Therese Oneill

Joined: Feb 25, 2013

Therese Oneill is the New York Times bestselling author of Unmentionable: The Victorian Ladies Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners as well as Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children.

Independence Day picnics aren’t complete without a thirst-quenching glass of switchel.

This bride is (perhaps unknowingly) following an old Swedish wedding tradition.

These spooky tales will have you thankful you live in modern times.

These stories need no contrivances to create places that are lonely and old, a place where bad things are kept hushed up instead of dealt with.

Why compare apples to oranges when you can compare them to oysters, instead?

A 19th-century illustration of London during the Great Plague.

The Great Plague of 1665 killed about 100,000 Londoners, but winde, quinsie, and livergrown also took their toll.

Beauty pageant contestants at the National Rice Festival in Crowley, Louisiana.

In the mid-20th century, businesses began to see the huge commercial possibilities of holding a contest where pretty girls would compete just for the honor of representing their product or main export.

Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Scott Weinger, and Frank Welker in Aladdin (1992)

Nearly 30 years after its original release, 'Aladdin'—Disney's Oscar-winning animated film from 1992—is getting a 21st-century upgrade with Guy Ritchie's much anticipated live-action edition.

Photo illustration by Mental Floss. Mandela: Chris Jackson; Gates: LIONEL BONAVENTURE, AFP; Emerson: Otto Herschan; Monroe: Hulton Archive; Lincoln: Hulton Archive. All Getty Images. Background: iStock.

These lines would have sounded great coming from these famous mouths. Too bad they never did.

Corsets are just the tip of the terrifying beauty iceberg.

There are plenty of modern cosmetic practices that run the gamut from physically painful to medically risky. But most don’t hold a candle to the hazardous cosmetic techniques of yore.

It was only a matter of time before the television remake trend found its way back to Hannibal, Murdock, Face, and B.A. Baracus, the four mercenaries better known as The A-Team.