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Following the passing of Dolly Parton at age 80, look back at her extraordinary life through 10 iconic photos, tracing her path from East Tennessee to global legend.

Jungle animals with "Mental Floss Trivia" sign

Test your knowledge of mammals, birds, insects, ocean life, reptiles, amphibians, and more, with these fascinating animal trivia questions with answers.

Thousands of years after this Italian explorer was born, we were shouting his name across the pool—but why?

"I know I don’t look like your next door..."

"Wednesday" S2, Part 2 Wednesday Island Fan Event

As a teen, Tim Burton wrote a children's book that he hoped Disney would publish.

Satellite views of Little Diomede and Big Diomede at the Bering Strait

Little Diomede and Big Diomede are just 2.4 miles apart, but they are separated by nationality and time zone.

Fortune cookies as we know them today may actually been created by Japanese Americans.

Taking time off from work is crucial to avoid burnout. But which countries offer the most PTO?

Historians are still unsure what purpose these bestial legal proceedings actually served.

Mental Floss Trivia of the Day for August 25

Ready for more trivia? Test how well you know August 25 in history, plus more questions.

The ancient Romans valued travel, and visited Greek islands, the Pyramids of Giza, the Olympic Games, and various bathhouses, among other destinations.

Discover the spiritual meaning of the Sturgeon Moon, from its ties to abundance and harvest to how this August full moon influences personal growth.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires fills the skies of Chicago.

Wildfire smoke affected air quality across the U.S. this summer. See which 25 cities were hit hardest.

The name doesn’t come from the canned meat, but a ‘Monty Python’ sketch about the canned meat.

An analysis of ancient Romans’ teeth reveals what men and women were eating when Vesuvius erupted.

A photo of Krakow, Poland next to pilaf rice

How fast can your mind and fingers work? See if you can answer all 42 questions in under three minutes with this quiz that asks, is this a place or a food?

The 2000s gave action fans plenty of great movies, and these are some of the best.

Mental Floss Trivia of the Day for August 24

Get your brain going this Monday with a new edition of Mental Floss’s Trivia of the Day, including history questions and more.

Is your state one of the most fun places to visit in the U.S.?

Leaving your house generally used to mean that, like it or not, you were completely unreachable. From boredom to phone calls, here are some things that are far less common due to smartphones.