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Erika Berlin
Joined: May 5, 2015
Erika Berlin is a former senior editor for MentalFloss.com. She's a disco ball enthusiast, a pop culture addict, and a fan of pretending low-brow TV shows are educational. She is a Midwestern New Yorker who has a miniature schnauzer named Amadeus (after her favorite movie/composer). Erika was previously an editor at Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, and Refinery 29, among others.
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