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4 Dickens Christmas Stories Most People Have Never Heard Of...
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4 Dickens Christmas Stories Most People Have Never Heard Of...
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4 Dickens Christmas Stories Most People Have Never Heard Of
Such was the success of 'A Christmas Carol' that the four festive stories Dickens published in the following years have been largely overlooked.
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4 Dickens Christmas Stories Most People Have Never Heard Of...
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4 Wild Misconceptions about the 1970s www.mentalfloss.com/history/misc... @mentalfloss
4 Wild Misconceptions about the 1970s
Were the 1970s a low-tech era? And did everyone actually hate disco?
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December 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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The Icelandic Jólakötturinn or Yule Cat is a fearsome and ferocious entity that prowls the wintery countryside over Yuletide, ready to gobble up any child who has not yet been given a new set of clothing to wear on Christmas Day.
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The Icelandic Jólakötturinn or Yule Cat is a fearsome and ferocious entity that prowls the wintery countryside over Yuletide, ready to gobble up any child who has not yet been given a new set of clothing to wear on Christmas Day.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🕯️ADVENT-DAY 2 😼
The Icelandic Jólakötturinn or Yule Cat is a fearsome and ferocious entity that prowls the wintery countryside over Yuletide, ready to gobble up any child who has not yet been given a new set of clothing to wear on Christmas Day.
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The Icelandic Jólakötturinn or Yule Cat is a fearsome and ferocious entity that prowls the wintery countryside over Yuletide, ready to gobble up any child who has not yet been given a new set of clothing to wear on Christmas Day.
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4 Best Non-Alcoholic Products to Buy This Holiday Season www.mentalfloss.com/holidays/bes... @mentalfloss
4 Best Non-Alcoholic Products to Buy This Holiday Season
Sober-curious or cutting out alcohol completely? You can still enjoy delicious drinks this holiday season.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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How Did Silver Dollar Pancakes Get Their Name? www.mentalfloss.com/big-question... @mentalfloss
How Did Silver Dollar Pancakes Get Their Name?
The interesting origins of silver dollar pancakes.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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4 Major Misconceptions About Congress, Debunked
Do members of congress get paid during government shutdowns? And do they get free health insurance? Let’s get to the bottom of some common myths.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Fun listicle from #MentalFloss about #TheGildedAge
"By 1890, America’s richest 1% owned 40% of the country’s wealth, and 44% of the country shared a mere 1.2% of wealth...a time of 'a widespread feeling of unrest and brooding revolution.'”
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"By 1890, America’s richest 1% owned 40% of the country’s wealth, and 44% of the country shared a mere 1.2% of wealth...a time of 'a widespread feeling of unrest and brooding revolution.'”
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7 Misconceptions About the Gilded Age
This particular time in history proved that all that glittered was certainly not gold.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fun listicle from #MentalFloss about #TheGildedAge
"By 1890, America’s richest 1% owned 40% of the country’s wealth, and 44% of the country shared a mere 1.2% of wealth...a time of 'a widespread feeling of unrest and brooding revolution.'”
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"By 1890, America’s richest 1% owned 40% of the country’s wealth, and 44% of the country shared a mere 1.2% of wealth...a time of 'a widespread feeling of unrest and brooding revolution.'”
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Gone are the days when everything we say is written out in full. Some of it...
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Gone are the days when everything we say is written out in full. Some of it...
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10 Social Media Abbreviations That Stump People the Most
According to research on monthly internet search volume, Americans get confused by these common abbreviations.
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Gone are the days when everything we say is written out in full. Some of it...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You can find this information on Haribo’s website and Wikipedia, but 30 seconds of research is too much of a burden for mentalfloss dot com I guess!!!!
Fulgurites are tubular structures formed when sand or soil containing a lot of quartz is struck by lightning.
The name is derived from the Latin word for lightning: "fulgur." Fulgurites are often called "petrified lightning."
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The name is derived from the Latin word for lightning: "fulgur." Fulgurites are often called "petrified lightning."
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October 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Fulgurites are tubular structures formed when sand or soil containing a lot of quartz is struck by lightning.
The name is derived from the Latin word for lightning: "fulgur." Fulgurites are often called "petrified lightning."
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The name is derived from the Latin word for lightning: "fulgur." Fulgurites are often called "petrified lightning."
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Mental Floss [KFMF] / Andrew McCallum - DJ, Music, Photography, Nerd
A webpage by Mental Floss and Andrew McCallum containing various DJ mix setts, some original music as well as photography and other neat bits.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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6 of History‘s Worst In-Laws
You’ll be happy these folks aren’t your relatives.
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10 Entrances to Hell You Can Actually Visit
Has someone told you to “go to hell?” If so, let us direct you to these potential portals to the underworld.
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Why Some Northern Europeans Are So Into Salty Licorice
The divisive confection wasn’t originally intended to be a candy at all—but that didn’t stop it from becoming a beloved treat in many parts of Northern Europe.
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I dunno if #MentalFloss is good or bad or indifferent. Never paid any attention. Just saw a link to an interesting article, & once I started reading, noticed that they're not the sort of feckless morons who think one bratty orange turd can change the name of the #GulfOfMexico
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I dunno if #MentalFloss is good or bad or indifferent. Never paid any attention. Just saw a link to an interesting article, & once I started reading, noticed that they're not the sort of feckless morons who think one bratty orange turd can change the name of the #GulfOfMexico
That was a really good summary, but about halfway through I realized they were really just summarizing the mentalfloss article. I think it was the only source referenced.
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July 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
That was a really good summary, but about halfway through I realized they were really just summarizing the mentalfloss article. I think it was the only source referenced.
Good work Travel and Leisure, making money and not even breaking a sweat!
Good work Travel and Leisure, making money and not even breaking a sweat!
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Albert Einstein’s Letter About UFOs
Did Einstein believe saucers came from space? Or were UFOs some kind of military technology?
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