"I was human once" begins a soliloquy from a successful alchemist who developed an elixir that gave him immortality and magical powers. What would you sacrifice for immortality and magical powers? We find that the price...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/An-Alchemistss-Confession-Careful-What-You-Wish-For/Imagine being a Jewish soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War, in what would later become West Virginia where no one knew how to celebrate Passover. There were 21 Jewish soldiers in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infant...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/Celebrating-Passover-While-Fighting-the-Civil-War/Warning: this video contains lots of NSFW language. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is crossing its fingers that bringing back two of its more popular superheroes in the R-rated Deadpool & Wolverine will rever...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/The-First-Full-Trailer-for-iDeadpool-Wolverinei/<p>There is this phrase which says, "<em>History is written by the victors</em>." For much of human history, that seems to have been the case. Whoever had the power to write history we...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/What-US-Historical-Markers-Say-About-US-History/Okay, this sounds ridiculous. Who would be scared to driver over a bridge? Who would pay $40 to have someone else drive them across this bridge? I mean aside from the whole ship-crashing-into-bridge thing going on lately...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/Theres-a-Business-That-Drives-People-across-the-Chesapeake-Bay-Bridge/There's nothing more endearing than the symbiotic relationship developed between people and wildlife. As much as we benefit from the resources we take from nature, I think it's also our responsibility to take care of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/The-Story-of-Norwegian-Tenders-and-Their-Eiders/We often think of prisons to be the most inhumane places in society, because of what we see in media or what we hear from people who have been there. Or, perhaps from personal experience, whether we know someone who is o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/The-Most-Unconventional-Prison-Policies-in-the-World/Kangaroos are quite feisty creatures. Generally, they don't attack humans but could become very aggressive when they feel threatened. Their kicks pack a very massive force which can severely injure adult humans and even...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/When-Kangaroos-Were-Eight-Feet-Tall/<p>What are the chances that you will discover a new species of beetle while you're camping? It's a very rare opportunity, and fortunately for entomologist James Tweed, that opportunity fell on him like bir...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/Scientist-Thought-This-Beetle-Was-Bird-Poo/<p>We have the early global explorers like Christopher Columbus to thank for the diversity of our crops today, and how we are able to grow these foodstuffs outside of their native lands. But to give us some...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/A-Map-Showing-the-Origins-of-Crops/After almost a century and a half, the Sagrada Familia finally has a tentative completion date in 2026. Once finished, it will be the tallest building in Barcelona standing at 172.5 meters.Although the main structure is...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/Sagrada-Familia-Expected-To-Be-Done-By-2026/<p>Sometimes, I imagine what I would do if I were to be shipwrecked on an island in the middle of the ocean. What steps do I take to ensure my survival? How long will it be before I get rescued? These quest...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/Nyangai-the-Shrinking-Island/<p>I'm not a fan of buying ebooks. To be perfectly honest, I will never get an ebook unless it's free or I don't have access to a physical copy of the book because it has limited copies. I would much rather...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/04/22/The-Dark-Underbelly-of-Selling-Ebooks-on-Amazon/
