[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQmvkTHYqbc][YouTube - Link]What's more fun than a barrel of monkeys? A playpen full of baby pandas! - via arbroathFrom the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.playing, pa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/08/pandamonium/Admit that you've always wanted a dead squirrel mounted to your exact specifications, such as the special forces squirrel in the picture above. Rick Nadeau decorates his taxidermy projects with items from G.I. Joe f...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/08/customized-squirrels/Niagara Detroit is an American artist associated with the Lowbrow movement. She was the frontperson for the 80s punk band Destroy All Monsters, but now works primarily in the visual arts. Her dominant motif...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/08/the-art-of-niagara-detroit/(Video Link) A wry look at art appreciation from Howcast, taking the form of a step-by-step guide on how to bluff your way through an art gallery conversation. Run time: 2 minutes. Via Juxtapozart appreciation,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/07/how-to-fake-an-appreciation-of-art/Here's proof that people will sue just for about anything: a plaintiff named Janine Sugawara sued the makers of Cap'N Crunch Crunch Berries cereal because she found out that the "crunchberries" are not really b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/07/judge-rules-crunchberries-are-not-real/Known for their supersized productions, the French mechanical marionette street theatre company Royale de Luxe have been up to their tricks again this weekend, this time on their home territory of the city of Nantes in w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/07/a-giant-awakes-in-nantes/Do you love your Kindle, but feel like it's lacking a certain je ne sais quoi? Spray it with "New Book Smell" and get that satisfaction you've been missing. Smell of Books comes in four addit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/07/new-book-smell-in-a-can/It may have taken some time to decide them, but the last votes have been cast and the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008 has been chosen. This extraordinary set of images certainly puts to rest the notion t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/06/the-wikimedia-commons-picture-of-the-year-2008-competition-winners/A bottle has been unearthed in Greenwich, England that contains urine and objects believed to have been put there to combat witchcraft. It was completely corked, so the contents were available for analysis, unlike other...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/06/17th-century-witch-bottle/This June 6th marks the 65th anniversary of one of the most iconic battles of World War 2: Operation Overlord, more commonly known as D-Day. It is the largest amphibious military operation in history, and the resul...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/06/amazing-photographs-of-d-day-and-operation-overlord/Scientists have found a new way to track colonies of penguins in the Antarctic by satellite. Normal satellite imaging doesn't show penguins well because of their natural camouflage. So instead, British penguin-trackers a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/now-on-satellite-penguin-poop/One minute you're shopping for skinny jeans in a trendy hipster store and the next, you're in the midst of a flashmob wearing Hammer Pants, dancing to U Can't Touch This.Sure, it's a viral for A&E's Hammerti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/hammer-pants-flash-mob/Super Tight Stuff blog has a nifty list of ten of the coolest places to swim around the world. Whether it is the Yangbajain hot springs in China, Jellyfish Lake in the island nation of Palau, or Bioluminescent Bay in Pue...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/top-10-coolest-places-to-swim/Prague Skyline from Petrin Tower - Gigapixel in PraguePanoramic photographer Jeffrey Martin of 360 Cities took this 2 gigapixel panorama stitched together from "a few hundreds shots" taken with a camera with a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/petrin-tower-panorama/What better way to teach your tots fashion sense and art at the same time than with these beauts? Behold the Crayon Rings, made by Timothy Liles out of washable (a must!) crayons. It's available at The Future Perfect, th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/crayon-rings/Photo: Roadsidepictures [Flickr]Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no denying that neon signs have become a big part of the urban landscape. Take, for instance, the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign above was designed...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/iconic-neon-signs-from-around-the-world/Photo: CraftyHedgehogSure it's a little bit morbid, but at least it's creative (remember that line?) Etsy user Emily Stoneking created this knitted lab rat and put it on a real dissection tray that we all surely remember...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/knitted-lab-rat-dissection/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klOCj4e0yfw][YouTube - Link]This YouTube clip shows some of the more unusual albino animals in the world. Cute or creepy? You be the judge (wait for it ... wait for it ...) See...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/albino-animals/Today is indeed a high holy day: National Doughnut Day. Its origins lie in the distribution of free doughnuts to American soldiers during the First World War, and then acquired greater fame with the sponsorship of the S...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/national-doughnut-day/Old advertisements are always interesting. But, combine old advertisements with canned meat, and you have a winner.Tell her if she finds SPAM to buy it at once!LinkFrom the Upcoming ueue, submitted by notorio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/vintage-canned-meat-advertisements/Tired of commercialism? Make your own cake! This sleepy dragon with Dragon Eggs (for a 4 year old's birthday party) is very fun... and all homemade! If you're doing your own party, the matching dragon il...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/very-cool-dragon-cake/Imagine sticking 2,222 toothpicks in your beard!George Gaspar makes history by sticking 2222 toothpicks in his beard, a new world record. Gaspar's achievement beat previous record holder BeardPick by 222 toothpicks....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/05/most-toothpick-in-beard/Curt Carish of Kaua‘i, Hawaii was at Port Allen beach when he spotted a fish swimming awkwardly. He grabbed a bamboo pole and beat the fish until it went limp. Carish put the fish in his cooler. When a friend opened th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/fish-coughs-up-gold-watch/In 1943, a volcano began growing out of a cornfield in San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacán, Mexico. It erupted for eight years, growing to a height of 336 meters. The lava flow buried the town, but the inhabitants wer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/buried-church/When he was a teenager, Gerard Brion began to build a scale model of Paris in his own backyard, using baby food jars, cinder blocks and other trash. 15 years later, Brion has created a true work of art that's become quit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/man-builds-miniature-paris-in-his-own-backyard/Theo Gray (featured previously at Neatorama) cast this fish out of a metal you rarely see made into sculpture -mercury! To keep the shape, he had to cool it to –320°F (-212°C) with liquid nitrogen. When mer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/mercury-fish/(YouTube link) Corey McKenna created this unique stop-motion video as an invitation to his wedding to Rachel. The music is M79 by Vampire Weekend. More detailed directions are in another video. Do you think anyone wil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/wedding-invitation/People around the world are marking the 20th anniversary of what became known in China as the June 4th Incident. In April of 1989, students and intellectuals gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to mourn the death of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/tiananmen-square-anniversary/Photo credits: Kevin Conger (top left), Nancy Conger (top right), Tom Fox (bottom)The Crack Garden is an award-winning project by CMG Landscape Architecture in San Francisco, California. The project transforms a desolate...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/04/the-crack-garden/Happiest People Ever is a tumblr blog dedicated to preserving photographs of happy people who just happen to forget to smile when their photos were taken. Can't you see that they're smiling on the inside? Link - via Look...
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