Trivia, Quizzes, and Brain Teasers

Lexus

How to Host an Incredible Clambake

When settlers came to North America, Native Americans taught them one of the continent’s tastiest culinary tricks—steaming clams, corn, and potatoes in a hole in the ground. The time-tested method has turned the clambake into a New England tradition. Here’s how to go further the next time you throw a classy beach party.... READ ON

List

10 Great Scientists Who Were Also Jocks

Brain and brawn have never been enemies; in fact, some of the most gifted scientists of all time were also dedicated athletes.... READ ON

Movies

20 Things You Might Not Know About E.T.

Fun facts about Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic.... READ ON

Pretty Pictures

11 Images from the American Museum of Natural History's Archives

New York City's American Museum of Natural History recently launched an online image database, Digital Special Collections, which features more than 7000 images from the institution's history—many of them never before seen by the public—including archival photographs, rare book illustrations, drawings, notes, letters, art, and Museum memorabilia.... READ ON

Missing Links

Frozen + Thriller

Miss Cellania

9 People Who Just Did It Anyway

Big Question

What is Pine Tar Used for Outside of Baseball?

When it's not slathered on the skin of Major League pitchers, what's the point of pine tar?... READ ON

History

The Life and Death of Spuds MacKenzie, the Original Party Animal

A look back at the most popular spokesdog of the 1980s.... READ ON

Extreme Engineering

A One Way Mission to Mars

In this series, Mental Floss will examine the engineering problems associated with humanity’s most extreme endeavors, from mining asteroids to colonizing the ocean, and explain how engineers plan to solve them.... READ ON