Archive for August 21st, 2024

That Time a Nazi Book Store Opened in Los Angeles

In March of 1933, the US was sinking further into the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt took office, and Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. It was also the month the Aryan Book Store opened in Los Angele...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/21/That-Time-a-Nazi-Book-Store-Opened-in-Los-Angeles/

German Warship Parades Through London with Theme Music

All Star Wars fans know what inspired George Lucas' imagery in designing the bad guys. This week, that concept seeped into the real world in a strange little episode in London. The German navy corvette Braun...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/21/German-Warship-Parades-Through-London-with-Theme-Music/

Get Ready for a Foodie Halloween at the Food Network

When you think of television programming for Halloween, of course you think of The Food Network. That may sound strange to you (it did to me), but the cable channel and website has been very much into Halloween for years...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/21/Get-Ready-for-a-Foodie-Halloween-at-the-Food-Network/

Men's Party Game Strategy vs. Women's Strategy

The fine line between male and female intelligence. 😂 pic.twitter.com/p4RlfazsVI— Figen (@TheFigen_) August 19, 2024 This is a pretty simple party game. The object is to have everyone on the team pass through...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/21/Mens-Party-Game-Strategy-vs-Womens-Strategy/

England's Cows Were Rectangular in the 19th Century

For a time, we could believe what we saw in photographs. That's not always the case now, and before photography, we relied on paintings. However, if you were to study the history of English livestock by looking at painti...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/21/Englands-Cow-Were-Rectangular-in-the-19th-Century/

Try Your Hand at the Word Puzzle Gisnep

David Friedman of Ironic Sans (previously at Neatorama) has launched a new daily word puzzle called Gisnep (try to guess how it got that name). To puzzle aficionados, it's very similar to a dropquote or quotefall puzzle....

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/21/Try-Your-Hand-at-the-Word-Puzzle-Gisnep/

There Is Only One Nation in All Four Hemispheres

The Republic of Kiribati (pronounced "Kirr-ih-bass") is, by population, a very small nation with only 117,000 people. It consists of 33 islands, of which a third are inhabited, stretching across 2,400 miles of central Pa...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/21/There-Is-Only-One-Nation-in-All-Four-Hemispheres/
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