Twinkies [wiki], and American icon, and for some, the symbol of junk food, is the snack food that people love (or love to hate). Today, the "golden sponge cake with creamy filling" snack is ubiquitous: it's virtually in...

Every year since 1929, the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [wiki], an organization of actors and film professionals, has been giving the Academy Awards [wiki] or popularly known as the Oscars to acknowledge the...

The Harem and Palace of Zanzibar were destroyed in the Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896. The Palace was never rebuilt, but the Harem (of course) was later rebuilt. The World's Shortest WarThe Anglo-Zanzibar war, also known as...

Bambiraptor, named after the famous Disney charact...  ...orcsVan Valen also named a dog-like fossil Arfia. NEATORAMASAURUSOh , I wish. So far no one has named a dinosaur after...  ...I wish. So far no one has named a dinosaur after Neatorama . If they had, it would fit right in here. :)NORAS...

Some product endorsements and celebrities go well together - but these didn't: let's take a look at some where the pairings went horribly, horribly bad.Pope Leo XIII and Vin MarianiIn the 1880s, Pope Leo XIII [wiki], Que...

Writing takes a lot of focus - here are a few authors who got rid of all sorts of distractions, including their clothes, while writing: When Victor Hugo [wiki], the famous author of great tomes such as Les Mis&eac...

I'm very happy (and humbled) to be co-blog...  ...oomdiaries.com/GoldenPlungers.html [previously on Neatorama : World's Best Bathroom] Bathroom for...

Take a look at (what I hope is) the Internet...  ...elp build the Net's ultimate list of case mods on Neatorama : http://www. neatorama .com/case-mod/