Colin Perkins

Colin Perkins

Colin Perkins is an author and a comedian. In addition to mental_floss, he's written for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Splitsider, McSweeney's, and Cracked.

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The Missing Links: How to Buy the Moon

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The Missing Links: Movies That Really Speak To You

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The Missing Links: Journey to Oz

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The Missing Links: A Modern Day Viking Funeral

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The Missing Links: The Legality of Performing CPR

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The Missing Links: The McHula Pineapple Burger That Almost Was

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The Missing Links: Your Weirdest Thoughts As Art

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The Missing Links: Return to the Bates Motel

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The Missing Links: Government Guidelines For Yeti Hunting

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The Missing Links: The Quest For Cyborg Liberties

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Daily Floss

Morning Cup of Links

Hide-and-Seek Cats

5 Questions

5 Questions: Yoga Poses

Brain Game

Teeming with Teams

Lunchtime Quiz

Troy McClure Film or Actual Terrible Movie?

The Rhodes Scholar program is named for De Beers founder Cecil Rhodes.

brilliant questions from you!

When and Why Did People Start Saying "Um"?

What Did Grover Cleveland Do Between Terms?

Why Aren't There B Batteries?

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What's Your Dream Board on Jeopardy?

What Museums Should Everyone Visit at Least Once?

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)