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Taking A Trip Down Peepery Lane

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:49 AM PDT

Do you prefer The Peep Swan, Inpeeption, West Side Peep or Silent of the Peeps? Whatever your favorite movie, you can be sure that someone at some point will probably parody in Peeps. Check out some of the best Peep shows over at Mental Floss.

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Famous Movie Scenes With Cats

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:36 AM PDT

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Advertised with the catchy slogan “now with more cats!”, this hilarious mashup of movie clips and popular internet cat videos sure put a chuckle in my buckle! Is that a saying? No? Well, it should be. Enjoy your classic movies, and the cats that make them all look ridiculous.

–via Animal NY

This Is Why They Call Him The Boss

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 03:45 AM PDT

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Bruce Springsteen took time out during a recent show in Philadelphia to take a seat with the fans and chug an ice cold beer. And that’s why he’s still The Boss, even after over 35 years performing he still puts the R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A, oh wait, that’s a Mellencamp song, my bad.

–via TDW

Watch Princess Diana Meet Ludo From The Labyrinth

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 03:28 AM PDT

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December 1, 1986 was a big day for Princess Diana and Prince Charles. It was the day they meant a real-life monster at the Labyrinth Royal Premiere. While film goers soon learned just how sweet Ludo was, keep in mind, this meet up occurred before the royals saw the film -for all they knew, he was a fan of ripping people’s arms off and munching on roasted fingernails like John used to do before we weaned him onto Corn Nuts. Of course, if you look at the expression on Di’s face, it looks like that’s what she assumed.

Via io9

Propaganda Posters For The Hunger Games

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 02:48 AM PDT

With the overwhelming popularity of The Hunger Games, it’s not surprising that the interwebs is filling up with fan art created to satisfy even the hungriest Hunger-ling.

College Humor has created this series of funny propaganda posters based on the hit film, and whether you’re a fan of the movie or not I’m sure you’ll appreciate the dark humor and subtexts in the tag lines. Suddenly I really want to watch The Running Man and Surviving The Game back to back!

Link  –via Geek Tyrant

Saddle Up Graffiti Cowboy

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 02:20 AM PDT

There’s nothing trashy about the great geeky trash cans over at Mental Floss. I really like this 3D graffiti trash can, but I have to wonder about how it will look when it was pulled away from the wall. It’s possible that it has a 2D horse behind the trash can, but that’s just not that cool.

Have any of you seen the moving trash cans at Disney’s California Adventure? Those definitely need to be added to this list.

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Would You Let Grandpa Jim Throw A Party For Your Kids?

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 01:45 AM PDT

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Grandpa Jim wants to throw a house party for your kids, where he’ll teach them about religion and old timey fun in a lame, milquetoast approved way! So this is what (some) kids did for fun before the interwebs? Sign me up!

By the way, if you want to throw a Grandpa Jim style party of your own (and who wouldn’t!), there are party kits available online for as little as $7 American. Go fun!

–via Everything Is Terrible

Yet Another Slippery Floor Issue

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 01:03 AM PDT

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“Damn these humans! They must have some kind of conspiracy to destroy us with flooring we can’t properly stand on. What other possible explanation could their be?”

Via I Can Has Cheezburger

Cute Kitties On Treadmills

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 12:42 AM PDT

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As a follow-up to yesterday’s gallery of obese animals, here’s a video showing a bunch of kittehs hitting the treadmill to shed those extra pounds.

Some are dedicated to getting in shape, others are lazy and don’t seem to care about being a bit too fluffy, and they’re all too cute! And I know this video is a couple of years old, but if you’ve never seen it before it’s new to you!

–via Tastefully Offensive

The Dark Sponge

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 12:02 AM PDT

Forget Heath Ledger, Squidward would be the ultimate Joker…of course I’m kidding, could you imagine him asking anyone “why so serious.” Really though, Plankton would make a great Scarecrow, even if his entire goal was drugging people to get the Krabby Patty formula.

