Lore has it that the British military conceived the idea of a dummy paratrooper in 1938 - since then, decoy paradummies have been used in various military operations to confuse the enemy.From the website...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/08/decoy-paratrooper-dummy-or-paradummy/What happens when the driver of a semi-tractor trailer hauling a track hoe excavator on a flatbed misjudged the clearance at an overpass?Snopes confirmed this email that's going 'round the Interweb: Link - *...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/08/track-hoe-excavator-vs-bridge/Philps showcased their LED-integrated fabric at the 2006 IFA Electronics show in Berlin. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Liberal Avenger!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/08/philips-led-shirt/This year's corn maze at the Warner Farm (Mike's Maze) in Sunderland, Massachusetts is a giant portrait of the famous chef Julia Child!Fantastic! Link - Thanks Mark Lengowski!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/08/julia-child-corn-maze/Neatorama reader Lorrie Davis wrote about her website Pop Life Art: Pop Life Art contains a comprehensive listing of celebrities (actors, singers, musicians, athletes, etc.) that create fine art pain...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/08/celebrities-and-their-artworks/Hell hath no fury like a former seminarian. From Hollywood superstars to adulterous dilettantes, several seminary dropouts have managed to find success in the secular world. But they've also strayed from the Christ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/famous-divinity-school-dropouts/How do chimps cross the road? Carefully, it turns out:Experts studying chimpanzees while investigating the evolution of human social behaviour have uncovered their ability to safely cross roads....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/chimps-strategy-for-crossing-the-road/From the website:On July 17 Landall Proctor climbed on his bicycle in Richmond Virginia and embarked on a solo journey around the Unites States to support the Meals on Wheels program. He will pedal more th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/bike-ride-around-america/Photo: Rafael Estefania, BBC MundoBBC Mundo has a neat photo journal of the San Pedro prison, the biggest prison in Bolivia's main city La Paz:Once you pass the thick walls and the security gates, any rese...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/san-pedro-city-prison-in-bolivia/From the website:A member of the stinkhorn family of fungi, Aseroe rubra is commonly known as the starfish fungus or sea anemone fungus (for obvious reasons, I hope). Tim Geho of MushroomExpert.com writes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/stinkhorn-fungus/Probably the proof that you can take recycling to extremes:Creative Paper Wales has produced greetings cards and gifts made from the by-products of its woolly neighbours.Its Sheep P...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/sheep-poo-paper/Being a new Dad, I can totally appreciate Wry Baby's witty notepads "for the parentally distracted." Or for those with bald babies (nope, not mine: she was born with a full head of hair), her...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/wry-babys-notepads-for-parents/From the website:Since the 911 incident, many countries have stepped up their defense against terrorism. For instance, Beijing’s Zhongguan Village square has come up with an innovative product: a bul...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/bulletproof-toilet/Between November 2004 and February 2005, John Ralston drew the entire 1925 senior class from the Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.Link [flickr] - via BibliOddysey - Thanks PM Morte!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/senior-class-photo-liner/Neatorama reader Scott made a neat little door hanger that warns would be visitors of your mood using emoticons!You can download the printable PDF at his blog: Link - Thanks Scott!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/good-day-bad-day-door-hanger/From the website:Artist Kevin O'Callaghan, a Manhattan School of Visual Arts professor, saw something of beauty in the car that the public has turned its back on. He bought 39 rusty Yugos and asked his stu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/07/yugo-toaster/This cleverly humorous illustration was done by Seymour Chwast for the book Design Humor: The Art of Graphic Wit by Steve Heller. Found at BookLust....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/kama-sutra-of-reading/National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation fans rejoice - here is the website where you can buy those awesome moose mugs: http://www.canadianmoose.com/moosemugs/index.htm - via The Green Head...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/moose-mug/What is it? It's an extension cord shaped like fish skeleton! The male plug is at its head, and the female plug is at its tail.Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/fish-skeleton-extension-cord/This has got to be one of the weirdest thing I've ever seen: a scat identification guide, printed on a scarf (or bandanna) made by Acord Naturalists.This unique educational scarf features scat draw...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/scat-identification-scarf/Vegiforms are clear plastic mold that you can put on a growing vegetable, like a zucchini or a melon, and make it conform to the shape of the mold! VegiForms are available in five basic shapes: the G...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/vegiform/Found at tombland's photostream: Link [flickr]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/meat-face/Chris Natrop's hand-cut paper artwork mimics the intricacy of spider webs! This one's titled White White Mayday in Mustard and Gold (I know, I know ... artist!) Link - (Don't miss a piece called Fern Space Bur...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/chris-natrops-cut-paper-artwork/Jeff Hapeman took this amazing photo of a green aurora over Lake Superior, Michigan. From APOD:What if your horizon was green? If you've got a camera, take a picture! That was the experience of Jeff Hapema...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/green-aurora/From the website:A police officer described yesterday how he pulled over a motorist who was veering across the road and found that he had no eyes.Omed Aziz, who lost both his eyes in a bomb...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/blind-driver-im-perfectly-safe-on-the-roads/David Klenerman of Cambridge University created a ground-breaking technique of ... nano doodling!It is highly accurate, but there is something unusual about this image of the Cambridge University cre...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/nano-doodling-with-scanning-ion-conductance-microscopy/From the website: Many people have experienced the phenomenon of receiving a telephone call from someone shortly after thinking about them -- now a scientist says he has proof of what he calls teleph...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/telephone-telepathy/Tired of an illegal squatter moving onto his land complete with car and a mobile home, farmer Alan Roberts decided to evict the guy - with a forklift!While the illegal tenant was still soundly asleep, Mr R...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/farmer-evicts-squatter-with-a-forklift/Pier Ferrari at the University of Parma, Italy, and colleagues finally proved the old saying "monkey see, monkey do":Pier Ferrari at the University of Parma, Italy, and colleagues tested...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/scientists-proved-once-and-for-all-that-monkey-see-monkey-do/In 1931, Nikola Tesla, the inventor of the alternating current and the holder of some 1,200 patents installed a mysterious box in the front seat of the Pierce-Arrow touring car:The box is said to h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/06/teslas-black-magic-car/
