Mental Floss

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Land Sickness can be just as unsettling as seasickness.

Seasickness happens when a person’s body struggles to grow accustomed to a boat’s motion patterns, causing them to feel unsteady and often nauseated. But land sickness happens in reverse.

Mary Beth Skylis


Some of them had no choice.

From the Founding Father who stuck whalebone where he shouldn’t have to the only known woman to have given herself a C-section.

Jake Rossen, Erin McCarthy


















The Dallol volcano in Ethiopia’s Danakil Desert is one of the most unearthly places on Earth.

From boiling lakes to glowing caves and hidden prehistoric villages, Earth is full of amazing and unexpected places.

Anna Green, Bess Lovejoy, Caitlin Schneider




Alternate labels for Millennials include ‘Echo Boomers’ and ‘Gen Y.’

Millennials might just be the most studied generation in history—and also perhaps the most misunderstood. We’re here to help separate fact from fiction.

Stacy Conradt