ships - Trivia, Quizzes, and Brain Teasers | Mental Floss

Mata Hari’s Espionage, The Lusitania’s Aftershocks, and More Misconceptions About World War I

The Red Baron (center) posing with fellow German military officers.

Mata Hari’s Espionage, The Lusitania’s Aftershocks, and More Misconceptions About World War I

My Heart Will LEGO On: New Titanic Replica Is LEGO's Largest Model Yet

LEGO's Titanic set includes 9090 pieces.

My Heart Will LEGO On: New Titanic Replica Is LEGO's Largest Model Yet

When the Stars of Titanic Helped Pay the Bills for the Last Titanic Survivor

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet at the Oscars in 2016.

When the Stars of Titanic Helped Pay the Bills for the Last Titanic Survivor

The Iceberg Cometh: A Titanic Museum’s Iceberg Wall Just Toppled in Tennessee

This iceberg replica is innocent—the toppled wall is inside the museum.

The Iceberg Cometh: A Titanic Museum’s Iceberg Wall Just Toppled in Tennessee

12 Weird Lost-and-Found Items From Shipwrecks

Nearly 200-year-old champagne that someone drank.

Watch Titanic Survivors Tell Their Stories in This Rare Video

Illustration of survivors witnessing the sinking of Titanic.

Massacre on the Mary Russell: When a 19th-Century Ship Captain Murdered His Crew

Something wicked this way comes.

What Would Actually Happen If You Drank Saltwater?

Your body will not thank you.

A Skull From the 1845 Franklin Expedition Was Just Identified Using a Descendant’s DNA

John Gregory's actual skull alongside a 3D rendering of his head.

11 Strange Stories From the National UFO Reporting Center

Get in, loser, we're going planet-hopping.

11 Questionable Suggestions for Raising the Titanic

Watch out for that iceberg

How the Full Worm Moon Helped Free the Stuck Ship in the Suez Canal

The Ever Given shortly after being dislodged in the Suez Canal.

Watch the Only Surviving Footage of the Titanic Before Its Doomed Voyage

Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

The Quest for the North Pole: A Historical Timeline of Arctic Exploration

11 Items From Titanic’s Final Menus

F.G.O. Stuart, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

The Unsinkable Violet Jessop

Colored photograph of Violet Jessop, survivor of the Titanic.