Since the very beginning, Mental Floss has been dedicated to dredging up fascinating facts from across a broad range of topics—we’ve covered everything from strange animal stories to weird historical ...

Uralic languages are written with Latin characters, but their pronunciation and grammar structures are nearly alien to ...

Tank commander whose body was held in Gaza for 2 years after he was killed on Oct. 7 eulogized by CENTCOM chief as 'best of ...

Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, ...

Curt Cignetti declared his program was an emerging superpower, the Hoosiers took their licks after losses and for their ...

With 26 career red cards, Felipe Melo is another one of football's more intense characters. The hot-headed Brazilian loved to ...

Thirty years ago, on November 4th, two shots in the back killed Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister who shook hands with Arafat. Literary giant David ...

I left the conversation soaring – confident that within this broad yet focused movement filled with so many caring, committed, capable people, we agree far more than we disagree.

Today in Music History for Oct. 26: In 1813, English organist Henry Smart was born. Though largely self-taught, he published many compositions, two of which are still popular as hymn tunes: ...

Faith, stewardship, and a people-first leadership style have shaped Miller’s 45-year career at Eastern. As he prepares to ...

The star of the show – and the reason for my pilgrimage – is their legendary Southwestern Eggs Benedict. This isn’t your standard eggs Benedict that you could find at any breakfast joint from Portland ...

The Australian man with the world's longest name read out his entire moniker -- featuring more than 2,000 middle names -- and ...