There were 164 skydivers jumping out of seven planes over Chicago. Plus photographers. They managed to latch onto each other to set a new record in aerial formation. Don't bother counting them, just enjoy the beauty of t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/World-Record-Skydiving-Formation/Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku tells us that on the Buddhist holiday of Obon in August, many Japanese people create figures out of eggplants and cucumbers in order to welcome visitation by the spirits of the d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Mad-Max-Fury-Road-Vehicles-Made-of-Vegetables/Spanish Tarta de SantiagoSome things in life are universal, such as the love of sweet treats. It doesn't matter where one travels on Earth, finding a friend with whom you share a love of sweets is inevitable. Ju...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/The-Best-Desserts-in-25-Countries-Around-the-World/The current flag of New Zealand is the British Union Flag in a corner with four stars on a blue field. These symbols represent the nation's origin as a British colony and the constellation of the Southern Cross.The gover...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/New-Zealand-Will-Choose-a-New-Flag-from-40-Possible-Designs-Including-These/Alf Solo and Friend by Alberto83ajPeople are always debating whether Han shot first or not, but Han's only the star of the show because some sleazy Hutt wrote him into the story. The truth is there was more than one ali...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Alf-Solo-And-Friend-Cat-Smugglers-Extraordinaire/Superhero deaths are about as permanent as chalk on a chalkboard, because as soon as it’s convenient to bring the beloved hero back from the dead the whole scene is wiped clean and covered up with a new storyline.A...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/10-Of-The-Biggest-Deaths-In-Comic-Book-History/Yep. It’s the morning. You have to get up. You don’t want to. None of us want to. But we all have to.Have you ever slept through an alarm clock going off? One common solution is to set a second alarm clock fu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/How-to-Wake-Up-in-the-Morning/What a difference a word makes! These films sound so prosaic when the titles are changed to something that means the same thing. Have fun translating all ten of them. I have to admit, I had to look the last one up,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Synonym-Movies/[https://youtu.be/4TV2-mv5yKE]YouTube LinkMfuwe Lodge in Zambia is a beautiful getaway for human occupants, but it also serves at least one family of elephants annually. Three generations of elephants re...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/A-Luxury-Shortcut-for-Elephants/Is your cat getting in between you and your computer? Don’t just prod him away. Give him a computer of his own! This is the Cat Scratch Laptop, a toy computer for your feline companions. It has a c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/A-Computer-for-Cats/Americans have always loved their whiskey. Even George Washington had his own distillery. Colonists in the north made their own rye, while those further south came up with bourbon. Eventually glass bottles were developed...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Drunk-History-The-Rise-Fall-and-Revival-of-All-American-Whiskey/The 80s were a heyday for licensed toys, and kids were finally able to actually have some action with their action figures.Toy series that featured some kind of fighting element were generally the most popular, so compan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Failed-Toy-Lines-From-The-1980s/Tyranitard has an aquarium in his office with a skull inside. Take a good look at it. He saw this and freaked out, but then looked carefully to find out what caused the skull to look back at him. It’s a snail that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/The-Office-Aquarium/State-owned Harbin Pharmaceutical Group is China's second-biggest drug maker. When the company posted these photos of their facility on their website, it sparked outrage in the country and beyond. The photos showed lavis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/This-is-a-State-Owned-Chinese-Pharmaceutical-Company/[https://youtu.be/nzB-jcYMN0I] (YouTube link)We love to hear about conspiracy theories. Some of us believe them, while others of us are amazed at what people can come up with… just when you think you’ve hear...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/22-Bizarre-Conspiracy-Theories/Be Evil Today! by OneskillwonderThe most maleficently villainous members of animated society banded together to form a new kingdom free of do-gooders and hoaky heroes. Their dark kingdom would be ruled by fear and dark...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Be-Evil-Today-Dwarves-And-Fairy-Godmothers-Need-Not-Apply/Lewis and Clark discovered all kinds of things on their journey across America- the giant Pacific Ocean that even the native people hadn’t noticed before, the very first McDonald’s location, and about $.75 in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/The-Incredible-Wildlife-Sketches-Created-By-Lewis-Clark/Chad Gadya is a traditional Passover song (lyrics here). Nina Paley and Theodore Gray animated it using embroidery on matzoh covers, a process Paley calls “embroidermation.” She also calls it “Our most...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Chad-Gadya-in-Embroidery/I don't know about you guys, but I fell in love with Black Beauty (the Green Hornet's car, not the horse) the second I saw it. How could you not love a gorgeous black Chrysler adorned with weapons and gadgets? Of course,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/The-Coolest-Superhero-Vehicles-of-All-Time/Politics are rarely entertaining in a laugh out loud kind of way, but politicians who at least try to bring the funny are generally better received by the public.The people behind the politicos know this, so they try to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/The-Greatest-Political-Campaign-Ad-Ever-Made/Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook. “I’m gonna knock your pallies off the charts" -Dean...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Dean-Martin-Knocks-the-Beatles-out-of-the-1-Spot-on-the-Charts/If you build a dating site or app they will come, they meaning all the weird people who have been waiting for just such a place to share every bizarre and ridiculous thought that floats through their mind.So it should co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Tinder-Is-Full-Of-Weirdos/(Image: The Nanfang)Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku informs us that Kentucky Fried Chicken locations in China are now offering chicken-like meat burger semi-food objects that feature bright pink buns. Why? And...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/KFCs-Pink-Burgers-Are-Tempting/In the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max, gasoline is what makes the world go round. I’m not sure why, because it seems food and water would be more important. But you can’t have a good car chase mov...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Mad-Max-Roadkill-BBQ/Many cats have bold, vibrant personalities, and just because a cat isn’t interested in playing or entertaining their humans doesn’t mean they don’t dish out cattitude on a daily basis.But the internet g...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/An-Interactive-Quiz-To-Help-Determine-Your-Cats-Personality-Type/We always knew the tiny hamster is spoiled. Look at all the wonderful things he’s experienced! But now he goes on a trip to Walt Disney World.[https://youtu.be/F89CPVxJVqk] (YouTube link)No, he doesn’t do Dis...
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