We sometimes get a cockeyed view of life in pre-modern times because it's common knowledge that thre average life expectancy during the medieval era was about 40. It's taken years to convince people that the number was l...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/01/25/No-Teenage-Marriage-Was-Not-Common-in-Medieval-Europe/When you think about animals using tools, you probably don't think about the examples given at the beginning of this video. You think about the Veronika the cow, or maybe Figaro the cockatoo. But yeah, chimps and crows a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/01/25/Newsflash-Insects-Use-Tools-Too/Winter has come to much of the South, including Texas. We are familiar but not intimate with cold weather, as King of the Hill teased. It is currently well below freezing in the Texas town of Roanoke, which is n...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/01/25/Police-Explain-the-Difference-between-Sleet-and-Freezing-Rain/The great boxing championships we recall from history tend to be the heavyweights, but in the early 20th century, all weight classes could draw huge crowds. And a little guy who didn't mind being beaten could make a lot...
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