Nick Greene

Joined: Sep 10, 2013

Nick Greene is the former Editor-at-Large for MentalFloss.com. He has written about trying to ride the entire New York Subway system in one day, surviving the apocalypse without a spare set of contact lenses, and whether or not Elvis was actually any good at karate. Originally from Chicago, he currently lives in Oakland, California.

The phrase can be traced back to a Romantic poet.

Next time, there won't be any need to panic.

Fazlur Khan and the idea that would turn architecture on its head.

A simple mistake on social media has turned into an internet event celebrated around the world for more than a decade.

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River lawsuits, hidden official city symbols, and the heroic son of Al Capone's lawyer.

Phone numbers with letters look like gibberish to most people making a phone call today.

You may have noticed these weird phone numbers while watching reruns of your favorite ’50s-era TV show—and though they look like gibberish to modern phone-users, they were perfectly normal at the time.

This list is your Annie Oakley to fitting in at the carnival.

Start slipping these terms into conversation and watch as your friends bally about how great talking to you is.

The cover of Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five.'

Based on his experiences as a POW during the Allied bombing of Dresden in 1945, 'Slaughterhouse-Five' propelled author Kurt Vonnegut, who had been largely ignored and classified as a sci-fi paperback writer, to fame and literary acclaim.

The silhouette on the NBA logo—a player dribbling and swiveling between a red and blue background—is Lakers legend Jerry West. But how does he benefit, if at all?