The skeleton, unearthed at an archaeological site near Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, had almost 800 injuries.

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The unending debate over whether a wiener is a sandwich or something else entirely continues to rage on.
Your best friend may know how to doggy-paddle, but that doesn't necessarily mean they belong in the water.
From 1924 to 1936, the International Olympic Committee handed out medals for a sport so dangerous that the vast majority of recipients weren't alive to collect them.
Rinsing cooked pasta is almost always a bad idea, unless you're making this specific type of recipe.
Cornell University's Elephant Listening Project has captured the sounds of gorillas and other animals in an effort to study their habits and curb poaching.
Any great road trip begins with one important question: Where to go? A new survey ranked the road trip-worthiness of all 50 states—from best to worst.
If you're convinced that a bottle of Mexican Coke tastes better than it's American counterpart, you're not alone.
A delivery app called Slice is offering pizza lovers the ultimate dream job: A chance to explore independent pizzerias and get paid to eat their pies.
Florida sprinter Erriyon Knighton will be the youngest competitor on the U.S. men’s track and field team at the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
You’ve heard of ‘bone apple tea,’ ‘die of beaties,’ and ‘Feyonce.’ Now, get ready for … ‘corn teen.’
If you have a couple of common items at home, you can pit dozens of cherries in seconds for baking or eating fresh.
In the 1920s and 1930s, the Olympics bestowed medals on artists for excellence in medal-making. Even if they were dead.
The white stuff isn’t a sign that your carrots have gone bad—but they might appreciate a little water.
Chow mein and lo mein are made from the same ingredients, but there is a difference between the two Chinese noodle dishes.
Before there was 'Sex and the City' or 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' Jackie Collins was delivering unapologetically raunchy tales of glamour and seduction with a treasure trove of erotic novels.
The grumpy duo heckled the Muppets for decades. Now they can heckle you in the comfort of your very own home.
A recent study looked at hundreds of records of spiders killing and eating snakes—even snakes many times their size.
“That’s so raven.” —You, when you spot a black bird with a big curved beak and a diamond-shaped tail.
As recent graduates start exploring the job market, they should take comfort in the fact that these noteworthy authors—featured in Mental Floss’s new book, 'The Curious Reader: A Literary Miscellany of Novels and Novelists,' out now—took a sometimes windi
For her project 'Reminiscent,' designer Pallavi Padukone infused textiles with smells that remind her of people and places from her home in India.
Calling all Latin teachers and classics scholars: this is the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” cover of your dreams.