After stumbling across the June 2012 issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly in Barnes & Noble, I looked up some of the cards I was sure would make me rich one day. Looks like I’ll be keeping...
Some animals were born to herd livestock. Our family dog is a border collie who likes nothing better than to run circles around the four cats and groups of teenagers who also live here in order to ke...
Possibly A Random Rock. Probably the Millenium Falcon. Believe what you will, I know this random shape they’re diving down to inspect is Captain Solo’s ship. Just check out the side-by-side compariso...
On Fridays, I post a series of unrelated questions meant to spark conversation in the comments. Answer one, answer all, respond to someone else’s reply (you really can do that now!), whatever y...
KEVIN LAMARQUE/Reuters/Landov Yesterday, 14-year-old Snigdha Nandipati from San Diego won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word guetapens, which means “ambush.” To celebrat...
Before his success with the Muppets, Jim Henson made hundreds of commercials and short industrial films, often involving early Muppets. Here I’ve rounded up a few favorites. Wilkins Coffee, 195...
Can you tell which is which? Take the Quiz: Birth Control Brand or Star Wars Character?
Reader Jonathan wrote in to ask, “Why do we call other countries by names that they do not use themselves? Where did these names come from and why do we use them?” Germany image via Shutterstoc...
You Gotta Pay the Piper If you had to guess what German city has a big rodent problem, you might guess Hamelin -and you’d be right. City officials admitted that rodents have chewed their way th...
The weekends after a holiday Monday always seem the longest to arrive, don’t they? Here’s a new mentalfloss.com Brain Game Free-for-all Friday challenge to help get you there. Good luck! ...
It may still be spring, but Friday’s mentalfloss.com 5 Questions quiz feels a lot like Summer ‘Stock’
The Ultimate Animals Running On Treadmills Supercut. Eighty-six seconds of adorable determination. * If the trailer is any indication of a great story, The Imposter is one documentary you’ll wa...
Uvula image via Shutterstock The uvula is one of the weirdest looking features of the human body. Yet despite its infamy, scientists have spent centuries puzzling over its function. The hangy ball...
Welcome back to the game that never ends, GUESS THE THEME! All the clips below have something in common. Leave your best guesses in the comments section. U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday Dave Matthews...
We’ve seen how artists can take life-sized landscapes and make them appear to be tiny models through the use of tilt-shift photography, so now let’s look at the opposite end of the spectrum: the worl...
Con: These Shoes Cost $1,800. Pro: I Bet They’re Waterproof They are, after all, made out of stingrays. * Pop Culture Might Be Repeating Itself. Pop Culture Might Be Repeating Itself. These 15 superc...
On May 31, 1985, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in North America occurred, with 43 twisters crossing Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario. These areas don’t normally get too many tor...
Each week Miss Kathleen provides links to a variety of stories about libraries, authors, and books. If there’s something noteworthy going on in your local library, leave us a comment! * Should teen b...
You’ll see very few hits in this quiz — Some of the names belong to major league pitchers who have thrown at least one no-hitter. The rest belong to movie stars best known for their work ...
Last Christmas, I received a curious gift: a tiny bag of white crystals labeled Fake Snow. “Just add water,” it said. So I did. And the crazy stuff puffed up unbelievably, forming a white...
Libraries are quiet places visited by children and literary-minded people and sometimes the occasional mouse. That makes them wonderful places for cats to hang out. Many libraries have resident cats ...
Can you come up with the five countries that will solve today’s mentalfloss.com Brain Game Think Thursday challenge? Prove it: What five independent nations of the world have short-form English...
Thursday’s mentalfloss.com 5 Questions quiz is so quiet, you can hear Crickets Chirping
99 Food Holidays To Celebrate This Summer. You’ve got your menu laid out for you, with recipe links included! * In case you didn’t already know: if you work full-time at minimum wage, you...
Bicycles are a great way to get around, but for some people, the standard design could use a little improvement. To celebrate the end of National Bike Month, here’s a look at some of the cooles...
If you don’t know Merlin Mann, you’re in for a treat. In the most recent edition of his Bulk Bag Newsletter, Merlin ran down five of his favorite talks, all available in handy online vide...
Tonight is the NBA Draft Lottery, which determines who picks first in next month’s draft. The draft itself gives basketball fans the chance to see some of the most over-the-top suits ever tailo...
When we think of human evolution, our minds wander back to the thousands of years it took natural selection to produce the modern-day man. But are we still changing as a species, even today? New rese...
The Perfect Office Chair Is Out There Right? It must be. Here’s why we haven’t found it. * How Do You Get Robots To Dance In Unison to the Song Thriller? One word: Bacteria. Why didn’t I think of tha...
• The cashew is a very unusual nut. The largest part of the fruit is the juicy, pear-shaped part called, naturally, the “apple,” which is eaten raw or fermented to become alcohol (or juic...
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