Archive for September 24th, 2023

The Tenth Watch: The 95-Year-Long (And Counting) Pitch Drop Experiment

<p>In 1927, Thomas Parnell, University of Queensland physics professor wanted to demonstrate the fluidity and high viscosity of pitch, and so created an experiment by putting a pitch sample in a glass funne...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/09/24/The-Tenth-Watch-The-95-Year-Long-And-Counting-Pitch-Drop-Experiment/

Meet Khutulun, the Wrestler Princess of the Mongol Empire

<p>Khutulun was the great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan. She earned her title of wrestler princess when she declared that she will only marry her suitor if they bested her in wrestling. In the event t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/09/24/Meet-Khutulun-the-Wrestler-Princess-of-the-Mongol-Empire/

A Curious Custody Case for the Paris Police

A strange case of child trafficking came to light in Paris in 1909. A six- or seven-year-old girl approached the police and eloquently told a story in a language no one at the station could understand. When they determin...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/09/24/A-Curious-Custody-Case-for-the-Paris-Police/

The Unique River That Flows to Two Oceans

Gravity will have its way, and it controls the way water works everywhere on earth. Water falls from the sky and then flows downward along the slope of the earth. Traditionally, people have respected that, and settled in...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/09/24/The-Unique-River-That-Flows-to-Two-Oceans/

Illustrating the Pain of Beauty

The photograph above by photographer Dina Litovsky has gone viral for showing the state of a model's feet during New York Fashion Week. Litovsky has covered Fashion Week for 12 years now, and has always taken pictures il...

https://www.neatorama.com/2023/09/24/Illustrating-the-Pain-of-Beauty/




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