05 January 2010

Recent posts at Neatorama





Ministers and representatives attending the recent climate change talks in Copenhagen required 1,200 limousines, and the airport was so overloaded with private jets that they had to be parked in other countries.

A suggestion (from the Chinese) that one way to limit climate change is to limit population generated some angry replies from readers.

There is a bridge in Scotland from which 50 dogs have jumped to their deaths.  It's not suicide, and a study of the reason why has implications for you if you take your dog for walks.

Agatha Christie's vocabulary changed as she got older.

Tricks you can do at parties, based on simple science principles.

Dramatic video of a dry Christmas tree catching fire.

The hardest general knowledge quiz I have ever encountered.  It's published each Christmas, and I thoroughly enjoy perusing it.

Video of the Indian rope trick (it's fake, of course, but can you spot the proof?)

A photogallery from a Russian leech farm.

If people have told you that you have a "baby face" or an appearance younger than your chronological years, it may mean that you will live longer than someone with a more mature face.

A compilation of the best errors in the media in the past year.

Some Germans were caught with "million-dollar" U.S. currency bills.  They say they didn't know they were counterfeit.

Carl Sagan's recipe for making apple pie.

A painting that may explain why Vincent VanGogh slashed his ear with a razor.

A fantastic optical illusion - the "Cafe Wall."

Another goofball uses the Bible to predict the end of the world.  Don't buy any two-year Treasury bills.

A new world record - longest time aloft for a simple paper airplane.

You may soon be able to grow replacement teeth from your own stem cells.

A lady in Iowa is driving home when a dog falls from the sky onto the road ahead of her.

Timelapse video of people in Yosemite National Park.

In Tokyo, homeless people can live in coffin-sized cubicles, with televisions, for about $640/month.

15-oz bottles of Worcestershire sauce have 50% more sauce than 10-oz bottles.


The photos are unrelated miscellaneous items found at Izismile without links to source; I'll add credits if/when I can find such.

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