Remembering Muzzy, the Clock-Eating Alien Who Haunted ’90s Kids
If you watched television in the 1990s, you probably saw an ad for a green blob that could teach you French.
If you watched television in the 1990s, you probably saw an ad for a green blob that could teach you French.
Yestervid compiles silent film footage of the Windy City dating back to 1896.
Wastoid, wedgie, and dumpster fire, oh my! In the latest episode of The List Show, you can learn about the fun origins of some pretty wacky and absolutely real slang terms from the last hundred years.
Long gone are the days of graffitied subway cars and cigarette ads in Times Square.
From record-breaking plants and incredible animal news to space superlatives and the awesome power of Taylor Swift fans, here’s the long list of things we learned in 2023.
The event tried to set a Guinness World Record for epic snowball fights.
Lofty Pursuit's Wonka-inspired candies taste like corn, ham, and blueberry pie.
Nubz has stolen the collective heart of the internet with his zest for life—and strutting.
You might not realize that the Amish sometimes drive in cars and operate power tools.
From a profane parrot to an exploding corpse to swapped (and dropped) bodies, the funerals on this list went terribly awry.
We celebrate the same holidays every year, but how much do we actually know about these annual traditions? And how much of what we think we know is actually true?
YouTube has countless cozy fireplace videos. But how many of them boast 100 fun facts?
The gigantic asteroid exploded in the skies over Chelyabinsk, Russia—and it was caught on camera.
In this 11-minute video, woodworker Frank Howarth makes what he calls an “inside-out Christmas ornament,” complete with a mini-Christmas tree inside.
In the latest episode of The List Show, host and Mental Floss editor-in-chief Erin McCarthy shares 9 jokes and brainteasers from history, including puzzling riddles and puns that transcend time.
Watch up close as one Cape sundew plant uses its tentacles to trap and entomb an insect.
John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson were more prone to giggle fits than the characters they played on ’The Office.’
Gyrecraft, a project from the design firm Studio Swine, shows how one person’s ocean trash is another’s sustainable art.
This digital art piece from Thomas Blanchard set to Chopin’s Nocturne Op. ,9 No. 2 is oddly soothing.
German is known for its extremely long compound words—Mark Twain once complained that some were “so long they have a perspective.” This quick video demonstrates how those words are constructed.
Let’s peer in the windows of mysterious clubs, from not-so-secret societies like the Freemasons to lesser-known groups like the Bullingdon Club.
The Great Depression was caused by the 1929 stock market crash and plunged the entire country into poverty … right? Maybe not.
Weird but fascinating facts about everything from the guy who dragged cars with his nipples to frogs shedding (and eating!) their own skin.
In this episode of Misconceptions, host Justin Dodd debunks some myths about these great beasts of the ocean, from whether punching them in the nose is a valid defense tactic to the events that inspired 'Jaws.'