Mental Floss
MENU
CLOSE
SMART SHOPPING
QUIZZES
LISTS
VIDEOS
AMAZING FACTS
SECTIONS
BIG QUESTIONS
JOB SECRETS
HISTORY VS.
KENNECTIONS
LIVE SMARTER
QUIZZES
RETROBITUARIES
SMART SHOPPING
#TBT
BIOGRAPHIES
AUTHORS
SCIENTISTS
ARTISTS
U.S. PRESIDENTS
MILITARY
TOPICS
ANIMALS
ARCHAEOLOGY
ART
CORONAVIRUS
DIY
ENTERTAINMENT
FOOD
HEALTH
HISTORY
LANGUAGE
OLYMPICS
SCIENCE
SPORTS
TECHNOLOGY
TRAVEL
TOPICS
ANIMALS
ARCHAEOLOGY
ART
CORONAVIRUS
DIY
ENTERTAINMENT
FOOD
HEALTH
HISTORY
LANGUAGE
OLYMPICS
SCIENCE
SPORTS
TECHNOLOGY
TRAVEL
TOPICS
ANIMALS
ARCHAEOLOGY
ART
CORONAVIRUS
DIY
ENTERTAINMENT
FOOD
HEALTH
HISTORY
LANGUAGE
OLYMPICS
SCIENCE
SPORTS
TECHNOLOGY
TRAVEL
ABOUT
ABOUT US
AUTHORS
COOKIE POLICY
CONTACT
CUSTOMER SERVICE
PITCH A STORY
PRIVACY
RSS
TERMS
×
CLOSE
Cold War
13 Surprising Facts About George Orwell
13 Surprising Facts About George Orwell
The Time the U.S. Government Planned to Nuke Alaska
The Time the U.S. Government Planned to Nuke Alaska
The Disturbing Reason Schools Tattooed Their Students in the 1950s
The Disturbing Reason Schools Tattooed Their Students in the 1950s
Why 1 Million People Live in Cold War-Era Bunkers Under the Streets of Beijing
Why 1 Million People Live in Cold War-Era Bunkers Under the Streets of Beijing
In 1959, the U.S. Postal Service Attempted to Deliver Mail via Missile
When a 1986 Meeting Between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Wreaked Havoc on Iceland
5 Intriguing Details Found in the Newly Released JFK Assassination Papers
Budapest’s Former Top-Secret Hospital Inside a Cave
10 Cold War Artifacts From the Real-Life
Bridge of Spies
Auction
Why the Berlin Wall Rose and Fell
Sift Through Eight Decades of CIA Maps
How a Hot Dog Stand Found Itself In the Soviet Union's Crosshairs
13 Things You Might Not Know About the Berlin Wall
5 Times Crayola Retired Its Crayons
Gossip From a 1955 CIA Spy Report Of a Soviet Cocktail Party
