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Mangesh & Jason
The Survey Says…
by Mangesh & Jason - April 15, 2008 - 10:25 AM

Your opinion is important to us. Your demographic info is important to our advertisers. Let’s kill two birds with one survey!

(That doesn’t sound very enticing. Let us sweeten the deal.)

drawn-blank-series.jpg1. Visit mentalfloss.com/webvisitor and take our 10-question survey.

2. Come back here and leave a comment that says something to the effect of “I took the survey!”

3. We will pick 4 winners at random to receive “I took the survey!” prizes. One lucky respondent will win the mental_floss t-shirt of his or her choosing. The second, third and fourth lucky respondents will win a free back issue of mental_floss magazine. And a fifth survey-taker will win Bob Dylan: The Drawn Blank Series, a book of the sketches by the Pulitzer Prize winner. A $60 value! (Or $6 per survey question. Not bad.)

Now, I realize someone could easily scam us by not taking the survey and leaving a fraudulent comment. So I’ll ask that you also tell us your answer to survey question #7.

And if you have feedback not requested by the survey, you can always email me. Thanks!

Comments (665)
  1. I TOOK THE SURVEY!

    And I found out about mentalfloss.com from a link on Digg.

  2. I took the survey! I found out about mentalfloss.com from a link on cnn.com

  3. i took the survey, and i first found your site through cnn. i think it was a story about drinking stories

  4. I saw the magazine at Whole Foods when I moved to a new town. I bought it and loved it so much that I gave my Dad and I subscriptions. When I was looking into the subscriptions online I found the blog. I now read it very often.

  5. I took the survey!

  6. I TOOK THE SURVEY!

    I found out about the website by reading the mentalfloss magazine.

  7. I took the survey… and my answer to #7 was that I followed a link from another website (that I can’t remember now).

  8. I took the survey!!

    answer to question 7: another website

  9. I took the survey, and as further proof… I answered 7 by saying in an Earth Fare store.

    So, i deserve to be a winner… yes?

  10. I took the survey.

    My answer to question #7 was “Via CNN.com”

  11. I took the survey!

    Answer to #7: cnn.com

  12. I took the survey!!!

    I got hooked on mental_floss from a link on CNN.com.

  13. I took the survey, my answer was search engine, google to be exact.

  14. I took the survey!

    Neatorama.com

  15. I took the survery.

    I heard about Mental Floss from a friend.

  16. I took the survey :)

    from collegehumor.com

  17. Y’know, to be fair..
    The link I followed was all about Charles Schultz…which led me to tell my best Charlie Brown story..which won me a t-shirt..
    So let someone else win a t-shirt already! :D

  18. I took the survey! And I found mental floss via cnn.com.

  19. 7) Answer: through a link on another website (LMNOP, to be exact).

  20. i took the survey
    and my answer was “from my friend ian”

  21. I took the survey! I found out about mental floss from a friend.

  22. I took the survey. I get the mag.

  23. My brother’s ex-girlfriend graduated from Duke and used to tell me about this great trivia magazine–I was intrigued.

  24. I took the survey
    7: i found out from my friend ian

  25. Answer to #7: I found the magazine on the newsstand. I still buy it.

  26. I took the survey!

    Ken Jennings’s blog.

  27. My brother’s ex-girlfriend graduated from Duke and used to tell me about this great trivia magazine–I was intrigued.

    I took the Survey!

  28. Baahhhhh. Survey taken. Found you via Miss Cellania.

  29. I TOOK THE SURVEY!
    my answer to question 7: Through a friend

  30. Something to the effect of “I took the survey!”

    I found mental_floss through CNN.com. Don’t remember what the actual article was, but it must have been interesting!

  31. I took the survey! CNN/SI Hot Clicks linked to one of your lunchtime quizzes and I’ve been hooked since!

  32. I took the survey.

    Answer to Number 7: Saw the magazine in a bookstore.

  33. I took the survey!!

    “I believe that I got here from a link on another blog, but I’m not sure which one…”

  34. I took the survey, A friend subscribes to the magazine.

  35. Survey taken.

    Answer to #7: I found you quite accidentally through a web search. I’ve been here ever since and you’ll never get rid of me now! Never!(insert evil laugh here)

  36. One of my student’s in my 11th grade history class told me about it. I subscribed immediately and love it.

  37. took it! (and first post ever :))

  38. I have taken the survey

    and

    “I can’t remember now…”

  39. i took the survey

    #7 i tried to order a pizza but dialed the wrong number.

  40. I came, I saw, I took the survey.

    I followed a link to the Mr. Rogers Story. I was hooked from there. His MOM made all of his cardigans?! Crazy.

  41. I took the survey, and my #7 was: I ran across one of the articles on another website.

  42. I took the survey.

    I read a story on excessive drinking parties on CNN.com

  43. i took the survey
    #7 i tried to order a pizza but dialed the wrong number.

  44. Survey says! Okay I took it.
    Entertainment Weekly mentioned your magazine (FRIENDS on TV) I read the magazine and saw the web info.

  45. A 16-year-old genius told me about it.

  46. I took the quiz – and I found out about M_F from a friend

  47. I took it!

    James Gunn mentioned mental_floss in a blog and i’d seen issues of it by at the checkout line at sun harvest and eventually picked one up.

  48. I took the survey and my answer to #7 was: from surfing the internet.

  49. I took the survey!

    I found you by originally subscribing to the magazine, and now get a daily RSS feed.

  50. I took the survey!! Interesting website full of odd but great info.

  51. I took the survey!

    Answer to #7: I actually have no idea. I think I went on it when Mo Rocco was doing stuff for it and then I forgot about it until a few months ago. Now it’s my home page.

  52. I took the Survey!

    Answer to #7:Found out about Metal Floss by another user

  53. I took the survey!

  54. I took the survey!

    Answer to #7: Another website

  55. I took the survey!

    #7 Saw the magazine on the newsstand.

  56. Took the survey.

  57. I took the survey
    I picked up your 7 deadly sins influenced book at B&N on a whim. I have been hooked ever since

  58. I took the survey!

    #7 Another Reader introduced me

  59. I took the survey!

    all your demographics are belong to us…..

    I followed a link, I don’t remeber where or why.

  60. I took the survey :)

    And I have no idea…

    But I’m glad I did!

  61. Answered all survey qyuestions truthfully & honestly–for once.
    #7—reading the magazine.

  62. I took the survey!

    I found you through random web surfing.

  63. Survey taken!

    I think it was a link from someone’s blog. It’s been a while, so I’m not really sure!

  64. Oh, look – I took the survey.
    Answer to #7: Through a friend.

  65. I took the survey. Found mental_floss from a link somewhere else on the web. Hooked on first view!

  66. The survey I took……Answer to question 7: I can’t remember, but I think it was from another webpage that referred to you…

  67. I took the survey! My answer to #7 was another blog but I don’t remember which blog.

  68. Iz in ur surveyz, anserin ur qwestionz!!1!!

    Your contributions to CNN.com.

  69. survey says: yes!

    and i found you guys via neatorama.

  70. I took the Survey. And I got a 100%.
    A colleague had a copy on his desk.

  71. I took the survey.

    First, through the “Condensed Book of Knowledge”, then subscribed to the magazine from an ad in the book.

  72. Whoops, took the survey and
    #7 – newsstand at Books-A-Million

  73. I, as well, have taken the survey. I first came across Mental Floss at my supermarkets magazine stand. Way to go progressive supermarket chain, making a difference everyday.

