Get your little X-wing fighter pilot started on his flight training with this variation on the classic rocking horse. DeviantArt member Steveswoodentoys made this beautifully-crafted ship. It measures 45...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Rocking-X-Wing/Los Angeles-based artist Samara Golden channeled her inner M.C. Escher for this topsy-turvey art installation titled The Flat Side of the Knife, as displayed at MoMA/PS1. For the display, Golden converte...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/MC-Escher-Inspired-Artwork-Made-From-Home-Decor/(Photo: Kropas Family)Katherine Kropas, 23, is a caterer in Weymouth, Massachussets. She didn't feel well. Her ankles were swollen. Then, a few days later, she felt strong stomach pains. So Kropas called in sick and had...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Woman-Learns-Shes-Pregnant-Gives-Birth-to-10-Pound-Baby-1-Hour-Later/A teenage boy who helped a stranger on a train in Cumbria, northwest England, was handsomely rewarded by the man, who claimed to be celebrated street artist Banksy. According to the New York Daily News, fou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Teen-Unknowingly-Helps-Banksy-is-Rewarded-with-Painting-Worth-30000/Curiosity is a NASA-operated robotic rover on the surface of Mars. It includes the Rover Environmental Monitoring System (REMS), which measures weather conditions on Mars, including temperature, wind speed, and humidity....
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/The-Area-in-Blue-Is-Colder-Than-the-Planet-Mars/Tuesday, a picture of dog in Scotland went viral. He had been tied to a railing at Ayr station, and was found with a small suitcase containing his belongings: a food dish, a pillow, a dog toy, and some dog food. The do...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Dog-Abandoned-at-Train-Station-with-His-Suitcase/[http://youtu.be/vbKjkcq2PnA] 2013 Small World in Motion Competition - Honorable Mention In this neat video clip above, Daniele Soroldoni of MRC National Institute for Medical Research in London, United Kin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/THIS-is-How-You-Grow-a-Backbone/The Bat-slap meme is just one of those things that makes me crack up every time. If you're like me, that makes this dry erase board a must-have for your home. Just imagine getting to change the meme every time you think...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/The-One-Noteboard-EVERYONE-Needs-In-Their-Home/Cicadae Parasite Beetle (Rhipiceridae)Singapore-based photographer Nicky Bay (previously at Neatorama) shoots macro photos of insects, arachnids, and fungi from remote locations all over the globe. Bay went...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Insect-and-Arachnid-Macros-by-Nicky-Bay/Mini Zombie Killers by DonnieWhen Shaun and his buddy Ed started playing zombie killers the other minions thought nothing of it, but when they started throwing vinyl records at people and clubbing them with cricket bats...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Mini-Zombie-Killers-Blood-Bananas-And-Donuts/The entire purpose of having photo identification cards is to have a record of what someone looks like, so it defeats the purpose to alter them. High school student love_a_good_ood is a senior at an all-girls school. The...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Photoshopped-ID-Card-Pictures/Yesterday, President Obama proposed that community college should be free for all American students. "Put simply, what I'd like to do is see the first two years of community college free for everyone...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Forget-Free-Community-College-Obama-Heres-a-Better-Plan-Bring-Back-Vocational-High-Schools/[http://youtu.be/E5OrW9YOK-4]YouTube LinkIf your'e a fan of candy (or sweets, as the Brits say), you'll want to check out Anglophenia Episode 22, in which Siobhan Thompson discusses and shows examples of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/15-British-Sweets-Everyone-Should-Try/(Photo: Faralda NDSM Crane Hotel)The Netherlands has at least two hotels built into decommissioned industrial cranes. If you want to get a scenic view of a shipyard from the window of a luxurious hotel room, then these a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/The-Netherlands-Crane-Hotels/[http://youtu.be/rr6lsTgZKAQ] (YouTube link)You’ve heard the phrase “Nice guys finish last” all your life. It turns out the phrase was coined by someone who was looking for an excuse to be not-so-nice....
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Nice-Guys-Finish-First/(Image Link)Baby products are generally supposed to be more useful than visually appealing to adults, and when we think of baby products three things usually spring to mind- soft, supportive and pastel colored.Products d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Ten-Strange-Baby-Products/Can you find the cat in this living room? Sometimes they don’t want to be found, and sometimes they just want to enjoy us looking stupid while searching for them. Redditor cewallace9 says he spent...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Find-the-Cat/In 2008, Vanessa Mancini exhibited this unique art installation consisting of a sink and bathtub made out of books. Her own footprints cut out of pages mark a path from the tub to the sink. When these ph...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Bathe-in-Knowledge-with-This-Bathtub-of-Books/Before someone even enters your home, your doormat lets them know a little about you. Are you friendly, efficient, OCD? What about geeky? That's right, now you can express your nerdy self with all kinds of great doormats...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/12-Geeky-Doormats-To-Greet-Your-Guests/How a Yale research team made history by teaching capuchins to spend money ... and discovered that they're just as smart—and stupid—as your financial advisor.It’s a little bigger than a quart...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Monkey-Business-Capuchins-Learn-to-Spend-Money/Job Hunt (NES My Life) by Amorphia ApparelIt's a new year, time to stop playing games with your future and hunt for a job. Lucky you! Good thing you've prepared for this eventuality by racing across level after level of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Job-Hunt-NES-My-Life-Settle-For-A-Low-Pay-Score/Karina and Craig Waters are two Australian expats with a French vision. They purchased the massive, 94-room Chateau de Gudanes, which dates back to the 1700s, with the intent of restoring it. The crumbling structur...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Revisiting-Restoration-of-Chateau-de-Gudanes-A-Hole-is-Discovered-in-the-Ground-Beneath-the-Chateau/[http://youtu.be/kvkZm9C0Mmc] (YouTube link)Angelo Piccini arranged an elaborate boat ride based on a scene from the movie The Notebook in order to propose to Chiara Grimaldi. They are both as cute as can be, an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/The-Notebook-Proposal/(Photo: Benjamin Rusnak)To be a college athlete, you have to be a college student. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has basic academic requirements that student athletes must meet if they want to compe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Confessions-of-a-College-Athlete-Fixer/The headline at reddit said, “Here's what happens when you leave half a cabbage in the fridge too long.” I clicked, thinking it would be a gross pile of mold, and was surprised to see this pr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/Kitchen-Cabbage-Plant/Humanity’s position at the top of the food chain in Brazil is tenuous. When fishing for piranhas, you don’t use a net or a rod and reel. Just stand precipitously over the water and use your hand to dip raw me...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/09/This-Woman-Uses-Raw-Meat-to-Fish-for-Piranhas/
