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- Our Wild and Crazy U.S. Presidents
- 17 Surprising Facts About Redheads
- Adorable Little Elements
- One Woman's Journey From ISIS Slave To Human Rights Activist
- Where the Heck is Matt? 2016
- Myanmar's Capital City Looks Like A Ghost Town
- 26 Scientific Studies About Animals
- Mario Warfare - The Complete Saga
- Capaldi The 12th Doctor - His Future's So Bright He's Gotta Wear Shades
- The Floor Plans Of Homes From 8 TV Shows
- The Pizza Pot Pie Video That Drove Foodies Wild Now Has A Matching Recipe
- Waxing Legs in Slow Motion
- Amazing Facts That Sound Totally Bogus
- A Ballistic Fart
- Great Video Games You Can Finish In Under Six Hours
| Our Wild and Crazy U.S. Presidents Posted: 03 Nov 2016 04:00 AM PDT
[Ed. note: With less than a week to go before a presidential election, maybe we could use a reminder that United States presidents are people, too, and often far from perfect -or even presidential.] Zachary Taylorwould spit tobacco juice on the White House rugs if a spitoon wasn't in spitting distance. Teddy Roosevelt owned and could walk on stilts.
Grover Cleveland once avoided military service by paying a Polish immigrant $1500 to take his place.
When George H.W. Bush moved his family to Odessa, Texas, in 1948, his apartment neighbors were prostitutes, specifically a mother-daughter team with whom the Bushes had to share a bathroom. See also:Those Wacky U.S. Presidents. (Image manipulation via Superlame)  | ||||||||
| 17 Surprising Facts About Redheads Posted: 03 Nov 2016 02:00 AM PDT There are advantages and disadvantages to being born ginger. Red hair comes from a recessive gene, which is why it's rare. Both genetic parents have to contribute a red-haired gene for the color to express itself. That same gene gives the offspring a few other things that make him or her different from people with black, brown, or blond hair. For example, did you know that redheads normally don't get gray hair?
A woman I know did exactly that, and I came close to asking where she got her color done. Read the rest of the things that make redheads different at Buzzfeed. | ||||||||
| Posted: 03 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PDT Sebastian Arguello of SOGA Design Collective has an ongoing project called myelelementals, in which he illustrates elements as cute little anthropomorphic figures. Above is iron, of course.
And this little guy is phosphorus.
There are twelve elementals so far at Instagram, plus a video on H20. There's also a three-video animated story of what inspired the project, which shows us how Instagram is becoming a blogging platform. See even more designs at Arguello's work gallery. -via Laughing Squid | ||||||||
| One Woman's Journey From ISIS Slave To Human Rights Activist Posted: 02 Nov 2016 10:00 PM PDT As if you needed another reason to dislike the Islamic State here's another- ISIS regularly enslaves people (mostly women) and uses them for everything from free labor to sex work. This isn't exactly a dirty little secret, nor does ISIS really want the world to know they're actively taking slaves lest this ugly truth strain their allegiances. But information is power, and former ISIS slave turned human rights activist Lamiya Aji Bashar wants to share her story of survival with the world so those who oppose the IS know what they're fighting for. Lamiya is now starting her life over in Europe, and she has been jointly nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought along with fellow Yazidi human rights activist and former IS slave Nadia Murad. Nadia and Lamiya risked their lives to escap from ISIS, and they're still placing themselves at risk by sharing the plight of the Yazidi people with the world. But sometimes all it takes is one brave soul willing to speak out to give others the courage and motivation to take action. Read more from One woman's journey from ISIS slave to human rights activist here | ||||||||
| Posted: 02 Nov 2016 08:00 PM PDT For the fifth time, we get to take a dancing travelogue with Matt Harding. He started compiling clips of himself doing his "funny little dance" in different countries years ago. Eventually he got corporate sponsorship for his trips. This time it was crowdfunded, and you might notice that Matt now has a wife, two children, and occasional facial hair. Matt's had some home videos of himself dancing in different countries in 2005, but his first viral compilation with a sponsor was in 2006. He improved upon that one by getting others to dance with him in 2008. Harding incorporated the dances of other nations in his 2012 video. The music accompanying the 2016 video is "The Myna Bird Song" sung by Anthony Briscoe of Down North, with the Saakumu Dance Troupe of the Dagara Music Center in Ghana. -via Metafilter | ||||||||
| Myanmar's Capital City Looks Like A Ghost Town Posted: 02 Nov 2016 06:00 PM PDT Capital city relocation isn't as uncommon as you'd think, but when a country chooses to relocate the capital to what many have described as a "ghost town" it makes you wonder what's really going on. In 2006 the government of Myanmar chose to officially change the country's capital city from Yangon to Naypyidaw, but apparently the people of Myanmar didn't get the memo. Yangon is still the largest city in the country, with around 6 million citizens, while the government claims the population of Naypyidaw is just shy of a million. These photos taken in the capital seem to indicate otherwise. No matter the time of day Naypyidaw's massive roadways and walkways are virtually devoid of human life, and yet the workers head out every day to do their job, making the whole Naypyidaw scene that much more surreal. See Inside Myanmar's Haunting Capital City here and more photos of Naypyidaw here | ||||||||
