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- How to Sneak a Cobra Past Customs
- Nature Wants To Eat You
- Mix & Match Chocolates Idea
- Synchronized Kittens
- Chocolate Frog Jell-O Shots
- The World's Saddest Horse
- Ultimate Geek Jam-Neil Gaiman Does Rocky Horror
- These Are Some Serious Superhero Sculpts
- Pop Surrealism From The Mind Of Mike Mitchell
- Oddball Japanese Video Game "Pepsiman"
- Stopping the Signs of Aging with Science
- Scratching The Surface Of The Urban Environment
- Pizza-Size Burger
- The Strange Statues In Frogner Park
- LEGO Angry Birds
- Attend Jet Pack School
- R2-D2 Ballerina
- Tactical Baby Stroller
- Just a Casual Afternoon of Sword Dancing
- Heterochromia in Cats
- How Much Heavier Is Your E-Reader after You Download a Book?
- 10 Nifty Google Easter Eggs
- The Lifecycle of a Mushroom
- Trippy Old Russian Car Commercial
- Sassy Beauty Pageant Sashes
- $1000 Fine if Your Dog Barked Excessively
- These Buns Help Fight Breast Cancer!
- The Waffle Game That Changed Their Lives
- Emoliphant
- Wer Kommt?
- Murmuration
- What Is It? game 200
- Facebook Office Art
- Hard Candy Chemistry
- Spongebob Street Fighter
| How to Sneak a Cobra Past Customs Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:12 AM PDT
1. Friends in High Places In 2003, a 28-year-old Swedish man named Johan Adolfsson took a nine-hour flight from Thailand to Australia with eight extremely lethal snakes -four king cobras and four emerald tree boas- strapped to his inner thighs. His plan to cash in on the $3,500 booty for black market serpents was dashed when Australian officers captured him as he passed through customs at Sydney airport. Sadly, it too late for some of the snakes; all four king cobras died midflight. 2. Live by the Seat of Your Pants The business of trafficking exotic animals is a multibillion dollar industry -and it’s more than just shoving reptiles into pairs of Dockers. In 2010, agents at Mexico City International Airport noticed a bulge moving under a nervous passenger’s t-shirt: Roberta Cabrera, 38, had 16 rare, 6-inch titi monkeys in pouches fastened to his chest with a special girdle. Two were dead. In separate incidents, airline passengers have also been caught with two pigeons, six lobsters, 14 songbirds, and 44 lizards crammed into their slacks.
Mammals aren’t the only creatures customs officials have to watch for. In 2005, a 45-year-old woman was detained by customs in Melbourne International Airport after she’d arrived from Singapore. “During the search, officers became suspicious after hearing ‘flipping’ noises coming from the vicinity of her waist,” the Australian Customs Service later told the press. They found she had 51 exotic fish -all alive, hallelujah!- swimming in water-filled baggies hidden inside specially made pockets, which were concealed under her skirt. 4. Love Your Curves In November 2010, two women were caught leaving a T.J. Maxx in Oklahoma with four pairs of boots, three pairs of jeans, a wallet, and one pair of gloves hidden in rolls of fat around their boons and bellies. All told, they’d squeezed $2,600 worth of loot under their excess body fat. The police officer on the scene later struggled to explain the situation to reporters from a local television crew: “These two were actually concealing them in areas of their body where excess skin was, underneath their, um, and their armpits, and things of that nature.” 5. The Cast System
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| Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:53 AM PDT So, you know how nature is absolutely terrifying? Finally there’s a blog that details all the terrible ways that mother earth wants to destroy you. Filled with terrifying animal pictures and short details of how terrifying any given animal actually is, Nature Wants To Eat You might not have much content yet (it’s still new), but what it does have is a whole lot of promise. |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:48 AM PDT Designer Elsa Lambinet created this brilliant idea for chocolate flavoring mix and match sessions. You can put whatever you want in the middle and then put anything in the little center hole and experiment with all the flavor combinations you can possibly handle. I don’t know about you guys, but I’d love to go to a tasting party for these things. Link Via Laughing Squid |
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| Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:38 AM PDT If you love Jell-O and Harry Potter, these might just be the ultimate adult party treat. The recipe sounds delicious, as it includes amaretto, vanilla ice cream, Bailey’s and chocolate liquor. If that’s not enough for you, they also have a link to a butter beer Jell-O shot recipe with cream soda and butterscotch schnapps. |
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| Ultimate Geek Jam-Neil Gaiman Does Rocky Horror Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:24 PM PDT How’s this for a collaboration-Neil Gaiman, his wife and member of the Dresden Dolls Amanda Palmer, electronic guru Moby and Stephin Merritt from The Magnetic Fields stop by the Late Late Show and played Science Fiction Double Feature from the Rocky Horror Picture Show! –via ComicsAlliance
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| These Are Some Serious Superhero Sculpts Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:19 PM PDT These great sculptures by Calvin Ma casts an oddly frumpish light on spandex clad superfolks. They look emo, bored with life and overweight. These are what action figures must look like in the Bizarro world, with catchphrases like “why bother?” and “i’ll get to it later”. And, looking at his website, all of Calvin’s sculpts look like action figures, even the bronzes! Link –via ComicsAlliance |
