Have you noticed the rise of purple streetlights in your town? I haven't, but that may be because my small town is trying to look quaint and vintage to draw tourists. Purple streetlights are being noticed all across Amer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/09/The-Reason-Your-Streetlights-Are-Purple/In the late 19th century, the race was on to be the first to reach the North Pole. Most expeditions used ships, sled dogs, and substantial crews and still couldn't get there. Swedish engineer Salomon Andrée had a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/09/The-1897-Attempt-to-Reach-the-North-Pole-in-a-Balloon/Turn the corner while browsing through the aisles of this 7-Eleven convenience in Monterrey, Mexico, and you'll see a living tree erupting through the floor and poking out the ceiling. Mike Leavy of Mexico Listo tells us...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/09/A-Tree-Grows-in-7-Eleven/That's a retired Boeing KC-97 tanker aircraft built in 1953. Now it's the centerpiece of The Airplane Restaurant in Colorado Springs, Colorado.The Takeout tells us that this unique eatery holds 42 people in the fuse...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/09/The-Restaurant-Inside-a-Plane/Emin: How many hours of the day do you hoot?Owl: Who?Emin: Hey, I'm asking the questions here! And so it goes if you interview an owl. Emin Yogurtcuoglu, the Bird Detective, is a Turkish wildlife photographer and a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/09/An-Interview-with-a-Wild-Owl/Historian James Thomas Flexner famously called George Washington "the indispensible man" of the American Revolution. As Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, General Washington refused to profit from the war, accep...
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