Archive for 2022

A Cypriot Lion and Its Doppelgänger

This account is mainly about domestic cats but I needed you to see this happy Cypriot lion. 5th or 4th century BCE. https://t.co/QUzf6qpdpJ pic.twitter.com/0IpM4QLgdf— Cats of Yore (@CatsOfYore) December 29, 2022...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/31/A-Cypriot-Lion-and-Its-Doppelgnger/

May Now Knight of Queen

The headline makes sense when you learn that Brian May has been knighted by King Charles III. May's new honor was included in the U.K.’s annual New Year’s Honors list. He was recognized for his contributions...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/31/May-Now-Knight-of-Queen/

Laurence Brown Becomes an American Citizen

Laurence Brown (previously at Neatorama) normally brings us humorous and often stinging observations about the differences between Britain and the US in his Lost in the Pond series. Born in England, he's lived in the US...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/31/Laurence-Brown-Becomes-an-American-Citizen/

What to Eat for Good Luck in 2023

While the New Year holiday really doesn't signal anything more significant than a new calendar, it's a symbolic time of reset and renewal, of looking back and looking forward, like the two-faced Roman god Janus, for whic...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/30/What-to-Eat-for-Good-Luck-in-2023/

That Time a Frat Party Gave Us a New Year Tradition

Embed from Getty ImagesWhen Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne" at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan while ringing in the New Year of 1930, it wasn't planned as anything other than a nos...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/30/That-Time-a-Frat-Party-Gave-Us-a-New-Year-Tradition/

Sleepy Skunk's 2022 Movie Trailer Mashup

We've been waiting all year for it (and he's been teasing it for a month), and now it's finally here! Louis Plamondon, YouTuber Sleepy Skunk, has unveiled his 2022 movie mashup just barely before the New Year holiday. Th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/30/Sleepy-Skunks-2022-Movie-Trailer-Mashup/

Discovered: An Organism that Eats Viruses

Some creatures are carnivores and eat animals, others are herbivores and eat plants, and some, including humans, are omnivores and will eat both. But until now, we haven't identified an organism that eats viruses. Of cou...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/29/Discovered-An-Organism-that-Eats-Viruses/

The Battle Over the Ken Doll's Bulge

Ruth Handler designed an adult fashion doll for little girls to play with. Her name was Barbie, and she hit the market in 1959. The Barbie doll became a hit, and soon Handler decided she should have a boyfriend. Mattel w...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/29/The-Battle-Over-the-Ken-Dolls-Bulge/

The Weird Thing About Geosynchronous Orbits

Floating high above our world, there's a network of satellites that are watching us. They relay information from and to earth, and to each other. They enable our global phone, TV, and internet systems. They geolocate us...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/29/The-Weird-Thing-About-Geosynchronous-Orbits/

Sherlock Holmes and Other Works Entering the Public Domain in 2023

Every year, many classical creative works enter the public domain on January 1st under US copyright law. Most are forgotten and forgettable, but some still draw in audiences. Smithsonian magazine has a roundup o...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/29/Sherlock-Holmes-and-Other-Works-Entering-the-Public-Domain-in-2023/

Man Buried Under Notre Dame Had Good Teeth, Apparently

Experts have found tombs and two lead sarcophagi underneath the floor slabs of the church’s transept crossing three years after a fire burned the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. This was when a team of archeologists...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/29/Man-Buried-Under-The-Notre-Dame-Had-Good-Teeth-Apparently/

Rare Fossil Creature Shows Up In Arizona

Alright, who had the “a rare fossil creature appears in a city” in their 2022 bingo card? Nobody? Well, we didn’t have it either, but it did happen. Yahoo! News reported that a creepy, prehistoric-...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/29/Rare-Fossil-Creature-Shows-Up-In-Arizona/

Mom Finds Dead Son in France After 12 Years

A holiday miracle. After more than a decade of mourning her son, a Scottish woman has discovered that her child was alive in a different country all along. The woman, named Joyce Curtis, filed a missing person report in...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/29/Mom-Finds-Dead-Son-in-France-After-12-Years/

The Top Art and Archaeological Discoveries in 2022

With the year coming to a close, we think that it’s the right time for listing all the highlights we had in the year. While we can talk about pop culture and other topics that went on the news, there’s also a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/The-Top-Art-and-Archaeological-Discoveries-in-2022/

Pupper Sneaks In For A Kiss

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here’s something to warm your hearts in the cold months!&nbsp;</span></p><p><a href="https://blog.theanimalrescuesit...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/Pupper-Sneaks-In-For-A-Kiss/

