About 30 years ago, Hello Kitty rose from Japan and took over the world. But she was just one of a long line of pop culture cats from Japan. Japanese legends and folklore are full of cats, such as Maneki Neko, the lucky...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/05/Cats-Have-Always-Been-Big-in-Japan/I saw this Honest Trailer for Freaky Friday posted today, and couldn't figure out why Screen Junkies would do an Honest Trailer for a YA movie from 2003. It turns out that a sequel called Freakier Frida...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/05/An-Honest-Trailer-for-iFreaky-Fridayi/Orville and Wilbur Wright are credited with the first sustained flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft that is powered by an engine in 1903. It can be argued, though, that Wilhelm Kress designed, built, and flew the first...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/05/Who-Invented-the-Corn-Dog/Communication between pilots and air traffic control for international flights is almost always conducted in English. It makes sense to use the most common second language for communication. But it doesn't always work, e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/05/It-Wasnt-an-Emergency-But-It-iWasi-Funny/This composition smoothly juxtaposes multiple media and aesthetics. Redditor /u/p_batess purchased an old chair and added small stained glass panels to each of the holes. The design is a pixelated version of the default...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/05/Stained-Glass-Windows-Lawn-Chair/The Great Loop, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration informs us, is a circuit of navigable rivers, canals, and oceanic waters in the United States and Canada. A boater who completes the journey can claim t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/05/Man-Completes-the-Great-Loop-in-a-16-Foot-Jon-Boat/Chuck Jurgen Teschke, an engineer and aviation technician from Canada, modifies helicopter bodies into works of art. Auto Evolution tells us that the Frankencopter 4, which is pictured above, is a synthesis of a...
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