Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossChristmas Music 10 Surprising Facts About Wham!’s 'Last Christmas' mentalfloss.com - BY Kenneth Partridge Over the course of his illustrious career, George Michael gave the world many gifts. One that keeps on giving is “Last Christmas,” the 1984 holiday …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossMaps These Atlases Map Out the Unique Histories of New York City, New Orleans, and San Francisco mentalfloss.com - BY Kristen Richard When thinking of a map, your mind most likely pictures a seemingly unruly network of colorful lines showing roads and city limits. But what if a map …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossComposting The World's First Human Composting Facility Is Coming to Seattle mentalfloss.com - BY Hannah McDonald The state of Washington will soon be home to the world’s first human composting facility, reports IFL Science. The facility is a project of Recompose, …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossWorms Why Thousands of 'Penis Fish' Washed Up on a California Beach mentalfloss.com - BY Alvin Ward Nature works in mysterious ways. The latest example materialized at Drakes Beach near San Francisco, California, in early December, when visitors …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossThe Mandalorian We Would Cross the Galaxy For These Baby Yoda Overalls mentalfloss.com - BY Michele Debczak The appearance of the creature popularly known as Baby Yoda in The Mandalorian has raised a lot of questions, like what does the Empire want with him? …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossT-shirts Wrap Yourself in the Sweet Smell of Bacon (or Coffee or Pine) With These Scented T-Shirts mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey At one point or another, you’ve probably used perfume, cologne, body spray, or another product meant to make you smell like a flower, food, or …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossMillennium Falcon How Much Would It Cost to Insure Star Wars’s Millennium Falcon? mentalfloss.com - BY Michele Debczak In the Star Wars movies, we learn that Han Solo won the Millennium Falcon in a card game against Lando Calrissian. That sounds like a good deal—until …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossCulture 12 Thought-Provoking Gifts for History Buffs mentalfloss.com - BY Kat Long If you're looking for a gift for the person who can't get enough history in their life, we think you'll find something on this list. From an atlas of …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossPhones Why You Should Never Charge Your Phone in Public USB Ports Without a USB Data Blocker mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey The USB charging ports that have popped up at airports, coffee shops, and even outdoor stations around cities in recent years are definitely a …
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Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossLeonard Cohen The Many Lives of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" mentalfloss.com - BY Kenneth Partridge In the late 1970s, Leonard Cohen sat down to write a song about god, sex, love, and other mysteries of human existence that bring us to our knees for …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossCollege & University The University of Texas at San Antonio Is Offering Free Tuition to Thousands of Students mentalfloss.com - BY Jake Rossen If you’re a resident of Texas with college ambitions but face some financial hardship, there’s good news coming out of the University of Texas at San …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossEpilepsy When Pokémon Sent Hundreds of Viewers to the Hospital mentalfloss.com - BY Jake Rossen By the time the 38th episode of the animated children’s series Pokémon, or Pocket Monsters, aired in Japan, it was a bona fide sensation, drawing …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossCoffee Gevalia Wants to Pay You $5000 to Drink Coffee in a Castle in Scotland for a Week mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey If you like coffee, castles, and five-course meals, Gevalia Kaffe might choose you as its Coffee Queen. According to Travel + Leisure, the Swedish …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossCountryside Pitch Your Novel Idea on Twitter and You Could Win a Writer's Retreat in the British Countryside mentalfloss.com - BY Michele Debczak Social media is usually a distraction for writers working on their novel, but in 2020, it could be a gateway to quiet and solitude. …
Mental Flossflipped into Smart ShoppingStar Wars 12 Gifts for Star Wars Fans mentalfloss.com - BY Jay Serafino With The Mandalorian continuing to be a hit on Disney+ and The Rise of Skywalker set to break all sorts of box office records on December 20, there’s …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossTheodore Roosevelt When Theodore Roosevelt’s Son Snuck a Christmas Tree into the White House mentalfloss.com - BY Brigit Katz Mental Floss has a new podcast with iHeartRadio called History Vs., about how your favorite historical figures faced off against their greatest foes. …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossParanormal UFO Enthusiast Donates 30,000 Sighting-Related Documents to Canadian University mentalfloss.com - BY Michele Debczak For most of human history, people have observed unusual phenomena in the sky. Unidentified flying objects are mysterious by nature, but thanks to a …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossChristmas Sweaters This Delightfully Ugly Christmas Sweater Features a Light-Up Bob Ross Head mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey The only thing better than bringing the benevolent ghost of Bob Ross to your Christmas party—which, by all means, you should definitely do if you …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossChristmas 10 Christmasy Movies That Might Not Be "Christmas Movies" mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey While action addicts love to extol the Christmas themes of 1988’s Die Hard every time December rolls around, the Bruce Willis-led blockbuster has …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossKids These Microwavable Plush Animals Are a Charming Way to Keep Warm and Help Reduce Stress mentalfloss.com - BY Kristen Richard There are plenty of ways to stay warm as winter bears down, but one of the easiest solutions is to simply cuddle with one of these microwavable plush …
Mental Flossflipped into Smart ShoppingShopping The 16 Best Gifts We've Ever Received for Under $30 mentalfloss.com - BY mentalfloss .com We've all had the overwhelming sense of dread that only comes when you finish holiday shopping and realize just how much money you've spent. But …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossPramila Jayapal Merriam-Webster Declares They Its Word of the Year mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey Merriam-Webster’s 2019 Word of the Year is one that you probably use about a dozen times a day: they. It’s been a big year for the gender-neutral …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental Floss 12 Surprising Facts About Evelyn Waugh mentalfloss.com - BY Sarah Philip Evelyn Waugh was one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century. From his early satires, like Decline and Fall, to his more serious works, like …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossChristmas Why Does Santa Claus Live at the North Pole? mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey As children settle in for a restless night’s sleep this Christmas Eve, they’ll no doubt be picturing Santa Claus on his way from the snowy ’scapes of …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossHarry Potter JuJuBe Just Launched a New Line of Adorable Harry Potter Bags mentalfloss.com - BY Michele Debczak There are plenty of products that let you show off your Harry Potter fandom, but few are as adorable as this new line of bags from JuJuBe. As Red …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossShopping 8 Great Gifts for People Who Work From Home mentalfloss.com - BY Alvin Ward A growing share of Americans work from home, and while that might seem blissful to those trapped in long commutes, it's not always easy to live, eat, …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Every New Movie, TV Series, Documentary, and Special Coming to Netflix in January 2020 mentalfloss.com - BY Alvin Ward In addition to new seasons of shows you already love, including Sex Education, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Grace and Frankie, and Anne with an E, the …
Mental Flossflipped into Mental FlossJohn F. Kennedy Scientists Just Created 3D Digital Replicas of John F. Kennedy’s Assassination Bullets mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey Part of the National Archives and Record Administration’s duty is to provide the public with access to its billions of pages of texts, maps, photos, …