People are constantly floating the idea of making Election Day a national holiday in the US as a way to making voting easier and get more people to the polls. Holidays need meaningful treats, and there are already a few...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/01/If-Election-Day-Were-a-Holiday-What-Would-Its-Traditional-Foods-Be/The old line goes that an infinite number of monkeys typing on typewriters would be able to type the complete works of Shakespeare if given enough time.Is it true? That's almost too big of a question. Let's try something...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/01/A-Monkey-Could-Not-Be-Able-to-Type-Hamlet-within-the-Lifespan-of-the-Universe/Thurzó Zoltán is an acclaimed pianist from Romania. He can hit the keys as fast as he wants. In this case, that's 500 times within a 30 second period. If Guinness World Records accepts his evidence, then&nb...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/01/Pianist-Hits-Key-500-Times-in-30-Seconds/A couple of weeks ago, we learned how lobotomies became so popular. It was a desperate measure to treat mental illnesses that we couldn't treat, but of course many people endured the surgery who shouldn't have. Even for...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/01/How-Real-People-Reponded-to-Lobotomies/During the 18th century, the supply of cadavers for medical students to study was fulfilled by grave robbers, or "resurrectionists." No one wanted their bodies to undergo such a fate, but Henry Trigg of the village of St...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/01/Henry-Triggs-Scheme-toThwart-Grave-Robbers/
