Here at Mental Floss, we’ve launched a Trivia of the Day series, delivering 25 new questions daily that revolve around ...

Trademarking the blue was, however, not enough. The US Open also claimed the green color used just outside the in-bounds ...

Although we might associate it now with time or events taking place after a day at work, Shakespeare used the phrase after hours twice in his writing—first in Romeo and Juliet and then again in ...

What's your Roman Empire? That social media trend, which started back on TikTok in 2023, has come to mean, “what do you think about all the time?” Well, ancient ...

Blue is a very rare color in nature. Even blueberries are more of a purple than a true blue, and blue raspberry is an artificial candy flavor. So a bird with na ...

Stephen King is the Master of Horror, and he also knows how to create quirky and memorable fictional town names. While most ...

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Film has certainly evolved over the past 50 years. The special effects that captivated audiences in 1975's Jaws are a far cry ...

Much like stretching before a workout, solving riddles helps bend the brain into new shapes, priming your mind to think abstractly. For kids in particular, that intersection of wordplay and logic not ...

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In the days leading up to Mount Vesuvius' eruption in AD 79, the people of Pompeii went about their daily routines, much as they would any other week.

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