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• A 92-Year-Old Woman To Stand Trial For Murder
• The 6 Most Bizarre Medical Hoaxes People Actually Believed
• Surfing Trooper
• Living in 90 Square Feet
• Custom Cadillac Camper
• Snakes and Ladders
• Why Cats Are Not Doctors
• Amputee Trips Up Robber
• Can of Whoop Ass Cheeseboard
• Touch Wood
• Manhood in the Mirror
• This Week at Neatorama

A 92-Year-Old Woman To Stand Trial For Murder Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:59 PM PDT Clara Tang is going down in the history books.   She is currently the oldest woman on record ordered to stand trial for murder in Australia.  She is 92. After almost 70 years of marriage, Mrs Tang – suffering dementia – allegedly killed Ching Yung Tang in their plush sixth-floor unit in the Connaught apartment complex overlooking Sydney’s Hyde Park on March 12, 2010. It is said that Clara believed her husband was trying to poison her. She allegedly confessed to the murder. Is 92 too old to stand trial for murder?  Is there a point where the cost of proceeding outweighs the need for societal justice? Les Kennedy of the Sydney Morning Herald has more: Link

The 6 Most Bizarre Medical Hoaxes People Actually Believed Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:46 PM PDT Some of these cases are more bizarre than others. People can fake illness, and can be pretty good at fooling family, friends, and medical practitioners. But the story of Mary Toft was totally over the edge. Toft captured the imagination of England when she “gave birth” to several rabbits and parts of other animals in the presence of numerous physicians and skeptics. The charade went on for months, perpetuated by daily newspapers, which were still a novelty. And back then, every newspaper resembled the Weekly World News, in which Bigfoot attacks are every bit as newsworthy as local politics. It’s true that physicians confirmed the story, although they were under political pressure to do so. Read this story and more at Cracked. Link

Surfing Trooper Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:43 PM PDT Rebecca Noéh and her boyfriend are on a trip around the world, currently in Bali and soon heading to Australia. They are posting photos from their travels on a Tumblr blog. Oh, and they put on a Storm Trooper helmet for every picture! Link -Thanks, Becca!

Living in 90 Square Feet Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:34 PM PDT (YouTube link) Felice Cohen lives in a Manhattan “microstudio” that measures 12′ x7′. My home office on the back porch is twice that! She pays $700 a month rent and considers it a bargain. That’s because the average apartment rent in this Upper West Side neighborhood is $3,600. Link -via Metafilter

Custom Cadillac Camper Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:39 AM PDT This camper is built over a 1956 Cadillac Sedan de Ville. This is the first time that I’ve heard of such a vehicle, but apparently there were many of them made in years past. They’re called, appropriately, “Caddy Shacks”. eBay seller sportscarlacalifornia is offering this one for sale. Link via Jalopnik

Snakes and Ladders Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:39 AM PDT (YouTube link) Being an only child is not so bad when you have a dog to play with. But watch out for a dog who rolls dice this well -he will beat you to the finish! -via Arbroath

Why Cats Are Not Doctors Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:43 AM PDT You may think the reason we don’t have cats as doctors is because they don’t have opposable thumbs or medical degrees, but there are plenty of other reasons, which you can see at Medium Large. Link -via Maximum Verbosity

Amputee Trips Up Robber Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:12 AM PDT A Massachusetts man is being hailed a hero for lending a leg when people were in need. Steve Cornell was using an ATM, at a Middleton store last night, when he saw a man inside pointing a gun at the stores manager. When the gunman ran out the door, Cornell tripped him, giving the manager enough time to tackle the man. What makes Cornell's actions even more impressive is that he has an artificial leg. Steve Cornell said he did what anyone would do, but I don’t think that’s true.  Would you be willing to lend a hand (or a leg) to help someone? Just something to think about. Link

Can of Whoop Ass Cheeseboard Posted: 02 Apr 2011 07:59 AM PDT Can of Whoop Ass Cheeseboard – $9.95 Is your Mommy one tough Mother? This Mother’s Day get her the Can of Whoop Ass Cheeseboard from the NeatoShop.  She will love this gift so much that she will probably want to reward you with a wonderful snack.  Cheese and crackers sounds delightful! Mother’s Day is Sunday May 8th!  That’s right folks, Mother’s Day is right around the corner! Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fabulous Kitchen Stuff!