Link Via io9

Pixelated Papercraft Masters Of The Universe Baddies

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:40 PM PDT

These pixel art versions of the Masters Of The Universe rogue’s gallery comes to you courtesy of artist Ty Lettau, who was kind enough to convert them all into papercraft figures you can print out and put together for your own amusement.

Who knew Skeletor was such a square? Print them, play with them, and marvel at how little muscle mass these guys have on their blocky bodies!

Link  –via Rampaged Reality

Awkward Superman Comic

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:56 PM PDT

There is no way the citizens of Metropolis would allow Superman to continue patrolling the streets if he was actually this awkward. Heck, I’m surprised The Man Of Steel isn’t involved in more lawsuits, considering how much damage he does to buildings and vehicles as he fights crime. And the least you can do when you’re posing as Clark Kent is keep your pants on!

Link  –via Stuff I Stole From The Internet

Baby Firefighter Big Dreamzzz Layette Set

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:37 PM PDT

Baby Firefighter Big Dreamzzz Layette Set – $28.45

We know you have big dreams for your new little bundle of joy. Your little hero needs the Baby Firefighter Big Dreamzzz Layette Set from the NeatoShop. This great 2-piece layette set features a footed bodysuit with printed fireman outfit and cap. Careful, you just might have a cute overload emergency.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more adorable Clothing & Accessories.

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Oldest Man-Made Animal Structures Found by Google Earth

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:03 PM PDT

It looks like simple mounds of earth from ground level, but when archaeologist Robert Benfer looked at Google Earth images of Peru, he discovered that they look like orcas, condors, and even a duck.

Archaeological evidence at the sites pegged the mounds at more than 4,000 years old - making them the oldest animal-shaped structures made by man:

Benfer discovered the mounds while looking at satellite photos of a site about which he'd long held suspicions. The feature seemed shaped like a condor, he said, but archaeological wisdom suggested that animal effigy mounds were a North-America-only phenomenon, with few exceptions, such as one at a Central America site in Mexico.

The satellite photos revealed furrows that looked like teeth as well as a burned charcoal area perfectly positioned in the spot where the eye of the bird would be. Global positional system (GPS) information and an archaeological investigation of the site convinced Benfer that he was, in fact, looking at a condor-shaped mound, with the eye likely being a site where offerings were burned. The condor is oriented according to astronomical rules: It lines up with the most extreme orientation of the Milky Way as seen from the Chillón Valley where the mound is found. [...]

The four large mounds are only the tip of the iceberg, he added — he has explored only five of the 54 valleys along the Peruvian coast and has found numerous smaller mounds, including ones shaped like orcas and even a duck. Many unexplored valleys likely hold more mounds, Benfer said.

"It's a totally unexpected find," he said. "It's especially unexpected to archaeologists like me who had walked over some of these sites before without realizing what we walked over."

LiveScience has the story:  Link

Cops Break Into Insecure Homes in the Middle of the Night to Prevent Burglary

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:01 PM PDT

Police officers in a town in Essex, England, has a unique way of making sure the town's residents stay safe: the cops will break into their homes in the middle of the night.

Sleeping householders are going to be woken up in the middle of the night to discover someone breaking into their house - only to discover it is the police.

Police in Shoebury, Essex, have been going round testing doors and windows of houses to check if they have been left unlocked - and if they find an easy way in they will wake up the household to warn them their house is insecure.

The new police campaign is aimed at warning people of the dangers of late-night break ins - but predictably, those who have been woken have not been happy so far.

Well, I suppose it's better the cops than the burglars: Link

Amazing Cut Paper Works

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:52 PM PDT


Bovey Lee makes intricate compositions — by hand — on rice paper. Her works tell mysterious, surreal stories. This one, entitled Wash, Cut, Dry, appears to show construction workers tenderly styling the hair on human heads growing out of lily pads.