  74. I took the survey!
    I first came here from a google reader recommendation.

  75. I have conquered the survey. I first learned on you back in 1872, by telegram. It was sent to me by Missus Cellania of Newport and Boston. She and I would linger over brandy at The Breakers as we discussed the news of the day. Often she would escape into he constant reverie of this wonderous place of cotton fibre floss of the mind. I was enchanted by her tales …

    Truth be told, I heard about it on http://www.neatorama.com … but I wanted attention … I’m a bad girl.

  76. I took the survey
    And I found out about mentalfloss.com via a link on CNN

  77. I took the survey!

    I have no idea how I found you guys, but I’m glad I did! (about a year ago)

  78. I took your survey so now you can attempt to market me shit I already know I don’t need.

  79. Done. And a friend referred me

  80. I took the survey and fgound out about mental floss from my dad. he had a subscription and I loved it…

  81. I took the survey, Yeah! I first heard about Mental Floss from reading the books.

  82. I took the survey. I found out about mentalfloss somewhere online.

  83. I took the survey!

    I googled a random fact and mentalfloss was the first hit. I’ve been a die-hard flosser ever since. I don’t even remember what the fact was!

  84. I took the survey and I cannot remember not knowing of this site. It is as though time began for me when I started visiting the website. :-)

  85. I took the survey :)

    Probing the internet!

  86. I took the survey!
    Re: #7, I also subscribe to the magazine (at least that’s where I think I learned about it).

  87. I took the survey.

    Heard about the Magazine through James Gunn’s blog. Wanted to order a t-shirt from the magazine and found the blog.

  88. I took survey and discovered mental floss from surfing the web.

  89. I took the survey and found out about mental floss from a link to it in a forwarded email.

  90. I took the survey and #7 wrote recommended from Google Reader

  91. I did done tookity dat survey

  92. I am a demographic! I own the How to be a Genius manual, but really my husband got me hooked on the web.

  93. I took the survey! I used to subscribe to the mag but the website is better. I also own two of your books. MF is the best!

  94. I TOOK THE SURVEY!

    A Link From Fark Brought me to a list. That list to another list, so on and so forth and I just can’t leave now.

  95. I took the survey!

    #7: My dad brought a mental_floss magazine home from the airport after a business trip when I was in college and I took it from him. I read about the website in the magazine. I also now subscribe to the magazine and he steals mine! :)

  96. I took the survey!

    I learned about mentalfloss from a fark link

  97. I took the survey, and I heard about mental floss from the blog, Neatorama.

  98. I took the Survey!

    Answer to #7: Linked from CNN

  99. I took the survey. #7 : Stumbled across it in a link from some other blog.

  100. I took the survey!

    an article on cnn.com

  101. Make me a statistic! My answer to #7 was “from neatorama.com”

  102. Took it. My #7 was ‘Found it online.’

  103. Survey complete. Learned about the site from my roommate. Thank whatever deities may or may not exist for mental_floss.

  104. I TOOK THE SURVEY!

    I think I linked here from drudgereport.com a long time ago.

  105. I TOOK THE SURVEY!

  106. I took the survey, and my answer is “Link from another site”

  107. I took the survey! Twice! Actually, I only submitted it once, but I had to go back to see what question 7 was, since I hadn’t read the entire thing before I ran off to take it.

    I first heard about Mental Floss on a web site that had a list of great web sites, but it was so long ago, I can’t remember where.

  108. I took the survey! I heard about it from a friend on another internet forum while discussing ways to pass the day at work.

  109. I Took the Survey!

    Question 7:

    From the hard copy magazine.

  110. I took the survey. And I heard about mental_floss from a Québec TV show called Bazzo.tv.

  111. Shoot. I meant to also say that I found it from Pop Candy originally but also subscribed to magazine for #7.

  112. I found mentalfloss when I was linked to a story by a friend on another board.

  113. I took the survey: I found out about Mental Floss from an article in a magazine about interesting magazines they liked. I checked it out and I subscribed!!!

  114. I took the survey!

    And I found mental floss via random surfing. I believe I came from Neatorama.com.

  115. I took the survey.

    Number 7:

    From the magazine.

  116. Saw the magazine on a bookstore shelf when I was doing disaster relief in Baton Rouge, LA. Picked it up and haven’t put it down since. The site helps fill the void between issues.

  117. I Took the Survey!

    Question #7:
    In the magazine?
    Or maybe a link from another blog.

  118. Took the survey

  119. I took the survey. I found out about mentalfloss.com from a link on CNN.com

  120. Oh, and I took the survey too. Haha

  121. survey taken!
    i read the magazine every month

  122. i took the survey!

    yay.

  123. I took the survey!
    I found out about mentalfloss.com in the magazine (which I ordered from amazon.com).

  124. took the survey!

    “once upon a time was a subscriber; prior to that, hell if i know”

  125. My answer to #7 was My daughter subscribes to your magazine, which I also enjoy.

    Thanks

  126. I found out about mentalfloss.com thanks to StumbleUpon.

  127. I came to it from another site, MSN.

  128. I took the survey!
    I found out about mentalfloss through Sports Illustrated Hot Clicks website.

  129. I took the survey. I found out about mentalfloss on cnn.com.

  130. Survey the took I!

  131. I took the survey!

    I started reading because of a link from Coudal Partners.

  132. I took it! CNN showed me this gem of a site.

  133. I was glad to take the survey!

  134. I’ve submitted my answers for the survey.

    Answer to #7: CNN did a story about one of your stories about a year ago. I’ve been hooked ever since.

  135. I took the survey – from a friend.

  136. I took the survey!

    neatorama.com

  137. I took the survey. #7 – I think I found this from a link at idleworm.com

  138. I took the survey and I found mental floss by following links while surfing the web.

  139. I took the survey, I found mental floss via a link from another site (long forgotten)

  140. I took the survey!
    And I heard of it through some story on Digg.

  141. Since the one I just sent didn’t show up, let me try again.

    I took the survey.

    And I found mentalfloss when I was linked to a story by a friend on another board.

  142. I took the survey, and I first visited mental floss by clicking on a link on cnn.com directing me to an interesting sounding article.

  143. I look the survey… and a link from another site

  144. I took the survey….and I think I probably found out about mental floss from Fark!!

  145. i took the dang ole survey…

    and the answer was good luck. the best part is my recaptcha word was plumpass. no lie

  146. a friend sent a link that a friend had linked that their great aunt mabel had linked from a link of a link in the sea of links. oh and i read the magazine.

  147. I took the survey!

  148. I took the survey! I heard about the website from mental_floss magazine. I am a subscriber.

  149. I took the survey!

    #7) I liked the magazine so I found the website.

  150. !Survey the took I

    My little sister told me about mentalfloss

  151. I took the survey! And: through my brother.

  152. I took the survey!

    My wife – She sent me a link or told me about the site

  153. I think it was MENSA website that I first say reference to MentalFloss but I honestly don’t remember….

  154. I took the survey!
    I think I heard of it through another site called GorillaMask.com…they lead me to a page that you did and it was a list and I’m a sucker for lists and I soon grew addicted.

  155. I took the survey!

    This is what I wrote for #7:
    “I’m not really sure actually. I think I linked to it from another site!”

    I don’t remember what site though =\.

  156. There is a weekly article in one of our local alternative papers that gleans information from the magazine. I think it is called shards of mental floss.

  157. I took the survey! And I found mentalfloss by accident following a link on a random web search. And I liked what I saw!

    ~Bethy

  158. took the survey – #7 -through a friend

  159. Survey was taken, my teacher told me about it.

  160. I answered the survey!

    My answer to #7 was this:
    “I’m not really sure actually. I think I linked to it from another site!”

    I don’t remember what site though =\…

  161. I took the survey…I Stumbled upon your site because of a google search…

  162. done, #7 – picked up the magazine at public library.

