http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs Feel Smart Again Sun, 11 May 2008 23:54:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to all who entered our 9th Caption Contest. I have to say, some of these made me guffaw out loud! Honestly. The best captions to date! Now it’s up to you all to pick the winner, after the jump you’ll find our 10 favorites. Drop your vote in the comments ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14852 Yesterday we showcased some of the world's most eccentric interspecies adoptions. From picking up chicks to big cat wrangling, Part II of our Mother's Day Interspecies Adoption Special looks at the adoption habits of man's best friend. 1. Chicks In China, a chihuahua named HuaHua has adopted a chick. For ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14848 Every now and again, a sportswriter or announcer or TV host earns a little time in the penalty box. The following questions are about members of the media who were warned, suspended, fired or forced to resign. Do you remember what they did to deserve this fate? Take the Quiz: Sports ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14839 Look, I'm cynical and abrasive, but even I get gooey when it comes to stuff like this. What happens when animals lose their mothers? Well, erm. They usually die. But sometimes they don't. (Trying to be optimistic here. Happy Mother's Day!) Sometimes they ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14836 First, we need to make a distinction between the two main classes of painkillers, which are used for different situations and function via different mechanisms. The first class is the narcotic opioid drugs. These are the heavy-duty drugs, like morphine and codeine, used to treat severe pain. They relieve pain in ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14818 It's been a struggle to come up with mental exercises that are difficult enough for the many, many brilliant folks who read mental_floss and visit mentalfloss.com. It's difficult to develop puzzles that are (1) safe from Web searches, but (2) not impossible to solve. After seeing many difficult contests won ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14825 Every town has a Broadway or a Main Street. And while some are more exciting than others, they all kind of look the same. Here's a look at six famous American streets, and what makes them so special. Canal Street, New Orleans, LA Don't let the name fool you; there isn't actually ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14181 • A great green initiative: amazing urban art utilizing plants, grass and moss. • From Dawn, have some fun with Google by typing the following phrases and clicking on "I'm Feeling Lucky" (seriously fun stuff—I'm going to make the black background search engine my new homepage): elgoog, google goth, google black, ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14823 We're joined this week by a special guest blogger. Patricia T. O’Conner, a former editor at The New York Times Book Review, is the author of the national best-seller Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English, as well as other books about language. She is ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14817 When First Twin Jenna Bush is married this weekend in Crawford, Texas, she’ll be the first presidential child since 1992 to tie the knot while Dad’s in office. That year, Jenna’s aunt, Dorothy Walker Bush—younger sister of George W. and youngest child of George H.W.—married Robert B. Koch, in a ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14778