A classic Hollywood story tells of a modern, but not too modern, archaeologist exploring an ancient Egyptian tomb, while more nefarious characters tag along just to rob these ancient graves of the treasures weal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/22/Plundering-Ancient-Egyptian-Tombs-Has-an-Ancient-History/When we say that someone talks like a sailor, that usually refers to their swearing. But in reality, we all do it. The English we use today is awash with jargon originally used by sailors, and we can't fathom why. It lik...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/22/Why-Do-We-Use-So-Many-Nautical-Terms/One of the more common ways people are scammed out of their money these days is through gift cards. That may sound bizarre, since buying goods with a gift card just adds another layer of work for a scamming ring. But tha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/22/Gift-Cards-Are-the-Perfect-Way-for-Scammers-to-Hide-Their-Crimes/Not long ago, the guys from Planting Peace heard of an elephant that was abandoned in the woods in Laos. Joy was 31 years old, and had spent her life working as a logging elephant. But now she was too old and had health...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/22/Newly-Released-Elephant-Chases-Pineapple-to-Freedom/It was bad enough when fictional stories brought back characters that had died. All they had to do was make their death a dream, or the character into a ghost, or switch to an alternate universe. Or just put them in a pr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/22/How-Do-You-Feel-About-Movies-Using-Dead-Actors/Redbox arrives in video store heaven! But the afterlife isn't all that great when Redbox meets its predecessors. Could this be video store hell? The movie rental business follows the course of technology and culture. A r...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/22/Redbox-Goes-to-the-Video-Store-Afterlife/
