Over the last couple of decades, American have been immersed in the phenomenon of the Christmas romance movie, which are all very much alike but people watch them like they are consuming comfort food. A similar but much...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/15/The-UK-Tradition-of-Christmas-Murder-Mysteries/Many fantasy fans look at J.R.R. Tolkien as the grandaddy of the genre. He certainly put in the work, with years of world building and research behind each plot in his many works. His Magnum Opus was The Lord of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/15/Tolkiens-Many-Inspirations-for-iThe-Lord-of-the-Ringsi/Eighteenth-century explorers in the Pacific Northwest, around the Salish Sea, observed that native people kept a certain breed of domestic dog and harvested its fur to spin and weave into cloth. The Salish woolly dog was...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/15/The-Salish-Wooly-Dog-was-Once-Prized-for-Its-Fur/<p>From the time that George Washington took his oath of office on April 30, 1789, until today, <a href="https://www.grunge.com/1467814/george-washington-inaugural-bible-where-to-find-it/" targ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/15/The-History-of-George-Washington-s-Inaugural-Bible/<p>We have heard of how brutal it is to have lived in ancient Rome, not less for the underprivileged and lower classes of society at the time. Slaves in ancient Rome were treated like property, and often su...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/15/Ruins-of-Pompeii-Bakery-Prison-Shows-a-Shocking-Example-of-Ancient-Roman-Slavery/Jimi Hendrix had had two albums before the 1968 release of Electric Ladyland. From the covers of his first two albums, it seems as though the record companies struggled to find a great angle of presenting Jimi H...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/15/Why-Jimi-Hendrix-Didn-t-Like-the-UK-Cover-of-Electric-Ladyland/<p>I rarely use emojis in online conversations, and even when I do, I tend to use the same set of emojis so I don't really take notice of the rest. However, one scientist, Jennifer Anderson, an expert of aq...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/15/Scientists-Say-We-Need-Greater-Emoji-Biodiversity/<p>How much blood sanitary pads, tampons, and other menstrual products actually absorb is a question that many researchers still struggle answering because <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-highlight...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/15/The-Problematic-History-of-Tampon-Testing/<p>I love eating those chocolate-coated marshmallow treats, also called chocolate teacakes. They combine the soft, fluffy texture of marshmallows, and the sweetness of the chocolate which accentuates the mu...
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