Gallery -via Colossal

My Little Game of Thrones: Treachery Is Magic

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:23 PM PDT


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You don’t want to know what happens to Applejack. Trust me. In this video, YouTube user adecoy95 shows us George R.R. Martin’s inner Brony.

-via Pleated Jeans

The Starry Nightmare Before Christmas

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:04 PM PDT

Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones
An emptiness began to grow
There’s something out there, far from my home
A longing that I’ve never known

That’s Jack Skellington, but it could just as easily be Vincent Van Gogh. This mashup by deviantART user opheliact blends them smoothly.

Link -via Comics Alliance

Burger Eyeshadow

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:00 PM PDT

This certainly put a new spin on Eric Carmen's popular song Hungry Eyes. That's a real advertisement for Burger King Netherlands, which prodded customers to "get a tasty new look." Link - via BellaSugar

Police: Suspect Tried to Hide from Thermal Sensors in a Pile of Manure

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:43 PM PDT

But…it works in the movies! Why not in real life? On the run from a police helicopter, a man in Wiltshire, UK hid inside a manure pile:

The 34-year-old Lithuanian man, from Ilford, Essex, was found “face-down in the dung” by officers after abandoning his van in Manton near Marlborough. [...]

According to a police spokesperson, the suspect had been hot from running and was easily detected on thermal imaging cameras hiding in a manure heap at Red Barn Farm at Manton.

Link -via Dave Barry | Photo (unrelated) via Flickr user Leo-setä

How to Cook Kudzu

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:15 PM PDT


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From 1935 through the 1950s, U.S. farmers planted kudzu to prevent soil erosion. This proved to be a bad idea. The vine spread rapidly, killing off other plants, including crops, across the southeastern United States. It’s an invasive plant eating away at productive farmland. Fight back by eating it, as this woman does by cooking kudzu into quiches.

-via Nan Koenig

Another Baby Aardvark at the Busch Gardens

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT


Photo: Matt Marriott/Busch Gardens

Wrinkle alert! The young Aardvark we featured on Neatorama a year ago is now a big brother. Earlier this week, Busch Gardens welcomed its newest Aardvark addition.

Zooborn has more photos: Link

Previously on Neatorama: Wrinkley Aadvark Baby | Androgynous Baby Aardvark is Ugly Cute

Old Rake, New Wine Glass Holder

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:47 PM PDT

Here’s a clever use for an old rake head. Dana of Tattered Style affixed one to her the wall of her house to make a wine glass holder. It’d probably be a good idea to smooth out the surface of the rake to make sure that it doesn’t scratch the glass.

Link -via Gerri DeCarlo

Scientists Can Now Control Lightning Strikes with Laser

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PDT

French scientists have just made a breakthrough in directing a lightning bolt by use of laser beams:

In 2008, a group led by André Mysyrowicz of the applied optics laboratory at ENSTA ParisTech in France took a trailer-sized laser to New Mexico for field experiments with clouds. The group found that its laser filaments increased electrical activity in storm clouds, but did not trigger lightning.

Now the group has reached two milestones on the road to practical lightning protection with a more compact laser. In one experiment in a military lab in Toulouse, France, they set up a high-voltage discharge with two possible targets about 2.5 metres away. With the laser off, the artificial lightning always hit the closer target. But with the laser on, generating a filament path to the farther target, the discharge went where it was directed.

In a second experiment, Mysyrowicz's team aimed the laser beam across 50 metres of a lab, passing 5 to 20 centimetres from a lightning-producing electrode and an oppositely charged electrode. Usually, lightning jumps straight from electrode to electrode, but with the laser on, the discharge jumped to the laser filament and followed it before jumping to the second electrode.

Zeus, here we come! Link

Floppy Ear White Rabbit Hat And Scarf With Mittens

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:02 PM PDT

Floppy Ear White Rabbit Hat And Scarf With Mittens - $33.95

Easter is almost here! Get in touch with your inner bunny with the Floppy Ear White Rabbit Hat And Scarf from the NeatoShop. This silly and fun faux fur hat is made to fit adults who are kids at heart. Hip, hop, hooray it’s time to have a bunnyrrific day.

