Stacy Conradt
Joined: Nov 21, 2012
Stacy Conradt has been contributing to Mental Floss since 2008. As an avid board game lover, she is especially fond of her work on Split Decision and Mixed Nuts. In her spare time (ha) she likes to run badly and visit roadside attractions that make most people cringe. She never met an Abe Lincoln tribute she didn't love. If you have one to suggest, let her know at twitter.com/stacy_writes.
12 Facts About Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
100 Amazing Facts About Millennials
The 10 Most-Watched TV Series Finales Ever
The Surprising Origin of Stockholm Syndrome
Is Stockholm Syndrome real? Learn about the survival tactic that leads captives to sympathize with their captors.
10 Facts About the Flu
Discover the history of the flu and its devastating impact on the world, from the deadliest influenza pandemic to today’s vaccines.
Presidents Day vs. President’s Day vs. Presidents’ Day: Which One Is It?
The apostrophe in Presidents Day—or President's Day or Presidents's Day—is all over the place ... or nowhere to be found at all.
8 Weird Disasters from History
From beer floods to meat showers, history is full of peculiar—and putrid—disasters.
17 Facts About Conspiracy Theories
From how long a "hoax" like the Apollo 11 moon landing could actually stay a secret to the conspiracy theory involving Queen Elizabeth I, here are the actual facts you need to know about conspiracy theories.
9 Infamous Kidnappings From History
On February 4, 1974, publishing heiress Patty Hearst was taken from her Berkeley, California, apartment—but Hearst is far from the only abduction case to have captured public attention.
What Happened to the Physical Copy of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech?
For two decades, the original copy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic speech was stashed inside a Harry Truman biography for safekeeping.
9 Funerals Gone Wrong
From a profane parrot to an exploding corpse to swapped (and dropped) bodies, the funerals on this list went terribly awry.
What 10 Classic Books Were Almost Called
Remember when your high school reading list included ‘Atticus,’ ‘Fiesta,’ and ‘The Last Man in Europe’? You will once you see what these books were renamed before they hit bookshelves.
7 Alleged Pyramid Schemes and Scams
These companies were accused (and sometimes convicted) of engaging in alleged pyramid schemes and other scams.
20 Famous Movie Lines You’re Probably Misquoting
From 'King Kong' to 'Titanic,' these famous movie quotes often get muddled in the retelling.
On December 1, 1955, a Bus Driver Had Rosa Parks Arrested—But It Wasn’t Their First Encounter
Rosa Parks changed the world on December 1, 1955, when she stood up for civil rights by sitting down. But who was the bus driver on the other side of history?