Archive for October 19th, 2025

This is Not the Animal You Think It Is

This adorable face belongs to a tanuki, often called a raccoon dog outside of Japan. Despite the name, it is neither a raccoon nor a dog. Well, it is a canid, but not closely related to wolves or domestic dogs. It's more...

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"Cartoonatic Ability": The Story Behind Disney's Masterpiece The Skeleton Dance

Everyone loves the 1929 cartoon The Skeleton Dance, because few things are funnier than grinning skeletons dancing as if they were alive. We see such things every Halloween, but if you were to put yourself into...

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You Can Mail Coconuts without Additional Packaging

Visit the little US Post Office in the town of Hoolehua on the Hawaiian island of Molokai and you can mail an entire coconut as is. The US Postal Service informs us that the practice began in 1991 when the then-postmaste...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/19/You-Can-Mail-Coconuts-without-Additional-Packaging/

The 100th Anniversary of the Photo Booth

Those who grew up with digital cameras and later smartphones have no clue how much was involved in getting a simple photograph in earlier times. You could go to a photography studio, but that was expensive and time-consu...

https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/19/The-100th-Anniversary-of-the-Photo-Booth/
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