The Slick Science of Making Olympic Snow and Ice

One of the more crucial components -and often the most overlooked by spectators- is the ice and snow under the performing athletes. The Games cannot rely on the weather providing the required conditions for skiing, skati...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/The-Slick-Science-of-Making-Olympic-Snow-and-Ice/

Tiger Wants a Toy

Three-year-old Ruby went to the zoo in Tulsa with her toy Beast (from Beauty and the Beast) and set it down in the viewing area of the tiger enclosure. The tiger was instantly attentive![https://youtu.be/p8AQ1l1...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Tiger-Wants-a-Toy/

New Anime Memes To Impress Your Senpai

(Image Link)Discovering a new batch of memes is like uncovering a treasure trove of visual comedy, only this trove is guarded by a geek who spends way too much time online, breathes Cheeto dust instead of fire and is mar...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/New-Anime-Memes-To-Impress-Your-Senpai/

Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew

What in the world is this thing? The formations found in the 19th century in Nebraska resembled huge corkscrews, and locals called them the Devil's Corkscrews. Yeah, scientists knew they were fossils of some sort, but wh...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Untangling-the-Devils-Corkscrew/

Victorian Era Photos Of Beautiful Tattoos By One Of Britain's First Tattoo Artists

There's a common misconception that old timey tattoos either looked like crap or were all images and symbols associated with sailors, but just like the myth that women never got tattoos, this too has proven to be untrue....

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Victorian-Era-Photos-Of-Beautiful-Tattoos-By-One-Of-Britains-First-Tattoo-Artists/

The Graph of Despair

This is the truth of raising children. You may recall doing plenty of chores for your parents in your own childhood, but they remember it differently. For them, it was a matter of either teaching you how to do them or ge...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/The-Graph-of-Despair/

Fight The Beast - Monty Doesn't Mind Pythons, It's The Rabbits He Can't Stand

Fight the Beast by Crumblin' Cookie The Knights of the Round Table were quite good at singing and dancing, they rode their imaginary horses like champion horseymen, and they deflected taunts like a swallow deflec...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Fight-The-Beast-Monty-Doesnt-Mind-Pythons-Its-The-Rabbits-He-Cant-Stand/

Comparing The Sizes Of Movie Monsters

Godzilla has battled some mighty giant kaiju during his storied career as a movie monster, and he even battled King Kong at one point, but if you think about it on-screen monster meetings are few and far between.Therefor...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Comparing-The-Sizes-Of-Movie-Monsters/

The Rest Are Coming to Kill You

A wholesome meme these days means one that doesn't involve politics or death threats between participants. So how about a meme that involves death threats from nature? This game has sparked a lot of interesting yet non-e...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/The-Rest-Are-Coming-to-Kill-You/

Can We Truly Say Machines Are "Lifeless"?

It may be about time for us to stop referring to machines as "lifeless" because despite their lack of sentience or a soul the machines all around us are full of life.Their electronic eyes never stop roving, their doors o...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Can-We-Truly-Say-Machines-Are-Lifeless/

The Early Days of Government Computers

Forty-two years ago, the U.S. government was just starting to use computers. Few Americans at the time understood computers at all, and couldn't wrap their heads around what they did. Honestly, they didn't do much, compa...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/The-Early-Days-of-Government-Computers/

This Woman Likes Tetris So Much She Wants To Marry It

You know that old codger who's always yelling things like "you can marry anybody these days!" angrily at the TV? They need to change their irate rant from "anybody" to "anything" because quite a few kooky folks have actu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/This-Woman-Loves-Tetris-So-Much-She-Wants-To-Marry-It/

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Eat Pray Love

The 2010 film Eat Pray Love is based on a true story of Elizabeth Gilbert, a woman who traveled the world to find out what's important in life. It starred Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, James Franco, and a whole...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/10-Things-You-Didnt-Know-about-Eat-Pray-Love/

Discover Dark Secrets About Westworld Season 2 At The Delos Incorporated Website

The TV adaptation of Westworld has given us all kinds of weird and interesting feelings about AI, virtual reality and the inevitable battle between humanity and our robotic overlords. And as Beth Elderkin of io9...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Discover-Dark-Secrets-About-Westworld-Season-2-At-The-Delos-Incorporated-Website/

Human Fountains

This is a throwback to the kind of goofy video the internet was built on- four guys in bathrobes imitating water fountains. While the production is quite low-tech, the idea is genius and they do it well. Stay with it for...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Human-Fountains/

Facts You May Not Know About The Man Of Steel

The Man Of Steel has bridged generational gaps like few other characters ever could, and he continues to capture the imagination of kids who read his comics or watch his cartoons just as much as he did back in the early...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Facts-You-May-Not-Know-About-The-Man-Of-Steel/

Travel the Rainbow!

(Image credit: Flickr user Pablo Necochea)Four must-see locations for those in search of some local color.1) CHILE’S MOST VIBRANT CITYHugging the Pacific coast, Valparaíso (shown ab...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/02/01/Travel-the-Rainbow/

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