Category: Neat-o

We can find fewer finer or more recognizable examples of the stuff than Homer’s Iliad, and above you can hear a reading of a section of the Iliad (Book 23, Lines 62-107 )  in the original Ancient Greek language.

A nine-year-old boy from Morden, Man. has taken up the lost art of letter writing — and he's not writing to just anyone, he's written to every world leader for whom he could find a mailing address.

If you’re frustrated with choking on the qāf in Arabic or disgracing the Chinese script with your poor penmanship, maybe it’s time to try one of these lesser-studied but relatively easy foreign languages for English speakers.

The older generation may watch in wonder when pre-teens download apps, install wireless printers, and edit videos on iMovie with a few clicks of the mouse. But there are loads of skills our parents and grandparents had decades ago that the younger generations don't. We asked our Facebook fans about this, and received a massive response.

Necessity isn't the only mother of invention. Though it wasn't always easy to get patents or the credit they deserved, women are responsible for many items we use today.

You’ve probably already heard that fast food restaurants like to paint their interiors in shades of reds and yellows because they make people eat faster, or that retirement homes tend to paint their walls in calming blue shades to help residents relax. But there is a lot more to the psychology of color than these basic facts known to the general public, and this infographic can help you understand the subtleties of the art.

In what is one of the coolest photography hacks I've seen in a while, Steve Ramsey from Woodworking for Mere Mortals shows you how to easily create a print-transfer to wood using nothing more than your standard inkjet printer.

1914 saw the birth of the name ‘Aston Martin’ following one of Lionel Martin’s successful runs at the Aston Hill Climb in Buckinghamshire, England.

What does this mean? Simply put, “it means you can have the maps, all of them if you want, for free, in high resolution.”

Here is how you should drink coffee in the following countries from around the world: Bosnia, Ethiopia, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, United States, Vietnam.

Fireball Tim Lawrence is "Hollywood's Secret Design Weapon" The Movie Car Designer and TV Host is consistently called upon by Hollywood's elite to envision designs for what has been a chain of over 350 entertainment and design projects in film, TV and commercials.

Based on the charts, we learn that some of history's icons had more eccentric habits than others.

This is a 3D visualization of the Hubble Deep Field image, and it gives you a tantalizing glimpse of what it might be like to fly at extreme speeds through the vast regions between galaxies.

Seriously people, you must watch Jelani Eddington's incredible rendition of the Main Title from the Star Wars Symphonic Suite on a Sanfilippo Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ.

The above chart showing the relationship between a country's chocolate consumption and Nobel Prize victories is making the rounds on Twitter.

How do you become the most interesting person in the world?

At some point in your life you will be asked to order pizza for a group. When that time comes, don’t be afraid. All the information you need to determine how many pies to order can be found in the pizza itself.

If you want to spend more, car makers will certainly let you. And these are the ten most ridiculous features for your money.

With a little bit of practice, it’s actually fairly easy to escape from zip ties, and you should be well-prepared should you ever find yourself in the unfortunate situation of being illegally restrained by a home invader or other criminal with zip ties.

A few things you might not know about Marty, Doc, and Doc's pet chimpanzee.

15 Photos From History Seen In Color For The First Time (Very Strange, And Very Cool)

Thirty years ago today, the Hubble Space Telescope was taken to orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery. It wasn't an easy road to space for the observatory, and NASA would shortly discover troubles with its primary mirror that would raise questions about whether it could ever live up to its initial promise.

Colorful illustrations by ShaoLan Hsueh and Noma Bar will teach you how to understand basic characters from the Chinese language.

Rocky wasn't just a boxer. He was a marathoner.

It's obscenely, obscenely loud and ferocious, deep and guttural and nasty.

The 50 greatest breakthroughs since the wheel. (Sliced bread isn't actually on the list, though.)

History's 10 Most Accomplished Drunks.

These would surely make a house a home. A beautiful home!

Russian Air Force MiG-31s cruising through the sky. And you're in the driver's seat.

Buggered. Gobby. Tosh. All the Britishisms you need to know are here.