John Carpenter John Carpenter’s Original Halloween Is Coming Back to Theaters This Monthmentalfloss.com - BY Garin Pirnia From September 27 through October 31, the original 1978 Halloween—directed by John Carpenter and produced by Debra Hill—will be returning to theaters, …
Scott Warren John Milton's Annotated Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio May Have Been Foundmentalfloss.com - BY Garin Pirnia It's a well-known literary fact that William Shakespeare had an enormous influence on "Paradise Lost" poet John Milton, and new evidence suggests …
Socket PopSockets Is Rolling Out a Line of Drink Holdersmentalfloss.com - BY Jake Rossen PopSockets have become something of a fidgeting consumer’s dream. The cute and accordion-esque accessory knob that attaches to phones allows for an …
GitHub Missing the Days of Clippy? There’s an App That Will Bring Him Backmentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey Some Microsoft Office users might still brace for the appearance of a certain nosy, wide-eyed paper clip whenever they type Dear at the top of a fresh …
Celebrate the Holidays With a Harry Potter Sock Advent Calendar From Targetmentalfloss.com - BY Michele Debczak Harry Potter Advent calendars are becoming a new Christmas tradition among wizards and witches at heart. For the 2019 holiday season, LEGO is …
Culture Wish You Could ‘Shazam’ a Piece of Art? With Magnus, You Canmentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey While museum artworks are often accompanied by tidy little placards that tell you the basics—title, artist, year, medium, dimensions, etc.—that’s not …
General Mills General Mills Is Recalling More Than 600,000 Pounds of Gold Medal Flour Over E. Coli Riskmentalfloss.com - BY Michele Debczak The FDA recently shared news of a 2019 product recall that could impact home bakers. As CNN reports, General Mills is voluntarily recalling 600,000 …
Nicolas Cage 7 of the Best Double Features You Can Stream on Netflix Right Nowmentalfloss.com - BY Jake Rossen For many of us, movie night can turn into a movie marathon. If you’re logged into Netflix and pondering what to watch, check out these double feature …
15 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of The Great British Baking Showmentalfloss.com - BY Mental Floss UK If you’re an American fan of The Great British Bake Off you probably know it better as The Great British Baking Show (though its most devoted fans …
The Muppets 8 Fun Facts About Muppet Babiesmentalfloss.com - BY Jake Rossen Before prequels were a thing, Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies imagined a world in which the felt-covered characters of Henson’s Muppets franchise—Kermit, …
Babies The Reason Newborn Babies Don't Produce Tearsmentalfloss.com - BY Jake Rossen As anyone who has spent time with a newborn knows, babies are swaddled and be-diapered packages consisting of mucus, spittle, hiccups, and poop. With …
Mozart 13 Facts About Amadeus On Its 35th Anniversarymentalfloss.com - BY Erika Berlin Though much has been written about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the most entertaining look at the master composer's life might very well be …
The Office The Office Reboot Could Be Happening After Allmentalfloss.com - BY Natalie Zamora While we can all agree that binge-watching The Office over and over again is always a good idea, fans of the hit NBC series are torn on whether or not …
Eating The World's Spiciest Chip Is Sold Only One to a Customermentalfloss.com - BY Jake Rossen If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to get pepper-sprayed directly in your mouth, Paqui Chips has something you can’t afford to miss. …
Bill Watterson 'The Far Side' May Be Making a Comeback Onlinementalfloss.com - BY Jake Rossen For the first time ever, it’s looking increasingly likely that cartoonist Gary Larson’s "The Far Side" will be available in a medium other than book …
Air Travel When Should You Book Your Thanksgiving and Christmas Flights? Right Now!mentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey For many people, paying for distressingly expensive airline tickets is just part of life when it comes to traveling for the holidays. And, while you …
Whaling How Two Biologists Put A Killer Whale Back Together, Bone by Bonementalfloss.com - BY Kat Long It might have been the splashing of harbor seals that caught his attention. Without making a sound, the bullet-shaped killer whale named T44 might …
8 Spooky Facts About Spirit Halloweenmentalfloss.com - BY Michele Debczak Every year in August, when people start anticipating cooler days and longer nights, the vacant husks of defunct retail stores are possessed with new …
Cemeteries 5 Weird American Cemetery Legendsmentalfloss.com - BY Bess Lovejoy These strange, spooky cemetery tales of vampires, ghosts, and bloody headstones will keep you up at night. (If you're not too scared, add them to your …
Podcasting Pod Search, a Search Engine for Podcasts, Can Help You Find Your Next Binge-Listenmentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey Having too many options definitely seems like the best problem to have when it comes to picking your next top podcast obsession, but that doesn’t …
19th Century Welcome to Cool, California. Population: 2520mentalfloss.com - BY Claudia Dimuro It’s not hard to find U.S. towns with some pretty weird (and sometimes depressing) names, so we shouldn't be surprised that people have the option of …
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Ohio State University Massive Swarms of Migrating Dragonflies Are So Large They’re Popping Up on Weather Radarmentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey What do Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio all have in common? Epic swarms of dragonflies, among other things. WSLS-TV reports that this week, …
Accessories Get Cozy With Bob Ross Slipper Socksmentalfloss.com - BY Michele Debczak Setting aside the evening to binge-watch The Joy of Painting videos is a foolproof way to have a relaxing time. In case Bob Ross's inspiring mantras …
Fred Rogers How Mister Rogers Used King Friday to Make Friday the 13th Less Scary for Kidsmentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey King Friday XIII, son of King Charming Thursday XII and Queen Cinderella Monday, is an avid arts lover, a talented whistler, and a former pole …
Shawshank Redemption How The Shawshank Redemption Went from Box Office Bomb to Contemporary Classicmentalfloss.com - BY Jake Rossen When The Shawshank Redemption opened on September 23, 1994, director Frank Darabont and producer Liz Glotzer decided to drop by the Cinerama Dome in …
Ted Nugent 16 Soothing Facts About Muzakmentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey Whether you know it as background music, elevator music, or, as Ted Nugent once called it, an “evil force causing people to collapse into …
Culture The History Behind 7 New York City Street Namesmentalfloss.com - BY Claudia Dimuro Modern life means constantly rushing to get places, especially in New York. Whether it’s the daily grind to get to work or the rush to hit happy …
Wine & Spirits Meet Horatio, the Old-Timey ‘Smart’ Speaker From Hendrick’s Ginmentalfloss.com - BY Ellen Gutoskey The tech news you almost definitely heard about this week was Apple’s unveiling of the iPhone 11, a characteristically sleek, user-friendly gadget …
