In the 19th century, people flocked to cities to take new jobs produced by the Industrial Revolution. Poverty and adulterated food left too many school children malnourished, so Boston and Philadelphia were two of the ea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/12/The-Origins-of-School-Lunches-in-the-US/The habu (Protbothrops flavoridis) is a venomous snake common to the Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa. These snakes measure about four feet long and their bites, if left untreated, can result in death. The...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/12/Eating-Okinawas-Venomous-Snake/Arieh Smith, who goes by the online pseudonym of Xiaomanyc, is a polyglot who picks up languages incredibly easily. Among other languages, he has a nearly native-level command of Mandarin Chinese. He teaches it online us...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/12/Linguist-Gives-Complete-Speech-to-High-School-Students-in-Gen-Alpha-Slang/There is a charming scene in Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers in which Wallace is slung out of bed, dressed, and served breakfast in a mere few seconds by his dog Gromit with the aid of some mechanical s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/12/The-Joy-of-Recreating-Wallace-Gromits-Breakfast-Machine/During the Age of Exploration, it wasn't uncommon for ships to lose the majority of their crews to scurvy. While there were many theories as to what caused scurvy, a lot of people suspected it was a dietary deficiency. A...
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