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Jason English
The Weekly Recap
by Jason English - June 20, 2009 - 9:59 AM

In case you weren’t obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all week, here’s what you missed:

Top 5 Stories Originally Posted This Week

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1. Cheetos Lip Balm & Other Bizarre Brand Extensions, by Mario Marsicano

2. Strange Geographies: The Salton Sea, by Ransom Riggs

3. Where Are These Thousand Islands? The Origins of 7 Condiments & Sauces, by Ethan Trex

4. Mistaken Identities and Executions: 6 Murderers Who Didn’t Do It, by Rob Lammle

5.The Quick 10: 10 Shocking Hollywood Deaths, by Stacy Conradt

Top 5 Most Commented Stories

1. 3 Dearly Departed Amusement Parks by Ethan Trex

2. The Quick 10: 10 Extreme Points in the U.S., by Stacy Conradt

3. Wedding Registries That Don’t Include Gravy Boats, by Ethan Trex

4. 5 Really, Really Expensive Speeding Tickets, by David K. Israel

5. Dietribes: Milk, by Allison Keene

Top 3 Quizzes Originally Posted This Week

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click to take the quiz!

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Top-Selling T-Shirt in Our Store This Week

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Whoa, Nellie! I did not see this coming. To see all our shirts, visit the mental_floss store.

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