Archive for June 2nd, 2022

The Leaning Lighthouse

This lighthouse looks a bit dangerous, doesn't it? This is the Kiipsaare Lighthouse, built in 1933 near the coast of Saaremaa, Estonia. Back then, "near the coast" meant 150 meters inland. Since then, rising sea...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/06/02/The-Leaning-Lighthouse/

The Case of the Outlaw Nuns

There are some legal cases that should make Americans grateful for the separation of church and state. This one wasn't all that long ago. In the 1980s, the Sisters of the Order of Poor Clare lived in a convent in Bruges,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/06/02/The-Case-of-the-Outlaw-Nuns/

Japan Invents a New Type of Bow

In Japan, a bow conveys a lot of messaging into a brief and sometimes slight movement. Using the wrong bow conveys the wrong message. For example, the eshaku, which is a 15º bow, is a casual greeting. The keirei, wh...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/06/02/Japan-Invents-a-New-Type-of-Bow/

The Last Howard Johnson's Has Closed

In 1925, an American entrepreneur named Howard Johnson established a pharmacy and ice cream shop in a suburb of Boston. It thrived and by 1929, Johnson opened a restuarant. This was the first Howard Johnson's-brand resta...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/06/02/The-Last-Howard-Johnsons-Has-Closed/

The Dark and Seedy Origins of Wonder Bread

One of the reasons white sliced bread became so ubiquitous was because of the expense of meeting rising food quality and safety standards- only large corporations could afford to scale up the process at the time, and whi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/06/02/The-Dark-and-Seedy-Origins-of-Wonder-Bread/

Dog Provides Vocal Accompaniment to Bluegrass Band

This hound dog is Jack, a rescue pup owned by Brennan Gilmore, a guitarist with the bluegrass band Walker's Run. Jack often attended rehearsals and sang along with the music, but was not present at live performances unti...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/06/02/Dog-Provides-Vocal-Accompaniment-to-Bluegrass-Band/




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