100 Facts We Learned in 2022

Embed from Getty ImagesIf you've got some free time between holidays, you might want to read, or at least skim through, a list of some things we learned in 2022 on a wide-ranging number of subjects, like animals, artif...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/100-Facts-We-Learned-in-2022/

The Reasons Methuselah (the Tree) has Survived for 5,000 Years

A bristlecone pine in California is the oldest living thing on earth. The tree named Methuselah is estimated to be around 5,000 years old! How in the world does a tree last that long? It comes down to adaptation to envir...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/The-Reasons-Methuselah-the-Tree-has-Survived-for-5000-Years/

Parks Canada Announces the Most Memorable Public Toilets Of 2022

There are plenty of lists detailing the events of 2022, and ranking the movies, albums, celebrities, and other things that made a splash during the year. If you happen to cover, or be an expert in, something that's a bit...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/Parks-Canada-Announces-the-Most-Memorable-Public-Toilets-Of-2022/

Cats Being Weirdly Adorable

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">These feline creatures are honestly, amazing. They express beauty, grace, and elegance. In cartoons and other forms of media, cats are usually associate...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/Cats-Being-Weirdly-Adorable/

A City in India that Sings

The city of Hampi, India, is a Unesco World Heritage site. It is mostly known for the terrain of granite rocks in grey, ocher, and pink. Also, tourists go to the area for the many ruins of temples and palaces that have e...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/A-City-in-India-that-Sings/

How Does Society Judge Men's and Women’s Bodies?

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Society has different standards for men and women. From what they should wear to how they should look like, these qualities are implemented in pop cultu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/How-Does-Society-Judge-Men-s-and-Women-s-Bodies/

Where Should We Put Dishwasher Pods?

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">So dishwasher pods actually exist. Forget the Tide pods that people joke around putting in their mouths because there’s a new pod discourse in tow...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/Where-Should-We-Put-Dishwasher-Pods/

This Massive Aquarium Just Exploded In A Hotel

It seems that this gigantic attraction exploded under pressure. A popular attraction in the Radisson Collection Hotel in Berlin has just exploded right in front of guests. The attraction, called the AquaDom, is a ma...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/28/This-Massive-Aquarium-Just-Exploded-In-A-Hotel/

Weird Supreme Court Shenanigans Worthy of a Soap Opera

Through most of the history of the United States, the Supreme Court has kept a low profile compared to the other branches of the federal government. With lifetime appointments, the justices do not have to make a public s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/27/Weird-Supreme-Court-Shenanigans-Worthy-of-a-Soap-Opera/

Behold Miss Ukraine's National Costume

Miss Ukraine has turned up to the Miss Universe competition as a Sister of Battle pic.twitter.com/UtCkCGzaFe— Ben Sledge (@BenSledge) December 23, 2022 It's not often that a national costume at the Miss Univer...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/27/Behold-Miss-Ukraines-National-Costume/

Life-Saving Kindness in Buffalo

TRUE ANGEL IN BUFFALO 💯 A THREAD: A local woman received a call on Christmas Eve, “Hi, you don't know me but I have your brother.” The woman’s brother’s name is Joey. He is 64 years old and m...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/27/Life-Saving-Kindness-in-Buffalo/

When Medical Scanning Meets 3D Printing Meets Robot Surgery

Pioneers in 3D printing are always looking for ways that it can be used to make life better or easier for the rest of us. One innovation is to recreate a realistic but artificial human body, or a partial body, as an exac...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/26/When-Medical-Scanning-Meets-3D-Printing-Meets-Robot-Surgery/

The 2022 Gävle Goat is Still Standing!

I made it. Merry Christmas. pic.twitter.com/NI85iDhDNw— Gävlebocken (@Gavlebocken) December 25, 2022 The Gävle Goat (previously at Neatorama) is an annual tradition in the town of Gävle, Sweden. I...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/26/The-2022-Gvle-Goat-is-Still-Standing/

Kids at Christmas Pageant Stage Combat Scene

The force is strong with this one.. 😂🎥 IG: marissa_chrzan pic.twitter.com/9JogbN1zu2— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 26, 2022 Instagram user @marisa_chrzan must have been delighted to watch her...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/26/Kids-at-Christmas-Pageant-Stage-Combat-Scene/

How Causes of Death Have Changed Over Time

We spend too much time being scared of dying in a plane crash or being eaten by a shark, when those things are exceedingly rare. It's prudent to be cautious of traffic accidents, which are a too-common way to die prematu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/12/26/How-Causes-of-Death-Have-Changed-Over-Time/




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