At its simplest, a "scarecrow" is any kind of scheme a farmer will use to shoo birds away from eating the crops. We've come to know scarecrows as an effigy of a human, made with clothing and stuffed with straw. That's th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/26/The-Historical-and-Cultural-Importance-of-Scarecrows/Tardigrades, commonly called water bears, are microscopic animals that have a reputation for being indestructible. They are found all over the earth, and can survive extreme temperatures, extreme pressure, dehydration, a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/26/Watch-the-Weird-Way-Tardigrades-Are-Born/X user G. Gordon Lady shared this photo of a woman in costume for Halloween. She thinks that the woman is dressed as a traffic cone. But other denizens of X think that it's actually the logo for the VLC media player:I th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/26/Is-This-Woman-Cosplaying-as-a-Traffic-Cone-or-the-VLC-Media-Player/You might have recognized a ball turret under a World War II bomber before, but if you're like me, you only found what they were all about from the Steven Spielberg story "The Mission." Ball turret gunners had one of the...
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