

Caitlin Schneider
Joined: Oct 20, 2014
Caitlin Schneider is a former editor for Mental Floss. She is now senior social editor at Vice.




“[It’s] like baking a cake,” Bob Kramer says. “Only the temperature is 1500°F.”
These lightning bugs know how to coordinate.
From boiling lakes to glowing caves and hidden prehistoric villages, Earth is full of amazing and unexpected places.
You don't need to be a master of eight-letter Z words to own the board.
A druid, Muammar Gaddafi, and a horseshoe are all players in this genius memory hack.
“The whole process has a chilling, macabre tinge! It’s almost horrific the way they pop in the doll’s eyes with workaday nonchalance.”
These obscure Christmas songs from the early 20th century might become your new favorite carols.
A number of noteworthy historical figures were born in the month of August. We couldn’t possibly name them all, so here are just a handful of lives we’ll be celebrating.
With a lot of planning and a little help from an algorithm, you get the optimal United States driving route.
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve may be over, but Thomas Crapper Day is on the horizon.
More than 40 years after the most famous ship in Great Lakes history vanished during a storm, the cause is still a mystery.
These words rarely show up in real life, but they pop up again and again in the crossword world.