This Week's Most Popular Stories

In case you weren't obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all week, here's what you missed:
1. The Quick 10: Why Betty White Is Awesome, by Stacy Conradt
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2. 7 Dubious Ways to Gain an Olympic Edge, by Ethan Trex
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3. 14 Quirky College Donations (and the Strings Attached), by Ethan Trex
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4. 5 Outrageous Alarm Clocks, by David K. Israel
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5. Going Solo: 8 Countries With Only One Olympian, by Miss Cellania
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6. Dear Valentine: A Brief History of Great Love Letters, by Linda Rodriguez
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7. What Do the Olympic Rings Mean?, by Matt Soniak
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8. Inside the World of Fan Fiction, by Linda Rodriguez
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9. Why Are Cell Phones Banned on Airplanes?, by David K. Israel
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10. Weird Website of the Week: Superuseless Superpowers, by Ransom Riggs