Archive for August 4th, 2025

Why You Mispronounce "Biopic" and Other Words

English has a lot of words that people rarely use in general conversation, but they flourish in text. You may know a word for years and never hear it pronounced. One such word is "biopic," a movie that's the story of one...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/04/Why-You-Mispronounce-Biopic-and-Other-Words/

The Bone-crushing Big Dogs of North America

Millions of years ago, the grassland of North America was a brutal place. There were huge animals like rhinos, camels, horses, and elephants. And there were predators that evolved to take them down. These were canid boro...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/04/The-Bone-crushing-Big-Dogs-of-North-America/

If Batman Was Truly a Billionaire

When Batman debuted in comics in 1939, his alter-ego Bruce Wayne was made a billionaire to explain how he had the remote location Batcave, the Batmobile, all kinds of technological wonders at his disposal, and the free t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/04/If-Batman-Were-Really-a-Billionaire/

Dealership Repossesses Woman's Car, Woman Lays Claim to Dealership's Name

Car & Driver reports on a curious legal battle in Ohio. Tiah McCreary purchased on loan a car from a Kia dealership in the town of Lima. A month later, the dealership concluded that there was not enough info...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/04/Dealership-Repossesses-Womans-Car-Woman-Lays-Claim-to-Dealerships-Name/

Star Trek-Styled VCR

In 1993, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine aired. Like The Next Generation, it took a couple of years to find its narrative rhythm. But once DS9 adopted a serial format, it became the greatest series in the fr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/04/Star-Trek-Styled-VCR/
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