  163. I TOOK THE SURVEY

    and I first came here through some random link on another blog almost a year ago… don’t remember exactly where…

  164. I took the survey!

  165. I took the survey, and my answer to #7 was that I had followed a link through the J-walk Blog a while back.

  166. I took the survey!

    My wife.

  167. I took the survey! Sorry if this shows up 3 times, I’m having a heck of a time trying to post. (Darn you reCaptcha!)

    This is what I wrote for #7:
    “I’m not really sure actually. I think I linked to it from another site!”

    I don’t remember what site though! =\

  168. I took that there survey.

    I really don’t remember how I stumbled across the site.

  169. Took that survey…

    Found out about the website after reading the magazine. I just saw the cover one day and was hooked.

  170. I took the survey

  171. I took the survey.
    I found out about the website through the magazine.

  172. i took the survey!

    i saw the magazine at the bookstore and googled it.

  173. I took the survey! I found your site through Neatorama.com and have been reading every day since.

  174. I took the survey!

    Co-worker at bookstore

  175. I took the survey and #7 is Boing Boing

  176. I took the survey!
    I don’t remember how I heard about it, but now I’m addicted!

  177. Sorry, I was so excited to take the survey I missed the last part. I found out about your site though your fact of the day RSS feed (now discontinued.)

  178. I took the survey!
    Heard about it through RSS feed.

  179. I took it! I found out about MF through BoingBoing… I think. Or some other similar blog.

  180. I took the survey!

    I had found the magazine in a store and loved it, so I decided to see if there was a website for it.

  181. I TOOK THE SURVEY!! I saw one of your articles on another website. Then I decided to check out your full site and fell in love with it!

  182. I took it too … and I found out about the site from the Google Blog suggestions.

    Love the blog, by the way. :)

  183. I took the survey! found out about the site through a cnn.com link.

  184. I took the survey!

    Linked on someone’s Livejournal.

  185. I took it!!!!

    #7
    I think it was some story that was linked to CNN.com a while ago and i just fell in love with the tingly feeling i got by reading all the stuff on the website while my brain made more wrinkles

  186. I took the survey!

    A friend of mine (I had a slight interest in him at the time) mentioned MF so I thought I’d check it out.

    I heart Mental Floss

  187. I took the survey!

    #7 – Linked on someone’s Livejournal.

  188. I completed the survey.

    #7 I used to subscribe to the newsletter (re-upped with this survey).

  189. I took the survey :)

    Items consistently featured on Boingboing were what I liked to read about, so I subscribed to your RSS feed (I read via Google Reader)

  190. I took the survey

    I honestly don’t remember, but I think it was in an article on Yahoo! about a year or so ago.

  191. I took it!

    I found your site just by goofing around on the internet

  192. I took it. (link from some other site)

  193. I took the survey! Answer to 7 – A friend told me about the magizine, and I found the site through that.

  194. i took the survey…

    i found your site through neatorama

  195. I took the survey. Answer is, “It’s been so long … I don’t remember.”

  196. Took the survey, heard about it from a professor in grad school.

  197. I took the survey!!! Answer was “stumbled upon it while surfing web”.

  198. I took the survey! I received a subscription to the mag as a gift! I’ve been hooked ever since.

  199. I took the survey and I heard about mental floss from my dear friend Becky. I now blame (and thank) her for all of my time wasted at work.

  200. I took the survey- and my Canadian Brother-in-law told me about the magazine.

  201. Took the survey–love the quizzes!

  202. i took the survey!

    i think gorillamask.net linked to something on here and i just stayed around long after!

  203. Took the survey and I linked to the site via CNN.

  204. I took the survey & found out about the Floss from either John Scalzi’s blog or Wil Wheaton’s blog, I can’t remember which.

  205. I did it!

    Someone posted a story by a flosser on another blog I read.

  206. I took it. Found through a co-worker

  207. Taken…and by reading the magazines in my mom’s bathroom.

  208. I took the survey! And my answer to question 7 was “a friend”.

  209. Took it. And I found out about Mental Floss from my sister, who subscribes to the magazine as well.

  210. I took the survey, and I read a story linked through cnn.com.

    As I work at a polling firm, I have to say I’m concerned about the quality of the sample universe you’ll be getting…but I love your website so who cares!!

  211. i found your fun site through neatorama.

  212. I took it! And #7: Stacy Conradt – she’s a rock star!

  213. I took the survey!

    #7- Found the magazine in Borders, subscribed and became a big fan. I think I googled Mental Floss after subscribing and found the website.

  214. I took your survey, just found it on the website.

  215. took ye ol survey

    my answer to #7:

    npr

  216. i took the survey and really hope i dont get fired

  217. A friend emailed me the link.

  218. I took the survey, my sister told me about it.

  219. I TOOK YOUR SURVEY!! IT’S MINE NOW!! BwahahAAAAAA!!!

  220. If I’m here then I took the survey! I discovered mentalfloss.com by going online to order the magazine to be delivered to my house and wanted to know how much a year’s subscription would cost. I didn’t realize it would be just as good as the magazine itself!

  221. I took the survey!

    First saw it from a link from another site (probably CNN) and now I’m hooked!

  222. I took the survey!

    Answer to #7:
    my friend introduced me to this website and was immediately hooked.

  223. I took the survey!

  224. I took the quiz! This is the first time I’ve commented on the blog. My answer to #7 is:

    I was in a coffeeshop, and I found an old copy of Mentalfloss. I couldn’t put it down, and I went home and looked it up online and subscribed!

  225. I took the survey. I found out about mental floss through the magazine which was given to me by a friend.

  226. Took it!

    I think from another blog…Maybe Neatorama. Or Stumble Upon?

  227. RANDOM CLICKING AT WORK

  228. I took the survey! I read an article that was linked from CNN. Now I’m hooked!

  229. P.S. my answer to #7 was I read the magazine, inside which you advertise the website heavily!

  230. i took the survey!!

    i think i misunderstood question 7, but this: “my friend melissa bought the annual 10-issue while we were at barnes & noble. she gave it to me when she was finished, and i have been hooked ever since.” was my answer.

  231. completed the survey…answer to #7 is: neatorama.com

  232. took the survey and aced it, thanks

    Found out about Mental Floss because I read the magazine–I worked at Barnes and Noble in college and read it there.

  233. I submitted my survey. Now give me swag.

    Answer #7: Who knows. Some blog linked to one of your posts, and then another and another, and then I decided to get my mental floss straight from the tap so to speak.

  234. I took the survey.

    Someone sent me a link to one of your quizzes and I fell in love.

  235. Survey complete!

  236. I took the survey.

  237. I took the survey. #7 A friend forwarded a link to a Daily Lunctime Quiz

  238. I took the survey!

    I found mental floss magazine at my local grocery store. When I couldn’t get enough, I looked up your website!

  239. Doh. I missed the “answer to number 7″ thing.

    I put “Through the magazine.”

  240. I took the survey!
    #7: cnn.com

  241. I took the survey. A friend of mine (who is always filled with interesting facts) showed it to me.

  242. “I took the survey!”

  243. I took the survey! I found out about M.F. when a friend lent me an issue, and from there i found the website.

  244. I took the survey.
    A coworker showed me the site, and we proceeded to take quizzes instead of doing work.

  245. I took the survey. I love free stuff.

  246. I took the survey.
    A friend sent me a link to an interesting story on the website. It’s been so long ago, I don’t remember the story, but I was instantly hooked! I’m hitting the website every day like an info junkie.

  247. “I took the survery” The first time I picked up the magazine was at a grocery store. I had time to kill while my friend was in the emergency room for chest pains. I figured I might be there for awhile.

