Carl Scheele was an 18th century chemist who had some amazing accomplishments. He discovered oxygen, for instance. He also isolated and identified a slew of other elements, including molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydroge...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/08/01/Scientists-Whose-Research-Backfired-on-Them/You may have seen a visual comparison of the Titanic (the biggest ship of its time) with a modern cruise ship to show how enormous cruise ships have become. You also have to understand they are two different kin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/08/01/How-Cruise-Ships-Became-Monstrous-Floating-Resorts/Do you remember that time that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game dropped a bunch of beavers from an airplane and they parachuted into Chamberlain Basin? That was in 1948. The beavers took a look around at their new h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/08/01/Those-Parachuting-Beavers-Done-Good/A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania. https://t.co/vR4kYSGoJL— Atlas Obscura (@atlasobscura) July 31, 2023 In a famous scene in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/08/01/A-Giant-Statue-of-Tony-Soprano-in-His-Bathrobe-Stands-in-a-Lithuanian-Train-Station/The above image is a particular street in the village of Bauné in western France. The presence of the many painted lines is entirely intentional. Mayor Jean-Charles Prono explains to Euro News that the speed limit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/08/01/These-Lines-on-a-Road-Are-Supposed-to-Make-Driving-Safer/Major League Baseball has a formal and precise definition of a home run that includes all possible means of accomplishing the goal. It's not necessary for the batter to hit the ball over the fence. But, practically speak...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/08/01/How-Far-Is-a-Home-Run-It-Depends-on-the-Stadium/