Mental Floss

NEWS







State of Texas/Larry D. Moore Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

Davy Crockett, a.k.a. "King of the Wild Frontier" claimed to have killed 105 bears in one year, and also put a lot of effort into maintaining his wild image.

Mark Mancini


Ralph Orlowski, Getty Images

Guy Holmes popped the tape into the cassette player in his car and waited. The British record promoter was eager to hear new acts, but knew that the majority of them weren’t going to be good or unique enough to cut through the noise of the worldwide music

Jake Rossen