We take lace for granted in the age of mass produced textiles. Lace in the modern era is priced in the range of other fabrics, although that range can be quite wide. But before machine looms, lace was a precious commodit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/03/25/Why-Point-dAlenon-Needle-Lace-Is-a-Treasure/Mass production can be a beautiful thing. This video is a compilation of machines that we rarely get to see, and the amazing way they get things done. You probably won't learn a whole lot from watching this (or you just...
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/03/25/A-Satisfying-Look-at-Machines-Doing-Their-Thing/Sin taxes are taxes on behaviors that the taxing authority (a government) wishes to discourage. They are punishments for socially disreputable actions such as, for example, remaining unmarried. This specific type of tax...
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/03/25/Unique-Profession-Women-Who-Reject-Mens-Marriage-Proposals-3/(Hell Yeah t-shirt on sale at the NeatoShop)Today, on Twitter, I ran across the calculated weight of Koolaid-Man, the mascot of the Kool-Aid drink brand. Canonically, he's 6 feet tall. So, assuming that he's made of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/03/25/How-Much-Damage-Would-Kool-Aid-Man-Do-in-Dungeons-Dragons-if-He-Dropped-on-Top-of-Someone/My favourite thing is when people stick trackers on animals and one does literally nothing interesting and sits in 1 place 99% of the time and the researchers are like oh yeah that weird datapoint is Lazy Geoff, he doe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/03/25/The-Phenomenon-of-the-Lazy-Geoff/
