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1 New Product & 5 Fun Facts
by Jason English - November 19, 2009 - 11:54 PM

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If the problem with your hot beverage transportation device is that it lacks our logo, you’re in luck! This holiday season, we’ve added the mental_floss travel mug to our store. And if you order between now and 11:59pm ET Monday and use the code EARLYBIRD,* you get free shipping.

Whether you’re looking to replace your shoddy old mug or need a Secret Santa present, now’s the time to buy.

To thank you for reading this little commercial interruption, here are five fun facts from the mental_floss Twitter account:

At Fatburger, you can order a ‘Hypocrite’—a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon.
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“Uncle Sam” was based on Samuel Wilson, who worked as a meat inspector during the War of 1812.
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Did the voice in the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse theme song sound familiar? That was Cyndi Lauper (though she was credited as ‘Ellen Shaw’).
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The last time the French government used the guillotine to execute a convicted criminal wasn’t in the 1700s or 1800s—it was 1977.
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Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross, who played Elise Elyse and Steven Keaton on Family Ties, were born on the same day (June 22, 1947).

Now go stock up on travel mugs!

* And you live in the United States or Canada.

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Comments (7)

  1. mmm, bacon

    posted by Mike on 11-20-2009 at 1:08 am

  2. I had just finished telling my wife that Mental Floss was the web site for trivia buffs, when I read the bit about Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter. This was absolutely perfect for me! Having a twin sister, I’m constantly telling my wife about all the celebrity “twins” I hear about. My wife has given up trying to make me understand that just because two people were born on the same day, as in the case of my twin and I, they are not necessarily twins. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to tweak my wife with another celebrity twin trivia.

    posted by Older Twin on 11-20-2009 at 1:38 am

  3. Hey, Older Twin, my dad is also a twin. His brother was born two years before him on Christmas Day. So that counts, right?

    posted by hyacinth on 11-20-2009 at 9:19 am

  4. While living overseas as a child, my family lived next door to a Japanese family. We soon discovered that my dad and the father of this other family were born on the exact same day and year as each other, only my dad was born in Nebraska and our neighbor in Japan. They always called each other “My American/Japanese Twin Brother” and held joint birthday celebrations.

    posted by malbo on 11-20-2009 at 10:53 am

  5. Hey, Older Twin and Hyacinth, I’m a twin, myself.

    posted by Sara in AL on 11-20-2009 at 11:28 am

  6. Do you have any pictures of the top of the Mental Floss Mug?

    I am very picky about how my hot beverage travel mug opens and closes.

    posted by n2y2 on 11-20-2009 at 12:35 pm

  7. “Elise Keaton From Family Ties”
    Elyse Is Spelled E-L-Y-S-E. As a girl who is actually named after her character, I hate when people mis-spell
    her name or mine.

    posted by Elyse on 11-21-2009 at 10:31 pm

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