Bethel Afful

Joined: October 11, 2022 Oct 11, 2022

Bethel Afful is a video producer and editor for Mental Floss. Previously, she worked as an architect in Washington, D.C. She’s a video game nerd, a music nerd, a food nerd … yeah, she’s just a nerd. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @bethelafful.

There’s a lot people get wrong about the Central Intelligence Agency.

7 Misconceptions About the CIA

The world of medicine is even stranger than you can imagine.

6 Super-Rare Medical Conditions

6 Misconceptions About the Oregon Trail

Gen Z isn’t as tech-savvy as you might assume.

7 Misconceptions About Gen Z

6 Misconceptions About Ancient Greece

Those famous white statues weren’t originally white—and that’s just one myth about Ancient Greece we’re covering in the latest episode of Misconceptions.

Misconceptions About Famous Cities

From London to Beijing, you may not know as much as you think about these world-class cities.

14 Commonly Confused Things

In this episode of The List Show, host and Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy breaks down some commonly confused pairs.

The Forgotten Sources of 12 Phrases

This episode of The List Show is all about why we say what we say—from the poem that gave us ‘albatross around your neck’ to the hands that gave us ‘hands down.’

8 Misconceptions About Africa

Stereotypes about the diverse continent abound.

The Olympics have bred numerous misconceptions over the years.

7 Misconceptions About Olympic Sports

Divers shower after every dive for a surprising reason.

A 4000-year-old dog walks into a 4000-year-old bar ... / AevanStock, Master1307, and saoirse2013, via Shutterstock

9 of the World’s Oldest Jokes and Brainteasers

The oldest joke in recorded history is a fart joke that dates all the way back to 1900 BCE.

97 Facts About Generation X

The generation born between 1965 and 1980 loves nostalgia, has a ton of student debt, and hates cooking.

There’s hope for your New Year’s resolution past January.

1 Misconception About 9 Major Holidays

We celebrate the same holidays every year, but how much do we actually know about these annual traditions? And how much of what we think we know is actually true?

Every country has their obscure fact. / kolderal / Getty

1 Fact About Every Country in the United Nations: Part 1

In this episode of The List Show, we cover one fact about EVERY country in the United Nations—with Part 1 going up to the letter G.

Are these two kaylied up, or are they merely drinking dog’s water?

20 Delightful Slang Terms From the 1930s

These terms are sure to blow your wig.

9 Funerals Gone Wrong

An exploding corpse, a 45-minute car chase, and a horse-related mishap that led to a century-long royal tradition. In this episode of The List Show, host Justin Dodd covers funerals gone wrong.