A collective refusal to do business with someone is an ancient tactic, but it finally got a name in 1880. Charles Cunningham Boycott owned some land himself in Ireland but also worked as the land agent to the 3rd Earl of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/18/How-Charles-Boycotts-Name-Came-to-Live-in-Infamy/The hog calling contest is a staple of midwestern county and state fairs, but Iowa puts a different spin on the idea with a husband calling contest! You may have seen a viral TikTok video that's racked up more than a mil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/18/The-Iowa-State-Fair-Husband-Calling-Contest/The Lunar New Year, often called Chinese New Year even though it's celebrated in many Asian cultures, is Sunday. Or is it? While the lunar calendar synced with the Gregorian calendar begins on January 22 this year, some...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/18/The-Year-of-the-Rabbit-vs-the-Year-of-the-Cat/Until 1998, a point of order during a vote in the House of Commons could only be made while wearing a hat. A collapsible opera top hat was kept with the doormen solely for this purpose, as seen worn by Tony Marlow in t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/18/Would-You-Like-to-Make-a-Point-of-Order-in-the-House-of-Commons-Put-on-the-Official-Top-Hat/It is not obvious what works of literature will enter into a literary canon by becoming assigned reading in college classes. The Pudding, a website devoted to data-driven longform journalism, notes that it is difficult t...
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