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Costco Is Selling a 60k-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle (mentalfloss.com)
4 points by gmays on Nov 5, 2022 | past
The Original Lego Patent (2015) (mentalfloss.com)
18 points by flabber on Oct 24, 2022 | past | 6 comments
Why are SSN#'s still on paper? (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by latchkey on Sept 7, 2022 | past
How military operations get their code names (2011) (mentalfloss.com)
41 points by hooboy on Sept 1, 2022 | past | 19 comments
Nub City': Vernon, Florida's Decade-Long Insurance Scam (2015) (mentalfloss.com)
4 points by imgabe on Aug 13, 2022 | past
Overexposed: A History of Fotomat (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by galaxyLogic on July 30, 2022 | past
The Singular 'They' (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by Tomte on July 6, 2022 | past | 1 comment
A Brief History of Zork (2014) (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by Tomte on June 30, 2022 | past
The 600-Year History of the Singular 'They' (mentalfloss.com)
10 points by bryanrasmussen on June 28, 2022 | past | 1 comment
Books That Won Both the Hugo and Nebula Awards (mentalfloss.com)
5 points by axiomdata316 on May 19, 2022 | past | 4 comments
The Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by ZeljkoS on April 26, 2022 | past
200-Year-Old Gift from Benjamin Franklin Made Boston and Philadelphia a Fortune (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by walterbell on April 17, 2022 | past
How Much Money Has Rick Astley Made from Rickrolling? (2015) (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by aemreunal on April 5, 2022 | past
Plant Addiction Is Fueling a Succulent Poaching Crisis (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by softwarebeware on March 31, 2022 | past
The World’s Loneliest ATM Is in Antarctica (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by gzer0 on March 26, 2022 | past
Did Americans Call French Fries “Freedom Fries”? (mentalfloss.com)
4 points by ShivShankaran on March 22, 2022 | past | 2 comments
Chipotle Is Developing a Robot to Make Imperfect Tortilla Chips (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by softwarebeware on March 21, 2022 | past | 1 comment
Why Do Electrical Plugs Have Holes in the Prongs? (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by softwarebeware on March 21, 2022 | past
Driving the Lower 48 States in 124 Hours (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by ofou on March 13, 2022 | past
Jobs That No Longer Exist (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by softwarebeware on March 8, 2022 | past
A Mysterious Rocket Booster Is About to Crash into the Moon (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by softwarebeware on March 1, 2022 | past
A Brief History of Pickles (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by pilingual on March 1, 2022 | past
Why Is Cheese Made in Wheel Form? (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by softwarebeware on Feb 24, 2022 | past
Physicist Works Out If Scrooge McDuck Could Swim In A Pool Of Gold (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by optimalsolver on Feb 21, 2022 | past
Historic vs. Historical: What’s the Difference and Which Should I Use? (mentalfloss.com)
1 point by terrycody on Feb 1, 2022 | past
Pieces of Playground Equipment That Nearly Killed Your Grandparents (mentalfloss.com)
4 points by dieselerator on Feb 1, 2022 | past
Bejing Bunker City (mentalfloss.com)
8 points by WorldPeas on Jan 1, 2022 | past
'Winnie-the-Pooh' and Other Creations Are Entering the Public Domain (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by webmaven on Dec 31, 2021 | past
No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons were used for (2018) (mentalfloss.com)
217 points by evo_9 on Dec 28, 2021 | past | 207 comments
Steven Pruitt, Wikipedia Unofficial King, Shaped a Third of the Site Articles (mentalfloss.com)
3 points by sanmak on Dec 25, 2021 | past

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