One of the Library's missions is to preserve audio-visual materials. Much of this work happens at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Virginia. Here's a quick look at the process of digitizing a 78 RPM disc,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/14/How-to-Digitize-a-Record/Do you know what the most populated city on Earth is? The city with the worst traffic? The city with the largest land area? The healthiest city? You might be surprised to know the answer to some of those questions. For e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/05/06/The-Most-Extreme-Cities-in-the-World/We recently introduced you to the new world's tallest dog and now it's time to meet the new holder of the "world's longest tail" Guinness title. Keon is an Irish Wolfhound, which are known for having long tails to start...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/01/23/This-Dog-Holds-the-Guinness-Title-for-the-Worlds-Longest-Tail/Many people still think the cheetah is the world's fastest animal, but it's really only the fastest land animal. Until recently, the correct answer was the swift, but now even people who said that are inncorrect -the fas...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/11/17/The-Fastest-Animal-in-the-World-is-Just-Plain-Batty/Some people can't wake up without a cup of coffee and for some people, a whole pot of coffee is neccessary. If you just can't get enough caffeine, you might want to head to The Viscous Cafe in Australia, where you can fi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/09/29/The-Worlds-Strongest-Cup-of-Coffee/You probably know that Keanu Reeves and Johnny Dep... ...on, Mr. T andd Seth MacFarlane all have their own records ? It's a little surprising how many celebrities ha... ...es have recorded albums and I imagine most of the records aren't exactly great either.
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/06/16/Surprising-Celebrity-Musical-Records/(Video Link)If you're familiar with even the most basic Japanese dessert, you're probably familiar with mochi, the sticky, sweet cakes made from rice flour. What you probably don't know is that the most traditional way t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/06/15/Making-Mochi-is-Scary/[http://youtu.be/K7dcSr04G8s] (YouTube link)How does a cat become a DJ? Practice! Although I think this one may be born to do it. There are training programs for kitten DJs, though, where they learn to scratch and mix. H...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/08/12/Vinyl-Kitty/Sandman Upcycling made this tripod mounted lamp (translation) that features an old LP record as a reflector. He doesn't say how he does it. Perhaps he softens the record with heat and then wraps it around a mold. What do...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/18/Studio-Lamps-Made-from-Old-Records/We just covered the world's largest gingerbread ho... ...orever in the pages of the Guinness Book of World Records .
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/08/The-Worlds-Largest-Gingerbread-Village/