| 26 Scientific Studies About Animals Posted: 02 Nov 2016 04:00 PM PDT Scientists have conducted a lot of amazing studies and experiments with animals, many of which you've read about here at Neatorama. But there are quite a few here that we've not heard of. Bears using computers to order food? Left-handed kangaroos? Bison that vote? Learn about all these in the latest episode of the mental_floss List Show. | ||||||||
| Mario Warfare - The Complete Saga Posted: 02 Nov 2016 02:00 PM PDT Remember those awesome Mario Warfare videos I posted about four years ago? If not no worries, because they were just the first and second installments of the series, which I'm finally following up by posting MARIO WARFARE- THE COMPLETE SAGA! It's feature length, it's action packed and full of badassery, it takes fan films to the extreme and it's extremely fun to watch. (It's also NSFW) Beatdownboogie did such a great job of giving Mario's world the action movie treatment I can't wait to see what they do next! | ||||||||
| Capaldi The 12th Doctor - His Future's So Bright He's Gotta Wear Shades Posted: 02 Nov 2016 12:00 PM PDT Capaldi The 12th Doctor by Robotic Ewe There was no way of knowing what the 12th incarnation of The Doctor would look like, or rather who he would look like, but apparently Time Lords are fans of the British TV series Skins because they chose Capaldi as their inspiration. Since two Capaldis cannot exist simultaneously in this timeline the original has been put into stasis until the time comes for The Doctor to reincarnate once again, but don't worry- he's having the wildest dreams about Zygons, electric guitars and...vikings?! Spell out your love for the new Time Lord on the block with this Capaldi The 12th Doctor t-shirt by Robotic Ewe, and take Capaldi with you wherever you go! Visit Robotic Ewe's Facebook fan page, official website, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to their NeatoShop for more wondrously geeky designs:
Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama! | ||||||||
| The Floor Plans Of Homes From 8 TV Shows Posted: 02 Nov 2016 12:00 PM PDT
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| The Pizza Pot Pie Video That Drove Foodies Wild Now Has A Matching Recipe Posted: 02 Nov 2016 10:00 AM PDT Food fans naturally freaked out when they saw this Food Network video showing Chopped judge and chef Marc Murphy digging in to the amazing Pizza Pot Pie at the Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co. back in 2011. Since then the video has gone viral multiple times, making millions of foodies wish they could sink their teeth into this overstuffed treat without having to take a trip out to Chi-Town. So the Food Network Kitchen came up with a recipe we can make at home, and while the photo they chose doesn't look so hot the recipe sounds delicious with plenty of room for customization and improvement. -Via Food Network | ||||||||
| Posted: 02 Nov 2016 09:00 AM PDT If you have ever removed hair from your body using wax, you know darn well that you do not want to do it slowly. I don't even know if it would work if done slowly. But thanks to the Slow Mo Guys and their high-speed cameras, we can see what it might be like to rip the hair our of your skin slowly. If watching that sounds too gross to you, then skip this video. Dan gets the dubious honor of being the first guinea pig for this stunt. He's obviously never done this before, but he'll be quite experienced afterward, because they must do it over and over to get the shot right. Heh. But Gav gets his turn, too, in which we get to see his facial reaction. -via Digg | ||||||||
| Amazing Facts That Sound Totally Bogus Posted: 02 Nov 2016 08:00 AM PDT Did you know lightning strikes give you awesome scars? Or that F1 race car drivers have their weight monitored and critiqued more than models? How about the fact that some of the biggest buyers of sand are Arabic countries because the sand native to their locales is too fine to used for construction projects? If you think these facts are interesting or want the science behind them, don't miss this fascinating TopTenz article with tons of facts that sound totally fake. | ||||||||
| Posted: 02 Nov 2016 07:00 AM PDT  A marksman shoots a Magnum .44 into a block of ballistic gel. In a slow-motion replay, you can see the aftereffects, in which the block has a case of gas, then suffers an attack of fiery indigestion, and then farts, through its newly-created "digestive canal." There's a perfectly normal explanation for this.
Read more about the effect and see the original video at Hackaday. -via reddit | ||||||||
| Great Video Games You Can Finish In Under Six Hours Posted: 02 Nov 2016 06:00 AM PDT Gamers who work and have a social life are faced with a serious dilemma, because so many video games these days take dozens, if not hundreds, of hours to complete. So how can gamers get their fix without becoming slaves to the machine? They can play the amazing yet short games on Vulture's list of The 21 Best Video Games You Can Finish In 6 Hours Or Less, featuring a great selection of groundbreaking games that won't disrupt their lives. Console classics like Portal, Journey, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes made the list, as well as indie games like Virginia, Gone Home and Firewatch that push the boundaries of video game-based storytelling. See The 21 Best Video Games You Can Finish In 6 Hours Or Less here |
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