Mental Floss
Aviation played a huge role in how the Vietnam War rolled out—after all, there’s a reason the conflict is also known as “The Helicopter War.”
Kelly Marages|
Let’s see how well you know your presidents.
mentalfloss .com|
This word has taken a long linguistic journey to get to where it is today.
Paul Anthony Jones|
How Crichton turned ‘Jurassic Park’ from a manuscript everyone hated into a best-selling book that spawned a multi-billion dollar movie franchise. Plus: 10 key differences between the novel and the film.
Lorna Wallace|
Where does your state land on the scale?
CaLea Johnson|
From red pandas to crows, zoo animals across the U.S. are painting works of art as part of enrichment programs.
CaLea Johnson|
Hares were once linked to a Germanic Pagan goddess who never even existed.
Faye Keegan|
Hearing NFTs explained as “non-fungible tokens” only makes sense if you already know what ‘fungible’ means.
Jason Serafino|
Why do farts always seem to smell worse in the shower? You can blame science (and how enclosed the space usually is in the first place) for this bizarre phenomenon.
Kirstin Fawcett|
All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?
Ken Jennings|
From the Gulf of Tonkin Incident to the Tet Offensive to the Fall of Saigon, we go over some of the most significant battles of the Vietnam War.
Colin Scanlon|
The web of a Darwin’s bark spider can span 82 feet.
CaLea Johnson|
Sourdough for science? Researchers are analyzing live cultures from bread starters to develop healthier, plant-based fermented foods.
CaLea Johnson|
Spring and summer are hectic times for animal shelters and cat rescue groups.
Alexia Kontolemos|
The year 1975 produced a ton of movies that are still Certified Fresh.
Jessica Young|
Thanks to increased accessibility to water and energy, the Thar Desert is now the most populated desert on Earth.
CaLea Johnson|
How did a pompom with googly eyes go from cheap toy, to marketing tool, to Dutch cultural phenomenon?
Marah Eakin|
Starring a young Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, and Johnny Depp, ‘Platoon’ was a landmark achievement in war cinema.
Eric D Snider|
If you fail to file or pay your taxes in time for the April 15 deadline, you could end up dealing with a lot of hassle—and get stuck paying a lot of fees.
Shaunacy Ferro|
‘Toll,’ ‘information,’ and other legal terms you use all the time—just not the way lawyers do.
Ellen Gutoskey|
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