Archive for December 16th, 2021

The World’s First Automobile

The history of automobiles is somewhat murky, not because we don't have records, but because we can't quite settle on a consistent definition of an automobile. You may have read that the world's first production automobi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/16/The-Worlds-First-Automobile/

Feuerzangenbowle: Germany’s Favorite Flaming Punch

Embed from Getty ImagesFeuerzangenbowle is a flaming punch that is now associated with Christmas in Germany. Its roots can be traced back at least as far as the 1700s, when students documented the party trick...

https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/16/Feuerzangenbowle-Germanys-Favorite-Flaming-Punch/

What Happens When You Deep Fry Ice

I'm summarize: you get fired.Born in Space shares with us two videos of fast food workers performing precise scientific experiments. They carefully transfer ice from the ice machine into the deep frying basket, which the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/16/What-Happens-When-You-Deep-Fry-Ice/

The Time Two Grammarians Fought a Duel over the Proper Pronunciation of Latin Diphthongs

John Overholt, a rare books curator at the Houghton Library of Harvard University, passes along this enticing image. He recently visited the Bruce McKittrick Rare Books shop in Narberth, Pennsylvania, where he found the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/16/The-Time-Two-Grammarians-Fought-a-Duel-over-the-Proper-Pronunciation-of-Latin-Dipthongs/

An Obituary for a "Plus-sized Jewish Lady Redneck"

OMG. Must-read obit for Renay Mandel Corren: “Renay is also survived by…her favorite son, the gay one who writes catty obituaries in his spare time, Andy Corren, of - obviously - New York City.” ht...

https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/16/An-Obituary-for-a-Plus-sized-Jewish-Lady-Redneck/




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