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Do you know how many species of bats actually drink blood?

Make Your Halloween Party Extra Eerie With This Spooky Fact–Filled YouTube Video From Mental Floss

Set the mood for Halloween with this spooky fact–filled video.

11 Facts About the Zodiac Killer

Read up on the case before the new documentary ‘This Is the Zodiac Speaking’ hits Netflix on October 23.

Being an astronaut isn’t as glamorous as you were led to believe.

10 Surprising Facts About Your Childhood Dream Jobs

In the latest episode of The List Show, we’re tackling some fun facts—and the occasional harsh truth—about the careers you imagined for yourself as a kid.

19 Things You Might Not Have Known About Gene Roddenberry

Roddenberry flew planes in World War II, worked as a traffic cop in the LAPD, and wrote for TV under an assumed name before launching ‘Star Trek.’

Walter Matthau in a scene from 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three' (1974).

12 Thrilling Facts About ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’

Make a list of the greatest movies ever set in New York City, and it should include ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.’ Discover more facts about the 1974 crime drama here, including how producers got the MTA to let them use real subway trains.

8 Fascinating Facts About James Baldwin

August 2, 2024 makes the 100th anniversary of James Baldwin’s birth. Here’s what you should know about the ‘Tell It on the Mountain’ and ‘Giovanni’s Room’ author.

Idina Menzel as Elphaba at the 2004 Tony Awards.

20 Magical Facts About ‘Wicked’

Find out how 'Wicked' the book and 'Wicked' the musical came to be.

22 Animals You Really Don’t Want to Mess With

Most of the animals we’re covering in the latest episode of The List Show aren’t out to hurt you on purpose—but you still don’t want to face off with them.

15 Intriguing Facts About ‘You’

The series’ fifth and final season is expected to hit Netflix in 2024. Here’s what you should know.

10 Wild Facts About the 2000s

We’re taking a look back at some of the weird and WTF things that happened during the aughts in the latest episode of The List Show.

28 WTF Facts About Animals

Goats have accents, hippos sweat something that looks like blood, and mosquitoes love feet. In the latest episode of The List Show, host Erin McCarthy dives into 28 animal facts that are sure to make you go "WTF?"

10 Facts About ‘Parasite’

There’s more to the upstairs-downstairs tragicomedy than the stranger in the basement.

Alexandre Rodrigues in 'City of God' (2002).

10 Fascinating Facts About ‘City of God’

Shot on location in Rio's poorest neighborhoods, ‘City of God’ used amateur actors from the community in many of its most famous improvised scenes, which are as evocative today as they were when the film first hit theaters in 2002.

17 Wild Animal Superlatives

The biggest, fastest, strongest animals in the world.

James Brolin and Margot Kidder in ‘The Amityville Horror’ (1979).

13 Terrifying Facts About ‘The Amityville Horror’

In honor of its 45th anniversary, discover chilling details about “The Amityville Horror” movie from 1979 and the strange franchise it spawned.

22 Things You Might Not Know About the Stanley Cup

Who is this Lord Stanley anyway? Find out more about the history and strange mishaps surrounding the NHL’s Stanley Cup.

23 Facts About ‘Lost’

What began as a show about the survivors of a plane crash attempting to survive all alone on a tropical island quickly turned into something much different—and weirder.

The Gen Z idol has been in the spotlight ever since her break-out role on Disney’s "Shake It Up."

9 Fascinating Facts About Zendaya

From her status as a Kidz Bop alumna to the real meaning behind her name, there's probably a lot of facts about Zendaya that you don't know about.

10 Surprising Facts About HBO’s ‘The Jinx’

‘The Jinx’ is back—and with it, a whole new round of speculation about what Robert Durst may or may not have done.

The 20 Most Spoken Languages in the World

Learn a fun fact about each of the most popular languages in the world.

10 Hardcore Facts About HBO’s ‘Oz’

Before ‘The Sopranos’ or ‘The Wire,’ television’s golden age arguably began on HBO on July 12, 1997, when the premium network premiered Fontana’s prison drama ‘Oz.’

D-Day: The scene of the Allied invasion on the Normandy beaches in June 1944.

13 Memorable Facts About D-Day

The Allied forces’ Normandy landings on June 6, 1944—an event better known as D-Day—became a pivotal moment in World War II .

10 Fascinating Facts About Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’

When “Midnight’s Children” was released in 1981, The New York Times pronounced that “the literary map of India is about to be redrawn.” Here’s what you should know about the novel that introduced the authorial voice of Salman Rushdie.

11 Facts That Could Save Your Life

We’re covering practical tips (like the scent that will alert you to an impending electrical fire) to decidedly stranger ones (how to get out of a kangaroo attack) in the latest episode of The List Show.