Some crab species burrow homes into sandy beaches. As they dig, they form sand and dirt into small spheres, which they then push to the surface. When large colonies of crabs are active, they can form unintentional bu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/crab-galaxies/At least in simulation, because they're covered with artificial turf. But if you like to walk barefoot through grass, Kusa's flip flops are a step in the right direction. Link -via Gizmodoshoes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/grass-flip-flops-let-you-walk-barefoot-everywhere/(Video Link) Don't run away, Meat Shield. It's a hundred experience points, yours for the taking. Just keep his attention while we slip around behind him. -via Super Punch | Artist's Websitespiders, puppetry...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/huge-spider-puppet/The redoubtable Miranda-class cruisers were in Starfleet service for a century and saw action from the Battle of the Mutara Nebula to the Battle of Cardassia. For us Trekkies, the most famous was the Rel...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/lego-uss-reliant-from-star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/Image via the National Library of New Zealand The 13 rules of eye flirtation above probably saved society from descending into eye flirtation chaos - I mean, could you imagi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/guide-to-flirtation-of-yore/(Video Link) Dann Matthews is right. Darth Vader and Don Draper have a lot in common, such as a mysterious past and the ability to force-choke people at ten paces. -via Popped CultureStar Wars, darth vader, Mad M...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/sterling-cooper-vader-price-how-may-i-direct-your-call/While your teachers may have spread lies about planetary plates shifting and causing the continents to separate, Dan Meth is brave enough to share the truth with us. Pangaea occurred when the continents were cuddling...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/the-true-story-behind-pangaeas-seperation/While this one wasn't on the Mental Floss list of geeky license plates I linked to earlier this week, the great thing about this plate is that it actually takes into account the vehicle model as well. Link Via Gee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/another-awesomely-geeky-license-plate/(Video Link) You never know which box he will choose and how he will approach entering each one. Likewise, you never know if he will actually fit into each box. Via Cute OverloadCute, videos, animals, pets, Maru...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/because-you-can-always-use-more-maru/I don't know about you guys, but I sure wouldn't spend this gorgeous artwork on just anything. No, it would have to be on something awesome like a wookie cookie. Link Via The Daily WhatArt, Star Wars, money, Sci F...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/22/the-official-currency-of-the-geek-federacy/This is what the eleven incarnations of Doctor Who would look like if they came from a feline alternate reality. My, those little kittehs sure are sharp dressers! This purrrfect illustration brought to you courtesy of s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/feline-version-of-the-eleven-doctors/This optical illusion street art was placed on the road outside of Universal Studios: Japan to promote their new Flying Snoopy ride. The characters can only be seen properly crossing the road from the ri...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/peanuts-street-art-version-of-abbey-road/(YouTube Link) Hudson Urban Bicycles decided to try out something interesting in New York's SoHo neighborhood-chain up a bike, take a picture of it every day and see how long it takes to disappear, piece by piece. Th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/how-long-will-a-bike-last-on-the-streets-of-new-york/Oh, you've got to love gub'ment. Here's a story of how the Environmental Protection Agency made companies that supply motor fuel pay fines because they failed to deliver alternative...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/government-penalizes-oil-companies-for-failing-to-deliver-fuels-that-dont-yet-exist/(YouTube Link) If you've ever found yourself wondering "What's the deal with cosplayers?" (hopefully in an internal voice that sounds like Jerry Seinfeld), then you should find this video informative and enlightening....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/cosplayer-shares-a-personal-account-of-what-the-hobby-means-to-her/(YouTube Link) We should all thank our lucky stars that video games aren't considered to be "just for kids" anymore, because we don't have to deal with an endless slew of inedible junk food products based on video gam...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/unhealthy-food-spawned-by-video-games/Want to show your future wife that your life together will be full of excitement and adventure? Then give her an Indiana Jones themed engagement ring! Here's what Redditor Homerliwag decided to do when the time came...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/an-engagement-ring-fit-for-indiana-jones/Photo: Jon Simon/Feature Photo Service for L.L. Bean Move over, Weinermobile! The L.L. Bean Bootmobile is here go give you the boot! The Laughing Squid, one of the neat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/l-l-bean-bootmobile/Soviet cosmonauts usually returned to Earth by landing on the ground, often in vast stretches of wilderness. They had to be prepared to survive until pickup, and even went armed to ensure their safety. Current R...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/russian-cosmonauts-train-for-winter-survival/(Video Link) Allegedly, this video shows a way to multiply large numbers by marking lines and counting their intersections. It seems to work -- at least on these examples. It's probably a good technique if...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/multiplying-with-lines/Nail in the head ain't nothin' to Dante Autullo, who accidentally fired a three-inch nail into his brain and didn't even feel it: Dante Autullo remained conscious after the self-inflicted...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/man-nailed-own-brain-didnt-even-feel-it/(YouTube link) This video was produced by the comedy duo Rhett & Link, but there are two professional dancers inside the costume. Keep your eye out for the special guest cameo. -via Laughing Squiddance, zebra, Chu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/dope-zebra/The Islington Council made a sign warning people not to attach anything to park furniture or trees -and then attached it to a tree at Highbury Fields in north London, England. A neighboring architect, who was annoyed...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/an-attachment-about-attachments/Animation studio Virtual Republic turned classical music by German composer Ferdinand Ries into a rollercoaster ride for this clever ad for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. The mus...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/classical-music-as-a-roller-coaster-ride/Park visitors won't get forty shillings on a drum, but if French politician Yves Jégo has his way, they will get to experience the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte. He plans to build, at a projected cost of $280 mil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/france-plans-napoleonland-a-napoleon-theme-park/Until about two years ago, I had never even heard of needle felting. But now I've seen some amazing demonstrations of the craft, including household appliances, a comic book cover, and Jabba the Hutt. There's an amaz...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/how-to-make-a-needle-felted-terrarium/Did I see trafficjamosaurus there somewhere? Designer Andy Council of Bristol, England, created a series of urban dinosaurs in which he imagined prehistoric cre...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/urban-dinosaurs-by-andy-council/Drinking Straw Glasses - $3.95 Your Mother said don't play with your food. She never said don't play with your drink. Behold the Drinking Straw Glasses from the NeatoShop. This one size fits all drinking straw, shaped l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/drinking-straw-glasses/(YouTube link) Lukáš Kmit was playing his best at a concert at the Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Presov, Slovakia when someone's phone went off. I think he handled it in as classy a manner as he could! -via The Daily...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/21/nokia-ringtone/Last Wednesday will go down in history as the day the internet stood up for itself. More than 115,000 websites went on strike to protest the SOPA and PIPA bills that would endanger the internet as we know it. Many more w...
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