Here's a myth/rumor/urban legend I hadn't heard before, possibly because I spend so much time on the internet I've developed a radar for BS. The "factoid" contained in the headline has been making the rounds, and a close...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Is-It-True-Women-Retain-the-DNA-of-Every-Man-Theyve-Ever-Slept-With-in-Their-Bodies/<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A dark ale made from crickets will be making its way into Shibuya this March. The ale will be made from farm-raise...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Cricket-Ale-Anyone/<p>Because of the essential roles that they play when it comes to the breakdown of nutrients and the conversion of these nutrients into energy-rich molecules (a process called aerobic respiration), it is of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/An-Animal-That-Doesn-t-Need-Oxygen-To-Live-Discovered/<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Have you ever bought shoes online that you never got to use because it wasn’t the shoes you were looking for...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Here-s-A-Good-Online-Shopping-Trick-When-Buying-Shoes/It was another beautiful day, and Cheryl Ramsay from Prince Edward Island, Canada, decided to clean her house. Upon cleaning, she decided to leave the bedroom window open so that some of the cool fresh air can come in th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Husky-Stands-Proudly-On-Roof/When Beethoven consulted the Italian violinist Felix Radicati in 1806 about violin fingering for his “Razumovsky” Quartets, Opus No. 59, Radicati was not able to help himself, and he rudely asked Beethoven if...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/A-Master-Ahead-Of-His-Time/<p>Is the acronym “GIF”, which stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”, pronounced as “gif” or as “jif”? That has been the age-old debate for years. But perh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Is-It-Gif-or-Jif-J-M-Smucker-s-Jif-Peanut-Butter/Brett happens to know a couple of aerospace engineers, and asked them about propelling yourself through space with a fart. Both Nate and Dan took the question completely seriously, and had a rather involved group text di...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Fart-Propulsion/<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">French street artist Invader created an interpretation of the Mona Lisa using the tiles from a Rubik’s cube....
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Rubik-Mona-Lisa-Sold-For-520-680-In-Paris-Auction/<p><span style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Pastry chef Claire Saffitz tests her wits in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make gourme...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Pastry-Chef-Attempts-To-Make-Gourmet-Butterfingers/Hey, a scientific breakthrough and adorable baby kitties in one video! Ahem. There are not enough cheetahs in the world to ensure their survival as a species, but breeding cheetahs in captivity has always been a challeng...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/In-a-First-Cheetah-Cubs-Born-Through-Surrogacy-at-the-Columbus-Zoo/<p>What can you get from a vending machine in Japan? A better question would be what <em>can't</em> you get from a vending machine in Japan.</p><p>The nation that made the world's pr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/A-Vending-Machine-for-Diapers/<p>Larry Tesler passed away last week at the age of 74. In case you didn’t know him, he is the one behind the commands “cut”, “copy”, and “paste” — commands t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Remembering-The-Father-of-User-Friendly-Design/Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row.Flowers have an amazing range of appearances. The one called Calceolaria uniflora is also...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/Pretty-Maids-All-in-a-Row/Samuel Ruben and Martin Kamen were doing pure research on the basics of life. How did plants photosynthesize sunlight and turn it into oxygen? Could the answer be carbon? They did experiments using a particle accelerator...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/The-History-of-Carbon-14-Is-Way-More-Thrilling-Than-You-Think/Disney has always known that six years is just enough time for a new generation of kids to be born that would enjoy their movies. Expectations were pretty high for Frozen 2, six years after the first Frozen*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/02/26/An-Honest-Trailer-for-iFrozen-2i/Ah, the 70s! It was a crazy time to be alive. The decor in particular was wild, as exemplified by this groovy pad at 23645 Country Villa Road in Ramona, California.This unit was set aside for the developer's own use. He...
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