(Video Link) It's a Heteropteryx dilatata, more commonly known as a Malaysian Jungle Nymph. At six inches long, these critters are among the biggest insects in the world. They eat bramble, leaves, and unattended chi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/giant-bug/I ran across these haunting, frightening images at Colossal last week. They're the work of Isaac Cordal, who creates and poses tiny cement sculptures to reveal a dystopian vision of a sinking world. When...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/into-the-abyss/Spitball Dart Decision Maker - $9.95 Life is full of choices. Do you need to make another spit decision? You need the Spitball Dart Decision Maker from the NeatoShop. This handy kit comes with 40 decision making s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/spitball-dart-decision-maker/(YouTube link) An otter at Sea World in San Diego has fun with an energetic toddler. Which is what otters really are underneath that fur! -via Buzzfeedzoo, aquarium, otter...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/playing-with-an-otter/These marvelous sculptures of Star Wars characters have been attributed to an artist named Steve Thompson. The detailed work on the stormtrooper helmet is particularly nice. via blastr | Previously: Crayo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/star-wars-crayon-sculptures/Elevator technology is taking a great leap forward from what you're probably used to. Newer models can be accessed by swiping ID cards and programmed and controlled by managers, either to give priority to certain users o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/new-elevators-sort-users-by-rank/Snyder, a street artist in Carlsbad, California, added a bit of stencil work to a weathered wall to create this image. It's called "Eddie the Great Gray." Link via Copyranter | Artist's Websitestreet art...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/food-chain/What is this thing? I'm having trouble tracking down an authoritative source (or even the origin of this photograph), but here's what's written on the sign: This unusual item was captured by US forces during the P...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/japanese-sword-pistol/(Video Link) What are you doing for the next hour? Good, because you've got a lot of entertainment ahead of you. YouTube user BloodyRenegadeX's channel is packed with great flipbook animations, such as this one abou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/sonic-the-hedgehog-flipbook/You wanted to get rid of some old clothes, but Goodwill is not yet open. There's a clothes donation box in the next parking lot, so why not put it there? After all, donating is donating, right...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/clothing-donation-box-donating-isnt-necessarily-charitable/Two women got into a drunken argument after a night's drinking at the bar, and decided that the only logical way to find out who's right is to let the police decide: Tro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/what-a-good-idea-drunks-decided-to-let-the-police-settle-their-drunken-argument/You ate food from that thing? You're braver than I thought. Appropriately, the truck is called the Grillenium Falcon, and there's a fried sandwich on the side is shaped like the Millennium Falcon. I...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/star-wars-themed-food-truck/(Vimeo Link) Parisian photographer Alexandre Dubosc created "Alimation" for the 2011 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Dubosc used crepes, candies and matches to create a yummy looking whirling animation t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/edible-zoetrope/Is your sweetheart a zombie? These delicious truffle brains are the perfect gift for Zombie Awareness Month which, in case you'd forgotten, just happens to be May! Once you've found a tiny brain mold you're ready to crea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/mmmm-zombie-truffles/Talking Dalek Alarm Clock - $29.95 Attention Doctor Who fans! Behold the fabulous Talking Dalek Alarm Clock from the NeatoShop! The clock features 3 soothing Dalek phrases: "You would make a good Dalek," "You are an e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/talking-dalek-alarm-clock/Marx, Thoreau, Mao and Lenin take a hike. This sounds like the set up for a joke, doesn't it?. These Mountain Men action figures from Mountain Research come equipped with rucksacks, walking sticks and cute little hiking...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/action-figures-for-the-politically-inclined/Well, in their defense, they do look alike at that age! Via Arbroathbaby, greeting cards...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/its-a-new-baby-boygirl/Love, love, love this "Training Dresser" kid's cabinet by Seattle furniture maker Peter Briscol. But if you can afford the $1,500 price tag, I'm sure you can afford to hire a nanny to outsource that pesky task...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/training-dresser/As the real estate market continues to limp along, more and more homeowners are opting for strategic default - basically walking away from a mortgage you can afford to pay.Many describe it as a savvy business decision (e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/is-strategic-default-morally-wrong/Jaime O'Neill is an English teacher who penned this Dear Students letter for his last class after teaching for 40 years. Every student should read it, but probably won't and therefore will learn the hard way (ju...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/dear-slackers-teachers-last-letter-to-students-on-why-they-should-study/The Galileo spacecraft captured this fantastic color composite image of a volcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Io. APOD explains:At the image top, over Io's limb, a bluish plume rises about 140 kilometers above the su...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/volcanic-plumes-over-io/This past Saturday Pope Benedict became the first pope to call astronauts in space. He talked to the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour along with those at the International Space Station. From space, "I think it mus...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/first-pope-phone-call-in-space/It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s a flying cutout of a superhero remotely controlled. See video at the link. Due to the low weight to surface area and that it has a high wing like a Piper cub with a low center...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/remote-controlled-superhero/While we are busy trying to create and market the perfect electric car, the Japanese have gone the extra mile and plan to mass produce a car which runs primarily on water. What do you think, will this car be a viable a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/japanese-water-car/Austrian Death Machine is an Arnold Schwarzenegger themed side project band of heavy metal musician Tim Lambesis (of the group As I Lay Dying). Lambesis has released two concept albums with Austrian Death Machine; Tota...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/austrian-death-machine/I used to love playing with the Tesla Coils at the mall but never wanted to fork over the cash for one. Now this helpful guide will show me how to build my own Tesla Coil right at home. However please be careful: Brin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/how-to-build-a-tesla-coil/Shelby GT500 Wireless Road Mice - $54.95 | All Ford Road Mice Psst, is your Dad a Shelby lover? Here's the pefect Father's Day gift: the Shelby GT500 Wireless Road Mice comp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/shelby-gt500-wireless-road-mice/Mental_floss continues to have fun with the latest US Census data in today's Lunchtime Quiz. Of the 150 most populous cities in the United States, 11 have names that are only four or five letters long. How many can...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/big-cities-little-names/Scientific Illustration is a Tumbler blog with 66 pages of scientific drawings and paintings from many linked sources. Find what you're particularly interested in seeing by scrolling through the archives -keep scroll...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/23/scientific-illustration/The Retroist reprinted some letters from the 1983 book Letters to E.T. Most of the letters are from children to the alien character, but this one is to Steven Spielberg himself. Link -via @LettersOfNoteFunny...
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