mental_floss magazine
SUBSCRIBE >
GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS >
DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS >
subscriber services >

A school teacher went for a jog and the next thing she knows, she’s been rescued from New York Harbor -three weeks later. She was spotted several times in between, so what happened?
*
The final dance sequence in Slumdog Millionaire works so much better set to the song Peanut Butter Jelly Time.
*
Spit Reveals A Lot About What Lives In Your Mouth. Everyone has a different oral “microbiome”, or menagerie of microscopic critters.
*
Ugly Bat Boy, the strange-looking cat is the darling of Exeter, New Hampshire. Everyone I’ve shown this to thinks he’s the cat’s pajamas!
*
President Barack Obama’s first budget plan moves aggressively to tackle climate change and shift the nation from reliance on foreign oil to green energy.
*
QWERTY rock! A real incentive to type even faster. (via Metafilter)
*
5 other composers who went deaf. It’s a consequence of living to old age, but some of these guys continued to write music!
Wow, I went to grade school with the school teacher found in the New York Harbor. She was a year younger than me. That is crazy!
posted by Steve on 3-2-2009 at 3:42 pm
NY Times registration required!
BAD subby!
posted by Ken on 3-2-2009 at 4:13 pm
I just spent 3 minutes with my 14 year old daughter, “composing” on the QWERTY drum kit.
What a blast!
posted by Kate on 3-2-2009 at 8:51 pm