Mental Floss
It’s time to brush up on your vocabulary.
CaLea Johnson|
That cordless curling iron or Magic 8 Ball could delay your vacation travel plans.
Jake Rossen|
Spitting in baseball is gross. It also holds a deeper meaning.
Jake Rossen|
The marquee song from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ remains timeless. The LOC is preserving its earliest incarnation.
Jake Rossen|
Archaeologists have studied some of the world’s most important historic sites with the help of climate change—but those changes also threaten their survival.
Autumn Spanne|
This riddle dates back to 1861—can you figure out the answer?
Paul Anthony Jones|
People have grafted a ton of dark themes onto SpongeBob, Patrick, and all their equally cheery underwater pals, suggesting their sunny dispositions are masking some serious trauma.
Kristin Hunt|
Severe weather and postal service staffing shortages can result in late mail. Here’s how states across the U.S. fare when it comes to deliveries.
CaLea Johnson|
The data is clear: Students need more sleep before hitting the books. So why can’t they get it? Plus, a map of the average school start time by state.
AJ DiCosimo|
We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?
Ellen Gutoskey|
The unofficial—but widely known—fashion rule can be traced back more than 100 years to some snobby millionaires.
Kathy Benjamin|
A fishing group thought they caught a giant goldfish. What they hooked was actually much weirder.
CaLea Johnson|
Hiking is great for your health. Getting lost and thirsty is not. Here's how to avoid it.
Jake Rossen|
If you want a more cuddly version of an American Girl doll, now‘s your chance.
CaLea Johnson|
Learn about Bootanomyia dorsalis, the tiny but troublesome parasitic wasp invading the U.S.
CaLea Johnson|
Why are we so obsessed with opening—and watching people open—blind boxes? A toy expert and a psychologist break down what’s going on behind this bizarre trend.
Lorna Wallace|
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
mentalfloss .com|
Feminism as we know it today didn’t exist in Austen’s time—but there is still a great deal of feminist inspiration to be taken from the author’s novels, life, and legacy.
Faye Keegan|
One atomic bomb was used in a test explosion. Two more bombs were deployed over Japan. That left a mysterious fourth bomb—code-named Thin Man—in the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
Anne Wheeler|
Some parts of the U.S. are way more into the iconic autumnal drink than others.
CaLea Johnson|
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