Mental FlossWatch Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “The Other America” Speechmentalfloss.com - Michele DebczakMany of the MLK quotes in school curricula today deal with hope and racial unity, but “The Other America” notably justifies the anger felt in Black …
Mental FlossJan 8, 20216 Presidents Who Didn’t Attend Their Successor’s Inaugurationmentalfloss.com - Michele DebczakSome outgoing presidents decided to ditch the tradition. Typically, a presidential inauguration ceremony features a number of past …
Mental Floss2 days agoThe Strange Saga of Sober Sue, Who Made a Career Out of Refusing to Laughmentalfloss.com - Jake RossenThe stage performer spent decades being professionally miserable. For millions of people in the tri-state area in the early 20th century, Coney Island …
Mental Floss3 days agoMeet Caren Marsh Doll, the Oldest Living Cast Member of ‘The Wizard of Oz’mentalfloss.com - Lorna WallaceCaren Marsh Doll survived a plane crash that killed 35 people in 1949—and that’s not even the most interesting thing about her. The Wizard of Oz first …
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Mental FlossDec 26, 2019A Brief History of Trepanation, One of the World’s Oldest Surgeriesmentalfloss.com - Kirstin FawcettThroughout history, trepanation has been practiced in nearly every part of the world—and still is today. In the 1860s, a U.S. newspaper editor, …
