Weird

Flatulence has always been funny.

The case of the Hammersmith "Ghost" and a mistaken identity tragedy haunted the English courts until 1983.

The defendant was diagnosed with an intestinal disorder known as auto-brewery syndrome.

In the 1930s, the Irving family claimed they were being haunted by a peculiar being: a bawdy talking mongoose called Gef.

Female Lampsilis mussels wiggle convincing fish-shaped lures that burst in a cloud of parasitic larvae when a predator strikes.

… Because the last thing he wanted to do was eat it.

Among other items on the menu: panther, elephant trunk, blue bottle fly, and rhinoceros.

Japanese researchers found that certain types of toothbrush noises encouraged people to brush better and more often.

Computer scientists at the University of Washington are trying to figure out just what makes Tom Hanks look like Tom Hanks.

In this episode of mental_floss' List Show, John Green reveals a few things you probably didn't know about Tesla, Nobel, and more.

They pry apart yeast DNA and insert new and useful traits.

A Turkish Court is trying to figure out whether Gollum is good or evil, and the fate of a Turkish doctor hangs in the balance.

"Cell-eat" noodles contain 60 calories per kilogram.

She was a rock star of the late Victorian circus, but gave it all up to run a grocery store.

No one knows who the man in the suit on the beach was—or how he died.

As a lion tamer in the 1930s, Maria Rasputin mesmerized beasts just as her father once mesmerized men.

These were no small-time thieves.

Can you be a host and a parasite at the same time? The answer is a stomach-turning “yes.”

From cancer to Crohn’s disease, I Heart Guts makes a plush organ for everyone.

Everyone knows what a liger is—but there are more than a few crossed creatures you might not be aware of.

“Cetacean Community v. Bush”

Condoms can save your life ... and your potato chips.

Nobody does weird like Florida.

You've seen the artist without the ear, now see the ear without the artist.