Archive for May 27th, 2025

Would a Flamethrower Make a Good Snowblower?

May is as good a time as any to think about the problem of snow removal. The question came in to the guys of the What If? series (previously at Neatorama) about using a flamethrower to melt snow. Or would a microwave be...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/27/Would-a-Flamethrower-Make-a-Good-Snowblower/

The Toumaï Skull and the Soap Opera World of Paleoanthropologists

The skull pictured above was found in the Djurab Desert in northern Chad in 2001. It has been dated to somewhere between six and seven million years ago. But what is it? Its owner had a small brain and a protruding brow,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/27/The-Touma-Skull-and-the-Soap-Opera-World-of-Paleoanthropologists/

The 2025 Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Race

The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake was held yesterday in the British village of Brockworth. The event has been held almost every year for at least 200 years, and may be more than 600 years old. The origins and mea...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/27/The-2025-Gloucestershire-Cheese-Rolling-Race/
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