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Who Was Murphy and Why Is There a Bed Named After Him?
Image credit: Valet Custom Cabinets & Closets The Murphy Bed, also known as a wall bed, fold down bed or pull down bed, is a bed that’s hinged at one end so it can be folded up and stored...
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The Unauthorized Biography of the Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny is a beloved springtime character, but look deeper and you’ll realize nobody gives away that much chocolate unless they’re hiding something. KEVIN LAMARQUE/Reuters /Landov He Can’t...
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He Wanted to Better Understand Hanging, So He Hanged Himself 12 Times
Gallows image via Shutterstock Hanging is a pretty simple way to kill someone. All you really need is a length of rope, someone who can tie a decent knot, and something from which to hang the victim....
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Why Does Your Nose Get Stuffy One Nostril at a Time?
Nose-blowing image via Shutterstock Because your nostrils split their workload. Throughout the day, they each take breaks in a process of alternating congestion and decongestion called the nasal...
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11 Notable Patients at the Government Hospital for the Insane
St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., provided mental health care services to members of the U.S. armed forces and District residents when it opened as the Government Hospital for the Insane in...
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8 Celebrities Arrested for Obscenity (and What It Was They Said or Did)
Freedom of speech? Not if it’s deemed “obscene.” These celebrities found that out the hard way. Though they weren’t all convicted, they did end up fighting costly battles in court and had their names...
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Billy Mays, America’s favorite infomercial star, died three years ago today. He began his career selling the WashMatik, a car-washing brush that siphoned water through the bristles without electricity....
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10 Scandalous VP Stories Worth a Warm Bucket of Spit
Getty Images This morning Mitt Romney tapped Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate. John Nance Garner, FDR’s first vice president, either said the VP position wasn’t worth “a warm...
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For Sale: Check Out Card Signed by Elvis Presley
Some Neatoramanauts may be old enough to know what this is. It’s a checkout card for a library book, used in the days when library circulation was handled by bear skins and stone knives instead of...
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Debate Prep: A Brief History of American Political Debates
by Maggie Koerth-Baker Getty Images From the Revolution up to the turn of the 20th century, America preferred that its presidential candidates be seen and not heard. The presidency was regarded as so...
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