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The Ramones—Johnny, Joey, Marky, and Dee Dee—in 1979.

By stripping rock and roll down to its four-chord essentials, the Ramones helped pioneer the punk rock movement of the 1970s.

Scott Beggs
More than one donkey has been involved in a crime.

Whether they were guilty of having potty mouths or stealing shoes, these animals found themselves on the wrong side of the law.

Kerry Wolfe




"Mesa boring."

A sampling of IMDb reviews has netted a list of recent movies that put audiences to sleep, including a disappointing Nickelodeon adaptation, a killer doll, and Jar-Jar Binks.

Jake Rossen




Tom Holland and Benedict Cumberbatch in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).

It took just a single weekend for 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' to become America's highest-grossing movie of 2021. But what about worldwide?

Michele Debczak
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It’s nice to have a little chunk of change in your bank account, but it’s even nicer to invest a small amount of money and earn a big chunk of change.

Kiara Taylor


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From really expensive NFTs to newly discovered shipwrecks to the latest developments in the world of K-Pop, here are a few things we learned in 2021.

Jonathan Mayer, Justin Dodd


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Based on our most popular stories of 2021, it seems safe to say that our readers adore their pets, are fascinated by the strange features they see on motor vehicles, and really want to know what happened to all that white dog poop they used to see.

Editorial Staff




The Hanson brothers photographed in 1997, when "MMMBop" was topping the charts.

In 1997, the first Harry Potter book was published in the U.K., 'Titanic' arrived in theaters, and you probably had Hanson's "MMMBop" stuck in your head—whether you liked it or not.

Todd Gilchrist
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From Universal Orlando's wild (and usually inoperable) 'Jaws' ride of the '90s to the very real—and very captive—tiger shark that threw up a human arm and sparked a 1935 murder investigation, the Mental Floss team is sharing some of our favorite stories f

Editorial Staff
These Latino New Year's Eve traditions will (hopefully) bring good luck.

Each year, when the clock strikes midnight on December 31, countries throughout Latin America ring in the new year with unique traditions.

Roxana Becerril