Looking for something to keep you warm this winter but not really in the mood for plain hot chocolate? Then reach for some delicious eggnog and white chocolate chips and start heating them over the stove on low heat. Ser...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Eggnog-Hot-Chocolate/The denizens of Sesame Street are geeking out over The Lord of the Rings. You've already seen Cookie Monster obsessing over precious cookies. In this Vine video, Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf in the movies, wa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Ian-McKellen-Meets-Muppet-Gandalf-on-Sesame-Street/In 1874, kidnapping was a misdemeanor under Pennsylvania law. Then 4-year-old Charley Ross went missing. Two men had picked him and his 5-year-old brother up, but the older boy was set free the same day. Christian Ross,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/The-Story-Behind-Americas-First-Ransom-Note/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV4YXmpcP3E](Video Link)Whether it's Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter or another game in the genre, a new player has a lot to learn. I never got into the genre because there...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Every-Fighting-Game-Ever/The hit Broadway musical Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz has delighted audiences worldwide with the story of the Wicked Witch of the West before she gave her soul to the dark side.The musical is ba...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Artwork-For-An-Animated-Version-Of-Wicked/[http://youtu.be/-pziElSiJgc] (YouTube link)AsapSCIENCE has another collection of science facts and ideas that will "turn your brain to mush!" That's their words, not mine. But this video will give you something to think...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Amazing-Facts-to-Blow-Your-Mind-3/He tasks me—and I'll have him. I'll chase him round the North Pole and round the Yuletide maelstrom and round perdition's flames before I give him up!Share the vengeful spirit of the season by watching Star Tre...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/The-Wreath-of-Khan/There are plenty of ugly sweaters out there this time of year, but while most of them are trashy and tacky, it takes a lot to be downright offensive and terrible like this Santa spelling out Merry Christmas in the snow.&...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Forget-Ugly-Christmas-Sweaters-These-Are-Just-Plain-Wrong/[http://youtu.be/VFcDKLqgv1k] (YouTube link)Olivier Bolduc and Simon Lachapelle produced this stop-motion video featuring Étienne Desboisand Louka Boutin as Mario and Luigi. I almost lost it when Mario began leavi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Mario-Kart-in-Real-Life-2/Zoe in a Pink Ballet Slipper Christmas StockingThe holidays are here. Add a little Sesame Street cheer to your hearth with the Zoe in a Pink Ballet Slipper Christmas Stocking. It is the perfect way to celebrate your love...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Zoe-in-a-Pink-Ballet-Slipper-Christmas-Stocking/(Photo: unknown)Portland is forever trying to one-up Austin in weirdness. Well, Oregonians, you'd better bring your best game. Austin has stockpiles of weirdness you haven't even seen before.Vegan free-range Christmas tr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Meanwhile-In-Portland/[http://youtu.be/_CzBlSXgzqI] (YouTube link)The Juno spacecraft flew by Earth on October 23, leveraging a bit of Earth's pull to catapult itself off to Jupiter. While it was close by, it took pictures. Engineers at NASA/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Earth-and-Moon-Seen-by-Passing-Juno-Spacecraft/Your body never stops aging, but that doesn’t mean you have to give up your funky fresh style and cutting edge fashion sense when you join AARP and start ordering off the Senior menu. Rocking dope gear is always a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Youre-Never-Too-Old-To-Rock-Fresh-Gear/It looks tasty, doesn’t it? There’s Chihuahua cheese and chipotle mayonnaise with fresh lettuce, onion and tomato on a bun. Also crickets. That’s the heart of the flavor for the Grass-Whopper.Antojeria...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/The-Grass-Whopper-A-Burger-Made-with-Crickets/Fear of the dark is a common and an almost universal fear for at least a part of our lives (usually some part of our childhood). Though it's not so much the dark itself that we fear, but the unknown -those scary things t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Why-Were-Afraid-of-the-Dark/We've talked about cool secrets behind National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, but one thing that article didn't explore was what would happen to the Griswolds after they kidnap Frank Shirley. While he says he'll...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Christmas-Vacation-More-Like-Christmas-in-Prison/There are strange things happening in the news lately ..or are there?Peter de Silva posted this screenshot and got arguments from all sides. Some languages do not use the Oxford, or serial, comma and tak...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Why-We-Need-the-Oxford-Comma/We just can’t get enough of that fresh popped popcorn smell, but until now if you wanted to carry that savory smell around you either had to douse yourself in artificial butter flavoring or strap a popcorn maker to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/An-iPhone-Attachment-That-Generates-The-Smell-Of-Fresh-Popcorn/[http://youtu.be/XztPtK7yAUk] (YouTube link)Benjamin Franklin did not say that God gave us beer because He loves us and wants us to be happy -but he might have thought it! Beer goes way thousands of yea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/26-Interesting-Facts-About-Beer/(Image via the US Navy Art Collection)During the American Civil War, Confederate commandos and agents launched small attacks and engaged in clandestine activities from British Canada. Most famously, they robbed three ban...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/The-Confederate-Navys-Crazy-Plan-to-Raid-the-Great-Lakes/Magic! KitThe holidays are here. Are you still looking for that truly magical gift for someone you love? You need the Magic! Kit from the NeatoShop. This great little kit includes everything you need to do 12 magic trick...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Magic-Kit/(Image credit: Flickr user Thomas ♫)Neatorama presents our collaboration with Pzzlr, a site where you can always find a riddle to exercise your brain. Can you solve this one?Four people need to get from point A to poin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Solve-This-Pzzlr-Rainy-Dilemma/You don't have to be human to love the holidays. These critters featured on Cute Overload are proof of that and man are they adorable. You might see pups in costumes and kitties attacking trees pretty regularly, but...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Forget-Christmas-Its-Time-for-Cute-Mas/[http://youtu.be/uYdr-BsGv_4] (YouTube link)Dancer Gabriel Valenciano and his father, Filipino pop star Gary Valenciano, dance together in this high-energy acrobatic video of generational fusion. The music is "Separate W...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Super-Selfie-The-Father-and-The-Son/It’s that time of year again, when the internet celebrates the best and worst of everything before we officially ring in the new year.Here’s a list which details the worst kind of offenders- the video game re...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/The-Worst-Video-Game-Releases-Of-2013/The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable research.(Image credit: Flickr user Miss Yellow)by Alice Shirrell Kaswell, Improbable Research staffRyan Thomas Grace, an American patent attorney, submi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/RT-Graces-Patent-Application-Proposal/If you want to get strong and stay strong, then you’ve got to pump iron constantly. Push yourself to the max, then go even harder. That’s what Zhang Fuxing, a factor workers in Tangshan, Hebei province, China...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/This-Man-Walks-around-in-880-Pound-Shoes/[http://youtu.be/H7jtC8vjXw8] (YouTube link)YouTube invited its biggest stars, and the folks who made the year's biggest videos, to join in their annual year-end "rewind" video. Get ready for a collage of the the people,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/YouTube-Rewind-What-Does-2013-Say/From the title you’d expect this article to be about architecture built by the same people who made Wonder Woman’s invisible jet, but these examples of so-called “invisible” architecture should ac...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/11/Fifteen-Stunning-Examples-Of-Invisible-Architecture/You might laugh at Home Alone, A Christmas Story, or Christmas Vacation, but if you really want to wallow in emotion, the go-to Christmas film is It's a Wonderful Life. Not only is it...
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