Archive for June 27th, 2020

Live Aid: The Complicated History of the World's Biggest Charity Concert

Embed from Getty ImagesBob Geldof organized the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas" in 1984 to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. It raised more than $28 million, but it wasn't enough, so he decided to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Live-Aid-The-Complicated-History-of-the-Worlds-Biggest-Charity-Concert/

Office Supplies

Steve Martin performs his song "Office Supplies" from his new album The Long-Awaited Album, in collaboration with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, who don't have anything else to do today. Cue the banjo jo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Office-Supplies/

Why Fireworks Scare Some Dogs but Not Others

Embed from Getty ImagesThe Fourth of July always brings us warnings about keeping dogs indoors, because many of them are terrified of fireworks. It's the loud sounds that spark their fear, which you might also notice d...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Why-Fireworks-Scare-Some-Dogs-but-Not-Others/

Widow Donates Her Kidney To Man Who Was Saved By Her Husband’s Kidney

<p>Sometimes love just finds a way to continue even beyond death. This story is a great example of that. This husband and wife may not have been together for a long time, but at least a part of them will st...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Widow-Donates-Her-Kidney-To-Man-Who-Was-Saved-By-Her-Husband-s-Kidney/

Facial Reconstruction of a Prehistoric Man Whose Head Was Mounted on a Stake

Crime is much more meaningful when you can relate personally to the victim (or the killer, if you are that sort). We may find it hard to personally relate to people who died 8,000 years ago, but at least now we can put a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Facial-Reconstruction-of-a-Prehistoric-Man-Whose-Head-Was-Mounted-on-a-Stake/

Drive-In Haunted House

<p>Experience the fear and thrills as you’re strapped into your seat! This haunted house in Tokyo, Japan is now letting customers experience the full haunted house thrill via drive-in. Hideous creatur...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Drive-In-Haunted-House/

How Are Eggs Eaten Around The World

<p>Eggs are an important breakfast staple. Did you know other places have a different way of cooking this favourite ingredient? Watch Food Insider cover different ways on how eggs are consumed around the gl...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/How-Are-Eggs-Eaten-Around-The-World/

A Gigapixel Scan of da Vinci’s The Last Supper Can Now Be Seen Online

Tech giant Google has recently made available online a high-resolution scan of one of Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic artworks — The Last Supper. The high-resolution scan of the oil painting was made possible by a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/A-Gigapixel-Scan-of-da-Vinci-s-The-Last-Supper-Can-Now-Be-Seen-Online/

Investigating The Mysterious Tunguska Event

On one June morning in the year 1908, something bright and hot suddenly appeared in the skies over a forest in the Siberian Taiga. It was so hot that a hunter near the Middle Tunguska River tore his shirt, as he thought...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Investigating-The-Mysterious-Tunguska-Event/

The “Superhuman” Tarahumara Runners

<p>Back in 2009, in the book Born To Run, Christopher McDougall described the Tarahumara, a tribe that lives in the canyons of northwestern Mexico, as a tribe of “Stone Age superathletes”, becau...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/The-Superhuman-Tarahumara-Runners/

Xena: Warrior Princess Ball Gown

  View this post on Instagram ⚔️👸🏻 Xena Warrior Princess Princess- @msbernadetteb Photo by @ronz_photography XenaArmor by @toddscostumes Ballgown by @chadhatter Corset by @castlecorsetry Tiara a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Xena-Warrior-Princess-Ballgown/

This AI Was Trained To Star In A Sci-fi Movie

<p>An AI robot named Erica will star in a $70m sci-fi film set backed by Bondit Capital Media (the financiers behind the Oscar-nominated Loving Vincent) and New York’s Ten Ten Global Media. Erica was...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/This-AI-Was-Trained-To-Star-In-A-Sci-fi-Movie/

Here’s How You Can Stop Your Glasses From Fogging While Wearing A Mask

<p>Wearing a mask is essential in these trying times. It is for our own protection and safety. If you’re one of those people who are having trouble with your glasses getting foggy while wearing a mask...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Here-s-How-You-Can-Stop-Your-Glasses-From-Fogging-While-Wearing-A-Mask/

Future Lunar Toilet Contest

<p>Help NASA build the future lunar toilet, and win a huge amount of prize money! The future toilet is part of the space organization’s Artemis program to land the first woman and the next man on the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/06/27/Future-Lunar-Toilet-Contest/




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