Once upon a time, Christmas trees were illuminated by burning candles. You can imagine how difficult it was to get candles to stand up on a tree branch, and how much supervision was necessary keep the house from burning...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/The-Worlds-First-Christmas-Tree-with-Electric-Lights/You might not recognize all of the themes in this overture, hey, you might not recognize any of them (though you should), but you certainly know the fanfare style of the tune that opens the show. This medley was conducte...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/Overture-of-Overtures/Every year, the SnowVillage in northern Finland is reconstituted with a new theme. This year, winter is not only coming, but has arrived. The village is now styled after scenes and characters from the Game of Thrones...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/The-i-Game-of-Thrones-i-Ice-Hotel/<p>You might have heard of the morning person (also called the morning lark or early bird) and the night owl, but have you heard of the highly active type, daytime sleepy type, daytime active type, and the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/The-6-Human-Chronotypes/<p>Young children face two problems when learning a language. One, they need to know which sounds group together to form words, and what these words mean. Two, they need to know how these words go together...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/Sentences-And-Words-Which-Do-We-Learn-First/Meet Muff. According to a woman who runs a wildlife rehab with her mother, Muff was found “orphaned, cold, and floating down a rushing river by some friendly kayakers who decided to bring him to [them].” For...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/Baby-Beaver-Makes-Adorable-Sounds/<p>The <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-trolley-dilemma-would-you-kill-one-person-to-save-five-57111" target="_blank">Trolley Problem</a> is an ethical dilemma. A tra...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/How-a-2-Year-Old-Solves-the-Trolley-Problem/If you’re the type who drinks coffee during work, then it’s likely that you prefer to have a warm cup of coffee by your side as you work. Novelty gift maker Just Mustard might just have the thing for...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/It-s-A-Mug-Warmer-That-Looks-Like-A-Giant-Oreo/Now isn't that a pretty sight?Etsy seller Anna Robinson of Wales paints Bob Ross-inspired landscapes and other images on jeans. People will definitely appreciate the fine arts as you strut down the street in these pants,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/Hand-Painted-Jeans/(Image source: wrud4d)When you take your child to a photographer's studio, they spend the time necessary to get pictures you're happy with. On picture day at school, a photographer sets up and may have 500 kids to photog...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/School-Pictures-Gone-Wrong/Back in 2015, researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spotted three of these weird sea creatures in the underwater canyons of Puerto Rico, near the seabed of roughly 13,000 feet (over 3,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/It-s-A-Balloon-Like-Sea-Creature/<p>Astronauts are human, too. And because they’re human, they are not immune to enjoying a good drink, and that is why some of them smuggle alcohol aboard the International Space Station. <a href=&...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/Astronauts-Smuggle-Booze-In-Space-Apparently/Dinosaurs were reptiles, and so we often think of them as big lizards, soaking up the sun in tropical or at least temperate regions. But scientists are always learning more about dinosaurs, and find them more varied and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/Dinosaurs-in-the-Snow/<p>If you’re someone who always has to explain something to someone, then this class might be helpful to you. If I were to take a guess, this class is like debate class or course, but way friendlier.&...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/For-Those-Who-Have-Some-Explaining-To-Do/Or maybe it's the same monolith that inexplicably appeared, then disappeared, in Utah last week. The construction of this monolith on Pine Mountain in Atascadero, California is definitely cruder, suggesting that's an imi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/A-Second-Monolith-Appears/<p>In the world of lizards, males who have flashier colors are more likely to attract mates. Having flashy colors, however, is a double-edged sword; aside from being able to attract females, flashier male l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/The-Male-Lizards-That-Attract-Mates-And-Predators/During the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, the Manning family was beset with tragedy after tragedy. They lived in the town of Holly Springs, Mississippi. In 1875, the couple, Van and Mittie Manning, watched as a second...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/The-Grave-with-a-Sliding-Window/There's someone for everyone, and Satan finds his true love in this ad for Match.com. Not only is it grimly hilarious, it's full of easter eggs. Her profile pic is a murder hornet. The actress appears to have subtle fang...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/A-Match-Made-In-Hell/For Christmas 2020, mashup artist extraordinaire Bill McClintock combined Slayer's "South of Heaven" with Wham!'s "Last Christmas" into a song he calls "South of Christmas" by Slam! There's also a cameo appearance by...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/Christmas-Cheer-from-Slayer-and-George-Michael/In 1934, Edward Powys Mathers, a crossword puzzle designer, published Cain's Jawbone. It's a mystery novel sorted onto 100 separate pages. It's also a puzzle, as the pages arrive in no particular order. The goal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/The-Third-Person-in-History-Has-Solved-This-Literary-Puzzle-Invented-in-1934/<p>Engineers from Stanford University have developed a method for imaging underwater objects. By combining light and sound, this method, called the Photoacoustic Airborne Sonar System (PASS), could be an al...
https://www.neatorama.com/2020/12/04/Combining-Light-And-Sound-To-See-Underwater/As someone who knows something about interruptions, we asked #BBCdad @Robert_E_Kelly to help us talk about Twitter’s conversation settings, which give brands more control over the conversations they start. http...
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