Touch Wood Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:36 AM PDT (YouTube link) This extremely elaborate three-minute Japanese ad for a cell phone is way more entertaining than it should be. A wooden ball plays Bach’s Cantata 147 in a forest just by rolling down a track designed by Kenjiro Matsuo. No splicing or video magic -this is the actual music played by a contraption that Rube Goldberg or any musician would be proud of. Link

Manhood in the Mirror Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:20 AM PDT Dr. ZDogg and Dr. Harry are physicians and comedians who bring you medical advice that you can laugh at, or entertainment that might save your life. They’ve produced several musical videos on subjects ranging from a doctor’s workday to STDs. One in particular instructs men on how to check for testicular cancer. The video made me laugh out loud alone in the room, but is just slightly too adult to embed here. I awoke one morning from a vivid fever dream in which the heavenly spirit of Michael Jackson appeared to me in the form of a sequined glove lovingly grasping a perfectly smooth oblong jade stone. On closer inspection, the stone had a small flaw that slowly, menacingly enlarged, until the entire dreamspace filled with its malignant presence. MJ's distinctive voice intoned, "They're ignorant, Dr. Dogg, they must be taught. Touch these young males in a way that I am no longer able to. Hee hee…OOOH!" My dream-self shifted uneasily, and before the King of Pop could finish I awoke to find myself drenched in sweat, one hand "down there," instinctively curled in a primitive protective gesture. It was this very fever sweat, noted so crudely by Dr. Harry in his screed above, that dampened the axillae of my garment. Having rushed to his home to convey the high mission given us, I couldn't contain my enthusiasm at the prospect of shielding the young from such a cancerous scourge. You have to see it for yourself. And guys, be sure to check yourselves every month. Link -Thanks, Zubin!

This Week at Neatorama Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:51 AM PDT Even though we are already into April, March Madness wraps up tonight and Monday as Kentucky, UConn, VCU, and Butler battle it out in the Final Four. While waiting for the games, you’ll certainly want to spend the weekend catching up on everything going on at Neatorama! Jill Harness posted a collection of the best Hilarious Paper Street Signs on Wednesday. She also had a roundup of The Eleven Most Terrible Kid’s Toys Ever. History is stranger than fiction, as you’ll see in The Strange Fate of Big Nose George, courtesy of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. From the Annals of Improbable Research, we learned about The Travels of the Lorenz Butterfly. Mental_floss gave us The History of Dairy Products, which is spelled g-o-a-t. This week, Neatorama’s literature blog Bitlit proudly introduced a new book: The Cube by Nat Karody. The first two chapters are already up. You might want to subscribe to Bitlit’s RSS feed so you won’t miss any new installments as they are posted. At NeatoBambino, we saw the return of the Decipher The Doodle Contest. We have a lot of funny and imaginative entries already, and will announce the winners the contest will remain open for a couple more days if you want to enter! Steven Johnson came up with a great drawing for the Name That Weird Invention contest this week! First place goes to amanderpanderer, who called it "Petal Stool…you know, for putting women up on." Ha! Second place to Mysfyt for "The Sit and Stay-Man (Petal Powered)." Both win t-shirts from the NeatoShop! In this week’s What Is It? game, the first correct answer came from Blake. This is a truth window {wiki}, built into a wall of a house to show what the wall is made of (straw, in this case). Read more about them at the What Is It? blog. The funniest answer came from Iago, who said it was Rumpelstiltskin's personal wall safe. Ha! Both winners get t-shirts from the NeatoShop. But you really should read all the comments because we had a ton of funny answers! Once you’ve read what we have to offer for this week, you can delve into the archives for our past exclusive articles at The Best of Neatorama, or check out other links around the web with the NeatoHub. And thanks for spending some of your time with us!

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