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Dog Thong to iPaw: 15 Pet Products We Can’t Believe Exist. The political dog chews are kid of tempting.
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Real-life Superman’s survival confounds the experts. A fireman is trapped in a burning building, falls 3 stories, lifts an impossibly heavy beam, and lives to tell the tale.
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Five People Killed By Their Own Inventions. I believe we have found the origin of the phrase, “You’re doing it wrong.”
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It’s a pity that marvelous old architecture is left to rot, often due to lack of funds. But there’s beauty to be found in the ruins, as you’ll see in this collection of abandoned hotels from all over.
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Posing as a ten-year-old, Bill Geerhart began corresponding with famous people, including several serial killers. Now you can read and enjoy their letters of advice.
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I want a Neo Cube. This simple toy has the ability to suck up all the free time around it.
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The healthiest chain restaurants and what you should order from them. Just in case you absolutely cannot find any other place to eat besides a chain restaurant.
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Living History. Historical reenactment organizations take their anachronisms seriously, whatever era they are in.
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i don’t know who was funnier (and scarier) the Nightstalker (with his own letterhead-holy crap! who MADE that?!) or Manson (with the random photo of the barn).
posted by Em on 4-29-2008 at 4:18 am
That piece from Radar magazine was genius. You go little Billy!
posted by Beth on 4-29-2008 at 8:58 am
I want a neocube too, but I can’t find anywhere that sells it! The site at the end of the video no longer exists!
Anyone know where I can get one?
posted by Kieran on 4-29-2008 at 11:27 am
http://www.shop.theneocube.com/category.sc;jsessionid=D97C4CB0460924556B16348FD7E7C1BC.qscstrfrnt03?categoryId=3
posted by Miss Cellania on 4-29-2008 at 12:21 pm
neatorama links never seem to work for me.
bummer.
posted by the creature on 4-29-2008 at 12:41 pm
The magnetic fields of magnetic balls are concentrated more at the poles than disc or block magnets. These balls are great for experimentation and magic tricks and are just plain fascinating to play with.
NeoCube is consisted of hundreds of individual strong neodymium balls.
You can create huge number of shapes and models according to your imagination by this amazing NeoCube.
NeoCube is wonderfully suitable for experiments and combining with other magnets.
No one who comes into contact with these magnets ever wants to give them back. These small but very powerful NeoCube inevitably arouse a sense of play.
The more, the better.
Eric
http://www.neo-cube.cn
sales@neo-cube.cn
posted by Eric on 10-31-2008 at 8:09 am
We supply NeoCube magnetic balls (magnetic spheres) whose size is from 3mm~10mm. They are very powerful and amazing. There are 216pcs of magnetic spheres in one set.
The magnetic fields of magnetic balls are concentrated more at the poles than disc or block magnets. These balls are great for experimentation and magic tricks and are just plain fascinating to play with.
NeoCube is consisted of hundreds of individual strong neodymium balls.
You can create huge number of shapes and models according to your imagination by this amazing NeoCube.
NeoCube is wonderfully suitable for experiments and combining with other magnets.
No one who comes into contact with these magnets ever wants to give them back. These small but very powerful NeoCube inevitably arouse a sense of play.
The more, the better.
Eric
http://www.neo-cube.cn
sales@neo-cube.cn
posted by Eric on 10-31-2008 at 9:27 am