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- Why did old phone numbers start with letters? (2015) https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61116/why-did-old-phone-numbers-start-letters 142 comments
- If You Can Correctly Pronounce Every Word in This Poem, You’re Among the Elite http://mentalfloss.com/article/568043/tricky-1920s-poem-english-pronunciation-inconsistencies 3 comments
- Galvarino, the Mapuche who had his hands brutally cut off by the Spaniards and replaced them with blades to seek revenge https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72293/galvarino-mapuche-warrior-knives-hands 5 comments history
- An Illinois School District Has Banned Fully Remote Students From Wearing Pajamas While Learning https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/627299/illinois-school-district-bans-remote-students-wearing-pjs?a_aid=43247 39 comments worldnews
- Man Buys Two Metric Tons of LEGO Bricks; Sorts Them Via Machine Learning http://mentalfloss.com/article/501060/man-buys-two-metric-tons-lego-bricks-sorts-them-machine-learning 4 comments technology
- What Happens to the President’s Twitter Account When He Leaves Office? http://mentalfloss.com/article/88193/what-happens-presidents-twitter-account-when-he-leaves-office 6 comments politics
- If the Polls Close While You’re Still in Line to Vote, Don’t Leave http://mentalfloss.com/article/88493/if-polls-close-while-youre-still-line-vote-dont-leave 808 comments politics
- TIL Indians spent more time reading than any other country according to a british survey. http://mentalfloss.com/article/55344/which-country-reads-most 14 comments india
- 7 Obsessions That Influenced H. P. Lovecraft’s Work http://mentalfloss.com/article/84903/7-obsessions-influenced-h-p-lovecrafts-work 8 comments books
- 7 Words That Have Changed Stages in the New Edition of 'Modern English Usage' http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79326/7-words-have-changed-stages-new-edition-modern-english-usage 10 comments linguistics
- What happens to leftover campaign funds when a candidate drops out? http://mentalfloss.com/article/29636/what-happens-leftover-campaign-funds-when-candidate-drops-out 15 comments politics
- Christopher Lee reads Poe. I figured this was a timely find. Sorry if it's a repost. http://mentalfloss.com/article/65237/listen-sir-christopher-lee-read-stories-edgar-allan-poe 6 comments books
- 10 Famous Writers’ Houses Worth Visiting http://mentalfloss.com/article/60124/10-famous-writers-houses-worth-visiting 3 comments books
- R.L. Stine: "When [Goosebumps] first came out...They were a flop." http://mentalfloss.com/article/59265/qa-rl-stine-scaring-children-and-teens-goosebumps-and-fear-street 14 comments books
- How the Neighborhoods of Manhattan Got Their Names http://mentalfloss.com/article/12705/how-neighborhoods-manhattan-got-their-names 5 comments history
- The Wisconsin Town That Didn't Learn English for Five Generations http://mentalfloss.com/article/13026/wisconsin-town-didnt-learn-english-five-generations 36 comments linguistics
- The Lions and Cowboy's Thanksgiving tradition explained http://mentalfloss.com/article/31525/why-do-detroit-lions-and-dallas-cowboys-always-play-thanksgiving 83 comments nfl
- TIL Oxford University is requesting the help of the general public to help and decipher 7 ancient languages [x-post from r/todayilearned] http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/148212 3 comments linguistics
- How the kilogram is slowly losing weight and why it could potentially screw the metric system http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/132813 16 comments science
- Here's another one: Can you name the Dream Team in two minutes? http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=287 17 comments nba
- Do Presidential Candidates Always Release Their Tax Returns? The thing is, Romney doesn’t have to release anything if he doesn’t want to. Legally, tax returns are private. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/113946 4 comments politics
- What’s in a Nickname? The Origins of All 30 MLB Team Names http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/51678 41 comments baseball
- Origins of all 32NFL teams nicknames http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/65044 29 comments nfl
- Now everybody look at your fingers... http://www.mentalfloss.com/amazingfactgenerator/?p=902#scroll 3 comments reddit.com
- Rejection letters sent to bestselling authors http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/77149 5 comments books
- 10 Works of Literature That Were Really Hard to Write http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/76496 64 comments books
- What 10 Classic Books Were Almost Called http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/70037 11 comments books
- What’s in a Nickname? The Origins of All 32 NFL Team Names http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/65044 7 comments sports
- I thought Antarctica was endless expanses of snow and ice! Wow. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/46482 47 comments reddit.com
- Dogs welcoming their owners back from Iraq and Afghanistan. My contacts are awfully itchy today... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40324 3 comments politics
- Okay, you remember Neil Armstrong, but can you pass a quiz choosing between astronauts who walked on the moon and not-so-well-known professional golfers? http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=719 17 comments space
- The Science of Napping: 7 Simple Rules For How to Take A Nap http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21376 3 comments science
- Wine and the "Second-Cheapest" Syndrome http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18811 2 comments reddit.com
- 7 Super-Sized (And Somewhat Insane) Soviet Projects http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/11372?sid13 3 comments reddit.com
- Why Is It Bad Luck for the Groom to See His Bride on Their Wedding Day? http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10881 2 comments reddit.com
- Why is space dark? http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7811 15 comments reddit.com
- Don’t Try This at Home: Totally Dangerous Experiments http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7208 2 comments reddit.com
- Russian stamps depict the darndest things http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5996 3 comments reddit.com
- Five Ballpark Promotions That Went Wrong, including 10-Cent Beer Night http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6960 24 comments reddit.com
- Daguerreotypes: Why doesn’t anyone smile in these pictures? http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6822 7 comments reddit.com