This creek in a New Jersey forest has concrete walls on both sides that extend for miles. People on both sides noticed a fawn that had fallen in, and wasn't able to scale the wall to get back out. He was pretty small, an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/06/An-Elaborate-Rescue-Scheme-for-a-Stranded-Juvenile-Deer/How long does it take for you to poop? How does that compare with other people and species?According to a recent study on the fluid dynamics of poop reported on by PBS News, mammals spend an average of 12 seconds (plus o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/06/It-Takes-Most-Mammals-12-Seconds-to-Poop/An essential component of disaster preparedness and response for libraries is consideration for the protection of the library collection. A library in Sicily resorted to extreme measures to rescue approximately 400 rare...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/06/Italian-Firefighters-Rescue-400-Rare-Books-Endangered-by-a-Landslide/In western Switzerland, near the French border, in a valley called Val-de-Travers, lies the town of Couvet. That's where absinthe was first developed. The drink began to be commercially produced in the 19th century, and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/06/Where-You-May-Find-a-Bottle-of-Absinthe-Sitting-in-the-Woods/Admiral David Dixon Porter was one of the Union's most successful naval commanders during the American Civil War. After an excellent combat record, he served as Superintendent of the US Naval Academy and, in retirement,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/06/The-Romance-Novels-of-Admiral-David-Dixon-Porter/In the 1994 film Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Jim Carrey must escape his robotic rhinoceros by squeezing out of its butt while naked.The prop is quite sophisticated. You can see Adam Savage's complete walk-th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/06/For-Sale-Ace-Ventura-Butt-Birth-Prop/The march of progress continues, building better lives for ourselves and our posterity. New wonders in this age of abundance, prosperity, and innovation harken to a utopia that is no longer on the distant horizon, but ap...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/06/Reeses-Toothpaste-Exists/Andrew Hiers is a professionally trained opera singer with a highly successful stage career. He's a true artist and a master of his craft.But the hard truth is that financially thriving in the performing arts is chancy....
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/06/Opera-Singer-Works-as-Car-Salesman/It's hard to get anyone to watch a live-action film from a hundred years ago because they are black and white and silent. But animated cartoons? Those are still hilarious a hundred years later. Line drawings on film phys...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/06/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Rubber-Hose-Animation/
