Mangesh & Jason

We may not be much help in filling out your bracket, but we can promise one interesting fact about each of the 68 teams in the tournament. Let's tip things off with the West

We came into the New York office this morning and had a new pet! Meet Banana, the office eel. 1. As any banana aficionado knows, a bunch of bananas is called a hand; individual bananas are called fingers. 2. In recorded history, bananas date back to ar

Temple Grandin’s Thinking in Pictures was on our 2009 list of The 25 Most Powerful Books of Past 25 Years. Since the HBO movie of her life story cleaned up at the Emmys last night, we thought now was a good time to post this

The new mental_floss hits newsstands today, and we can't wait for you to check it out. If you're not a subscriber, we're providing a few choice tidbits after the jump to get you excited. (By the way, you can fix that by taking advantage of one of these su

We owe some people some books! Our jury has reached verdicts in last week's giveaways. Here's who won, what they won, and why: Prize: Problem Identified (And You're Probably Not Part of the Solution), by Scott Adams Challenge: Name the four conference ro

Our new issue is on newsstands and in mailboxes (or beach bags or bathrooms or wherever it is you do your _flossing). This week we'll be sharing a few excerpts from the cover story, "The 50 Most Interesting Places in the Space-Time Continuum," by Jenny Dr

The new issue hits stands Tuesday, and the cover story features the 50 Most Interesting Places in the Space-Time Continuum. We cover everything from Warren Buffet's Desk to Inside a Tornado to the Supreme Court's Doomsday Shelter, and even a short bit on

The new issue hits stands next Tuesday, and the cover story features the 50 Most Interesting Places in the Space-Time Continuum. We cover everything from Warren Buffet's Desk to Inside a Tornado to the Supreme Court's Doomsday Shelter, and yes, Inside a B