History - Trivia, Quizzes, and Brain Teasers | Mental Floss

11 Notable Presidential Pardons

Ollie Atkins, White House photographer, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

11 Notable Presidential Pardons

46 Amazing Facts About All 45 American Presidents

RobertoGennaro/iStock via Getty Images Plus

46 Amazing Facts About All 45 American Presidents

When Abraham Lincoln Tried His Hand at Being a True Crime Writer

Abraham Lincoln once penned a true crime tale.

When Abraham Lincoln Tried His Hand at Being a True Crime Writer

The Pigeon Massacre That Cast a Pall Over Richard Nixon’s 1973 Inauguration

Richard Nixon's presidency was marred by scandal, including a bird massacre.

The Pigeon Massacre That Cast a Pall Over Richard Nixon’s 1973 Inauguration

The National Hotel Epidemic: The Mysterious Disease That Nearly Sidelined James Buchanan on His Inauguration Day

traveler1116/Getty Images

14 Scots Words from the Works of Robert Burns

Portrait of Robert Burns, painted by Alexander Nasmyth.

A Brief History of Vietnamese Egg Coffee

Egg coffee at Café Giang in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Titular vs. Eponymous: What’s the Difference?

Miranda is an important character in Shakespeare's The Tempest, but she's not the titular role.

Can You Match the Historical Divination Method to Its Description?

Čeněk Zibrt, Wikimedia // Public Domain

The 1958 Assassination Attempt That Left Martin Luther King Jr. a Single Sneeze Away From Death

Martin Luther King Jr. in Los Angeles circa 1965.

The Quest for the North Pole, Episode 1: Why Go to the North Pole?

10 of the Worst Jobs in the Victorian Era

Leech collecting was a job that, quite literally, sucked.

The Quest for the North Pole: A Historical Timeline of Arctic Exploration

10 of Benjamin Franklin’s Lesser-Known Feats of Awesomeness

Print Collector/Getty Images

Can You Name the Decade These Presidents Were Inaugurated?

Pete Souza/The White House, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

8 Things You Might Not Know About Andrew Johnson

William Brown Cooper (1811–1900), Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain