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English v3.31 Released
If you’ve been using heavily patched, older versions of the English language, you’ll be pleased to know that a completely updated and revised edition just entered beta testing. One reviewer at The...
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Filmmaker Sent Rejection Notice from Film Festival She Never Even Submitted...
It’s hard to work in the creative industries. You’ve got to have a thick skin because you’re going to get told ‘no’, a lot. You may even get rejected for things you’ve never asked, as Shawnee Barton...
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The Expression "Sweating Like a Pig" Has Nothing to Do with Pigs
Pigs don’t sweat much, so they wallow in the mud to cool off their bodies. So how did the English language expression “sweating like a pig” develop? It’s actually a reference to pig iron, which is form...
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Man Eludes Police Surveillance by Taking off the Prosthetic Leg to Which...
We often post stupid criminal stories here at Neatorama. This isn’t one of them. No, this fellow was most cunning. Christopher Lowcock wrapped up his prosthetic leg in bandages. When private...
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Sweden Developing Invisible Tank
Swedish engineers are working on a tank that will be able to blend into the background — whatever that background may be. It’s covered with a skin that can change its appearance: The technology is...
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Hacked TV Remote Control Auto-Mutes Snooki
Matt Richardson has developed a deep loathing for certain celebrities and hates to hear them speak in any context. So he’s hacked his TV remote to automatically mute the volume whenever certain words...
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Invest in Tennis with Wimbledon Bonds
Building and maintaining the tennis venue at Wimbledon is expensive, so starting in the 1920s, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club sold bonds to investors. But buyers don’t get money; they get...
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Overcoming Selection Bias
During World War II, the Royal Air Force asked Abraham Wald, a statistician, to help decide where armor should be added to the UK’s bombers. The RAF gave Wald information about which parts of its...
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Birth of a Shoe Company
The Twenty-Second Rule of Acquisition says that “A wise man can hear profit in the wind.” He sense opportunities and maneuvers around obstacles with ingenuity. That’s what fashion mogul Kenneth Cole...
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NASA Releases Free Historical Ringtones
Want your phone to say “Houston, we have a problem” when your cousin calls? Now you can! (Sort of.) NASA has released a collection of historical sounds as ringtones (both MP3 and the iPhone’s M4R...
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