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Once a month, in an exclusive Philadelphia dining room, the greatest minds in criminal justice gather to crack the nation’s coldest cases.

The most anticipated eclipse in American history is coming this summer. At the heart of it is Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which anticipates 100,000 visitors. Mental Floss takes a look behind the small town's preparations—and a deep dive into the passionate su

King Zog of Albania planned to recreate his court in a Long Island mansion—but he never even visited.

The story of Tupperware™ is a story of innovation and reinvention: how a new kind of plastic, made from an industrial waste material, ended up a symbol of female empowerment.

With enough funding, they will analyze—and then reinter—the remains of people buried between 1707 and 1859 in a Baptist cemetery—and mental_floss will be in the lab with them.

With enough funding, they will analyze—and then reinter—the remains of people buried between 1707 and 1859 in a Baptist cemetery—and mental_floss will be in the lab with them.

Last year, former circus performer Silke Pan began doing something she never thought would be possible again: walk.

Had the police known there was barbed wire hidden in the floral arrangements, things might have gone a little differently.

He was invited to the White House. He sold $250 million in merchandise. And he nearly caused an actor to have a nervous breakdown on set.

How a musical truck hijacked an elite dessert and delivered it to the people.

These mostly earth-dwelling organisms can stimulate rain in the atmosphere—and a lot more.

On April 21, 1986, nearly 30 million viewers tuned in to 'The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults,' a live primetime excavation hosted by Geraldo Rivera that promised to dig deep into the catacombs of the criminal’s hotel hideout on Chicago’s South Side.