Archive for January 5th, 2024

Comrade Stalin's Terrifying Drinking Parties

From the end of World War II until his death in 1953, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin spent more time at his private residence, but still ruled with an iron hand. The USSR's movers and shakers lived in fear of Stalin having...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/01/05/Comrade-Stalins-Terrifying-Drinking-Parties/

Robot Plays Charades... Really Well

Robots are gradually replacing we organic humanoids, leaving fewer and fewer roles for the fleshy ones to complete and serve a purpose--aside from biomass fuel, of course. But that's hardly a satisfactory existence for m...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/01/05/Robot-Plays-Charades-Really-Well/

Guile, Guts, and Gambling: The Origins of Poker

In poker, it matters what cards you have. But it also matters if you can manipulate your opponent into thinking you have better cards than you do. Or you can remain enigmatic with a "poker face." That's all because you a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/01/05/Guile-Guts-and-Gambling-The-Origins-of-Poker/

Amazingly Realistic Steamed Buns Puffing Up

Steam buns fluffing up byu/VariousBasket125 inoddlysatisfying Mima, a woman in China, began making steamed buns during the COVID-19 lockdown in her country. Her site is in Chinese, but Google Translate helps us in Engli...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/01/05/Amazingly-Realistic-Steamed-Buns-Puffing-Up/

Tyromancy: Reading Your Future in Cheese

Everyone wants to know what the future holds for them, and there have been methods for predicting it that involve any number of objects: dice, tea leaves, chicken bones, tarot cards, or molten lead. One method you may no...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/01/05/Tyromancy-Reading-Your-Future-in-Cheese/




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