Last Week's Most Popular Stories

In case you weren't obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all week, here's what you missed:
1. Strange Geographies: The Happy, Haunted Island of Poveglia, by Ransom Riggs
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2. Act II: 10 People Who Switched Careers After 50 (and Thrived), by Ethan Trex
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3. My Endorsement: On Asperger's, Animals and Mortal Enemies!, by Mangesh Hattikudur
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4. The Quick 10: 10 Snack Foods Originally Sold as Medicines, by Stacy Conradt
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5. 8 Stars and Their Second Careers, by Miss Cellania
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6. The Quick 10: Most-Watched Series Finales, by Stacy Conradt
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7. 6 Unusual TV Deaths, by Kara Kovalchik
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8. Caramel Mentos? The Original Flavors of 9 Popular Candies, by Stacy Conradt
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9. 10 Funny Flowcharts, by Miss Cellania
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10. Almost (Really) Famous: 9 Former Supreme Court Candidates, by Scott Allen
Bonus: Bring Back the Original Vanilla-Chocolate-Strawberry 3 Musketeers!, by Jason English