Archive for May 1st, 2025

Martha Washington's Great Cake

George Washington didn't have much of a sweet tooth, or many teeth at all, but he did enjoy fruit and alcoholic beverages. His favorite dessert contained both, and was served on special occasions and always on January 6t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/01/Martha-Washingtons-Great-Cake/

The 2025 Dance Your PhD Winner is Hot!

Production values have soared since the Dance Your PhD competition was launched in 2008, but we still get a kick out of doctoral students attempting to explain the subjects of their dissertations through interpretive dan...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/01/The-2025-Dance-Your-PhD-Winner-is-Hot/

The Fellowship of the Ring if All Roles Were Played by Arnold Schwarzenegger

AI is amazing, right? But although British voice actor Sam Hughes uses artificial intelligences to add Schwarzenegger's face to all characters present, his human facilities are impersonating the Austrian Oak.In this scen...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/01/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-if-All-Roles-Were-Played-by-Arnold-Schwarzenegger/

The Salzwedeler Tree Cake

Taste Atlas introduces us to the Salzwedeler Baumkuchen, which means the tree cake from Salzwedel. This small town in north central Germany is famous for its unique confection that vaguely resembles a tree.The cake is ma...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/01/The-Salzwedeler-Tree-Cake/

The Poor Kerning on Pope Francis's Gravestone

Embed from Getty Images"Kerning" is the art of spacing letters so that the finished words are visually balanced and easy to read. It's more than just consistent spacing, because letters are shaped differently, and some...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/01/The-Poor-Kerning-on-Pope-Franciss-Gravestone/
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