Kirstin Fawcett

Joined: Aug 25, 2015

Kirstin Fawcett is a former staff writer for Mental Floss.

Anthony Burgess had difficulty creating his slang dictionary.

When ‘Clockwork Orange’ Author Anthony Burgess Wrote a Slang Dictionary

7 Majestic Facts About Devils Tower

Pop-Up Video Store to Offer 14,000 Copies of Jerry Maguire

Joan Rivers, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Keanu Reeves have all had ghostly encounters.

8 Famous Figures, Past and Present, Who Claimed to Have Encountered Ghosts

13 Facts About Siamese Cats

Like most cat breeds, the Siamese’s true origins are cloaked in mystery.

This Vincent Van Gogh Action Figure Comes Complete with Removable Ears

Today Is Art Day celebrates artist Vincent van Gogh with an action figure that comes with detachable ears.

David Bowie's Birthplace May Soon Be Home to a Giant Lightning Bolt Sculpture

The sculpture would resemble the one painted across Bowie's face on the cover of 1973's 'Aladdin Sane.'

Century-Old Graffiti Written by Hotel Waiters Discovered on the Walls of Florida Museum

Complaining about lousy tippers is a timeless tradition.

“Who, me?” This goat, hearing about the word ‘scapegoat.’

The Reason We Call People Blamed for Things “Scapegoats”

History is filled with figures who were single-handedly—yet often undeservedly—held responsible for epic societal failures. But what do goats have to do with it?

The Pallas’s cat is super cute—and pretty elusive.

12 Fascinating Facts About Pallas’s Cats

The elusive, fluffy wildcat may be adorable, but they’re not social animals. They don’t even seem to like each other very much.

Not all Manx cats are tailless like this one.

10 Facts About Manx Cats

Manx cats can have tails of varying lengths, but only “rumpies” or “rumpy risers” are eligible to compete in the championship classes in CFA cat shows.