Erin McCarthy

We have two innovators to thank for our ability to scream-sing Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” in front of a group of strangers.

And how you can tell a two-way mirror from a standard one.

Here are some bon mots the actor and author said over the years, on everything from how he chose his projects to the joys of writing.

To predict quakes, scientists have to understand how they occur, what happens just before and during the start of one, and whether it shows signs that movement is imminent. So far, none of those things is known.

More than 5500 artifacts have been brought up since the first salvage trip to the 'Titanic' wreckage in 1987.

He wrote the book partially in response to European writers like Joseph Conrad, who Achebe said depicted Africa “as ‘the other world,’ the antithesis of Europe and therefore of civilization.”

On the genre-busting television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the heroine saved the world a lot over the course of seven seasons—and now, a sequel series may be coming to Hulu.

The performer, who is currently playing Armstrong on Broadway in ‘A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical,’ dropped by the Mental Floss studios to walk us through some fascinating details about Armstrong’s life.