  248. I took the survey!

    I found this site through one of my favorite websites Neatorama.

  249. Took it!

    For #7 I said that I used to work at a story that carried Mental Floss magazine.

    That store was Star Clipper in St. Louis, for the curious!

  250. I Took the survey.

    Google recommended gadget.

  251. ok, i forgot to answer #7 that is i forgot how i heard of your site but i am looking for a 12 step program to help my addiction to it. i am sure to get fired now :(

  252. I took the survey!

    And I found your site from a link.

  253. I do survey, you nice be to me. CNN linked me you too. Read days many each.

  254. I took the survey!

    #7 answer: My dad bought my a subscription to the magazine.

  255. I took the survey. CNN Headline News.

  256. I took the survey!

    I really don’t remember how I found this site!

  257. I took the survey! la la la

  258. Thanks for the chance to get a great grade on the test – if only life were that easy! I followed a link from CNN.

  259. I have followed your commands. Number Seven, link from another site.

  260. Sigh… I didn’t read all of the instructions. I can’t remember how I first came to mentalfloss- probably through CNN.com or something. But I remember feeling cooler than my brother, who is a big boingboing reader.

  261. I took the survey and found the site on neatorama.com

  262. Took it.

    My answer to #7: From cartoonist Mark Anderson, whose cartoon was used in a “Caption Contest” here a month or two ago.

  263. I took the survey!

    And my #7 answer is: CNN Article

  264. Took the survey! First heard of Mental Floss after an episode of Friends.

  265. My friend has the trivia game, and I was intrigued.

  266. I took the survey! And I don’t remember how I found out about mental floss! It was over a year ago.

  267. I TOOK THE SURVEY!

  268. Done!

    Someone mentioned it at Livejournal.com

  269. I took the survey! I saw on cnn.com

  270. I took the survey.

    Also found this site through Neatorama

  271. I took the survey!

    From the magazine

  272. Taken!

    #7: It was a long, long time ago. Sometime last summer. I don’t know how this happened.

  273. I took the survey.
    “I saw the magazine at a store and got hooked, then I went online because 2 months between issues is a long time to wait.”

  274. I took the survey
    the answer: through the magazine (which I heard of online from a blog –which no longer exists– about two years ago)

  275. I took the survey and found the website via the magazine!

  276. i took the survey.

    #7 from the magazine

  277. I gladly took the survey

  278. Word, I got counted too. Survey complete.

  279. I took the survey!

    My boyfriend saw your website referenced on cnn.com. I checked out the link and was hooked!

  280. Took the survey.

    Can’t remember if a friend told me or I found it through some other website. Either way, it’s one of my favorite sites to visit.

  281. I TOOK THE SURVEY.

    Linked-in from cnn.com

  282. I took the survey!

    I learned about Mental Floss by reading a former colleague’s blog.

  283. I took the survey.

    I found out about Mental Floss through a friend.

  284. Took it! Stole it! Love it!

  285. Took the Survey.

    Linked through to here somehow…I forget how exactly.

  286. I took the survey. #7…another website, TNN

  287. I took the quiz
    #7 Co-worker

  288. I took the survey!

    An article on cnn.com

  289. I took the survey!! cnn.com the sleep disorder article

  290. I took the survey.

    My answer to question #7 was “cnn.com”

  291. Answer to #7 – I was having a hard time staying awake at work and a friend suggested several website, to give me something to do all day – and to help me not get fired, and this is the only one that really stuck.

  292. I took the survey!! My answer to #7: I read an article on CNN.com while I was deployed and decided to follow the link and see what else I could fine.

  293. I took the survey

  294. I took the survey and found out when i got magazine for b-day.

  295. I took the survey–

    And to answer question 7: Through a link on another blog–I think it was Neatorama.

  296. survey taken. painless
    found site on ken-jennings.com

  297. Took the survey, I heard about you in a magazine fundraiser.

  298. I forgot the answer…to #7
    from your website after ordering back issues

    I took the survey

  299. Took the survey.

    #7: Google Reader feed ‘Recommendation’.

  300. I took the survey! I love feeling smart again.

  301. I took the survey.
    #7 a cnn.com link

  302. i found Mental_Floss browsing magazines at B&N

  303. I took the survey

    A link from another site whose name escapes me.

  304. I took the survey and I first came here via a link on BoingBoing or Neatorama.

  305. I took the servey. I got here from another blog that I read.

  306. I took the survey!

    And I heard about Mental Floss on Neatorama.

  307. I took the survey and I searched for the website after reading the magazine

  308. A friend recommended the magazine, and then I found the website. I used to subscribe to the magazine.

  309. I took the survey! I found out about Mental Floss when I found a back issue of the magazine in a doctor’s office.

  310. I took the survey!

    From the magazine

  311. Yay Mental Floss, I took the survey.
    I also saw the book promoted on GMA, I bought it and surfed the web site, I’ve been hooked ever since.

    You also didnt ask what state I live in.
    Denile pretty much.

  312. I took the survey!

    I was given Forbidden Knowledge for my birthday, then Googled “Mental Floss” in an effort to discover more fun and also trivia, which led me to the website, then the e-mail newsletter, then eventually the blog.

  313. I took the survey.

    Found this site linked off of a blog.

  314. I took the survey!
    I found a copy of the magazine at a dentists office and googled it when I got home.

  315. I took the survey! And learned that you have an email newsletter. I signed up!!!

  316. And I’d love to get the magazine, but the only credit card I have is AmEx and you don’t accept that one:(

  317. I took the survey! And since this is my 3rd post you’ll realize that I didn’t read all of the instructions before firing off a comment. Answer to question 7 – Neatorama

  318. followed a link

  319. I took the survey.

    I randomly saw the superstition issue on a magazine rack a few years ago and it caught my interest. the rest is nerdy history. :)

  320. I took the survey. Happy to help.

  321. I took the survey!

    #7- CNN

  322. I took yr survey. :)

  323. “From some other blog,” I answered during the course of the survey, which I took!

  324. Learned from a friend, glad to help…

  325. I took the survey.

    I learned about it from the magazine, which I found in my high school library.

  326. I took the survey. Happy to help.

    My answer to number 7 was that my dad had a subscription.

  327. I took the survey!
    and my exact answer to number 7 was

    “I remembered seeing it one day and wanting it, then one day i tried searching for it online and couldnt remember the name, so i searched “magazines for smart people” and it was number two!”

  328. I took the survey.

    Answer to #7: Picked up your magazine browsing at Barnes & Noble, bought it and logged onto website same day.

  329. Took it.
    #7: From the magazine which I heard about through a friend.

  330. I took the survey. I put I found it on my friends toilet and have been hooked since because i thought you were asking about the magazine. I think I googled it after reading the mag which led me to the site.

  331. I took the survey and I found mental_floss via a link from GorillaMask.

  332. I tooka-took-took the surveeeey.

    And I found out about mental_floss via Amazon.com

  333. I took the survey! The magazine.

  334. I took the survey. #7 – From digg.com

  335. I took the survey.

    I saw an ad for the witty t-shirts on bookcrossing.

  336. I took the survey. My answer for #7 was “Through my teacher, who reads mental_floss magazine.”

  337. I took the survey. Yay!

  338. I took your survey…are you happy now? I kid, I kid!!
    And, as to number 7, I linked here from neatorama.com

  339. I took it!

    7=I don’t remember now…found it somewhere in my web rambling.

  340. Oops, I forgot to tell you #7. Borders Books.

  341. I was on another website and I followed a link back to mentalfloss.

    And..I took the survey!

  342. The survey questions I took/
    All ten very diligent./
    At Mensa I look/
    For websites more intelligent./

    “Mental Floss” I did see,/
    Mentioned as one of those./
    And entertained are we,/
    Texas Rednecks–AKA “Average Joes.”

