Dana Schwartz

Joined: Nov 21, 2014

Dana Schwartz is a former staff writer for MentalFloss.com. She is the author of four books, including the #1 New York Times and #1 Indie bestseller Anatomy: A Love Story, and host of the Noble Blood podcast. Dana has written for Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, GQ, Vanity Fair, Bustle, and more. Dana lives in Los Angeles with her fiancé and their cats, Eddie and Beetlejuice.

Drawing might be the smartest way to encode an idea in your brain.

Your bolognese will live another day!

Getting your brows on fleek is worth the splurge.

This belongs in a museum!

Borrow these for Valentine's Day at your own risk.

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In Lithuania, March 16 is Knygnešio diena, or the Day of the Book Smugglers, to commemorate the birthday of Jurgis Bielinis, who created a secret distribution network in order to smuggle banned Lithuanian books into the country.