

Jake Rossen
Joined: May 6, 2013
Jake Rossen is a senior staff writer for Mental Floss.




The origin of the multipurpose saw's catchy name, explained.
A live Halloween special in 1987 had viewers convinced that a magic trick had just gone very wrong.
It seems like virtually everything Stephen King has ever written has made it to the screen. As these seven books prove, that's not quite true.
The popular baseball idiom for a rough estimate has been around for decades. But who coined it?
The first dramatization of the ‘Titanic’ wreck featured a survivor playing a fictionalized version of herself and a love interest named Jack.
All that bird poop is doing a lot more damage to your car than you think.
The Master of Horror’s list of his top films is surprisingly horror-lite.
If you plan on going on a Toys 'R Us crime spree, you might want to stop using your Rewards card.
These tributes to fallen soldiers may not be as instantly recognizable as the Vietnam Memorial and others, but their stories are no less fascinating—including one that doubles as a mausoleum right in Manhattan.
It's pumpkin spice season, which means plenty of pumpkin spice lattes and, depending on where you live, a real curiosity about pumpkin spice ramen noodles.
Merging with high-speed traffic is always risky, but these highways make it even more difficult.
The prying tool's distinctive name may come from its resemblance to a certain bird's beak. (Or not.)