(YouTube link) Paul Loong was born in Malaysia, and served with the British Royal Air Force during World War II. He spent three years in Japanese prison camps. Then Loong worked for years to become a U.S. citizen, which...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/27/every-day-is-a-holiday/
You've probably never heard the name Basil Zaharoff, so how did he earn a biographical post subtitled "The Wickedest Man in the World"? Few men have acquired so scandalous a reputation as did Basil Zaharoff, alias Count...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/20/the-mysterious-mr-zedzed/(vimeo link) Johnny Barnes is one of the most popular citizens of Bermuda. The 88-year-old spends six hours a day greeting everyone. Watch this short film about him if you'd like a dose of happiness for yourself. From...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/14/mr-happy-man/(YouTube link) If Thomas Edison were alive today, he would be celebrating his 165th birthday. Jeremiah Warren made this quick overview of his life and work, so you'll know more than just "Edison invented the light bul...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/11/the-history-of-thomas-edison/
As a mythic figure of the Old West, they don't come much bigger than Butch Cassidy. The outlaw became a legend in his own time, and was thought to have died in Bolivia in 1908. But new evidence, in the form of a manuscri...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/16/did-butch-cassidy-live-long-enough-to-tell-his-own-tale/
Nikola Tesla was born in what is now Croatia on July 10, 1856, which is 155 years ago today. It's a good day to take a little time and find out more about this extraordinary man. Few inventors contributed more to advanc...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/10/happy-birthday-nikola-tesla/
Did you ever order Sea Monkeys from an ad in the back of a comic book? The man behind the "Bowlfull of Happiness" was Harold von Braunhut, who's life was so much more than sea monkeys. The accounts Von Braunhut gave of...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/04/the-shocking-true-tale-of-the-mad-genius-who-invented-sea-monkeys/
The following is an article taken from the book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into History. She walked up and down Wall Street in rags -but in her day she was the richest woman in America. Meet Hetty Green, fin...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/21/the-witch-of-wall-street/
Like most trust-fund party boys, astronomer Tycho Brahe came fully outfitted with a less-than-endearing arrogant side. Of course, that's not to say his hubris was totally misplaced. As a child, it didn't take Tycho very...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/17/tycho-brahe-the-drinking-mans-thinking-man/(YouTube link) Did you know that Tesla once rubbed two cats together in an attempt to generate electricity or that Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant in an attempt to discredit Tesla's theories? Tesla earned a spot...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/12/nikola-teslas-life-in-under-3-minutes/
