Mental Floss
If you want to explore new countries and immerse yourself in different cultures without leaving your couch, pick up one of these books.
Katie Dancey-Downs|
After you've binged every installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, diversify your comic book movie watchlist with these forgotten titles from the past.
Jason Tselentis|
Celebrate National Caribbean-American Heritage Month with a selection of must-read books from authors of all styles.
Rachelle Saint-Louis|
Leaving a cart abandoned in a parking lot is a social nuisance. What drives people to practice poor supermarket etiquette?
Jake Rossen|
The giant red spheres, a.k.a. bollards, outside Target's stores do help reinforce the brand's red bullseye logo, but they’re mainly there to keep shoppers safe.
Ellen Gutoskey|
Now’s the perfect time to branch out from soups and stews to fresh bread, homemade wine, and DIY lip balm.
Ellen Gutoskey|
Grocery shopping is still a necessary errand for many—here’s our best advice for how to get it done safely.
Ellen Gutoskey|
From picture books to chapter books, we went and asked the staffs what their favorite reads as children were.
mentalfloss .com|
Mail-order mattress companies make solemn oaths that consumers can return purchases. The problem is that the companies can't accept them. So what happens next?
Jake Rossen|
There's an excellent reason why pharmacy locations like CVS and Walgreens make you walk all the way through the store before picking up your antibiotics.
Jake Rossen|
Mini shopping carts keep kids busy on shopping trips, but that’s not the only reason grocery stores have them.
Ellen Gutoskey|
IKEA, the beloved Swedish home furnishings chain, has a coherent naming strategy that its non-swedophone customers are missing out on.
Shaunacy Ferro|
It’s a clever trick that retailers use to make consumers think items cost less than they actually do.
Ellen Gutoskey|
From coming-of-age dramedies to moody psychological thrillers, here are some of our favorite TV shows streaming on Netflix right now.
Alicia Lutes, Scott Beggs|
Here are Twitter’s best packing tips and tricks to help you save space, money, time, and your sanity on moving day.
Ellen Gutoskey|
Although the screen time for many of the following bipedal, humanoid creatures was often quite limited, children and collectors alike have always shared an affinity for these curious aliens.
Mark Bellomo|
Want to erase the guilt you feel when you buy something and then discard it after only a few months of use? The website Buy Me Once is here to help.
Shaunacy Ferro|
From J-horror remakes to great white sharks on a quest for vengeance, discover the worst horror movies of all time, according to their scores on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mike Rampton|
This weed slang originated in the 1960s and yep, you can thank Humphrey Bogart for it, but not for reasons you might expect.
Mike Rampton|
A recent study claims that the pyramids of Giza were constructed alongside an almost 40-mile long artery of the Nile river that no longer exists today.
Tim Brinkhof|
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