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According to viral videos on TikTok and Instagram, pet dogs are expressing their demands using button boards instead of barking. But is the communication legit?
Tim Brinkhof|
There’s something so nostalgic about a well-flocked Christmas tree. Here’s how professionals manufacture this holiday sight for sore eyes.
Tate Williams|
These gifts made a huge impact.
Lorna Wallace|
The mammoth iceberg first broke off in 1986. Roughly the size of Rhode Island, A23a is on the move once more.
Jake Rossen|
Buy a water bed—you might need to drink it.
Jake Rossen|
Jólabókaflóðið, Iceland's long-running Christmas tradition, involves books, bed, and chocolate—all our favorite things.
Shaunacy Ferro|
From children decorating them with hats and carrot noses to giant sculptures of fan-favorite characters, where there is snow, there will be snowmen. Here’s a brief history of why we build them.
Beth Robertson|
Anthony Minghella’s Oscar-nominated take on Patricia Highsmith’s crime novel remains wonderfully suspenseful a quarter-century on—and it inspired another, non-Oscar nominated film you might be familiar with.
Jon O'Brien|
Bird flu is one of the reasons egg prices have skyrocketed. Here’s what else you should know about the current outbreak of the H5N1 virus among U.S. poultry and dairy cows.
Nick Keppler|
The performer, who is currently playing Armstrong on Broadway in ‘A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical,’ dropped by the Mental Floss studios to walk us through some fascinating details about Armstrong’s life.
Erin McCarthy|
‘Nosferatu’ was not the first vampire film, but it is (arguably) the oldest surviving one. Discover more about the legal battle that almost put this classic vampire flick in an early grave.
Mark Mancini|
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in at least three cases on a person’s right to refuse a presidential pardon.
Austin Thompson|
The ancient Acropolis has loomed over the Greek city of Athens for more than 3000 years as a defensive citadel, temple complex, weather station, and even a site of resistance against the Nazis.
Allison C Meier|
For close to 20 years, Nick gave kids a chance to indulge in toy greed. Not everyone came out unscathed.
Jake Rossen|
Here are 25 of the best things the year 2000 gave us, from the birth of iconic franchises to scientific advancements that we may take for granted.
Sam Hindman|
Gingerbread houses have some surprising connections to royalty, brutal fairy tales, and global trade.
Erin Blakemore|
The Warren Public Library waived late fees for a Chicago man who check out a baseball book 50 years ago.
CaLea Johnson|
From deleted subplots to a very different original opening to a Santa suit so bad it almost made Tim Allen start a fight, here are 14 facts about the making of 'The Santa Clause.'
Matthew Jackson|
In 1936, someone got bragging rights to having the lowest possible Social Security Number—but only after several others turned it down.
Jake Rossen|
Some pubs are rationing the Irish stout ahead of the holidays.
CaLea Johnson|
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