Archive for November 26th, 2024

When Scientists Stopped Shooting Rare Birds

The general public had no real grasp of the concept of species going extinct until 1796, and even then, their reaction was not what anyone today would expect. During the Victorian era, news that a bird species was in dan...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/26/When-Scientists-Stopped-Shooting-Rare-Birds/

That Ubiquitous Christmas Song, as Interpreted by Six Classical Composers

If you are completely sick of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" already this year (thanks to overexposure in previous years), give this video a listen anyway, because the tune is barely recognizable. It's...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/26/That-Ubiquitous-Christmas-Song-as-Interpreted-by-Six-Classical-Composers/

New Evidence Submitted in the D. B. Cooper Skyjacking Case

In 1971, an airline passenger going by Dan Cooper showed a stewardess that he had a bomb and demanded $200,000, four parachutes, and a private flight. His demands were met, and during the second flight with only Cooper a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/26/New-Evidence-Submitted-in-the-D-B-Cooper-Skyjacking-Case/

Camel Traffic Signals in China

Traffic Management in the Gobi Desert. 行人停,骆驼行。 pic.twitter.com/kaQEW2xgEN— Ambassador Nicholas Burns (@USAmbChina) October 13, 2024 R. Nicholas Burns, the current US ambassador to China, shares...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/26/Camel-Traffic-Signals-in-China/

Deer Spotted Wearing High Visibility Vest

CTV News in Vancouver reports that people in the town of McBride, British Columbia have spotted a deer wearing what appears to be a high visibility vest--the kind of vest that hunters wear to avoid being mistaken for dee...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/26/Deer-Spotted-Wearing-High-Visibility-Vest/
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