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Banks failed, stock prices collapsed, and panic descended on Wall Street. Americans were holding their collective breath as a rescue plan was hastily drafted. The 2008 financial crisis? Nope - it was the Panic of 1907, and again in 1929, 1987, and so on. Since its independence more than 230 years ago, the United States has grown to have the largest economy in the world (GDP of $13.8 trillion as of 2007, by the way. ...
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Carl said:
Overly long but quite interesting.
Happy Deathday, Edgar Allan Poe! (16)
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We’re coming up on the anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1849 death, which is rather fitting since we’re coming up on Halloween. I know; Poe was more than the Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven, but undoubtedly he is best known for his chilling tales. But I thought we’d delve a little deeper into Mr. Poe to celebrate his upcoming deathday. I somehow think he would prefer that people celebrated that instead ...
Wim Delvoye: World’s Most Badass Artist (12)
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Forget Banksy! The title of World's Most Badass Artist belongs to a Belgian conceptual artist named Wim Delvoye. Wim's quite famous for his unconventional art, many of which seem innocuous at a glance but contains something unexpected upon closer inspection. Others, like Cloaca and the gothic heavy machinery laser-cut sculptures shown below are amazing technical tour-de-force pieces. Whether these art shock you or whether you think that these are art to begin with, there's no ...
10 Things About LHC You Wanna Know (but were afraid to ask) (13)
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Photo: Maximilien Brice, CERN 1. Why is it called the Large Hadron Collider? The first one is easy: Large because it is really big. The LHC is a large circular tunnel with a circumference of 27 kilometers (17 miles), buried in the ground under an average of 100 m (328 ft) of dirt and rock. In particle physics, hadron is a family of subatomic particles made of quarks and held together by the strong force*. ...
6 Things Inspired by Einstein (11)
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Would you believe that Einstein was the inspiration for Yoda, E.T., and even a spiffy BMX bike trick? Here are 6 things inspired by Albert Einstein, the smartest man who ever lived: 1. Yoda Einstein (Image: Wikipedia), Yoda and Stuart Freeborn (Image: Muppet Wiki) Stuart Freeborn, the make-up supervisor for the original Star Wars trilogy modeled Yoda after his own face. He added a bit of Einstein's eyes and wrinkles for that "wise look" of ...
The Evolution of National Flags [Neatorama - 9/9/08] (36)
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Did you know that the current US flag was designed by a high school student for a class project? (He got a B, though his teacher changed it to an A after Congress accepted it as the national flag!). Did you know that the Libyan flag is green (and nothing but green) or that the precursor to the Philippines flag had a Jolly Roger? Read on ... 1. Flag of the United States: The Stars ...
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Wales - top work for even knowing to look for the answer!
The Evolution of National Flags (1)
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Did you know that the current US flag was designed by a high school student for a class project? (He got a B, though his teacher changed it to an A after Congress accepted it as the national flag!). Did you know that the Libyan flag is green (and nothing but green) or that the precursor to the Philippines flag had a Jolly Roger? Read on ... 1. Flag of the United States: The Stars ...
10 Most Fascinating Savants in the World (32)
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Sometimes the most amazing abilities of the human brain are revealed exactly when things go wrong with it. Take, for example, savants - people who have mental abilities that could only be characterized as superhuman (like having photographic memory, playing music perfectly after hearing it just once, or doing complex mathematical calculations in one's head) but otherwise severely disabled in every day cognitive functions and social interaction. Does the human brain have latent savant-like abilities? ...
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haggaret said:
Thanks for this one Mike...
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Jiscilla said:
these are all extemely amazing
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Jayson said:
These are awesomely beautiful stories. God has designed our brains so amazingly that even when they are injured or diseased they can operate in astounding ways.
6 More Hoaxes That Fooled the World (14)
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The Five Hoaxes That Fooled the World post from a couple of weeks ago was pretty popular and lots of people had interesting suggestions for a follow up, so I thought I would do just that. Here are six more for your reading pleasure. The Cardiff Giant, 1869. Like one of our hoaxes from last week, this one was pretty much conceived of just to prove someone else wrong. George Hill had an argument with ...