Note: This hat is perfect for adults with small children,  teens, and adults wanting to embarrass their teenage children.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fantastic Apparel & Accessories.

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The Bus Went kaBOOM!

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:56 PM PDT


Photo: Rosemary Tierney/ABC News

Sometimes, the headlines just write themselves. Here's what happened when the kaBOOM bus actually did go kaboom:

The 45-seat kaBOOM party bus was on its way to collect schoolchildren for an excursion when a tyre burst, near Mallala on Adelaide's northern outskirts.

The driver managed to pull over safely and was attempting to change the tyre when fire erupted.

Country Fire Service crews took half an hour to put out the blaze, which destroyed the bus which had a KABOOM1 numberplate.

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Can You Break Your Neck by Sneezing?

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:29 PM PDT

Apparently, you can. Twenty-eight-year-old Monique Jeffrey of Melbourne, Australia, sneezed so hard that she actually dislocated two vertebrae in her neck:

Monique—of Melbourne, Australia—who was alone at home with her 10-month-old baby, said it was incredibly painful after she sneezed: "I just knew something was wrong. I felt something move and I was in excruciating pain."

She was able to text her husband with a simple "Help can't move pls call." Emergency personell came to the rescue, taking her to Sandringham Hospital. Doctors told her she had a "wry neck" and asked her to do some exercises to move it again. But when her left arm went numb and started to tingle, the doctors immediately sent her to The Alfred hospital's spinal trauma unit, where they discovered that her two top vertebrae were dislocated.

She's lucky not to have been paralyzed, according to her doctors: Link - via Arbroath

Hipster Glasses: A New Trend in Court

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:59 PM PDT

Defendants have been wearing suits and ties to appear like upright citizens to juries for a long time, but that may not be enough for some. These people need ... hipster glasses!

Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Brittin noticed that 5 men he was prosecuting for a series of killings were wearing large-framed, non-prescription glasses, and decided to blow the Hipster Glasses conspiracy wide open:

Non-prescription “hipster” or “personality” glasses are on one hand simply a fashion fad. But they’ve also become something of a sensation in the District’s courthouse scene: Attorneys say inmates trade them before hearings, while friends and family sometimes deliver them during jailhouse visits. Some lawyers even supply them themselves. [...]

“They’re masks. They’re designed to confuse the witness and influence the jury,” said one prosecutor who is following the trial. Another said the defendants were “putting on a schoolboy act.”

Other defense attorneys chimed in on the effectiveness of the Hipster Glasses:

New York defense lawyer Harvey Slovis makes all his clients wear glasses: He calls them part of a “nerd defense.” The glasses, Slovis said in an interview, make people appear less intimidating. “Yes, it works,” he said.

Link - via The Look (Image: The Hipster Ariel Meme)

Drunk Serenades Officers with Bohemian Rhapsody

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:06 PM PDT


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Robert Wilkinson had a little too much and decided the back of a squad car was the perfect place for karaoke. How did he remember the whole song in that condition?! This happened in Edson, Alberta last November. Wilkinson was given a copy of the video to use in his defense, and he uploaded it to YouTube himself. Link -Thanks, Graeme and all those who submitted this today!

Common Logical Fallacies, Illustrated

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:05 PM PDT

David McCandless of Information is Beautiful (he wrote the wonderful book The Visual Miscellaneum - I highly recommend it), came up with this clever visualization and examples of common logical fallacies.

Why, some of them are my favorite techniques to obfuscate people I love, and since they still love me, these must be the greatest things ever.

Take a look and see if your cherished logical fallacies are featured: Link - via Metafilter

Big Mac Steam-Baked Buns

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:05 AM PDT

No, no Big Mac is hurt in the making of the Big Mac Steam-Baked Buns (think of it as an homage of the McDonald's burger), but that doesn't diminish the nom nom quality of this vegan creation by Julia of No Face Plate.

