The Jeopardy! host and game show extraordinare has been collaborating with Mental Floss for about a decade through his Kennections quizzes, putting trivia lovers to the test in a unique way. While ...

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Through 100 questions and answers, we’ll be covering four major topic areas: History, geography, language, and entertainment, to include a variety of different niches. Whatever the purpose is, these ...

And when pirates wanted someone gone immediately, they didn't have time to fuss with a plank. They simply hurled the victim ...

President Calvin Coolidge was known to have some unusual pets. In addition to cats, dogs, and birds, the Coolidge family had ...

Marie-Antoinette didn't shout, "Let them eat cake," at starving sans-culottes. In fact, there is no solid proof she said anything of the sort. What we’re left with is simply a myth and proof that ...

The appeal isn’t about replacing Croatian hotspot entirely, but about finding versions of its core experience—medieval ...

Shakespeare's Blackfriars house did not survive the passage of time. It was eventually sold by his descendants and later ...

The U.S. consists of 50 states, all differing in shape and size.  Some states are so expansive that they rival entire ...

First off, one of the most helpful things you can do to address climate change—or any issue you want to work to change—is to ...

This would be World Book Day, a holiday established by theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...

Find out if you're more of a loyal Gryffindor companion, a Dumbledore-like leader, or a Slytherin strategist who excels ...