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Mental Floss
Lilit Marcus|
What do non-English-speaking people say when it's raining cats and dogs?
Adrienne Crezo|
the mag|
Property hunters and bargain hounds take note: If you're in the market for a Sicilian escape, the tiny town of Gangi has a deal for you. Act now and you could get a historic home for the low, low price of nothing at all (up to a nominal fee).
Hannah Keyser|
The BrainPort V100 communicates visual information through electrodes signals felt by the tongue.
Shaunacy Ferro|
Most everyone knows the story of Edmond Dantès, the wrongfully-incarcerated hero of 'The Count of Monte Cristo.' But how familiar are you really with the classic?
M. Arbeiter|
Nick Greene|
There’s nothing in the world quite like hurling a good insult, but let’s face it: Modern-day zingers are super boring. The good news is, we have years of linguistic history to draw from!
Editorial Staff|
During World War II, the Women's Timber Corps took over the forestry jobs of men who had joined the armed forces. The performed intense labor jobs and kept the timber industry afloat.
Caitlin Schneider|
Nine out of 10 humans may favor their right hands, but—according to a paper that was recently published in Current Biology—most kangaroos have the opposite preference.
Mark Mancini|
The best bits of wisdom from the advice manuals published way before Google searches were a thing.
Bess Lovejoy|
Great for cats, bad for cockpits.
Jake Rossen|
Debauchery, skullduggery, and other –erys were rampant in late 19th and early 20th century society. Check out 11 scandals that caused more than one decent citizen to nearly drop her hand fan.
Editorial Staff|
From the plastic bird's birth to its modern perch atop the pyramid of campy Americana, here’s the quick-and-dirty on the hot pink queen of kitsch.
Haley Sweetland Edwards|
Stacy Conradt|
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, and you don't need an app to tell you when a storm is coming.
Caitlin Schneider|
Get to know Comedy Central's golden boys, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, before their hit series ends.
Tara Aquino|
They just want to say how sorry they are for that movie they made.
Rudie Obias|
Temperature spikes on boiling-hot Venus have scientists thinking the planet has active volcanoes.
Hannah Keyser|
Sometimes, under the microscope of media attention, the childlike antics and teenage rebellions of the First Children made national news.
Anne Schweitzer|
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