Everyone makes it sound like telling secrets is such a bad thing. But why is there a cat in a bag in the first place? Shouldn't someone let him out before the SPCA comes around asking questions? And as far as dishing dirt goes, isn't it better to have spilled a little mulch than never to have mucked about in a garden? Hey, when the advice doesn't even make sense, we figure it's not worth following. From secret societies, to the secret of Shakespeare's success, to the not-so-secret way they get the filling into a Twinkie--we're spilling every historical bean we can find. After all, it's hard to keep stuff this good bottled up forever.

Secrets Issue features: The Muppets Take mental_floss; The "I Can't Believe We're Doing An Article About Stamps" Article; Nicolae Ceausescu

Secrets Issue articles: Where the Red Weed Grows; Masterpieces: Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five; 6 Pre-Madonna Prima Donnas; Underground Education: Uncle Sam; 10 Famous People With Missing Body Parts; Romania: The 50-Cent Tour; Investing in Outer Space; The Dead Guy Interview: Walt Disney; and a Scatterbrained that's "Small" and yet bigger than ever.