Kirstin Fawcett

Joined: Aug 25, 2015

Kirstin Fawcett is a former staff writer for Mental Floss.

This Handy Chart Tells You When It’s Too Cold to Walk Your Dog

Sandwiches are a traveler’s best friend.

Here’s Which Thanksgiving Foods You Can Bring on a Plane

When President Grover Cleveland Was Given a Proto-Ouija Board as a Wedding Present

Why Does My Eyelid Sometimes Twitch?

George Washington Carver in his laboratory.

10 Black Inventors Who Changed the World

Get to know the brilliant African American innovators who brought you blood banks, personal computers, dry cleaning, and more.

Anthony Burgess had difficulty creating his slang dictionary.

When ‘Clockwork Orange’ Author Anthony Burgess Wrote a Slang Dictionary

Penguin Books commissioned the work in 1965, but the "A Clockwork Orange" author only completed several hundred entries before discarding the project.

7 Majestic Facts About Devils Tower

There's much more to the Wyoming landmark than what you saw in ’Close Encounters of the Third Kind.’

Pop-Up Video Store to Offer 14,000 Copies of Jerry Maguire

The Jerry Maguire Video Store will open in Los Angeles on January 13, 2017.

Joan Rivers, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Keanu Reeves have all had ghostly encounters.

8 Famous Figures, Past and Present, Who Claimed to Have Encountered Ghosts

Being rich, famous, or influential has plenty of perks—but escaping the spirit world’s torments isn’t necessarily one of them.

13 Facts About Siamese Cats

Like most cat breeds, the Siamese’s true origins are cloaked in mystery.

David Bowie's Birthplace May Soon Be Home to a Giant Lightning Bolt Sculpture

The sculpture would resemble the one painted across Bowie's face on the cover of 1973's 'Aladdin Sane.'

Century-Old Graffiti Written by Hotel Waiters Discovered on the Walls of Florida Museum

Complaining about lousy tippers is a timeless tradition.

“Who, me?” This goat, hearing about the word ‘scapegoat.’

The Reason We Call People Blamed for Things “Scapegoats”

History is filled with figures who were single-handedly—yet often undeservedly—held responsible for epic societal failures. But what do goats have to do with it?

The Pallas’s cat is super cute—and pretty elusive.

12 Fascinating Facts About Pallas’s Cats

The elusive, fluffy wildcat may be adorable, but they’re not social animals. They don’t even seem to like each other very much.

Not all Manx cats are tailless like this one.

10 Facts About Manx Cats

Manx cats can have tails of varying lengths, but only “rumpies” or “rumpy risers” are eligible to compete in the championship classes in CFA cat shows.

Yes, that really is what you sound like.

Here’s How to Tell What Your Voice Actually Sounds Like, Sans Recorder

A vocal coach explains how to hear what your voice really sounds like when you talk and sing.