Archive for October 14th, 2022

When Pretty Colors Were Deadly

Remember the uproar about red dye #2? It was banned in the US because in high doses, it can cause cancer in rats. But that was small potatoes compared to other colors that lead to real deaths among real people in history...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/10/14/When-Pretty-Colors-Were-Deadly/

Simple, Enigmatic, and Memorable Modern Epitaphs on Gravestones

David Bingham writes about cemeteries and the stories behind the people buried in them at the blog The London Dead. He admits he usually skips the more recent gravestones, as he prefers to dig up history, so to speak. Bu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/10/14/Simple-Enigmatic-and-Memorable-Modern-Epitaphs-on-Gravestones/

This Is a Chainsaw Clarinet

Nobody’s gonna pick on the band kids any more! I built my buddy a chainsaw clarinet, combining his two passions into one ridiculous multi-tool: the Clarisaw! Or would that be the Chaininet? pic.twitter.com/PQ0ibZ...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/10/14/This-Is-a-Chainsaw-Clarinet/

Tiny Dioramas inside Walnuts

Amazing walnut carvings.. 👌 pic.twitter.com/H8YbOjqOe2— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 14, 2022 These dioramas are attributed to xiujun1314, a user of Douyin, a Chinese-language social network that...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/10/14/Tiny-Dioramas-inside-Walnuts/




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