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The home improvement chain knows what you need: a 15-foot scarecrow that talks.

Sometimes the military systems put in place to avert nuclear annihilation worked a little too well.

From a surprise temblor in the Mississippi Valley to colossal ruptures and tsunamis around the Pacific Ring of Fire, these are some of the biggest earthquakes in modern times.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

Mental Floss talks to Jennings about his new Kennections book, the wrong ‘Jeopardy!’ answer that haunts him, and what he’s reading now.

Get the full stone fruit galette recipe from the Institute of Culinary Education—complete with storage tips and baking secrets for flakiness.

From landmark reporters to modern media moguls, these women transformed journalism as we know it. 

It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?

Think ‘human’ was created by slapping ‘hu-’ on ‘man’? Think again: ‘Man’ and ‘human’ aren’t related at all—and they’re just one example of words that seem like they must be linked, but turn out to have nothing in common once you dig into their etymology.

The Nobel Prize-winning physicist often commented on science, the universe, and humanity. But which deep thoughts are really his?

Our favorite type of door lock has a somewhat morbid name.

Is Glinda actually the main villain? Is the movie somehow linked to Willy Wonka? Some would claim so.