Today is March the first, and if we were in ancient Rome, that would come with a "Happy New Year!" greeting. A couple of days ago, we learned that in the Roman calendar, they just doubled February 24th to have a Leap Day...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/03/01/The-445-day-long-Year-of-Confusion/The tschäggättä are villagers who roam the narrow streets of the valley, clanging bells and making mischief dressed as Sasquatch-like creatures. https://t.co/WqyozsgJti— Smithsonian Magazine (@Smiths...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/01/30/Switzerland-Where-Monsters-Roam-During-Carnival/The draw of the short film The Court Jester is how accurately Pauly Shore impersonates fitness guru Richard Simmons, but the real story is about David, a hapless segment producer on The Ellen Show who is only noticed whe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/01/24/Pauly-Shore-is-Richard-Simmons-in-The-Court-Jester/<p>Many people have probably heard about the Ten Commandments which God gave Moses on Mount Sinai. But though these summed up the basic moral laws that God told his people to keep, they were not the only laws that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/01/16/Strange-Biblical-Laws-Most-People-Don-t-Know-About/<p>We all like counting down toward the New Year. It's fun, especially when you're in a room filled with other people, who are doing the same thing. There's just something about doing traditions that we humans part...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/29/The-Origins-of-the-New-Year-s-Eve-Kiss/<p>For a season that's supposed to bring joy and good cheer to people, there is an awful lot of horrific beasts and creatures associated with Christmas.</p><p>Some are terrifying like the <a href=&qu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/29/Christmas-Monsters-and-Where-to-Find-Them/Christmas and New Year's Day, plus the days surrounding them, are a time of festivity, of work vacations, parties, and often more alcohol than you're used to drinking the rest of the year. While many of the drawbacks of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/28/How-Holiday-Drinking-Affects-Our-Gut-Biome/<p><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-new-year-once-started-in-march-heres-why" target="_blank">Ancient Romans used to start their new year in March</a>,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/26/The-Evolution-of-the-Ancient-Roman-Calendar/<p>Just as Nicolas Cage and Chuck Norris have become the quintessential celebrity memes in Western culture, Chinese Gen Zs have also found their celebrity memes in these two literary giants.</p><p><a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/12/25/How-These-Chinese-Writers-Became-Memes/Christmas cards have only been around since 1843,... ...e (more or less) carrying torches. They look less festive and more like they are coming to burn your house...
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