Diseases and conditions are often named after the doctor who first described or treated it. Years after the doctor is gone, people associate the name with the condition, such as Tourette's Syndrome. Credit George Gilles...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/04/13-medical-conditions-named-after-people/39-year-old Sara Foss of Derby, England is already the mother of 13 children and is expecting her 14th. She says as soon as the new baby is born in April, she'll try to get pregnant again. Foss vows to keep on having bab...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/trying-for-twins-after-14-children/Children are rarely familiar with the names the LEGO company gives its various bricks and acc... ...ered more children, four in all, to find out what names they used, and assembled those names in a handy chart. Link -via Buzzfeeed
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/05/a-common-nomenclature-for-lego-families/These are the kinds of wine that people buy just for the name. Are they good? Who knows? No one wants to open a bottle, they just want everyone to see the name on their wine shelf! The wine pictured was named (Oops)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/22/10-bizarre-wine-brands/When you see a town like Tightwad, Missouri, you have to wonder how that ever came about. This small town got its name from an incident in which a store owner cheated a postal worker by charging him an extra fifty cents...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/22/oddly-named-places/One of the charms of Britain is the array of frien... ...neighborhood pubs and their interesting historic names . Britain’s colourful pub signs speak volumes...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/27/colorful-pub-signs/You are cordially invited to the wedding of Kelly Hildebrandt and Kelly Hildebrandt? You may not be personally invited, but it's true that the two Kelly Hildebrandts are getting married. The female Hildebrandt is from Fl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/19/kelly-hildebrandt-and-kelly-hildebrandt/Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss might be difficult. It was for me! You'll be given ten well-known men, all with the same first or middle name. Do they spell it Alan, Allan, or Allen? I scored just 40%, and I tho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/20/alan-allan-allen/Have you ever wondered who the Alfredo in Fettucci... ...y steak? Listverse has the stories of those whose names are left behind in the foods we eat. Crêpes Su...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/17/10-people-who-gave-their-name-to-food/Original names and working titles of movies, TV shows, companies... ...day's Lunchtime Quiz, which asks you what earlier names these things had for a time. I scored 50%, which...
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