Archive for September 12th, 2024

The Significance of Ear-Pulling in the Roman Empire

The ring shown above, from Rome around the fifth century, is decorated with a hand pulling on an earlobe. It's far from the only example in Roman jewelry, so the design must have some meaning, unless it was a symbol of s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/The-Significance-of-Ear-Pulling-in-the-Roman-Empire/

Disabled Dog Shares the Joy of Life

Look at the sweet smile on this canine cutie! Mia was taken in as a puppy by Beldi Dog Refuge in Morocco. Her back legs are paralyzed, possibly from an encounter with a car. Mia ended up in the Netherlands with a family...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/Disabled-Dog-Shares-the-Joy-of-Life/

Recreating History with the World's Oldest Cookbook

Determining what is the world's oldest cookbook depends on how you define cookbook, but a collection of cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia may fill the bill. The four clay tablets are dated to about 4,000 years ago, and...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/Recreating-History-with-the-Worlds-Oldest-Cookbook/

A Series of Bike Stunts Performed on a Moving Train

Here's a bike stunt that has never been done before, either because no one thought to do it, or if they did, they couldn't afford to make it happen. Enter Red Bull, who will pay for stupid human tricks all day long if an...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/A-Series-of-Bike-Stunts-Performed-on-a-Moving-Train/

Tentacle-Inspired Leather Accessories from Japan

Spoon & Tamago shares images of leather accessories created and sold by Cokeco, a firm in Fukuoka, Japan. The company offers a wide variety of handcrafted leather goods, most notably a series of fashion accessories t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/Tentacle-Inspired-Accessories-from-Japan/

Enormous Chart Shows Who Lived at the Same Time

At the subreddit /r/DataIsBeautiful, /u/profound_whatever showcases a huge chart illustrating when famous people in Western Civilization lived. It's useful for showing which lives overlapped each other.The chart starts a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/Enormous-Chart-Shows-Who-Lived-at-the-Same-Time/

2,000-year-old Roman Military Camp Found High in the Swiss Alps

Ancient Roman military camp discovered in Swiss Alps via @https://twitter.com/Archaeology_Mag https://t.co/nn6DB5QNZL— Alexa Russell (@AlexaHawaii) September 6, 2024 Around the year 15 BCE, the Roman army was co...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/2000-year-old-Roman-Military-Camp-Found-High-in-the-Swiss-Alps/

The Four Teachers We Have All Known

The kids have gone back to school again, and it occurs to me that this year is the first that I don't have any children in school in a quarter-century. Yeah, they grow up fast, but they stay in school as long as they can...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/The-Four-Teachers-We-Have-All-Known/

This Elevator Has 'Yes' and 'No' Options

Damon Beres, an editor for The Atlantic, shares this image of an elevator. He doesn't share its location, but various people on reddit have posted similar photos of elevator control panels with buttons marked ye...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/This-Elevator-Has-Yes-and-No-Options/

Jon Bon Jovi Saves Woman's Life

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi was a big deal back in the 80s, but has never stopped performing since then. In fact, he and his team were recording a new music video on Tuesday in downtown Nashville when they spotted a woman cli...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/12/Jon-Bon-Jovi-Saves-Womans-Life/
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