Skip to main content area
Mental Floss
Magazine Cover Get a RISK-FREE issue Give a Gift iPad Subscription

Main menu

  • Amazing Facts
  • Big Questions
  • Knowledge Feed
  • LIsts
  • Quizzes
  • Subscribe
  • Store

Savannah Weldon

Savannah Weldon

@

quizzes

Name the Top 10 National Universities

quizzes

Name the Top 21 Liberal Arts Colleges

Subscribe to Author Articles

Daily Floss

Morning Cup of Links

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Fatherly Advice

5 Questions

5 Questions: Nervous "Rex"

Brain Game

Third in the 100k

Lunchtime Quiz

How Many Vice Presidents Can You Name in 10 Minutes?

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

Hit me with the next fact

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?
>
SUBMIT A QUESTION

we want your answers!

What's Your Dream Board on Jeopardy?
What Museums Should Everyone Visit at Least Once?

water cooler ammo

SIGN UP NOW
for our daily newsletter with exclusive nuggets of information guaranteed to amaze your coworkers and friends!
  • © 2012 Mental Floss
  • About
  • RSS
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact
  • Press
  • Advertising
  • Subscribe
  • Store
  • Give a Gift
  • iPad
  • Subscriber Services
  • Giveaways
  • Back Issues
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter
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.)