Kenneth Feldman and Michelle Dortignac saw a squirrel build a nest against the outside of a window in their apartment. Through the glass, they were able to watch every move the squirrel made as she gave birth and car...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/the-squirrel-in-our-window/You would think today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss would be easy -if you're an Apple fan. Test your Apple knowledge with ten questions about the history of the company and its products. It's not...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/the-apple-of-my-i/A man in the Kansas City area was attacked with a knife and frying pan. He responded by swinging a banjo at his attacker's head: Police say the Monday banjo blow to the head stopped the assailant, who was treated for...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/crime-victim-successfully-defends-himself-with-banjo/The United States Postal Service offers substantial shipping discounts for materials sent at Media Mail rates. The predictable result, especially during an economic downturn, is that retailers and the general public...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/the-usps-is-cracking-down-on-media-mail/(YouTube link) OK now, how many grammar mistakes can you spot in this video? I am always on my kids' backs about running their words together or using words like "tooken." However, I've also learned that if you go o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/things-we-say-wrong/Francesco Bonomi launched a high-altitude balloon last year which took 1144 photos and 15 minutes of video recordings. From that data, he constructed three panoramas (linked at the bottom of the post) from different...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/panoramas-from-the-stratosphere/Police responded to a report of a man trying to break into a house in Bloomington, Illinois last weekend. It was determined that 21-year-old Christopher Kunder was trying to get into his own house to surprise his mother...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/failed-break-in-leads-to-surprise-reunion/Remember the Star Trek casket? It appears to be no longer available, but the same company is ready to launch the sale of Star Trek Urns for fans who choose to be cremated when they reach the final f...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/star-trek-cremation-urn/Richard Lorenc never knew his biological mother, and began searching for her at age 33. The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services provided him with a name six weeks later: Lorenc's mother is 62-year-old...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/bearded-lady-reunited-with-son/Scientists have unearthed the fossilized remains of a prehistoric bird with a wingspan of 17 feet! The Latin name given to the new species, Pelagornis chilensis means “huge pseudoteeth” because it had bony t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/big-toothy-bird/There are a few good reasons – and many fairly silly reasons -- why one might wish to convert a washing machine to pedal power. But perhaps the rationale for doing so is building lately. Many of us in the Western ind...
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