THE LIST SHOW

Not all stolen art remains lost forever.

When you think of extinct animals, you might go to a saber-toothed cat, or the infamous dodo. But there are, unfortunately, a lot more recent animals that have gone the way of that ill-fated bird.

Toilet paper and toothpaste have come a long, long way.

The English language is bursting with colorful expressions that come from strange and surprising places—and many of them once had literal meanings that the general public has long since forgotten. 

Being an astronaut or ice cream truck driver isn’t as glamorous as it seemed when you were young.

It really is a shame that these teams of yore are now defunct.

Stop doom scrolling and fill your brain with these fascinating—and utterly random—facts instead.

Need an interesting fact to drop at parties? Look no further.

Medicine has evolved dramatically over the last century, but that doesn’t mean unexplainable medical anomalies have disappeared. We’re covering a few of them in the latest episode of The List Show.

We love museums devoted to art, history, and science as much as the next person—but sometimes, our curiosity demands quirkier territory.

What exactly is a flop? To us, it’s something that arrived with great fanfare and big expectations, then ate pavement—hard. We’re covering just a few in the latest episode of The List Show.

In this episode of The List Show, Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy is covering works of art that went missing but were thankfully recovered—in the case of a couple of paintings, twice.