  343. took the survey

    found mentalfloss via Digg

  344. I read the magazine.

  345. I took the survey.

    A friend of mine found the website and passed the information on to me. I’ve been a lurker ever since!

  346. I took the survey. I learned about the website from the magazine.

  347. I took the survey

    #7 I found one at borders and now I’m obsessed

  348. I found a mention of the site on Mensa, their magazine I think.

  349. Survey = taken.

    And my answer to number 7:

    I was looking for a Christmas present for my boss, and stumbled across Mental Floss books. Once I found out there was a magazine…well, you do the math.

  350. I really Really took the survey. I have a feeling the other folks are lying. You can tell because their pants are on fire.

  351. Done (and “from the magazine”).

  352. I took the Survey! I heard about it from the blog popcandy

  353. I took the survey, and it was spectacular.

    I don’t remember exactly how I came to the Mental Floss website, but I think it was through stumble upon.

  354. I took it, and my answer to #7 is Neatorama.com.

  355. I took the survey. I found out about it when I was looking for ebooks for my palm pilot :)

  356. I took the survey but I have absolutely no idea how I found the site. Just stumbled on it through a link in another blog I think.

  357. I took the survey. The answer to question #7: My Girlfriend!

  358. I took the survey and my answer to number 7 was I think it was through A Word a Day, but honestly, I don’t remember.

  359. I took the survey!

    I found the magazine when I was deployed to the United Arab Emirates last year and half ago and have been hooked to both the magazine and website since.

  360. I TOOK THE SURVEY!!
    I heard about mental_floss on NPR (apparently they get some of the questions for wait wait…don’t tell me from you guys)

  361. I was browsing on neatorama and found a link to mentalfloss. Now I’m hooked.

  362. stumbled across it through yahoo at work

  363. I have absolutely no idea how I got here. I’m guessing a clicked a link.

    I am a magazine subscriber, newletter subscriber, need plus sized shirts (still requesting) and not a Dylan fan, so if you choose me, pick another until you get t-shirts with v-neck in a 1X or XXL.

    Gosh, that sounded snotty, huh? Well, I do love the blog and I would love to order some shirts, but they have to fit!

  364. i took the survey.

    friends with your writer allison.

  365. I took the survey! And should I be so lucky as to be chosen, I’d like an Idioms t-shirt, women’s size large.

  366. Something like I took the survey.

    I found out about Mental Floss when reading Ken Jennings book “Brainiac”

  367. I took the survey, and from the magazine

  368. survey i took.

    i found mental floss (and it saved my life) from a magazine rack at school. school being singapore polytechnic. :)

  369. i took the survey!

    i found out about you through a link from another website ( i believe it was gorillamask but i’m not sure)

  370. I took the survey!

  371. I took it! I found Mental Floss when a friend continuously linked to articles on her blog.

  372. I took it!

    I recieved a magazine when I was in the hospital, and I’ve been hooked ever since !!

  373. I took it.

    My parents gave me a subscription it to me when I was laid up after having my wisdom teeth out. I’ve been hooked ever since!

  374. I took the survey! My answer to #7 is “A friend told me about mentalfloss. I checked it out and have been hooked ever since.”

  375. He said, “Would you like to take a survey?” Sure why not. I found your awesome magazine trolling around on some web site.

  376. I took the survey. I saw a copy of the magazine in my sister’s bathroom one day, and the rest is history.

  377. I took the survey
    Answer to #7 was that I couldn’t remember, but after reading some of the other posts I had a recollection that I heard of Mental Floss from A Word A Day.

  378. I took the survey!

    Somewhere online… I can’t remember.

  379. Survey says:
    I took the survey!

    My sister in law gave me a gift subscription to the magazine which lead me here.

  380. Took it….hope I passed. :-)

    #7: I honestly don’t remember. But I read the magazine regularly, but I don’t think that was the source. It was probably a lunch quiz linked from Pop Candy.

  381. survey taken. i followed a link from pajiba.com to get here.

  382. I took the survey and got 100%! I can’t remember for sure; think it was a Google link to a geography quiz or something.

  383. My son told me I should check out Mental Floss. He was right!

  384. I took the survey. I’d like the Pavlove please

  385. I took the survey and I am just damn lucky i guess!!

  386. I took the survey

    My sister sent me a link to a piece about Fred Rogers

  387. I took the survey.

    Been subscribing to the magizine from the begining, I belive I read about it on a website like amazon.

  388. I took the survey!

    I saw a link to mentalfloss on collegehumor.com and have been hooked every since!

  389. I took the survey!

    I bought one of your books and loved it!

  390. I took the survey….my answer to question #7 is “I stumbled on it while surfing trivia and strange facts online…now I’m a junkie.” I really REALLY want that Bob Dylan book. (I’ve never left a comment before if that tells you how badly I want that book!!) THANKS!

  391. I took the survey!

    My answer to #7: I don’t remember, I seem to have always known about it. I must have seen a link to the mental floss blog on another blog I read, maybe Pajiba.

  392. i took the survey…
    and i found out about mentalfloss.com from Mental Floss magazine.

  393. I took the survey.

    7. My store stocks the magazine.

  394. I took the survey.

    I googled the name of my favorite magazine.

  395. Iyay ooktay ethay urveysay!

  396. I took the survey!

    My answer to number seven was, “Through a friend.”

  397. I took the survey….and was linked by a website I dont remember

  398. I took the survey!

    Through my brother.

  399. I participated in the survey.
    My answer to question #7 was: Headline News/CNN.

  400. I took the survey as well.

    Just Lucky

  401. someone wrote about the random fact generator in their journal on okcupid.com, and i’m a sucker for facts!

  402. Took the survey!

    My answer to #7: Saw the magazine in my local library, read it, loved it, came to the website.

  403. I took the survey.
    I found mental_floss, the magazine, by accident on the magazine rack. That led me to Mental_floss.com, which has become a crucial part of my daily existence.

  404. I took the survey!
    “Honestly, I don’t even remember. Probably from a link.”

  405. I did it…

    I believe I found it linked on CNN.com to some article I read…it was love at first click!

  406. I took the survey!

    I found out about the Web site when I did a Google search for the magazine after reading about it in the Chicago Tribune this past summer.

  407. I took the survey.

    I found the website after a google search after reading one of the ebooks

  408. I took the survey!

    My friend showed me the magazine and I liked it, so I checked out the website.

  409. I took the survey!I don’t remember how I found the site…probably through something on AOL

  410. I took the survey, and I found out about Mentalfloss.com by clicking on a link at neatorama.com

  411. Took the survey. Found the site from a link from another webpage. Love the daily quiz – have taken it daily since March of 2007.

  412. I took the survey!

    #7 I think that it was from another news aggregator site.

  413. I took the survey! One of my drinking buddies told me about the mental_floss. I love it.

  414. I took the survey.

    #7 I followed a link from another news aggregator.

  415. I did indeed take the survey
    My answer to 7: I bought one of your magazines

  416. The survey was painless, and my sister told me about the site.

  417. I TOOK THE SURVEY!!!

    I found out about Mental_Floss through a link on http://www.bockscar.de/blog

  418. Took the survey. Heard about website from link from bestweekever.tv.

  419. I took the survey. I found out about the website from none other than the best magazine ever published, Mental Floss. Maybe my extreme flattery will increase my odds of winning a T-shirt. Please?

  420. I took the survey!

    I found mental_floss through neatorama.com.

  421. Did I take the survey or did the survey take me….Who knows either way I answered the questions.

    I heard about the Mental Floss site from the Mental Floss magazines!

