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In 2022, Mental Floss readers had trucks, dogs, food, Wordle, and the royal family on their minds.

Celine Dion recently announced that she has been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (SPS), a rare and progressive neurological disorder that only affects about one or two out of every 1 million people.

Nobody will think you’re talking about baseball season, open season, or any other season. But why?

Though it doesn’t always affect casual conversation, the difference might matter to your credit card company.

For carbohydrate lovers, nothing completes a Thanksgiving meal quite like stuffing ... or is it dressing? It depends whom you ask.

It’s worth learning the difference between these spirits.

The link between teachers and apples goes back centuries.

History's most famous child ruler was also the result of inbreeding, which sure didn't help his longevity much.

In order to assign a numeric category value to a hurricane, meteorologists look to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

Though the meanings of ‘cc’ and ‘bcc’ haven’t changed over the years, the technology that uses them definitely has.

Some dogs munch on dirt the way humans dig into ice cream. But why?

The boast has become a signal that someone is about to do something very stupid. But who said it first?