Archive for June 12th, 2024

Charles F. Ritchel and His Amazing Hand-Powered Dirigible

The Wright brothers are credited with the first airplane, but technically they made the first heavier-then-air powered and controllable flight. In an airplane. People had been flying for more than a century before that,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/06/12/Charles-F-Ritchel-and-His-Amazing-Hand-Powered-Dirigible/

In Defense of Those Useless Giant Pandas

Thirty years ago or so, the world went crazy for giant pandas. They were designated as an endangered species in 1990, and suddenly everyone wanted to save the giant panda, or at least see one before they were gone. Event...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/06/12/In-Defense-of-Those-Useless-Giant-Pandas/

Why Truck Drivers Keep Hitting UK Bridges

So you just measure the height, display it in the cab and you are sorted?Well no actually. You'll notice I have talked mostly in metric so far, and if you were born in the UK in the last 45 years so will you.But have y...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/06/12/Why-Truck-Drivers-Keep-Hitting-UK-Bridges/

Dog Survives Car Crash, Walks 4 Miles to Alert Humans and Save the Driver

The Associated Press reports that a mixed human/canine family recently camped in the wooded mountains of Baker County, Oregon. One of the men was driving along a nearby road when his truck crashed and rolled down into a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/06/12/Dog-Survives-Car-Crash-Walks-4-Miles-to-Alert-Humans-and-Save-the-Driver/
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