World’s Strangest

Getting drugs sure got a whole lot easier for Belleville, Washington Illinois residents. The police there place signs to let everybody know exactly where to buy them! The police have only two signs, and when they use them at a location, it’ll likely only be for a day, and only during daytime hours. However, the sign [...]

A lot of people buy clothes and immediately wear them without washing them, but a recent study has come out showing that this can be an unintentionally filthy habit. Good Morning America went to a number of both high-end and low-end retailers and purchased 14 items of clothing, which they then sent to Dr. Philip [...]

New research suggests that some bacteria is actually a lot more adept at complex decision making than believed. When you think of bacteria the level o…

In a world where digital cameras can be cheaper than a fancy dinner, a lot of people take realistic art for granted. Fortunately though, a select handful of artists are still keeping the spirit of accuracy alive, as evidenced in this Web Urbanist post featuring 43 super realistic artworks. It’s always interesting to see how [...]

Jesus has been appearing in a lot of bizarre places these past few years, now he’s turned up in the peel of a banana. 39-year-old Lisa Swinton was tuc…

Hello, Neatoramanauts! Boing Boing did it, Engadget did it, and now it’s Neatorama’s turn. Yep, we’re going to give the blog a makeover. It’s time to shake things up a bit. Keep Neatorama fresh and all that. Now, blog redesigns are fraught with potential problems (this is not our first redesign, but so far, all Neatorama’s [...]

You can find a serious look back at the news of 2009 just about anywhere. A lot of those stories can be downright depressing. Meanwhile, Dave Barry reminds you of what happened while putting his ridiculous spin on 2009. Elsewhere in politics, a team of specially trained wildlife agents equipped with nets and tranquilizer darts manages, [...]

The ancient Mayans may have been a lot more advanced in the area of running water than previously thought, scientists believe the Mayans may have …

It’s beginning to look a lot like winter in some areas, and run-of-the-mill snowmen are popping up here and there. Bad Astronomer Phil Plait got geekily creative and made a Dalek out of snow! Link -via Geeks Are Sexy

Artist Guy Shield proposed to his girlfriend Liz through a series of folded, sequential illustrations. He invested a lot of time in process, and you can read his sweet, romantic, and heavily-illustrated story at the link. The plan was to create a series of images that I could work on at home, without giving away too [...]