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In case you weren't obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all year, here's what you missed.
In case you weren't obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all year, here's what you missed.
Forget the spinach dip and noisemakers, these parties are all about decadence and excess.
This list could easily read “butts butts butts butts butts.”
As long as there has been alcohol, there have been hangovers—and dozens of bizarre ways to cure them.
The experimental film changed the animation industry forever nearly 80 years ago.
Between his modest comic book hits Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army, imaginative Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro made a film that was darker and more in Spanish: Pan's Labyrinth.
They probably hate the sirens, too.
'Ghostbusters' is a perfect idea for a movie, but what about its viability as a business? Are Venkman and Ray able to make ends meet by catching ghosts in New York City, or is the whole operation just one slow month away from closing up shop?
If you’re looking to kick off a challenge on January 1, try one of these five free ones recommended by personal finance experts.
Human ingenuity knows no bounds—as these patents show.
Director Brian De Palma's cult gangster movie was just as interesting behind the scenes as it was on the screen.
If the thought of planning Christmas dinner makes you nervous, be glad you don't have to prepare 11 different types of birds.
Sandow was one of the first fitness icons of the modern age, and he had some pretty solid advice for getting fit.
Be prepared when your interviewer turns the tables and asks if you have any questions.
Cordless phones? Amazing!
America is a worldwide brand of sorts, but it doesn’t carry the same connotations everywhere.
The sun never seems to set on this timeless musical about Tevye and his "laughing through tears" humor.
Pop culture's most famous superheroes may seem otherworldly, but many of them were inspired by real people.
None of these innovative efforts to smuggle contraband worked—but they all get points for creativity.
You'll never look at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree the same way again.
While you might already use baking soda to clean your kitchen or make cookies rise, there’s a lot more you can do with it.
Cat and dog lovers will want to put these items on their wish lists (or buy them themselves).
Though the holiday season can be fraught with stress and a last-minute to-do list, it’s also a time of extreme generosity.
Tim Burton's Oscar-nominated stop motion feature wed some innovative animation techniques to a centuries-old story about life, death, and devotion.