Certain bird species can project their voices in one direction while their beaks are pointed in another. Jessica Yorzinski, a graduate student in animal behavior at UC Davis conducted a study with Gail Patricelli, prof...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/ventriloquist-birds/The present landspeed record for a lawnmower is 80.792 mph. Project Runningblade, led by Stephen Vokins of the Beaulieu National Motor Museum in the UK, hopes to break that record with a lawnmower capable of reachin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/100-mph-lawnmower/Pictures of this stylish suit of armor made from beer can tabs have been circulating the Internet today. What gifted artist will step forward and claim credit for this magnificent creation? There are more detailed...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/beer-can-tab-chain-mail/27-year-old Lin Rong re-entered Japan even though she had earlier been deported back to China. She wasn't caught until she was arrested on other charges, because her fingerprints were different. Lin had undergone surgery...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/fake-fingerprints-by-plastic-surgery/Last night a strange spiral lit up the sky over Norway, from Trøndelag to Finnmark, and many people took pictures. The phenomenon began when what appeared to be a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a moun...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/weird-norwegian-skies/I just discovered this, and it should prove a handy and effective tool for answering questions in the future. From Lifehacker: If you're a power searcher, or other people think you are, and you're getting tired of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/let-me-google-that-for-you/If I had a Christmas tree, this would be one of the ornaments on it. It just makes sense (Spidey Sense?) that the Webslinger would be hanging out there. Get a load of this and other superhero tree-trimmers at Wal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/comic-book-christmas-ornaments/Twenty-five years ago, Kris Marshall of Iowa draped a strand of Christmas lights across his pickup truck. Now, eight incarnations later, the Christmas Truck has 3,000 lights. Matt Hardigree writes for Jalopnik*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/the-truck-with-3000-christmas-lights/Move over, Johnny Depp. There's a new Edward Scissorhands in town, and he cuts hair. With Clawz. Yep, you read that right. Here's Valentino LoSauro who invented a new way to cut hair:"The idea came to me in the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/real-life-edward-scissorhands/When a fire truck responded to an emergency call in Philadelphia, firemen found that access to a fire hydrant was blocked by ... the Philadelphia Parking Authority van!The visibly perturbed firefighters politely asked th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/fire-hydrant-blocked-by-parking-authority-van/Next up for Grammy, Sen. Orrin Hatch! The Mormon senator from Utah has just penned his newest single, "Eight Days of Hanukkah": In Tablet, a magazine on Jewish life, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote that he met with...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/hanukkah-pop-song-by-mormon-senator-orrin-hatch/Besides being chased by an angry spouse wielding a golf club, adultery now carries another danger: lawyers.The next time a married man or woman glances your way, you might think twice before acting on impulse and fro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/cheating-on-your-spouse-now-you-can-be-sued/Proving the maxim that nothing succeeds like controversy - or at least attract free press like one, CBS' online mash up of Frosty (with sound bites from the TV series "How I Met Your Mother" and "Two and a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/frosty-the-inappropriate-snowman/Pantone, the company which business is to know everything there is to know about colors, has just unveiled Color of the Year for 2010 (drumroll, please): turquoise!"Turquoise is universally appealing. It puts ev...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/pantone-color-of-the-year-2010-turquoise/Upon hearing that Rolling Stone magazine plans to open its own restaurant, Slate author Justin Peters imagined reviews for restaurants opened by other magazines and news sites, such as Sports Illust...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/magazine-themed-restaurants/Photo submitted by Z. (Sketchy Santas) Sketchy Santas is a site devoted to reader-submitted pictures of that bastion of the season: sitting on Santa's lap. It's a time when children are either enchanted with the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/sketchy-santas/Within a storytelling construct, an antagonist is key, and cartoons have had some of the most dynamic, interesting villains throughout history. The list at Bezbrige has ten interesting choices, including everybody's fa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/top-10-cartoon-villains/[caption id="attachment_28141" align="aligncenter" width="499" caption="Photo: Roman Bonnefoy"][/caption] Behold the natural beauty of Plitvice National Park. Called the Most Popular Tourist Attraction in Croatia, i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/beautiful-croatia/(YouTube Link) A fellow who calls himself "The Duckman" built an electrically-powered automatic crossbow. His objective was to have a usable crossbow now that arthritis prevents him from cocking each arrow, as he w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/automatic-crossbow/Just added to the Neatorama Shop's Christmas Special, where every purchase will get you a free Mystery Bonus. Your purchase helps support the blog, so skip the hassle of going to the mall...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/more-stuff-for-the-neatorama-christmas-special/What do you get when you mix Twitter with toddlers? Behold the Twoddler, a tricked-out Fisher Price Activity Center that lets toddlers send pre-arranged tweets to friends and family:... the Twoddler, a tricked-out Fi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/twoddler-lets-toddlers-send-tweets/These days, everyone’s heard of Michel de Nostredame, better known as Nostradamus, but most people just know that he was one of the most famous seers in history. Most people don’t really know about his specific predi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/09/getting-to-know-nostradamus/