Neatorama & Blog Archive & Five Amusement Parks that are No Longer Amusing (9)
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There’s something fascinating about large structures that have been completely abandoned. But abandoned amusement parks are especially creepy. The fact that such a bustling, busy place full of excitement and fun is now a desolate, quiet graveyard combined with rusted kiddie images and clowns… yeah, that’s pretty much a recipe for a horror story. Although these amusement parks are no longer in operation, they’re still a source of… well, interest, if not amusement, exactly. The ...
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Jamie said:
I'm fascinated with abandoned amusement parks. No idea why.
5 Dubious Moments in Olympics History (20)
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Ah, the Olympics: the intense competition, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, and ... a butt pinch by Hitler? If you are sick and tired of the greatest moments in the Olympic Games sort of stories, this Neatorama list is for you. Here are the 5 Dubious Moments in Olympics History: 1. Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Ski Jump No, despite all predictions, Eddie the Eagle didn't crash [YouTube Link] If, at 5 feet ...
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I like number 4
Neatorama & Blog Archive & Five Hoaxes that Fooled the World (9)
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Long before Bonsai Kittens and the tourist guy, hoaxsters have been wreaking havoc on the gullible to amuse themselves and maybe gain a little notoriety. Here are a few hoaxes that pre-date the Internet, in some cases by centuries. There are plenty more, so perhaps a follow-up is in order – if you have any suggestions, leave them in the comments. The Turk This might not seem so impressive in the day and age of ...
Neatorama & Blog Archive & The Evolution of Tech Companies&8217; Logos (3)
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You’ve seen these tech logos everywhere, but have you ever wondered how they came to be? Did you know that Apple’s original logo was Isaac Newton under an apple tree? Or that Nokia’s original logo was a fish? Let’s take a look at the origin of tech companies’ logos and how they evolved over time: Adobe Systems Source: Adobe Press In 1982, forty-something programmers John Warnock and Charles Geschke quit their work at Xerox to ...
Man's Best Friends: 6 Incredible Dogs [w/Pics] (5)
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This past weekend was the anniversary of the death of a beloved Hollywood star. Yep - it was August 10, 1932, that Rin-Tin-Tin met his maker. So, in old Rinty’s honor, I thought we would revisit some of the world’s most adored canines – starting with the man (err… dog) himself, of course. Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin was found in a bombed dog kennel by a soldier in World War I. Rinty and ...
Goths: Then and Now (5)
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After I chuckled heartily at Dan Piraro's depiction of the Fairy Gothmother in his awesome comic strip Bizarro, I wondered how goth today differs from the goths of yore. After a little research, I present to you this: Goth (of yesteryear) Goth (of today) Who 3rd and 4th centuries East Germanic tribe. Kids dressed up like undertakers, complete with black eyeliners, nail polish, white face powder and so on Origin Scandinavia. Early 1980s in the ...
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Shannon said:
I've always had a soft spot for goths.
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Oil (23)
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We all complain about the high price of oil: businessmen worry about the rising cost of petroleum-based raw materials, and politicians fret about the geo-political situations in oil rich countries and the rest of us pay through the nose whenever we fill up at the pump (yes, it has come down a bit, but only after such a huge run-up). But what do we really know about oil? Do you know where petroleum came from? ...
10 Fascinating Facts About the Ancient Olympic Games (31)
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Most people know that the Olympics started out in Ancient Greece, but did you know that back then the athletes competed in the nude? (Though technically, they could wear penis restraints - yes, you read that right). Or that one of the games was an ancient form of mixed martial arts? Or that a chef won the very first Olympic games? To help celebrate the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, we'll posts some neat facts about ...
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The Olympics start in less than a week.
Cops Pwnd UK Google Street View Car (7)
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Google may be the big fish on the Net, but Google Street View Car got no respect from the cops on the street! Neatorama reader Chris Whiteoak sent us these series of photographs of a Google car being pulled over by the police … here’s the story, in Chris’ own words: I’m from Bradford, United Kingdom. I was just going on my lunch break at work today and i noticed a black car that had ...
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/29/royal-marriages-that-didnt-go-so-well/ (3)
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Today marks the anniversary of the day Prince Charles and Princess Diana got married in a lavish ceremony 27 years ago. As we all know, that didn’t turn out so well. But their marriage was only one in a long, Royal line of decidedly not happily-ever-afters. Here are a few other royal marriages that Disney probably won’t be making into a cartoon anytime soon. John of England and Isabella of Angoulême In 1200, John married ...
