Roger Adams came up with the idea of a shoe that had a wheel in the heel, so that you could just raise your toe and ride them like skates. He enlisted Mike Staffaroni, who had experience selling both shoes and skates, to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/How-Heelys-Rolled-Into-Millions-of-Dollars-And-Then-Crashed-in-an-Instant/<p>During World War II, US Army airborne forces needed a cheap dispatch vehicle that could be easily dropped by parachute into the field. The Cushman company, then producing scooters, quickly converted its...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/US-Army-Scooters/<p>Remove one of the Hippos from the tabletop game Hungry Hungry Hippos and let a dog step up to the table. Pour in the kibble and <a href="https://www.rover.com/blog/hungry-hungry-husky/" targ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/Hungry-Hungry-Husky/View this post on Instagram закончила карантинный проект «личность еды» ⠀ думала остановиться позавчера, но вчера в ящи...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/The-Onion-with-a-Pearl-Earring/View this post on Instagram RIP Denny O’Neil, the creator of so many legendary characters including Green Lantern (here mashed up with the Jolly Green Giant), Optimus Prime, Ra’s Al-Ghul, and ma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/The-Jolly-Green-Lantern/“Can be single, double, triple or more.” pic.twitter.com/edKh5on46Z— TM (@tempdownatkzug) June 8, 2020 One reason restaurant chains are so successful is that they are consistent at every location,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/The-Crazy-Story-of-the-Fake-Burger-King-In-Pittsburgh/As was done with Star Wars, Shrek, and Back to the Future 2, the classic summer blockbuster Jaws has been remade by more than 100 dedicated fans. The feature-length remake is called Jaws WeMake...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/Jaws-WeMake-45th-Anniversary-Tribute/Daven Hiskey looked at a couple of the highest honors that the UK and the US can bestow to compare and contrast them, namely, a British knighthood and the American military's Medal of Honor. This may seen silly because t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/The-Lesser-Known-Perks-of-the-Medal-of-Honor-are-Better-Than-Being-Knighted-by-the-Queen/<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Japanese social media went into a frenzy deciphering a mysterious object that appeared in the sky over northern Japan. The odd white object gave birth t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/Is-That-A-Balloon-Or-A-UFO/While many film buffs have long held that Florence Turner was the first movie star, there is evidence that Maurice Costello should have that designation. Of course, "movie star" is hard to define, especially in the silen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/Forgotten-Movie-Royalty/Tonya Ruiz is known for her realistic versions of Barbie dolls. During the pandemic, she began a “quarantine Barbie starter pack” project that everyone could relate to while at home. The dolls are accompanied...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/Relatable-Quarantine-Barbie-Starter-Pack/Here's a very interesting post about Peter Norman, the white guy in the famous raised black gloved fists picture on the 1968 Olympic podium. We all know that picture and its historical ripples, but do you know Peter Norm...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/The-white-man-in-that-photo-2/<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">For us, meat is just the juicy, tasty slab of tissue from animals. But some people think it’s more than that simple definition. People w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/So-What-Is-Meat/<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Police in Lincoln, Nebraska, are looking for a suspect in a very specific costume. A man dressed in a</span><a href="https://www.klkntv.co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/LPD-Is-Looking-For-A-Suspect-Wearing-A-Very-Cheap-Deadpool-Costume/<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We’ve seen different kinds of anime over the years, but this </span><a href="https://soranews24.com/2020/06/18/japanese-condoms-now-...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/The-Anime-Based-On-Japanese-Condoms/<p>It seems that we’d have to wait a little longer before we can burn a city with Keanu Reeves, as the game Cyberpunk 2077 will be delayed to November 19, 2020. While the game may be finished “b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/Cyberpunk-2077-Delayed-Again-To-November/Marta Grossi lives in Milan, Italy--the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in her country. Locked down since March 8, she's needed space to be creative. She found it in her own bathroom sink, which she paints and repa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/This-Painter-Uses-Her-Sink-as-a-Canvas/Ben Hed of Pet Foolery took some famous illusion photos of pets and drew them as if they were real. Click to the right to see all of them. These are some fine animals, and I'd like to sign up to adopt one, especially the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/As-If-They-Were-Real/<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you’re looking for more articles or stories to read about in your quarantine time, try this list of the strangest unsolved mysteries compiled b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/The-Strangest-Unsolved-Mysteries/This Japanese teacher took a great deal of time and effort to check one of their students’ essays. If you tasked your students with writing an essay in any language, I’m sure you wouldn’t expect someone...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/This-Teacher-Translated-And-Checked-A-Runic-Essay/<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If your back hurts after spending time browsing the Internet or doing work from home, then maybe it’s your posture that’s the root of the pr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/Physical-Therapists-Review-Our-Posture/<p>You wouldn’t want to forget this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yuri.morgan.1694/posts/150092369931049" target="_blank">Bag-uette </a>as you go to France. It&rsqu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/It-s-A-Literal-Baguette-Bag/<p>The current toilet on the International Space Station (the photo above) has been there ever since the 1990s. Astronauts have struggled with aim (especially when doing number two), and they also found it...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/21/A-New-Toilet-For-The-International-Space-Station/
