Archive for September 13th, 2024

The Winners of the Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards 2024

The Ocean Photographer of the Year competition from Oceanographic magazine has revealed the 2024 winning photographs. First place and the title of Photographer of the Year goes to Rafael Fernández Caballero of Mex...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/13/The-Winners-of-the-Ocean-Photographer-of-the-Year-Awards-2024/

Let's Talk About British and American Pronunciation

The reason that Americans and the British pronounced words differently is because we think we need to identify British spies among us. Sooner or later you realize that's a horrible scheme, when you listen to an interview...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/13/Lets-Talk-About-British-and-American-Pronunciation/

Don't Miss the Harvest Moon Partial Eclipse

The full moon next Tuesday evening, September 17, is called the harvest moon because it is the full moon closest to the equinox. This year it is also a "supermoon," because it will be closer to earth than it normally is,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/13/Dont-Miss-the-Harvest-Moon-Partial-Eclipse/

What We Need is an Ace Ventura/Lord of the Rings Mashup

Can you imagine Jim Carrey's goofy movie character Ace Ventura in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth? he's all kinds of excited about putting his life in danger to save the realm. The fellowship would be better off kicking hi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/13/What-We-Need-is-an-iAce-VenturaLord-of-the-Ringsi-Mashup/

Who Shaves the Dead, the Barber or the Undertaker?

In modern times, a funeral home usually has someone on staff who is skilled at shaving a man's face for his funeral. For women's hairstyles or more complicated men's hair, a funeral home will often have a relationship wi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/13/Who-Shaves-the-Dead-the-Barber-or-the-Undertaker/

Drunk Worms, Dead Trout, and Milk-Spewing Cows: The 2024 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony was held last night at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), returning to the real world after four years of being held virtually during the pandemic. Ten prizes w...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/13/Drunk-Worms-Dead-Trout-and-Milk-Spewing-Cows-The-2024-Ig-Nobel-Prize-Winners/
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