Archive for January 21st, 2023

The Sordid History of Sugar

Humans, and many other animals, evolved to seek out and enjoy anything sweet, because the sugars those foods contain provided us with much-needed calories and energy. That's a useful adaptation because in the natural wor...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/21/The-Sordid-History-of-Sugar/

Little Girl Sends Bitten Cookie to Police, Requests DNA Test for Santa Claus

UPDATE 1/24/22: AP reports that the Rhode Island Department of Health has completed its DNA examination of the Santa Claus evidence. It could not match the sample with DNA in its database, although there...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/21/Little-Girl-Sends-Bitten-Cookie-to-Police-Requests-DNA-Test-for-Santa-Claus-3/

Giant Cinnamon Bun Appears in the Sky over Turkey

Rare UFO-like cloud forms in Turkeyhttps://t.co/STYPv1qr9L pic.twitter.com/TJk7LP2O9w— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 20, 2023 At least, that's what I'm going to call it until someone actually tastes it to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/21/Giant-Cinnamon-Bun-Appears-in-the-Sky-over-Turkey/

How Nims Purja Changed the Face of Extreme Climbing

To call Nims Purja an accomplished mountain climber would be a severe understatement. In 2019, he climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter (26,000 feet) and above peaks in six months and six days- a speedrun never even...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/21/How-Nims-Purja-Changed-the-Face-of-Extreme-Climbing/

Weird Al Yankovic's "Your Horoscope for Today"

"Your Horoscope for Today" was an song from Weird Al Yankovic's 1999 album Running With Scissors that was never released as a single. You probably remember that album best for the song "The Saga Begins," which t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/21/Weird-Al-Yankovics-Your-Horoscope-for-Today/
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