  422. I took the survey!

    And I found mental_floss via a link from another site (I think it was Presurfer, but I don’t remember now).

  423. The survey. I took it!

  424. The Survey? Been there, took that. Don’t have the teeshirt yet.

    #7 – A Neatorama article which had a link to you.

    (They really should get a percentage of all my winnings. I’ll give them the tag off my XL men’s Pluto.)

  425. #7 read the magazine during a cross country flight; googled for the site

  426. I took the survey. I bought the magazine a few years ago, and ended up visiting.

  427. I took the survey!

    But I can’t remember! (But I do know where my brain is)

  428. I took the survey
    I found out about mental floss by finding a mag. in a waiting room at the hospital i work at.

  429. I took the survey as well! I found mental_floss through StumbleUpon. Surely the best website I have ever stumbled upon!

  430. i took the survey. #7 – I found mental_floss after following a link i saw on digg.com

  431. I took the survey and now my brain itches…I found this website by accident..magazine..? I have never seen the magazine – I can’t wait to see the centerfold..!!!

  432. The Best Survey EVER!

    I found Mental Floss in the library!

    Cheers!

  433. ?!

    My first comment didn’t show.

    “Done :)
    Neatorama, sir.”

  434. I took the survey!!
    And discovered Mental Floss from a mention somewhere else on the web; can’t remember where it was now

  435. I did it. Answer to #7: came as part of an rss feed bundle on my feed reader

  436. I took it.

    7) I saw a link from a friend’s website, followed it and well, the rest is history!

  437. I took the survey!
    My answer to #7 – through another website

  438. I did, too!

    I found the magazine via a trivia website, many years ago.

  439. I took it! I found your site on Neatorama.com

  440. yeah, i took it and i just sorta landed on your site somehow… i forget…

  441. I took the survey! My answer to #7 was Digg.com

  442. I took the survey

    Answer to Q7: Google search for quizzes.

  443. My boyfriend discovered mentalfloss and shared it with me. By the way, Mentalfloss is our homepage now.

  444. I took the survey! Anything for you guys, this a great site!

  445. I took the survey!

    Longtime reader, before it turned all bloggy.

  446. I surveyed and completed the questionnaire! I followed a Reddit link to get here the 1st time. You always remember your first time.

  447. I took the survey…and it was awesome.

    I was linked to it (mentalfloss.com) through the Pop Candy blog on USA Today.

  448. Took it…found a copy of mental floss in a bookstore about 4 years ago and have been obsessed with it ever since!

  449. I took the survey. Surfing the web.

  450. I took the survey!

    I found out about mental_floss from some one on my livejournal friends list.

  451. I took the survery.
    I came upon it in an internet search and now have it on rss Google for my morning enjoyment.

  452. I took the survey. I found the Floss while surfing the ‘net killing time at work. I come back everyday. We have a friendly competition with the daily quiz.

  453. I really don’t remember how I found out about mentalfloss.com. I think I saw the magazine first.

    (or, words to that effect)

  454. I took the survey.

    #7-I saw it on the magazine rack.

  455. I took the survey, and have been reading the magazine since issue #3.

  456. I took the survey.

    Wil Wheaton’s blog

  457. I took the survey!

    #7- through the magazine

  458. I took the survey!

    I stumbled upon it on Google.

  459. I took the survey. Here’s my answer to #7:

    “CNN sometimes posts articles from this site on their site. CNN is my homepage at work, so I discovered it there and quickly learned it’s very useful in keeping me entertained at work. So now, it’s part of my daily routine: read CNN, read emails, rate my most recently viewed movie on Netflix, go to IMDB and read info about said movie, check facebook, and then spend the majority of the rest of my day checking mental floss. Sometimes, I throw a little bit of actual work in there as well…”

  460. I took the survey.

    Q7: I cannot remember, it was a link through another blog. I love it though!

  461. I took the survey! Q7 I answered “I was linked from another site, though I don’t remember which one.”

  462. i’m a looooooong time subscriber…of COURSE i took the survey!

  463. I took the survey.

    I needed something to read on a plane trip.

  464. I took the survey! I heard about mentalfloss.com in the magazine.

  465. Took the survey.

    And I came across mental_floss from the group page on Facebook…

  466. something to the effect of “I took the survey!”

    {hoping literal compliance with directions counts for something}

  467. I TOOK THE SURVEY

  468. I took the survey!

    I’m not sure anymore, either through Time’s best websites of the year list, or some other list.

  469. I took the survey.
    #7 thru magazine

  470. I took the survey! I heard about it from a friend. They sent me the link about the weird foods that didn’t work out.

  471. I took the survey.

    #7- From an officer I worked with in Iraq.

  472. I took the survey! I saw the magazine for sale at Wild Oats in Memphis and thought it looked cool. I have been hooked ever since.

  473. Some link somewhere

  474. I took the survey!

    #7: “Lucky happenstance, I suppose. I stumbled across it, and it’s been my #1 workday web destination ever since.”

  475. I took the survey!

  476. I took the survey.
    Looking for something to read on a trans atlantic flight.

  477. I took the survey! My friend had the magazine and I read it at his house, then went on line.

  478. I took the survey!
    saw the magazine at Kroger!

  479. I took the survey! =)

    My answer to question #7:
    from another website

  480. I took the survey and I want that Dylan book!

    Via a link from Romanesko’s site

  481. I bought the magazine in Boston for a train ride back to NY and read the entire magazine…will be subscribing!

  482. I took the survey! And, I found the link for mentalfloss on CNN.com.

  483. I took the survey, and I am a subscriber to the magazine. – Josh

  484. Oops! Maybe one of these days I’ll actually learn to follow directions! In addition to my above “I took the survey” post, please add that my answer to question number 7 was “I honestly have no idea.” Not a very good one, I realize, but true.

  485. i took the survey.
    my answer to # 7 is : i dont remember how i found out about mental floss…

  486. i took the survey…and found out about the site after reading your books, most recently the one for cocktail parties!

  487. I took the survey.

  488. I took the survey!

    #7 – mental_floss mag subscription

  489. I took the survey and I honestly don’t remember where I heard about the site. On the Internet somewhere.

  490. I took the survey.

  491. I took the survey!

    7) From the magazine in a bookstore

  492. I took the survey!

    I don’t remember. I think it was a link from another site that I stumbled upon and never looked back.

  493. I took the survey. My husband first found the magazine at a bookstore.

  494. I took the survey! Found out about mentalfloss from NYTimes online.

  495. I tooka da survey.

    #7 — Digg.com link

  496. I took the survey as well, and my answer to #7 was “A link from my mother, several years back.”

  497. I took the survey!

    I don’t remeber exactly , I must have clicked on through another website and got hooked.

  498. I took the survey. I found out about it in Mental Floss, the Magazine.

  499. Taken the survey I have.

    From Indian Springs alumni newsletter I heard.

    The Truth House will rise again!

  500. I took the survey. I heard about mental_floss when a friend saw it at the gym. She thought it was so cool that she borrowed it to show me. I’ve been hooked ever since!

    I’m almost certain she gave it back to the gym…

  501. I took the survey!

  502. I took the survey. As to where I found it, I stumbled upon it.

  503. I took the survey! I heard about mental_floss from Pajiba, I think.

  504. I took the survey! I found out about your site from metafilter.

  505. I took the survey! Honestly don’t remeber, but probably through an endorsement on another blog

  506. Consider it throughly taken.

    Through Neatorama.com and familiarity with the dead tree version.

  507. i took the survey! i heard about you from Mensa…

  508. I took the survery — I totally don’t remeber how I foud out…

  509. For #8 I checked ‘yes,’ because there was no choice for “I had subscribed in the pasdat , but no more.”
    Good luck to me!

