A British Lottery scratch-off game sold by Camelot stores had to be pulled from circulation after the math involved confused too many players. The Cool Cash Lotto ticket dealt with temperatures, often below zero. To win a prize, the temperature number under the scratch off had to be lower than the one displayed on the card.

Tina Farrell, from Levenshulme, called Camelot after failing to win with several cards.

The 23-year-old, who said she had left school without a maths GCSE, said: "On one of my cards it said I had to find temperatures lower than -8. The numbers I uncovered were -6 and -7 so I thought I had won, and so did the woman in the shop. But when she scanned the card the machine said I hadn't.

"I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it."

This may be the definitive proof of the old saying: the lottery is a tax on people who aren’t good at math. Link -via reddit

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You may remember the singing Tesla coil previously on Neatorama; now here are two Tesla coils doing The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in harmony!

The Tesla coils stand 7 feet tall and are each capable of putting out over 12 foot of spark. They are spaced about 18 feet apart. The coils are controlled over a fiber optic link by a single laptop computer. Each coil is assigned to a midi channel which it responds to by playing notes that are programed into the computer software. These coils were constructed by Steve Ward and Jeff Larson. Video was captured by Terry Blake. What is not obvious is how loud the coils are. They are well over 110dB...

Tchaikovsky would be proud. -via Good Math, Bad Math

November 5th is Guy Fawkes Night, celebrated in the UK and many former British colonies. It’s a commemoration of the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot {wiki} against King James I and the aristocracy. Guy Fawkes was an explosives expert who smuggled 1800 pounds of gunpowder into the cellar under the House of Lords.

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night, is celebrated with fireworks, bonfires, and burning effigies. Link

Lakshmi Tatma was born in the Bihar region of India on a holiday devoted to the four-armed Hindu deity Vishnu. She is connected to a headless parasitic twin, and has eight limbs.

Her mother Poonam Tatma said she believed her daughter was "a miracle, a reincarnation" of Vishnu.

A team of 30 surgeons is preparing to remove the headless twin. Without the operation, she isn’t expected to survive to adulthood.

Dr Sharan Patil, who will be leading the surgery at the country's Narayana Health City, in Bangalore, said: "Fortunately, Lakshmi has one complete body with a near perfect set of organs.

"Her skeletal system involves two bodies which are fused together at the level of the pelvis.

"The operation itself, although presents several challenges, is not the most complex in the world. What is highly unusual in Lakshmi's case is precisely how her bodies are fused, almost mirroring each other."

Lakshmi is a beautiful little girl, but the pictures in this article may be disturbing to the very sensitive. Link -via Unique Daily

Make your car or bike appear to be not worth stealing with rust stickers! Link -via Dump Trumpet

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This video is based on a sentence ("This is a story about cats flying.") by 8 year-old Jah-Kym McMillan and adapted into a video by The Story Pirates. Also see a sketch comedy performance of the same story, although a very different interpretation.

The Striking Viking Story Pirates adapt and perform stories written by kids as a way of celebrating the words and ideas of young people, to promote literacy as a vital part of early childhood education, and to preserve the spark of youthful creativity often lost in the transition to adulthood.

The Story Pirates take their show to elementary schools, and perform every Saturday at The Drama Book Shop in Brooklyn. See more kids and their stories at Story Pirates. http://www.storypirates.com/index

David Gunnells of the University of Alabama at Birmingham won Wired’s recent Saddest Cubicle contest. He had to send in two pictures of his cubicle, because you can’t tell there’s really an “office” tucked behind those filing cabinets!

His desk is penned in by heavily used filing cabinets in a windowless conference room, near a poorly ventilated bathroom and a microwave. The overhead light doesn't work -- his mother-in-law was so saddened by his cube that she gave him a lamp -- and the other side of the wall is a parking garage.

Wired also has pictures of ten runners-up. http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2007//11/gallery_saddest_cubicle

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A stickman and stickwoman meet and fall in love. This animation was drawn on bodies! See a “making of” video here. -via Viral Video Chart

Update: Yes, it's viral advertising, so be aware before you sign up for email "updates".

Thumbelina is the world’s smallest horse. She stands only 17.5 inches at the shoulder, and weighs only 57 pounds. She is a miniature horse, but she is also a dwarf, which makes her smaller than the smallest of her breed. Thumbelina has been mentioned at Neatorama before, but did you know she has a job visiting children who are hospitalized?

Ever since Thumbelina was a foal, the Goesslings noticed that she gravitated toward sick children.

"She has a way of seeking out kids who are suffering in some way," Goessling said.

Thumbelina is on a tour of children’s hospitals across the US, and has raised over $100,000 for children’s charities. Link -via Fark

(image credit-Sara A. Fajardo, Orlando Sentinal)

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The Common basilisk {wiki} is a lizard found in Central and South American rainforests near rivers and streams. This clip from National Geographic shows why this lizard has such an unusual nickname.

Japanese professor of architecture Terunobu Fujimori built this his boyhood dream in his father’s garden in 2004. It’s a teahouse on stilts! See more pictures at Materialicious. Link -via Unique Daily

Take a visit to the smallest island in the world, the most remote, the island that the Bounty mutineers’ descendents still inhabit, and more! http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/28/7-island-wonders-of-the-world-most-amazing-mysterious-remotest-and-more/ -via Dark Roasted Blend

Have you ever wondered what happens after you die? Thanatorama is a French flash documentary that explains the process. You may select English subtitles. During the presentation, click on the upper left to navigate the chapters. Link -via Metafilter

Movember (the month formally known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year.
At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants known as Mo Bros then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their moustache and along the way raise as much money and awareness about male health issues, in particular prostate cancer as possible.

You can register or find out more at The Republic of Movember. Link -via the Presurfer

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Sifaka lemurs of Madagascar get around by leaping. This clip from the BBC show "Weird Nature: Marvelous Motion" compares their movement to ballet, but it’s also reminiscent of a martial arts movie. -via Arbroath