Here's her vegan recipe for making your own: Link - via That's Nerdalicious

Dying Eggs with Silk Ties

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:52 AM PDT

This is not a new trick, but since silk ties in loud colors are abundant at thrift shops, it’s a good time to try out a new-to-you egg-dying method. Wrap a patterned silk tie around an egg, boil it good, and see the colorful results! Complete instructions (with pictures) are at Mommy Knows. Link -via TYWKIWDBI

Brain Is Not Like a Bowl of Spaghetti

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:04 AM PDT

A couple of years ago, John Farrier told us about a project to map the brain's neural connections (scientists call this connectomes). In this week's issue of Science, researchers published their findings that the brain actually has a simple, grid-like structure:

It was previously thought the inside of the brain resembled the assembly of a bowl of spaghetti noodles. Researchers and scientists, funded by the National Science Foundation, have now discovered that a more uniformed grid-like pattern makes up the connections of the brain.

Scientists [... used] magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology to map the three-dimensional, scaffold fiber architecture of the brain. This technology, used for the first time in this manner, determined that the pathways of the brain pass through tissue that resembles a grid-like structure.

"By looking at how the pathways fit in the brain, we anticipated the connectivity to resemble that of a bowl of spaghetti, a very narrow and discreet object," said Van J. Wedeen, associate professor of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging.

"We discovered that the pathways in the top of the brain are all organized like woven sheets with the fibers running in two directions in the sheets and in a third direction perpendicular to the sheets. These sheets all stack together so that the entire connectivity of the brain follows three precisely defined directions."

Link | Van Wedeen explains in neat this video clip

Cummulus & Nimbus

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:17 AM PDT


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Every gag about clouds you can fit into a 45-second video is here in this cute animation from German producers we think things. -via Laughing Squid

Dead Snake Bites Man

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:36 AM PDT

A 41-year-old homeless man in Mobile, Alabama was treated with antivenom after he was bitten by a decapitated cottonmouth.

A friend of the man described the incident.

"I saw it swimming down along the creek and everything. And, I ran down and hit it with the machete and killed it and brought it up. He picked the head up and stuck himself right in the finger with it," the man's friend said.

The friend said the man purposefully stuck his finger in the snake's mouth.

"He put his finger in there and all of a sudden the nerves, I guess, and it bit down on his finger."

The man first refused medical treatment, but after he started showing symptoms of venom poisoning, he was taken to USA Medical Center, treated, and released. Link -via Arbroath

Palette Cutting Board

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:01 AM PDT

Palette Cutting Board – $13.95

They say cooking is an art. We think it is time you embraced your inner artist with the Palette Cutting Board from the NeatoShop. This great cutting board, shaped like a painter’s palette, is sure to inspire genius. Now get out there and create a culinary masterpiece.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fun Kitchen Stuff and great Mother’s Day gift ideas.

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The History of April Fools Day

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:00 AM PDT


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The problem with someone telling you the history of April Fool’s Day is that …it might be an April Fool prank. Then again, how can you not believe a video illustrated with cute little rage faces? Link -Thanks, Jeremiah!

The 2012 TIME 100 Poll

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:43 AM PDT

TIME Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people will be released on April 17th. You can read about the people being considered and leave your input for each at the poll site, which is open for voting until April 6th. The actual list will be chosen by TIME editors, but the winner of the internet poll will be honored as well. Currently leading the pack is Erik Martin, who is the general manager of reddit, followed by a wide variety of names ranging from Vladimir Putin to Zooey Deschanel to Jeremy Lin. A few non-people are there, too, such as KONY 2012 and Anonymous. Link -via reddit

GuZheng

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:38 AM PDT


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“Rolling in the Deep,” played on a Chinese zither, an instrument known as the GuZheng, which has between 18 and 23 strings. -via Everlasting Blort
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