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- How military operations get their code names (2011) https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28711/how-military-operations-get-their-code-names 19 comments
- The Mysterious Bronze Objects That Have Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/514246/are-roman-dodecahedrons-worlds-most-mysterious-artifact?a_aid=45307 7 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
- Vermont Just Banned Residents From Throwing Food Scraps in the Trash https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/626306/vermont-passes-food-scraps-ban 136 comments environment
- 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
- 10 Facial Reconstructions of Famous Historical Figures http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50567/10-facial-reconstructions-famous-historical-figures 55 comments history
- 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
- At 10, Taylor Wilson built his first bomb. At 14, he made a nuclear reactor. Now he’s 17… http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/89423 109 comments technology
- 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
- One-hit Wonders in Literature http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/65890 10 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
- 6 Epic At-Bats http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/61771 6 comments baseball
- I thought Antarctica was endless expanses of snow and ice! Wow. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/46482 47 comments reddit.com
- Extreme Weirdness: A glacier which looks like it's bleeding in Antarctica http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/45981 12 comments science
- 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
- War-opoly: How History’s Most Popular Board Game Helped Defend The Free World http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10021 5 comments history
- 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
- An Unofficial Guide to Life as a Ref http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18455 4 comments sports
- 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
- 5 Famous Christmas Songs Written by Jewish Songwriters http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10490 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
- Baby Jessica and other kids I’d forgotten about http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6831 2 comments reddit.com
- Daguerreotypes: Why doesn’t anyone smile in these pictures? http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6822 7 comments reddit.com
- How come no one knows where Genghis Khan is buried? http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/questions/?p=304 2 comments reddit.com
- Graffiti is a (fun) crime ... [User-enhanced absurdist signage ] http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4379 2 comments reddit.com