First let's learn the word "toponym," which means a place name. Sometimes a place name can reveal who named it, how old the name is, and its original meaning. Some original names for places are quite descriptive, and giv...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/10/23/What-We-Can-Learn-from-Toponyms/On October 16, the Nebraska Humane Society took in three small kittens. Two seemed healthy, but the third kitten, eventually named Thorn, was weak and lethargic and appeared to be suffering from "flea anemia." The tiny k...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/10/23/Hero-Husky-Saves-Kitten-Gets-a-Rockstar-Home/The fastest Formula One cars can go from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in about two seconds. Some experimental cars can accelerate even faster. But how about an electric vehicle? The car called mythen by AMZ Racing (in conju...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/10/23/From-Zero-to-60-in-Less-Than-a-Second/<p>It's common knowledge that the sign for hitchhiking is to stick your thumb out. But how did it come to be that? Why not the index finger or simply just hold the entire hand out, fanning it vigorously unt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/10/23/The-History-of-the-Thumbs-Up-Sign-for-Hitchhiking/A group of Canadian scientists from different fields have conducted a pilot study aiming to find correlations between the gut microbiota and cognitive ability. The hypothesis is that bacteria present in our digestive sys...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/10/23/The-Inextricable-Link-Between-Gut-and-Brain-The-Gut-Brain-Axis/I had a friend whose hobby was making personalized clothes, mostly for herself, but she dreams of being able to design clothes professionally as well, and selling her designs to the market. While I was observing her cutt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/10/23/Turning-Scrap-Denim-Into-Recycled-Fashion/<p>Lenin's Mausoleum is a wooden tomb built on Red Square in Moscow, the place where the actual body of Vladimir Lenin is interred. For almost 100 years, the Russian government has yet to make a decision ab...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/10/23/The-Reasons-Why-Tourists-Visit-Lenin-s-Tomb/We learned about the talented musician and songwriter behind ABC's hit 70's children's educational program Schoolhouse Rock!, Bob Dorough, a few years ago here on Neatorama. Not only were the songs educational a...
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