGlFkw] (YouTube link)We've seen a couple of videos of Clara the Irish cat and her brood of kittens and adopted ducklings. In this clip from the BBC show Animal Odd Couples, we get a little...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Clara-and-Her-Ducklings/Art collective Calm the Ham has produced a limited-edition print titled The Filmography of Cars, with 72 iconic vehicles from TV and film. They look small here, but it's an opportunity to see how many yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/The-Filmography-of-Cars/Last month, we showed you what 13 classic geek characters would look like as pin ups, and here's another one to add to the collection -Aquaman, well, at least the rule 63 version. Would she be Aquawoman then?Either way,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/The-Best-Aquaman-Crossplay-We-Could-Hope-For/[http://youtu.be/AUUVfPy0UgI] (YouTube link)The latest extreme sports video from Devin Supertramp features Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham, a "Professional Hardcore Sitter," as he calls it. Watch him tackle vertigo-inducing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Wheelchair-Freestylin/What's better than Minecraft? How about Minecraft mixed with Doctor Who? Well, maybe not everyone will agree, but if you're a Whovian who can't stop digging for diamonds, gold and dungeons (like me), you will. And this c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Tastes-Like-Blocks-of-Time-and-Space/The Boeing 747 LCF Dreamlifter is a modified airliner that can carry the most cargo by volume of any plane in the world. Boeing uses it to haul plane parts, particularly whole 787 Dreamliner fuselages. For takeoff, it of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Boeings-Biggest-Plane-Landed-at-Wrong-Airport/Cthulhu Plush SlippersHave your tired feet been calling for a comfy pair of new slippers? You are going to love the Cthulhu Slippers from the NeatoShop. This fantastic pair of slippers is shaped like Cthulhu. The Cthulhu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Cthulhu-Plush-Slippers-3/Finally, a meaty burger with a bite. Just kidding. This delicious burger may be a feast for the eyes, but not for your tummy. If you're looking for a tasty treat for your favorite turtle, head over to the Etsy shop of Ka...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Hes-Cute-Enough-to-Eat-But-Dont-Even-Try-It/W00t! It's time for another collaboration with the ever-excellent What Is It? Blog. Can you guess what this odd item is? This week, we are looking for funny and clever answers, not the correct one, but if you gue...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/What-Is-It-game-302/Do you remember the Indian Stream Republic? It was a tiny, short-lived nation that formed in the Eighteenth Century on the ambiguous border between the United States and British Canada. It wasn't the only one.(Image: Ame...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/The-Republic-of-Madawaska-A-Short-Lived-Nation-on-the-US-Canadian-Border/You know the name Eadweard Muybridge as the man who first animated a galloping horse with photographs in 1878. After this groundbreaking work, Muybridge continued to photograph moving animals -and people. His work contri...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Eadweard-Muybridges-Animal-Locomotion-Studies/Jake Wakefield is an artist who specializes in metalwork. For a school project, he was tasked with the theme of “hidden meaning.” Cryptix, as he calls this piece, was his re...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/A-Puzzle-in-a-Can/(Funny or Die link)Bill Cosby sends his sincere Thanksgiving greetings in a story about how cavemen prepared turkey. Appropriately, the caveman is wearing a Cosby-style sweater. Cosby is making a comeback at the age of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/A-Very-Cosby-Thanksgiving/(Photo: The National Literacy Trust)The National Literacy Trust is a British charity that promotes, as you might expect, literacy. To encourage people to read, it has commissioned artists to paint book-shaped pub...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/The-Book-Benches-of-London/There are volcanoes under the ice in Antarctica. It's been 8,000 years since one burst through the ice to the surface, but it could happen again. And the signs are there that it may be sooner than later. Seismic activity...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/21/Earthquakes-and-Volcanoes-Under-the-Antarctic-Ice/[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhbVTf52Go](Video Link)You've seen sushi cats, but you haven't lived the sushi cat life. This song gives you a brief glimpse into the life of the world's most adventurous animal. It isn'...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/20/The-Sushi-Cat-Song/Let's hear it for excessive earwax! And you know, once you get past the prejudices you've heard, it becomes easier to actually meet some of those horrible and nasty people who carry flags of a different color th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/20/The-Perpetual-Cycle/Leg Lamp Crate Mug (front and back of mug shown)Attention A Christmas Story fans. Are you looking for the perfect mug to drink your holiday coco from? You need the Leg Lamp Crate Mug from the NeatoShop. This fantastic ce...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/20/Leg-Lamp-Crate-Mug/Okay, Admiral Nechayev is . . . hard to get along with at times. But assume that your boss reads everything that you write online. Shoot, assume that everyone in your life in the future will read everything that you ever...
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