The Japanese delegation introduced the beautiful water hyacinth to America at the 1884 World’s Fair in New Orleans. People liked it, and the plant thrived in Louisiana's lakes and bayous. By 1910, it was choking th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/America-Almost-Experimented-with-Lake-Cow-Bacon/9-volt batteries have positive and negative terminals on one end, so it's possible to feel electrical current by placing that side on a body part. If this body part is the tongue, one can taste the experience.(Or so I ha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/Taste-Testing-Battery-Flavored-Corn-Chips/Captain Kirk and Commander Spock had their most famous duel in the episode "Amok Time" by Theordore Sturgeon This dramatic battle, driven by Spock's fiercely libidinal urges, is one of the best in classic Star Trek*/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/Kirk-vs-Spock-Pro-Wrestling-Match/"Error and shame," Richard Adams comments in Shardik, are "...the inescapable lot of mankind." Ben Ward of the webcomic One Giant Hand illustrates humanity not only exiling itself from the Garden but also b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/Hubris-Goes/Jalopnik tells us that Max Hazan, a custom motorcycle builder in Los Angeles, has produced what must be the ultimate street bike. This beauty is wrapped around a 400 horsepower, 3.5 liter V8 engine removed from a Ferrari...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/A-Motorcycle-with-a-Ferrari-V8-Engine/It's an Onion story that's become reality--unlike Seborga and Westarctica. These countries do not exist.The Guardian reports that police in northern India arrested a man who is accused of running a fake...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/Man-Arrested-for-Pretending-to-be-Ambassador-from-Made-Up-Countries/I'm sure that we all had the same thought: "Finally!"Before you get too excited, I should inform you that the cops got him on credit card fraud. But, hey, tax evasion charges put Al Capone away, so let's be satisfied tha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/Chuck-E-Cheese-Arrested-at-Work/The ninth Rule of Acquisition states, "Opportunity plus instinct equals profit." Sydney Charlet has the instinct and found the opportunity for great profit.Jalopnik explains that legal parking in New York City is very ex...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/New-Yorkers-Pay-People-to-Sit-in-Their-Cars-to-Avoid-Tickets/If you have a dog, you're familiar with this experience. Your pup maintains steady eye contact while excreting. Why? Karen Piwinski, a dog trainer, explains that it's an instinctive behavior.In the wild, animals are vuln...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/Why-Your-Dog-Stares-at-You-While-Pooping/Embed from Getty ImagesToday, the beer you drink is most likely either brewed by AB InBev, who owns the name brands, or else a small and possibly local craft brewery. That's the ultimate fallout of the beer wars that s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/29/How-The-Beer-That-Made-Milwaukee-Famous-Became-the-Loser-of-the-Beer-Wars/Pulau Tiga is an uninhabited tropical island off the coast of Malaysia. It was formed by a volcanic eruption in the late 19th century, and most of it is a national park. But you may be familiar with this island, because...
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