The UK is full of quaint festivals that feature weird traditions from hundreds of years ago. The Gloucester cheese roll comes to mind. But the tradition of throwing pennies to the masses in Honiton, a town in East Devon,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/08/14/The-Honiton-Hot-Pennies-Ceremony/Embed from Getty ImagesThe 1975 movie Jaws changed cinema forever by introducing the summer blockbuster. The terrifying shark brought in a ton of money, and later on the story of how the movie was made was almost as good...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/07/30/Jaws-Goes-to-Broadway-Sort-Of/This video contains NSFW language. Last year, Ryan Reynolds made a video of his own colonoscopy experience (without any invasive images) to promote screening for colon cancer. This year, he enlisted Terry Crews to underg...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/07/27/President-Camacho-Time-Travels-to-Lead-From-Behind/Red velvet cake wasn't on the table for the first... ..., and now you don't even need chocolate to have a festive red cake. But don't forget the cream cheese frost...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/19/The-Origin-of-Red-Velvet-Cake-a-Juneteenth-Tradition/Before you get too excited, I must manage your expectations: the townsfolk do eventually pull the politician back out of the river. The immersion is a temporary affair.The city of Trento in northern Italy holds an annual...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/18/Every-Year-This-City-in-Italy-Dunks-a-Politician-in-the-River/As a father, I can see how this gets started. Rent... ...s are popular at kids' birthday parties and other festive events. I've certainly thought about joining in o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/17/Trend-Bounce-Houses-for-Adults/Cheung Chau is a small island off the coast of Hong Kong. Yahoo News reports that, prior to the pandemic, it would host an annual week-long festival to celebrate the Buddha's birthday. Now that the Chinese government has...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/05/28/Hong-Kong-Sport-Climbing-to-the-Top-of-a-60-Foot-Tower-of-Buns/There is no activity on earth that people will not turn into a competition eventually. The Sheep to Shawl competition at the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival took place earlier this month. In this contest, teams of five...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/05/23/The-Sheep-to-Shawl-Competition-is-a-Race-to-Process-Wool/Apple TV+'s new movie Killers of the Flower Moon received a nine-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday. The film will not be released in the US until October, the perfect time to build Oscar buzz....
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/05/23/iKillers-of-the-Flower-Mooni-Sure-Looks-Like-an-Oscar-Contender/Groundhog Day, February 2, is supposedly the day that a groundhog will peek outside of its burrow to see if winter is over yet. They say that if the groundhog sees its shadow, it will be frightened and run back to the bu...
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