The Week that was at Neatorama

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It's time for our weekly update from Sift parter Neatorama.com. Check out the neat stories below and their site for lots of great stories (and material to submit to the Sift .
A Counterfeit Penny Made of Gold
Seattle artist Jack Daws made eleven pennies by casting them from 18 karat gold and plating them with copper. One of those pennies was sold for $1,000 as a work of art. Another penny was spent at a news stand in Los Angeles. Yes, Daws sent one of the pennies into circulation in 2007 as a counterfeit -on purpose ...[Link]

The Redundant Photography of Fred Lebain
French photographer Fred Lebain took a trip to New York City and took a series of photos around town. He then revisited those sites after printing out huge poster versions of his shots. Then he carefully re-aligned the shots to incorporate his previous image into a new, dynamically interesting one.[Link]

The 15 Best Man Caves on the Internet
A man cave is a place for a man to get away from the rest of the family and the problems of the world and to engage in his favorite pastimes. The best man caves get posted to the internet, and BroBible.com selected 15 awesome setups for this collection.[Link]

The Bald Bear
Vets are baffled at this strange sight: Dolores, a spectacled bear at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany has gone bald!It could be due to a genetic defect but the animals don’t seem to be suffering any other afflictions.[Link]

The Most Popular Christmas Toys By Year Since 1960
A time-line which illustrates the top toys from the last 50 years. Here they are, the most popular Christmas toys since 1960.[Link]

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