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PETA Hands Out Egg Free Cupcakes
PETA hands out egg-free vegan cupcakes in Washington PETA activists Ashley Byrne and Amber TeGantvoort hand out egg-free vegan cupcakes to bring awareness to the recent salmonella egg outbreak, in...
View Article50-million-year-old insects found in amber
A treasure trove of insects preserved in amber has been found in northwest India. Over 700 insect species from 50 million years ago have been identifi…
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12 Bookstore Cats
Books and cats go together as well as peanut butter and jelly. You could file them under “things that are nice to curl up with” -at the same time! We featured a list of bookstore cats some time ago,...
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Our Readers’ Favorite Bookstore Cats (Volume Two)
It doesn’t take of lot of hard work for a cat to become famous: 1. get a job at a place where people gather, 2. have someone upload your photo to the internet, and 3. eventually, someone will request...
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What’s a Backronym?
It’s like an acronym, except the words are chosen to fit the letters rather than the other way around. The term was coined in 1983, part of a monthly neologism contest held by the Washington Post. (I’m...
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Insects In Amber Fossils Oldest In The World
Insects In Amber Fossils Amber is fossilized tree resin (not sap), which has been appreciated for its color and natural organic beauty since Neolithic times. Amber is used as an ingredient in...
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Towser The Distillery Cat
Mice love to feast on barley and can quickly overrun a distillery where the grain is plentiful unless steps are taken to control them. From 1963 til 1987 a longhaired tortoiseshell cat named Towser was...
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Game of Thrones Fire and Blood Perfume
Game of Thrones fans will love the new scent inspired by the HBO series, and by the book series it is based upon, A Song of Ice and Fire. Fire and Blood perfume combines the scents of “Sweet Green...
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World’s Oldest Arthropods
The images to your left, dear Neatoramanauts, are photomicrographs of the world’s oldest arthropods (invertebrate animals that include insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) preserved in amber: Even...
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