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On December 23, 1927, a man dressed as Santa Claus walked into a bank and demanded money. Unfortunately, the bank was in Texas, and practically everyone in town was armed. Determining Santa was on the Naughty List, they opened fire.

Theodore Roosevelt loved Christmas, but the Roosevelt family never had a Christmas tree. If you believe the stories, it's because TR, an avid conservationist, had banned them—and that ban is supposedly what led his son, Archie, to sneak a tree into the Wh

When Theodore Roosevelt moved into the White House in 1901, he brought with him his wife, his six children, and one of the widest (and wildest) menageries Washington, D.C. has ever seen.

From dystopian YA novels to a series that started as R-rated fan fiction, these were the best-selling books of the decade.

Read on for some fascinating facts about New Year's Eve and how we celebrate it, whether it's with champagne, pickles, or red underwear.

There's nothing better than a warm chocolate chip cookie. But how do the chips seemingly resist oven temperatures?

The word "yule" gets thrown around a lot during the Christmas season, but what does it even mean? Well, like so many of the holiday's traditions, its origins are a bit complex.

Stealing toys from a charity bin would be enough to put anyone on Santa’s naughty list—unless you’re an extremely lovable golden retriever.

Between seven marriages, two dead husbands, and one fraudulent baby, opera singer Lydia Locke's life had enough scandal to fill a gossip rag several times over.

The irreverent single-panel strip that practically lived on refrigerator doors in the 1980s and 1990s is back.

Mental Floss readers are a curious bunch, as evidenced by their favorite stories of 2019—which covered everything from how much those Beanie Babies gathering dust in your attic might be worth to the life of Rosa Parks.

Attention, Pee-wee Herman fans: Now's your chance to see a screening of 'Pee-wee’s Big Adventure' with a Q&A session by Paul Reubens.