| Pop Surrealism From The Mind Of Mike Mitchell Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:57 PM PDT Mike Mitchell is no stranger to Neatorama, since his paintings of Brobocop and the Parks and Recreation cast in Casablanca, have graced our pages before. So, as soon as I saw the gallery at BuzzFeed I just had to share. This guy knows how to paint beloved pop culture icons like you’ve never seen them before, and his images are like eye candy to me-I always crave more, and I just can’t get enough! |
| Oddball Japanese Video Game "Pepsiman" Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:41 PM PDT Pepsiman is a true hero, overcoming every urban obstacle thrown at him in order to quench the thirst of citizens in need! This strange offering from Japan was released in 1999 for the Sony Playstation game console, and it’s faceless hero graced an advertising campaign in which Pepsiman saved people from death-by-thirst. Do you think this game looks like goofy fun or a shameless advertising campaign? |
| Stopping the Signs of Aging with Science Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:51 PM PDT
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| Scratching The Surface Of The Urban Environment Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:47 PM PDT Portuguese born street artist Vhils has an original vision of what urban development really means, and he travels the globe exposing what’s beneath the surface of city walls . Using various tools to dig, drill, scrape and otherwise remove sections of masonry, he reveals the images hidden behind the smooth walls, and the results are nothing less than spectacular. He should call his style of art urban erosion sculpture! “This excavation, often a process of violent removal, stands in sharp contrast to the delicate portraits discovered hidden underneath.” Can you dig it? |
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Now this is super-sizing! Behold the Pizza-Size Burger from Burger King of Japan:
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| The Strange Statues In Frogner Park Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:40 PM PDT Sculptors often express themselves in strange and mysterious ways, but most sculptors don’t have their works on display in a public park. Frogner Park in Oslo, Norway has chosen an odd assortment of statues to fill their park, 23 works that center around nude forms in weird poses doing who knows what to each other (nothing pornographic, I assure you) and often looking quite happy doing whatever it is they’re doing. BuzzFeed has a gallery showing off these enormous oddities, take a gander and i’m sure you’ll be asking yourself the same thing I did- “Wait, what’s going on here?” |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:13 PM PDT LEGO always brings a lighter tone to gory, violent video games. This display was made by Tony Sava for the LUG Showcase display at a mall in Texas. Link -Thanks, Christopher Jobson! |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:03 PM PDT (Video Link) Are the credits transferable? Can I get scholarship money? Who cares?! Sign me up for Eric Scott’s jet pack school! Piloting a jet pack isn’t easy. You can’t teach yourself safely. Watch the video to see some of the drills that students go through to learn the skill. Instructor’s Website -via Wired |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:49 PM PDT Leeloo’s costume for this year makes me think that the original Star Wars trilogy could make a great ballet. We must see Jabba dance with the outer grace that he hides within. Link -via Fashionably Geek |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:40 PM PDT You’ve got to protect your kids from all harm, but that’s not why this stroller has a rifle and a shotgun attached. Competitive practical shooters, particularly those in 3-gun competitions (rifle, shotgun, and handgun) have to transport a lot of gear around. Some have found that it’s easier if they modify jogging strollers to carry their equipment. You can see more examples at the link. Link -via Say Uncle | Photo: Yar |
| Just a Casual Afternoon of Sword Dancing Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PDT (Video Link) Ericka Dufour and her friend Kyle dance with a sword and knife. It’s a pity that the audio doesn’t pick up him saying, “Here, Grandma, hold my beer and watch this.” Link -via Super Punch |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PDT Heterochromia means eyes that come in two different colors. Complete heterochromia means the color of the left eye is completely different from the color of the right eye. In cats, this most often occurs in white cats or cats that have the white-spotted gene, but can occur in any color of cat. See a collection of beautiful odd-eyed cats at Environmental Graffiti. Link (Image credit: Flickr user P!XELTREE) |
| How Much Heavier Is Your E-Reader after You Download a Book? Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:06 PM PDT
Link -via Marginal Revolution | Photo: Flickr user jimmiehomeschoolmom |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:05 PM PDT I learned this morning from reddit that the Google search page will do a barrel roll if you tell it to. That’s far from the only neat tricks Google has embedded in their sites for those who have the time to find them. For those who don’t, Buzzfeed has a list of ten you might have fun checking out. Link |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:57 PM PDT Thomas Beg animated the Lifecycle of a Mushroom for the Spectacular Science collaboration project in the style of the cartoons of the 1920s. Link -via Dangerous Minds |
| Trippy Old Russian Car Commercial Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:57 PM PDT (Video Link) Okay, we’ve got to sell these Ladas. Guys, fall in. You, take this clarinet thing. And you, here’s a guitar. It doesn’t matter that you don’t know how to play. Every sound that we make is going to get dubbed over. -via Borepatch |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:45 PM PDT Sassy Beauty Pageant Sashes – $19.95 Are you a complicated individual who is made up of a variety of parts and ingredients? Neatorama encourages you to embrace your many-sided and haphazard ways with a Sassy Beauty Pageant Sash from the NeatoShop. It is time for you to crown yourself queen and show the world you are beautiful and Miss Cellaneous. Sassy Beauty Pageant Sashes are sold individually. These hilarious and beautiful satin sashes come in White (black letters), Black (white letters), and Red (black letters). Find the sassy and funny saying the best fits your personality:
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Gag Gifts & Pranks. |
| $1000 Fine if Your Dog Barked Excessively Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:45 PM PDT
I sympathize with those harrassed by barking dogs (one of my neighbor has a dog that barked all night for years) but ask any dog owner and they'll tell you that dogs are dogs and they will bark. Sometimes they bark a lot, especially if something unusual is up. And what happens if you're not there to silence your dog, say if you have to work and the dog is in the back yard? Will the new rule penalize those in working-class neighborhood, who keep dogs for protection against break-ins? Or will it finally give peace to sore ears? |
| These Buns Help Fight Breast Cancer! Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:44 PM PDT
Well, they ain't the world's largest bra but these buns from Danish baker Kohberg are doing their part in fighting breast cancer. Part of the profit from the sale of bread with this clever package design by Envision go to benefit The Danish Cancer Society. Link - via Inspire Me Now |
| The Waffle Game That Changed Their Lives Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:05 AM PDT
Did they succeed? Find out at Kotaku. Link -via Metafilter And after you read the story, you’ll want this recipe. Link |
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| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:59 AM PDT In English, that’s Who’s Coming? which was a kinderbuch (children’s book) from 1910 showing all kinds of people who come to the house. The illustrations are by Julie Conz, and you can see eleven of them at BibliOdyssey. Not only are they beautiful, but they also highlight how differently goods and services were provided 100 years ago. Link |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PDT A collection of starlings is called a murmuration. Liberty Smith and Sophie Windsor Clive unexpectedly caught a rather large and exquisitely balletic murmuration on video while canoeing on the River Shannon in Ireland. -via Metafilter |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:30 AM PDT It’s once again time for our collaboration with the always amusing What Is It? Blog, and this one is special: it’s our 200th such contest! Can you guess what this item is? Can you make up something interesting? Place your guess in the comment section below. One guess per comment, please, though you can enter as many as you’d like. Post no URLs or weblinks, as doing so will forfeit your entry. Two winners: the first correct guess and the funniest (albeit ultimately wrong) guess will win T-shirt from the NeatoShop. Please write your T-shirt selection alongside your guess. If you don’t include a selection, you forfeit the prize, okay? May we suggest the Science T-Shirt, Funny T-Shirt and Artist-Designed T-Shirts? For another picture, check out the What Is It? Blog. Good luck! |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:12 AM PDT Artist Aakash Nihalani was commissioned to produce art specifically for Facebook’s offices in New York City. The wall mural shown is called Domino. See the other works at his site. Link Previously: Aakash Nihalani’s Street Art |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:08 AM PDT Did you know that hard candy is technically a glass? Dr. Richard Hartel is a professor of food engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Watch him make lemon drops and act like it’s a chemistry lesson. -via the Presurfer |
| Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:04 AM PDT It’s hard to think of Spongebob Squarepants as tough. He usually comes out of his ridiculous adventures just fine, but that’s mostly dumb luck. So these mashups by DeviantART member DazTibbles might cause a bit of cognitive dissonance. He placed the various characters from the Spongebob Squarepants TV show into the video game universe of Street Fighter. See the rest of them at Unreality magazine. Link |
It’s time to unlock your body’s full potential.
3. Skirt the Issue
People have been hiding objects inside of fake casts for centuries. In March 2009, a 66-year-old Chilean man one-upped his predecessors by wearing a real, functional cast that was entirely made of pure cocaine. A little more than two pounds of pressed blow, to be precise. What’s more, the cast was covering an actual injury; the Chilean had broken his own shinbone in a failed attempt to make his ruse seem believable. After the police in Barcelona caught him entering Spain, they rushed him to the hospital to treat his broken leg.
The article above, written by Haley Sweetland Edwards, is reprinted with permission from the Scatterbrained section of the September-October 2011 issue of mental_floss magazine. 
Wrinkles have found their match. Science has found a way to eliminate the onset of wrinkles, muscle wasting and even cataracts (at least in mice):
Granted, it’s not a lot. But adding a book to your Kindle does make it heavier, as computer scientist John Kubiatowicz discovered:
Tired of incessant yapping of your neighbor's dog? Well, the city of Los Angeles is on your side: they've decided to levy fines on the owners of dogs that bark excessively (and if that doesn't make 'em silence those pooches fast, I don't know what will).
A group of artists and game designers, plus a teenage apprentice, built a one-of-a-kind video game for a restaurant in Eugene, Oregon called Off The Waffle. The tale of how it was born all hinged on the sign at the Orian brothers’ restaurant that says, “We Barter.”
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