If you're a regular Neatorama reader, than you probably already know that Egyptian mummies were regularly burned as firewood in the past, but you might not be aware of some of the other tragedies befalling historical...

While I am not one of those people who likes to call all instances of animals being dressed up in costume "animal abuse," it's certainly verging on the borderline of abuse when you dress your horse as a pinata and ca...

Well, what else would you call an emo elephant? And he'll never forget his angst, either. Link...

This wouldn't be nearly as sad if everyone who ever used YouTube couldn't attest...

I'm sure we can all agree that it's important to keep kids safe from the big dangers of this world, but there is certainly a line between safety and stupidity and many schools these days have jumped right over that borde...

Image: stygiangloom [Wikipedia]What do you think w...  ...ombat, which Environmental Graffiti has named the saddest looking marsupial in the world? Link

Video link I'm sure many of you are familiar with the German superstar bear, Knut. He rose to stardom when his mother abandoned him at birth. A keeper at the Berlin Zoo stepped in and raised the cub from childhood, fe...

Photo Via Brennheit Bakst [Flickr] M.J. was j...  ...ow you feel about his personal "issues" this is a sad

Feeling sad or depressed? Cross off shopping from your list....  ...from your list. Researchers have just proven that sad people are big spenders:In a recent experiment on...  ...recent experiment one group of people was shown a sad video clip about the death of a boy's mentor,...

To help his sister who suffers from Seasonal Affective Disorder, Boris Legradic of Letters from Lausanne blog made her a DIY lightbox:My sister suffers from seasonal affective disorder, also known as winter depression. A...