Archive for November 29th, 2023

McDonald's Training Video from 1983 Shows McNugget Puppets Showing How to Prepare Themselves

The producers of this in-house training video for McDonald's restaurant employees didn't do anything by half measures. It's as entertaining as it is practical.When McDonald's began selling McNuggets worldwide in 1983, it...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/McDonalds-Training-Video-from-1983-Shows-McNugget-Puppets-Showing-How-to-Prepare-Themselves/

True Facts About Animals With Real Superpowers

Superman is strong enough to squeeze coal into diamonds. Spider-Man can throw a handy web to swing from. The Invisible Woman has the power of... well, you know. These superpowers are just another day at work for some of...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/True-Facts-About-Animals-With-Real-Superpowers/

News Broadcasts from Alternate Histories

YouTube member Epentibi uses artificial intelligence programs to create realistic news broadcasts from the 1960s through the 1980s in worlds gone terribly wrong. I gather that Epentibi is inspired by the strategy video g...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/News-Broadcasts-from-Alternate-Histories/

The Exorcist Effect: If We Looked at Reality Through the Lens of Horror Films

<p><a href="https://religiondispatches.org/what-happens-when-we-use-horror-movies-to-interpret-the-real-world-10-questions-for-the-authors-of-the-exorcist-effect/" target="_blank">...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/The-Exorcist-Effect-If-We-Looked-at-Reality-Through-the-Lens-of-Horror-Films/

What the US Map Would Look Like If America Had Lost WWII

<p>The US' involvement in WWII had been much debated during the time and its detractors had much to say why the US should stay out of it. History tells us that the US did enter the fray and through the comb...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/What-the-US-Map-Would-Look-Like-If-America-Had-Lost-WWII/

History Professor Shares This Innocently Savage Email from a Student

I will never recover from this student email. pic.twitter.com/Jzj5nyGKsa— John Penniman (@Historiographos) November 28, 2023 <p>This viral tweet posted by John Penniman, an associate professor and c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/History-Professor-Shares-This-Innocently-Savage-Email-from-a-Student/

An Australian Mosquito That Feeds Only on Frogs' Noses

<p>We all know that Australia is home to the deadliest and most dangerous animals on earth, but sometimes new discoveries from Australian species can provide levity to this grim side of the land down under....

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/An-Australian-Mosquito-That-Feeds-Only-on-Frogs-Noses/

How Librarians Turned the Tide of WWII

If we were to talk about the unsung heroes during World War II, then we must not be remiss in giving credit to the librarians and researchers whom the US government recruited to become, essentially, the first intelligenc...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/How-Librarians-Turned-the-Tides-of-WWII/

This Ancient Australian Painkiller is Ten Times Stronger Than Morphine

<p>Traditional medicine has often been set aside in favor of modern technology and medical advancements because we find that modern medicine has undergone rigorous research and testing that proves the effec...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/This-Ancient-Australian-Painkiller-is-Ten-Times-Stronger-Than-Morphine/

The Snake Oil Salesman and Other Infamous Scam Artists

When Chinese laborers built the transcontinental railway from the western side in the 19th century, they brought a traditional pain relief oil with them made from Chinese water snakes. Snake oil was an intriguing idea, a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/The-Snake-Oil-Salesman-and-Other-Infamous-Scam-Artists/

Witness the Birth of a Christmas Tree

Want to see how your Christmas tree started out in life? This guy who goes by Boxlapse at YouTube bought a pine cone at the supermarket last year and decided to grow a stone pine tree (Pinus pinea) in a pot. Thi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/11/29/Witness-the-Birth-of-a-Christmas-Tree/
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