Archive for November 8th, 2024

Bringing Back Medicinal Leeches

Leeches were used for hundreds of years in treating patients will all kinds of conditions, from cancer to mental illness. It was an offshoot of bloodletting for curing what ails ya. Today we tend to look at leeches as me...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/08/Bringing-Back-Medicinal-Leeches/

A Frankenstein Skeleton is Identified as Seven Different People

Around fifty years ago, a skeleton was unearthed from a 2nd century Belgian cemetery. It was stored since the 1970s somewhere that archaeologists could study it, and only recently was this skeleton subjected to carbon da...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/08/A-Frankenstein-Skeleton-is-Identified-as-Seven-Different-People/

The Real Story of Sex in Ancient Rome

The things you know about ancient Rome from the movies involve the elite, the movers and shakers, and certainly didn't apply to everyone. And those movies also tend to incorporate modern values and customs, so they don't...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/08/The-Real-Story-of-Sex-in-Ancient-Rome/

How to Play Spikeball

Spikeball is a recently-invented game that developed from volleyball. A webpage from Southern Arkansas University summarizes the rules. Two teams of two players each surround a circular let. Each person bounces a ball to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/08/How-to-Play-Spikeball/
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