12-year-old genius challenges the Big Bang
At 12 Jacob Barnett seems like any other kid – but there’s a lot more to him than meets the eye. With an IQ of 170 Barnett taught himself calculus, al…
View ArticleMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: Prologue and Chapter One
I’ve been dropping not-so-subtle hints about my upcoming YA novel for weeks now, but the day is finally here when I can share a little of it! Quirk, my publisher, is serializing the first three or four...
View ArticleMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: Chapter Three
I’m beginning to feel like Charles Dickens, serializing my novel like this! Actually, it’s fun — I love hearing readers’ reactions to discrete chunks of the book, although it sounds like many of you...
View ArticleTroopertrek: Stormtrooper Walks Across Australia for Charity
In a continent far far away, a young adventurer named Jacob French is walking solo across the vast land of Australia. It’s an epic journey with a noble cause, but what made it truly Neatorama-worthy...
View ArticleThe Quick 10: A Christmas Carol
It was 168 years ago this week that Tiny Tim and Ebeneezer Scrooge made their debut. In 1843, Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic was published in England. Despite the fact that it’s been around for...
View ArticleThe Longest Straight Staircase in the World Has 699 Steps
Team, today’s stair running drill is going to be a doozy. Pictured above is Jacob’s Ladder, a staircase in the UK Overseas Territory of Saint Helena. Settlers built it as an inclined plane in 1829 to...
View ArticleStar Wars, As Recreated by My Little Pony
(Video Link) As we already know, Star Wars is heavily derivative of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (or the reverse, I forget which). Animator Jacob Kitts brings us the original trilogy as it was...
View Article11 Toys You Only Played With at the Doctor’s Office
The best part of going to the doctor’s office as a kid… 1. Waterful Ring-Toss Image via eBay 2. Fisher Price Parking Garage Image via Etsy 3. Magna Doodle Image via Etsy 4. Highlights Image via Etsy 5....
View ArticleDrawn to Facts No. 005: A full-grown pumpkin has about 15 miles of roots
Illustration by: Jacob Hanover Fact:A full-grown pumpkin has about 15 miles of roots. Check out all of our illustrated facts here.
View Article11 of the Richest People in History
Coming up with a definitive list of the richest people of all time is almost impossible, thanks to the difficulties that arise with comparing different currencies and adjusting for inflation over...
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