Kirstin Fawcett

Joined: Aug 25, 2015

Kirstin Fawcett is a former staff writer for Mental Floss.

Star Trek Fan Builds Klingon Warship Entirely From LEGO Bricks

Celebrate Star Trek's 50th Anniversary by Flying in Zero Gravity With George Takei

Star Trek Will Return to TV in 2017

New Documentary Theorizes That a Fire Contributed to the Titanic's Demise

What First-Class ‘Titanic’ Passengers Ate for Lunch the Day Their Ship Hit the Iceberg

The menu included options from a buffet, the grill, and eight different cheeses.

The 5500-year-old trepanned skull of a woman now displayed in a Swiss museum.

A Brief History of Trepanation, One of the World’s Oldest Surgeries

The practice of drilling or scraping a hole into the skull’s cranial vault has been performed for thousands of years.

Here’s What To Pack In Your Go-Bag in Case of an Emergency

Get tips for what to pack in a go-bag, including the essentials you should definitely have stashed away before a natural disaster strikes.

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

Dogs have built-in fur coats, but that doesn’t mean they don’t get chilly during their winter walks.

Sandwiches are a traveler’s best friend.

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

Turkeys and pies are allowable carry-ons, but you’ll have to check alcohol, sauces, and condiments before you board a plane.

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

The gift helped commercialize the “talking board,” and paved the way for future models.

Why Does My Eyelid Sometimes Twitch?

Caffeine is just one of the things that may be to blame for the irritating spasms.

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.