Archive for July 19th, 2022

Big Bird's Enormous Ancestors

We may marvel at an ostrich taller than we are, or an eagle with talons bigger than a human hand. But they have nothing on prehistoric birds, some of which we mind-bogglingly large. The picture above is a recreation of a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/19/Big-Birds-Enormous-Ancestors/

The Oldest Building on Earth

The Tim Traveler is looking for the oldest surviving building on earth. Now, you notice that there is no building identified in the title of this post, because such a question will have a lot of qualifiers. First, you ha...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/19/The-Oldest-Building-on-Earth/

Heroic Pizza Driver Rescues 5 Children from Burning Houses

Nicholas Bostic, a pizza delivery driver in Lafayette, Indiana, noticed that a house in a residential neighborhood was on fire. He parked and ran up to the house to alert the occupants. Inside were five sleeping children...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/19/Heroic-Pizza-Driver-Rescues-5-Children-from-Burning-Houses/

The New York Antiquities Theft Task Force

The 1930s character Indiana Jones would say "It belongs in a museum!" and a 21st century audience would add "in the country you looted it from!" If you were disturbed by the story of the Nigerian Ife Head, you need to re...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/19/The-New-York-Antiquities-Theft-Task-Force/




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