  510. I took the survey.

  511. I’m leaving a comment that says something to the effect of “I took the survey!”

  512. I took the survey!

    a link on CNN

  513. I’m leaving a comment that says something to the effect of “I took the survey!”

    And I too did not completely read directions first so now I’m also leaving a comment that says “My answer to #7 was mentalfloss magazine”

  514. I took the survey!
    I found the magazine while wandering bored through a grocery store and came to the site that way.

  515. I took the survey! I did a google search for something and found mental floss. Never wanted to leave.

  516. Survey taken!

    7. I don’t recall. Through another website, probably. I do a lot of random linksurfing.

  517. I took the survery!

    I found you through google.

  518. I took the survey!

    CNN

  519. I took the survey, and my answer to number seven was something like “Shortly after I first was given the magazine as a gift in 2005 …”

  520. I took the survey!!

    And I found out through the magazine.

  521. I took the survey, and it was delicious! I found mentalfloss the magazine randomly at the bookstore, bought it, and came to mentalfloss.com, subsequently becoming addicted.

  522. I took the survey! It was so many years ago I don’t even remember…it’s so hard to think about once living without it!

  523. I took the survey!

    I found out about mentalfloss.com by reading the magazine

  524. got one of your books for Xmas

  525. I took the survey.
    my wife told me about you

  526. I took the survey!

    I discovered the website via the magazine, which I have a subscription to.

  527. I took the survey!

    Found the website via the magazine.

  528. I took the survey!
    and i found out about mentalfloss.com from a link on a random web adventure.

  529. I won the survey @ reddit.com

  530. I took the survey and the answer is: a coworker and a friend turned me on to mentalfloss.com. My life has not been the same since.

  531. I took the survey!!! I have been reading the magazine since issue 1!

  532. I took the surey!

    Found the website through the magazine.

  533. i won the syrvey @ reddit

  534. I took the survey!!!!

    My answer to #7: It’s been so long now that I don’t remember! Probably found it on a search engine.

  535. Yay! I took the survey… This is my first time leaving a comment, but definitely not the first time I’ve visited mental_floss!

  536. I took the survey!
    Found out about Mental Floss by reading it in a Dr.’s office

  537. How did I hear about mentalfloss.com?
    Ad in M_F magazine. I just don’t recall how I heard about the magazine.

  538. I took the survery AND subscribed to the newsletter

  539. I took the survey…

    and I can’t remember how I heard about Mental Floss but I believe it was my little sister who linked me the first article.

  540. I took the survey! I have been hooked on Mental_floss since the first year (I missed the first few issues) I saw it at my Dr.’s office.
    Great mag guys!!

  541. I took the survey…

    I was actually searching for interesting T-shirts when I happened upon your website….LUCKY ME, I’m hooked!! (on your site and the hilarious shirts!)

  542. I found it on the magazine stand at Barnes and Noble.

  543. I took the survey. I heard about m_f.com from the magazine.

  544. I took the survey.

    I found mentalfloss on the magazine stand at Barnes & Noble

  545. I took the survey!

    Word of Mouth

  546. Dear lord, I took the survey!

    Learned about m_f.com from the magazine!

    [Um... my captcha words are "No partner".
    ...Thanks, reCaptcha, for reminding me.]

  547. I took the survey!
    My wife used to subscribe to your magazine when she was in college.

  548. I took the survey! And:

    “StumbleUpon! And KenJennings.com.”

  549. I took the survey and found out about your website after ordering the magazine through a school’s fundraiser!

  550. i took the survey
    i found the book Condensed Knowledge in the library

  551. I took the survey, and I found the magazine after a friend mentioned it.

  552. I took the survey.

    I found the magazine in a Sam Goody store and bought it knowing nothing about what was inside. Good choice I’d say!

  553. I took the survey.

  554. I took the survey. Via shared and sent (emailed) links to posts. And from the supersecret federal govt. agency that is monitoring our every move.

  555. I took the survey!
    I first read about mentalfloss.com on a top 10 list on yahoo.

  556. I took the survey. Found out about this site first from a friend and the from a link from another webite (neat-o-rama or BoingBoing)

  557. I took the survey!

    But I already have the Bob Dylan book – I got it in Chemnitz at the actual exhibit in January! I’m hoping for the shirt!

  558. I took the survey! I first read a “Mental Floss” magazine in a Books-a-Million store and was instantly hooked!

  559. I took the survey….

    I picked up a “Mental Floss” magazine at a Books-a-Million store and was instantly hooked!

  560. I took the survey, and heard about mental floss from a friend. Hooray!

  561. I took the survey!

    And I picked up the mag, loved it, checked out the site, been coming here since!

  562. I took the survey.
    The magazine was on display at my local library, so I picked up a few copies and checked them out. Now I’m an addicted subscriber! The ads in the magazine led me to the site, and now I check it daily to get my daily dose of trivia.

  563. Survey Question #7:
    A bunch of kids called me from a dorm room at Duke asking to reserve the domain mentalflossmag.com (mentalfloss.com was already taken at the time). They weren’t exactly sure what they were going to do with it at the time, but a year or two later came Vol 1, Issue 1 with good ol’ Al Einstein sticking out his tongue at us, gracing the 1st of one of the best magazine reads anywhere! Knowledge in a nutshell with a twist of genuine geekdom, and the rest is history! Godspeed mental_floss!

  564. I took the survey!

    I found out about the site by checking out the mag at a bookstore, then checked the site out…

  565. I took the survery!
    The magazine was on display at my local library, so I picked up a few copies and checked them out. Now I’m an addicted subscriber! The ads in the magazine led me to the site, and now I check it daily to get my daily dose of trivia.

  566. I took the survey!!!

    I got it from a link in CNN.com, I believe it was the hair blog the reeled me in.

    Thanks Mental Floss!

  567. I took the survey! I found out about Mental_Floss from a friend who bought the party trivia book.

  568. i took the survey.
    I stumbled upon it online.

  569. I took the survey! I found it through neatorama.

  570. I don’t know how I found out about mentalfloss, but I read it almost daily.

  571. Took the survey
    Got on Mentalfloss.com through reading the magazine. Figured if the magazine was that great the web site must be also. I was right!! keep up the great work.

  572. who took the survey?

    I TOOK THE SURVEY

    holla

  573. I took the survey.
    I don’t remember how I found this site. It’s as if I’ve always known it was here.

  574. “I took the survey!”
    Also, I found mental floss randomly last year while searching for Obama 08 t-shirts.

  575. I took the survey!

    #7: I don’t remember.

  576. I took the survey. I found M_F in a random search for magazines I thought I would like.

  577. I took the survey!
    I found out about mentalfloss from ‘My mom’

  578. My roomate/xclassmate/xcoworker subscribes to the magazine and showed me the website one day during a slow period at work.

  579. I took the survey.

    My roomate/xclassmate/xcoworker subscribes to the magazine and showed me the website one day during a slow period at work.

    (I’ve also probably tried to post this 18 times…LOL…I can never type the words below right)

  580. i took the survey.

  581. I took the survey.

  582. I TOOK THE SURVEY!

    I picked up the magazine at the airport. Loved it! Then went online to find out more.

  583. I took the survey

  584. I took the survey.
    I honestly don’t remember how I found out about mental floss.

  585. I took the survey! and I just happened to pick up my first issue of Mental Floss at Barnes and Noble

  586. I don’t remember how I found mentalfloss, it was a link though

  587. I too took the survey!

    I honestly don’t remember, likely a link from some other blog, maybe neatorama?

