Archive for January 4th, 2018

Ghosts Were People Too - Spectral Citizens Unite!

Ghosts Were People Too by Shawn PorterI always get a bit sad when I think about all the parapsychologists and spook stalkers out there hunting ghosts, because they seem to have forgotten that ghosts were once people t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Ghosts-Were-People-Too-Spectral-Citizens-Unite/

The Inexplicable Lure of the Cat Trap

A couple of years ago, we learned how to trap a cat. Then, the trend was circular or hexagonal cat traps. But a family in Amsterdam experimented with a square cat trap. Will their cat Alvi fall for it?   [https...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/The-Inexplicable-Lure-of-the-Cat-Trap/

Student Life at the World’s First Medical School for Women

The Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP) opened in Philadellphia in 1850, but it wasn't until 1869 that its students were allowed to attend a clinical lecture at Pennsylvania Hospital. That occasion was t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Student-Life-at-the-Worlds-First-Medical-School-for-Women/

"Teen Sprite" by Nirvirna

[https://vimeo.com/249694026] (vimeo link)The video is Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," but the song has been changed to a major key. There are other changes, too, with the result being a catchy pop song. The discuss...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Teen-Sprite-by-Nirvirna/

I Guess They Answered That Question

This family managed to keep their opinions to themselves until someone asked for them. Then it became a pile-on session! Dumb hair can be fixed, but his neediness and credit score are red flags. And grandma doesn't like...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/I-Guess-They-Answered-That-Question/

The Dark Past Of Sea-Monkeys

Sea-Monkeys are one of the most harmless and useless toys ever made, and even though most kids I knew who got the kit never managed to get those little suckers to hatch, kids kept wanting them and parents kept buying the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/The-Dark-Past-Of-Sea-Monkeys/

Before Apple, Steve Jobs Was an Acid-Gobbling, Horticulturalist Commune Dweller

Robert Friedland graduated from college in 1974 and took over the supervision of an apple orchard his uncle owned. Friedland turned the farm into a spiritual utopian community, where hippies, Hari Krishnas, and Hindus co...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Before-Apple-Steve-Jobs-Was-an-Acid-Gobbling-Horticulturalist-Commune-Dweller/

Cute Little Yellow Bird Joins His Doggy Buddies For Dinner

Dachshunds seem like they'd be too discriminating and stuffy to dine with other common household pets, so a story about a Dachshund dining with a pet bird seems like pure poppycock.But these dapper Dachshunds don't seem...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Cute-Little-Yellow-Bird-Joins-His-Doggy-Buddies-For-Dinner/

What is a Bomb Cyclone?

Winter storm Grayson is moving up the east cost of the US, and has already brought snow to parts of Florida that haven't seen snow in decades. Savannah and Charleston are facing ice storms today. The storm is expected to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/What-is-a-Bomb-Cyclone/

Ways Grandparents Make Life More Interesting

(Image Link)Moms and dads have all the jokes, uncles love to play pranks while aunts post the prank videos on Facebook, and the kids think they're the coolest just because they're the youngest ones in their family.But do...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Ways-Grandparents-Make-Life-More-Interesting/

Dog and Dominoes

Would you have the nerve to try setting up a domino fall while your dog watches? I think I'd put the puppy outside, or at least in another room. The temptation to play is so strong! Haru the Shiba Inu can barely contain...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Dog-and-Dominoes/

He Did It! - Young Masters At Play

He did it! by Dan_Hoogkamp_ArtLife on Eternia was rather boring for the young masters who would become He-Man and Skeletor, but at least they had each other back then, back before fate and prophecy made them bitter en...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/He-Did-It-Young-Masters-At-Play/

The Top Uses of Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love” in Movies or TV

“Addicted to Love” was a great dance song, but I was still surprised that it was such a monster hit in 1986. That's because I didn't have cable, and it was a while before I saw the video. Since then, it's bec...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/The-Top-Uses-of-Robert-Palmers-Addicted-to-Love-in-Movies-or-TV/

Slender Man Trailer

Slenderman is an urban legend that was born from internet creepypasta. He invaded the real world a few years ago when two 12-year-old girls stabbed their friend and said that Slenderman made them do it. Now the legend is...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Slender-Man-Trailer/

Name This Cat

What should this cat's name be? The picture has been posted in several places at reddit, and suggestion are:SnaggletoothNosFurAtuBladeVladLeonPetyr CatulaLord NibblerStrahd Van MeowavichDaveDo you have any better suggest...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Name-This-Cat/

The Continental Divide Trail in Four Minutes

Mac of Halfway Anywhere (previously at Neatorama) and his friends hiked the entire Continental Divide Trail, 3100 miles from Mexico to Canada. This music video is made of one second from each day of the adventure.[https:...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/The-Continental-Divide-Trail-in-Four-Minutes/

Relatable Wizard Problems

Wizards study some pretty heavy stuff, and the mystical mumbo-jumbo they're always spouting sounds like gibberish to anyone who has no knowledge of the mystical arts.And aside from the incantations, transmutations and su...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/Relatable-Wizard-Problems/

A Brief History of Brain Surgery

It took humans no time to crack into a skull. Cracking the art of neurosurgery? That’s a different story.2ND CENTURY Greek physician and philosopher Galen performs the first experimental s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/04/A-Brief-History-of-Brain-Surgery/




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