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Forget Atlantis (which probably doesn’t exist)—we’re taking a trip to 10 real cities that ended up underwater.

Read on to discover which American president wanted to be a concert violinist, which carried a dictionary around in his pocket, who burned his official White House portrait, and why Joe Biden's dog made history.

Cultures throughout history have come up with their own unique ways to track the days, months, and seasons.

The groundbreaking Broadway show turns 10 this year, so here are a few things you might not have known about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s take on the life and times of the $10 founding father.

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’ isn’t just an enduring summer classic—it also includes plenty of fun slang terms that’ll make you feel like its Shark Week all year long.

Who is this Lord Stanley anyway? Find out more about the history and strange mishaps surrounding the NHL’s Stanley Cup.

In this episode of The List Show, Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy is covering works of art that went missing but were thankfully recovered—in the case of a couple of paintings, twice.

Nearly 100 years after the Great Depression, Americans are still benefiting from New Deal programs—and their protections and entitlements have become such a part of the social fabric that we often take them for granted. Here are just a few.

If you ever dreamed of being Ben Stiller in “Night at the Museum”, we’ve got the next best thing.

Golf balls, a word from the queen, and an X-rated drawing by Andy Warhol are just some of the items left behind by astronauts.

At the most extreme, some forms of constrained writing are even more self-limiting and end up being very, very constrained indeed.

As the ultimate ’80s adventure comedy for kids, Richard Donner’s 1985 hit scored with audiences and critics alike, but there are probably a few facts about “The Goonies” you didn’t know, like that the treasure map was speckled with real blood.