  588. I took your stupid survey. And I Got hoodwinked when I purposely clicked a link from CNN. Now I’m addicted, and I hate you all.

  589. I was working at a bookstore in South Carolina and was sucked in by the cover of issue #5.

    And now I have been sucked in by your survey.

    I guess you suck, Mental_Floss!

  590. I’ll admit it… I’m a mental_floss junkie and I’ll do anything for the good of the cause.

    T

  591. I took the survey and I found out about the website from the mental floss books

  592. Good ole bookcrossing.com is responsible for my addiction…

  593. I enjoyed taking the survey. #7. I found out about your website from the magazine.

  594. I TOOK THE SURVEY, YUP, MMHMM, I DID.

  595. I took the survey!!! =D

    My answer to number 7:

    I bought a small tiny book called “Instant Knowledge” from a local book store, it caught my eye and instantly had be hooked because I love reading random facts. Often I spend hours browsing the interenet for random facts so this book was instantly a favorite. From it I found the website and now I visit here several times a day filling my mind with things and then telling my friends all the random things I learned. I can’t get the magazine at the moment so the website is awesome!
    (Or something along those lines…not word for word that’s for sure!)

  596. I took the survey. I read about mentalfloss.com in the magazine.

  597. I took the survey.

    #7: From the magazine itself, which my housemate subscribes to

  598. I took the survey. I first read the magazine, then found the website.

  599. I took the survey.

    Heard about mental_floss through a link on cnn.com.

  600. I took the survey!

    I found out about the site from bookcrossing.com

  601. I took the survey…
    I have no recollection. The powers that be must have beamed the site into my bookmarks?

  602. I took the survey!

    my answer to number seven was: from the magazine

    my dad has a subscription for it and every time we get it I fight him for who gets to read it first. I usually win! I wish you sent out the magazines more often!!!

  603. I took the survey!
    and I heard about you guys on boingboing.net

  604. I took the survey!

    My answer to question 7: the magazine.

  605. I took the survey… WOO! I learned about mental_floss from seeing an epidode of Friends where Monica was reading the magazine. Yeah, I’m such a geek. :)

  606. I took it.

    I love the magazine and read about it there.

  607. I took the survey and I don’t remember where I heard of MF, but I’ve been flossing daily for years now!

  608. I took the survey!

    #7 says: read the magazine, found the website

  609. I took the survey!
    I heard about the site from a vlogger on youtube. Hank Green, I believe he contributes sometimes.

  610. Survey finished. I found your fabulous website through a link from a website I can’t even remember. I am now so incredibly addicted. How else can I kill time in class?

  611. Survey finished. I found the site through some link from another website I can’t recall. Now I’m hooked. How else can I entertain myself during class?

  612. I took the survey, and I found out about mentalfloss.com from neatorama.com.

  613. I took the survey

    # 7 Ken Jennings blog

  614. Made in England by Gentlemen blog

  615. I took the survey I think I got it from a linked article on Neatorama.

  616. I took the survey. As for the answer to #7? – I don’t honestly remember. I must have been on a bender. Sorry.

  617. I discovered Mental Floss through a web link. I am very happy I found it.

  618. A. I took the Survey
    B. I discovered Mental Floss through a web link. I am very happy I found it.

  619. I took the survey and found out about mental floss 2 years ago when I found the magazine at a book store, and am also glad I found it.

  620. I took the survey.

    I saw it at Barnes and Noble.

  621. I took the survey, and I found the website from buying a Mental Floss Condensed Knowledge book at a bookstore.

  622. My answer to #7: I saw a copy on the newsstand.

  623. I took the survey

    A link from collegehumor.com

  624. I took the survey and I read an article on msnbc.com that directed me to mental floss.

  625. I took the survey! And it was fantastic!

  626. I took the survey… I found out about it from a link on FARK.

  627. Oh and #7 was a mentalfloss.com article posted on CNN.com. I think it was about a panda? For some reason I’m feeling a Panda, but I am probably wrong.

  628. I took the survey

    #7: “Collegehumor.com used to link to the occasional mentalfloss article.”

  629. I took the survey and saw the magazine in a bookstore

  630. I took the survey!

    My sister subscribes to the magazine and got me hooked on mental_floss.

  631. I took the survey!

    I first found the magazine at Whole foods and was hooked!

  632. took the survey
    heard about mental floss from start sampling

  633. I took the survey!

    My first encounter with the magazine was at a grocery store magazine rack.

  634. I took the survey!

  635. I feel late about this; I took the survey!

    I first saw the magazine on a newsstand at Flying Star. At the time I was barely able to afford my cup of coffee, so instead I wrote down the url for here.

  636. I took the survey! I found the delight of mentalfloss.com while surfing around. Thanks for many hours of boredom staunching fun :)

  637. I took the survey!

    I found the website after a friend introduced me to the magazine.

  638. I took the survey!

    http://www.cnn.com

  639. i took the survey (and the answer to question #7 is: a link through another website).

  640. i took the survey, or something. Gimmie my Fibonacci shirt!

  641. i took the survey. woo!! bob dylan here i come!

    i think i came across one of the books at barnes and noble first, when i googled it and found out you also ran a magazine, i subscribed right away….or a stork told me, not sure, its sorta fuzzy.

  642. I took the survey!! And I heard about you through cnn.com.

  643. I took the survey, too!

  644. I took the survey! =D

    My answer to number 7:

    I bought a small, tiny book called “Instant Knowledge” from the local book store. I instantly loved it because I love random facts and so from there I found the website, and while I can’t suscribe to the magazine at the moment I love that I can come to the website! I come serveral times a day and fill my head with random knowledge and later bug my friends by telling them everything I learned! =P
    (Not quite word for word…but it’s pretty close! =P)

  645. I took the survey! I found the website through Bloglines.

  646. Took it and I answered this one honestly!

  647. Took the survey!!

    #7 Pop Candy

  648. I took the survey! Answer to 7: a link on digg.com

  649. Yeah, I did the darn thing. I believe my answer was “By accident.”

  650. I took the survey!

    Answer to Question 7: Linked here from Neatorama!

  651. I took the survey and my answer to number 7 was “my mom sent me a link”

  652. I took the survey! And my answer to #7 was that I clicked on a link on another site (don’t remember which one).

  653. I took the survey!

    And I found out about it on a message board.

  654. I took the survey!

    I found m_f on a blog somewhere, and I’m pretty sure the first post I read was about the baseball promotions gone bad, which inspired me to go as Disco Demolition Night for Halloween. I haven’t done it yet, but when I do I’ll post pictures.

  655. I took the survey.

    “i randomly came across it while looking for a topic for my english presentation in 13th grade (i’m German…)” was my answer for number 7

    I did, by the way, end up titeling my presentation “the 15 most awesome things I found on the internet while looking for a topic for this damn presentation”, if I remember right 12 of those I found on mental floss…

    I got 15 (of 15 possible) points on it, and my English teacher is for ever convinced that having his students prepare presenations on topics of their own choice is a fantastic idea…

    So Thank you, Mental Floss!

  656. I took the survey and found out about the website through the magazine.

  657. Took the survey – found the site through a link on seehere.blogspot.com :)

  658. I took the survey and the answer to #7 is that I found Mental Floss through Neatorama.

  659. I took the survey.

    #7 I read the magazine!

  660. Took the survey. And, I found out about the site through a link–I can’t remember which site, but I’m so glad I found you!

  661. I took the survey, and I “discovered” Mentalfloss.com through the magazine, which I found at the home of the family I was babysitting for.

  662. Took the survey…and have no idea how I wound up at Mental Floss1

  663. I took the survey! I love your board game!

  664. I took the survey! (neatorama)

  665. I took the survey. my answer for #7 was the net.

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