Archive for October 10th, 2022

Artistic Spiders Spruce Up Their Webs with Decorations

(Image credit: Lon&Queta)The ob-weaving spider you see above already had a fully-finished web ready to trap dinner. But it went back and gussied up the place with a lovely geometric pattern anyway. So did this St. An...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/10/10/Artistic-Spiders-Spruce-Up-Their-Webs-with-Decorations/

This 1975 McDonald's Character Specification Manual Belongs in the Early D&D Era

Boing Boing describes this manual as something from "the handbook for a horror RPG", but I'm seeing similarities with the Monster Manual series from Dungeons & Dragons. I think that it's actually a fairly co...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/10/10/This-1975-McDonalds-Character-Specification-Manual-Belongs-in-the-Early-DD-Era/

Preventing Tragedies in the World's Longest Rail Tunnel

The Gotthard Base Tunnel runs underneath the Swiss Alps for 35.5 miles. A passenger riding a train through it wouldn't see daylight for 20 minutes straight. Building the tunnel was an amazing feat of engineering that cos...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/10/10/Preventing-Tragedies-in-the-Worlds-Longest-Rail-Tunnel/

The Story Behind That Famous Opossum Poster

The public radio show This American Life did an episode exploring the theme of whether most people are basically good (or not). The first guest was Jessica Williamson, who, some years ago, made the poster above...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/10/10/The-Story-Behind-That-Famous-Opossum-Poster/




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