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The Fascinating Reason Why There Are No Mosquitoes at Disney World (mentalfloss.com)
25 points by elorant on Nov 2, 2020 | past | 3 comments
African Dust Storms Create Caribbean Beaches (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by gmays on Oct 27, 2020 | past
Mashed Potatoes (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by gmays on Oct 5, 2020 | past
The Enduring Enigma of Costco's $1.50 Hot Dog and Soda Combo (2018) (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by NoRagrets on Sept 21, 2020 | past | 1 comment
Clair Patterson Determined the Age of the Earth and Got Lead Out of Gasoline (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by WillDaSilva on Sept 5, 2020 | past
An Oral History of MTV's “Fear” (2018) (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by no-dr-onboard on Aug 26, 2020 | past
200-Year-Old Gift from Benjamin Franklin Made Boston and Philadelphia a Fortune (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by janvdberg on Aug 26, 2020 | past
Fotomat History (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by axiomdata316 on Aug 6, 2020 | past
This Land Is Your Land: Behind America's Best-Known Protest Song and Lost Verses (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by unyttigfjelltol on Aug 6, 2020 | past | 1 comment
Traumatic License: An Oral History of Action Park (2018) (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by CaptainZapp on July 23, 2020 | past
Why Is There Confetti in So Many Taser Guns? (2015) (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by networked on July 18, 2020 | past
How Did the Duck Hunt Gun Work? (2011) (mentalfloss.com)
11 points by ra0x3 on July 17, 2020 | past | 5 comments
The Day After – The 80s Nuke Movie That Terrified the Public (2018) (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by SQL2219 on July 13, 2020 | past
The Time the U.S. Government Banned Sliced Bread (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by tmoaad on June 27, 2020 | past
There's a Wire Above Manhattan That You've Probably Never Noticed (2017) (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by emptybits on June 23, 2020 | past
The Mysterious Deaths of 6 Historical Figures (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by BerislavLopac on June 23, 2020 | past
The first woman PhD in computer science was a nun (2013) (mentalfloss.com)
161 points by jaoued on June 15, 2020 | past | 65 comments
The Rand Corporation: The Think Tank That Controls America (2009) (mentalfloss.com)
4 points by andreasley on June 11, 2020 | past
The Tiny “Spite Triangle” That Marks a Century-Old Grudge Against New York City (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by pr0zac on May 29, 2020 | past
How the world’s only feudal lord outclassed the Nazis to save her people (2018) (mentalfloss.com)
4 points by ValentineC on May 12, 2020 | past | 1 comment
Why No One Wanted a&W's Third-Pound Burger (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by mmhsieh on May 11, 2020 | past
Why No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by i_feel_great on May 10, 2020 | past
The Georgia Tech Graduate Who Never Existed (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by franzb on May 9, 2020 | past
When Magic Eye Pictures Ruled the World–and Frustrated Millions of People (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by mudil on May 8, 2020 | past
The Russian Family That Cut Itself Off from Civilization for More Than 40 Years (mentalfloss.com)
5 points by anarbadalov on May 4, 2020 | past | 1 comment
A Man Who Built a 40-Foot Spite Fence Around His Neighbor’s Home (2017) (mentalfloss.com)
8 points by Stratoscope on May 2, 2020 | past | 1 comment
Inventors Who Came to Regret Their Creations (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by BerislavLopac on April 30, 2020 | past
Why No One Wanted a&W's Third-Pound Burger (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by StandardFuture on April 24, 2020 | past
Why Are Blueprints Blue? (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by chrisseldo on April 16, 2020 | past
The Long History Behind the Song “Cotton Eye Joe” (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by areoform on April 5, 2020 | past

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