Archive for July 30th, 2022

The Beauty of Hip-Hop Tango

Can you mix modern hip-hop music with ballroom dancing? A video of Sara Grdan and Ivan Terrazas dancing an exhibition at the 7th Belgrade Tango Encuentro in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2016 has gone viral because they do just t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/30/The-Beauty-of-Hip-Hop-Tango/

During World War II, RAF Crews Had Compasses Concealed as Uniform Buttons

WW2 RAF uniform buttons that become a compass for soldiers left behind enemy lines pic.twitter.com/OmyoB3YZC1— Lost in history (@lostinhist0ry) July 28, 2022 This tiny button is actually a compass. During World...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/30/During-World-War-II-RAF-Crews-Had-Compasses-Concealed-as-Uniform-Buttons/

The Elephantine Colossus of Coney Island

James V. Lafferty made a name for himself in 1882 by building an elephant-shaped building in New Jersey known as Lucy the Elephant. In 1885, he built a second elephant almost twice as tall as Lucy in Coney Island that be...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/30/The-Elephantine-Colossus-of-Coney-Island/

The World's Most Complex Way to Pass the Wine

We've come to expect the most ridiculous Rube Goldberg contraptions from Joseph Herscher of Joseph's Machines (previously at Neatorama), but this one takes the cake. Passing the wine from one end of the table to the othe...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/30/The-Worlds-Most-Complex-Way-to-Pass-the-Wine/

Wallet Found at Fruit Stand Belongs to William Shatner

Sure, it's not unusual for business owners to find wallets and other personal possessions left behind by customers. But it is unusual to find that a lost wallet belongs to someone famous. In this case, the owners of the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/30/Wallet-Found-at-Fruit-Stand-Belongs-to-William-Shatner/

Semi-Canonically Speaking, George Jetson Will Be Born Tomorrow

I say "semi" because the Hanna-Barbera Television Company never explicitly said that George Jetson, the main character in the 1960s cartoon The Jetsons, was born on July 31, 2022. But one scene seems to imply it...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/07/30/Semi-Canonically-Speaking-George-Jetson-Will-Be-Born-Tomorrow/




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