I was surprised to see that lighters weren't invented until 1823, so I looked it up. Döbereiner indeed invented the first lighter of its kind, but there were other lighters before that. Matches are actually ancient,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/09/History-is-Full-of-Stubborn-Misconceptions-But-So-is-Mythbusting/Jörg Hillebrand is the greatest living Star Trek scholar. We've previously noted how he's proven that Patrick Stewart exists within the Star Trek universe. This conclusion is the work of Hillebrand...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/09/Captain-Picards-Creeping-Hemline/A street organ is the instrument used by organ grinders going back to the 15th century. They became more elaborate, and the Dutch street organ (draaiorgel) is an entire wagon with a full set of pipes in a wide a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/09/Sweet-Child-O-Mine-on-a-100-year-old-Dutch-Street-Organ/Yesterday, I watched a YouTube video, thinking I might be able to use it at Neatorama. The story was interesting, it was fairly recent, and less than ten minutes long. The narrator's voice wan't annoying, and it had imag...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/09/Matthew-Inman-of-The-Oatmeal-Opines-on-AI-Art/
