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Sept-Oct 2007: All the Presidents' Secrets Exposed

Cover Story:

All the Presidents' Secrets

By Jennifer Drapkin
Teddy Roosevelt's White House dojo, Thomas Jefferson's smuggling operation, Lyndon Johnson's vehicle of terror, and the ladies, oh, the ladies. mental_floss wiretaps its way to the greatest Oval Office expose to ever hit newsstands.

Features:

7 Entourages that Changed the World

By Lou Harry and Todd Tobias
Who ever said hanging around with your buddies all day was a waste of time? Get on the bus with Jesus & Co., the Chicago Seven, The Merry Pranksters, and more, to see why a leader is only as good as his posse.

Masterpiece #100: Machiavelli's The Prince

By Elizabeth Lunday
Bored and unemployed, Niccolo Machiavelli needed to impress the only people hiring-the sinister Medici family. So, he wrote a book tailored just to their tastes, The Prince.

Auto Focus: Everything You Need to Know About the Car You'll be Driving in 2020

By John Brandon
As John Brandon discovers, when enough engineers wish upon a car, dreammobiles can come true.

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Crunching the Numbers

By Hank Green, Lou Harry, Ian Lendler, & Todd Tobias
This time, we're making Scatterbrained count! Gallagher's evil twin + great women in science + the ex-husbands of Zsa Zsa Gabor = 10 of the most enlightening pages you'll ever read.

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Masterpiece #101: Goya's "The Third of May"

By Jeff Fleischer

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Mad Scientist: Yoshiro Nakamatsu

By Maggie Koerth-Baker
The mind of Dr. Nakamatsu has given birth to more than 3,000 creations, and his sanity has the stretch marks to prove it. Meet the genius behind CDs, DVDs, and ... the soy sauce dispenser?

Extreme Cuisine: 5 Foods People Die For

By christa weil

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50-Cent Tour:

Bulgaria

By Mark Juddery

Peter Deunov: How One Man Saved Bulgaria's Jews

By Mark Juddery During WWII, a Christian mystic named Peter Deunov conjured up a plan that rescued 50,000 Jews from Hitler. Was it a miracle, or just good people skills? You decide.