Archive for June 26th, 2025

Meet a Bunch of Really Weird Fungi

There are millions of different species of fungi (or funguses; both are correct), but only a small fraction of those have been identified, described, and named. The naming seems to be the most hilarious part of identifyi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/26/Meets-a-Bunch-of-Really-Weird-Fungi/

Some Words Really Are Magic

The development of language gave early societies a whole new layer of reality apart from just what we saw around us. That is clearer than ever with the internet, since we now fling words around the world that are complet...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/26/Some-Words-Really-Are-Magic/

Benshi, the (Almost) Lost Art of Film Narration

A hundred years ago, silent movies in America included intertitle cards to help the audience keep up with what was going on. In Japan, movies had live narrators that stood at the side of the stage and described the actio...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/26/Benshi-the-Almost-Lost-Art-of-Film-Narration/
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