I ran into this "fun fact," and found it so absurd I just had to look it up. Far from debunking a funny meme, I found that the story of the 1901 book Makt myrkranna, or Powers of Darkness, was even stra...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/12/11/iMakt-Myrkrannai-the-Icelandic-iDraculai/Eight of the best mechanical minds in Japan collaborated to assemble the Great Ball Contraption at the 2025 Japan Brickfest. The goal is to design the most elegant and mesmerizing methods of moving tiny basketballs and s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/12/11/The-Most-Complicated-Great-Ball-Contraption-Youve-Ever-Seen/The Independent reports that 17 parachutists were preparing for a coordinated jump out of a Cessna Caravan flying out of the airport of Tully, Queensland, Australia.One unlucky skydiver experienced a premature d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/12/11/Skydriver-Gets-Chute-Trapped-on-Wing/Neal Agarwal has given us plenty of games and web toys at Neal.Fun (previously at Neatorama), but this one takes a left turn into just plain fascinating. Size of Life is a slideshow that compares the size of living thing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/12/11/Living-Things-Come-in-an-Amazing-Range-of-Sizes/Rosemary Marco is an artist and writer who communicates information about the natural world and the importance of preserving it. She's especially passionate about birds and would like to have their powers.A gular pouch c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/12/11/Bird-Superpowers/Mateo Zielonka is a world-renowned pasta chef who recently published a cookbook teaching his craft.He's made astonishingly realistic pasta versions of household objects, such as cookpots, and logos, such as the shield of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/12/11/LEGO-Pasta/Instagram user @nao2748 is a food artist who crafts amazing treats that delight all of the senses. Her projects include focaccia loaves with crab-shaped tomatoes, cake sandwiches with Santa Claus, and cheesecakes shaped...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/12/11/Frog-Pizza/
