If you have the time, swinging by the front desk on your way out may save you a bit of money and make someone else’s day a ...

The faded “ fallout shelter ” sign with three yellow triangles above the door is one of tens of thousands still visible on building façades today. They serve as a grim reminder of the hottest flashes ...

As it turns out, 911 misdials are often the result of so-called “butt dials” (inadvertent calls owing to a phone being ...

Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by ‘Jeopardy!’ host and champion Ken Jennings. Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. Here’s how to ...

Mental Floss talks to Jennings about his new Kennections book, the wrong ‘Jeopardy!’ answer that haunts him, and what he’s ...

Each song has two blanks for you to fill in. Don’t worry—we made it multiple-choice. Anyone who grew up on animated Disney ...

From landmark reporters to modern media moguls, these women transformed journalism as we know it. Journalism was a realm of ...

Think the word ‘human’ was created by slapping ‘hu-’ on ‘man’? Think again: ‘Man’ and ‘human’ aren’t related at all.

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A wave of butter, molasses, or chocolate barreling toward you may sound like a food-lover’s fantasy—but such incidents can actually be deadly.

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This is another puzzle from the anonymous 18th-century riddle-writer “Peter Puzzlewell”’s 1796 Collection of Riddles, ...