Is Holding in a Sneeze Bad for You?
Many people underestimate the damage that suppressing a sneeze can cause.
Many people underestimate the damage that suppressing a sneeze can cause.
There were some very compelling reasons for choosing the first Tuesday in November as Election Day—at least, they were when that date was chosen.
The ’90s catchphrase was made famous by ‘Seinfeld,’ but Jerry and company didn’t coin it.
Roborock has teamed up with Mental Floss to explain why space is a vacuum—all while pushing the boundaries of smart cleaning technology back on Earth.
Beryl, Helene, Milton—recent hurricane monikers aren’t exactly the most popular girls’ and boys’ names.
The nagging pain in your neck may feel tight, but it's knot what you think.
Both are places where we bury the dearly departed, and the words are often used interchangeably. But that hasn’t always been the case.
Its political legacy began during the Iran hostage crisis, but other kinds of October surprises had been happening for decades.
As Stephen King once said, novellas are “too long to be short and too short to be really long.”
Matters become more confusing when you add pumpkins to the mix.
You’ve likely heard of fight or flight, but a third reaction—to freeze—is misunderstood by many.
The answer depends on where you hope to live.
Some gourds are bred to have a bumpy appearance.
Clowns have a long and spooky history.
The three types of pasta are all long, but when and how you use them will make all the difference for your meals.
The first jack-o'-lanterns were made with turnips, not pumpkins.
Can an octogenarian really just collapse from the wear and tear of life?
A Swedish immigrant changed the face of wrenches forever.
Not everyone experiences funny-smelling urine after eating asparagus, but it's common enough that it poses one very big question: why does it happen in the first place?
According to experts, this behavior has a few explanations, but being a bully probably isn’t one of them. We also offer a few solutions for how to stop cats from knocking things over.
Stainless steel has a secret ingredient that makes it highly resistant to rust.
What ‘GOP’ means isn’t complicated—but its history is.
Discover whether or not popcorn expires, plus how long you can keep that bag you took home from the movie theater before it’s time to toss it out.
Uncle Sam is an easily recognizable piece of wartime propaganda. And legend says he was based off a real person—though that may not actually be the case.