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Title:Mental Floss
Description:Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
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h3Quiz: Guess the Halloween Candy by Its Tagline
h4Netflix’s Creepiest Hidden Gems to Watch This Halloween
h4Map Shows the States With the Best and Worst Truck Stops
h48 Chilling Stephen King Adaptations That Still Give Us Nightmares
h312 (Mostly) Spooky Halloween Superstitions
h3Can You Decipher These Translated Song Lyrics? Tune Twist Quiz #64
h3The Best U.S. Cities for Ghosts to Live, Mapped
h35 Tips for Winterizing Your Garden
h2LANGUAGE
h3The Nordic Countries Where There’s No Word for ‘Please’
h3Why Do We Say “Trick or Treat” on Halloween?
h3How Thomas Jefferson Invented A New Way Of Saying “Goodbye”
h311 Real Words That Sound Totally Fake
h3Why Are New Zealanders Called ‘Kiwis’?
h2HISTORY
h4SEE MORE
h3Why Do We Carve and Paint Pumpkins for Halloween?
h37 Notorious Sibling Rivalries Throughout History
h3Why Are the Toronto Blue Jays in the MLB’s American League?
h3Caleb Milne, the 1930s Actor Kidnapped in Broad Daylight
h2QUIZZES
h4SEE MORE
h3Quiz: Which Real-Life People Inspired These Horror Characters?
h3Quiz: Can You Get a Perfect Score on This Stephen King Trivia?
h3Ken Jennings’s Kennections Quiz #190: Can You Guess What These Clues Have in Common?
h3Only 21% of People Can Complete This Fall Puzzle in Under 10 Seconds
h2FEATURES
h2The First ‘Titanic’ Movie Came a Month After the Disaster—And It Starred a Survivor
h3The Chrome Extension That’s Rekindling the 432 Hz Music Conspiracy
h3Woman at a Crossroads: When Polly Melton Vanished From a Hiking Trail
h2BIG QUESTIONS
h4SEE MORE
h3How Long Did It Take for the ‘Titanic’ to Sink?
h3Where Did the Phrase ‘Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop’ Come From?
h3Why Did We Stop Building Covered Bridges?
h3Why Do Motorcyclists Wear Leather?
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Mental Floss - AMAZING FACTS - BIG QUESTIONS - ENTERTAINMENT - ENTERTAINMENT - #TBT - MOVIES - MUSIC - POP CULTURE - TV - HISTORY - HISTORY - ARCHAEOLOGY - BAD OLD DAYS WITH A.J. JACOBS - BIOGRAPHIES - KING TUT - TITANIC - WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - LISTS - LISTS - BOOKS - FOOD - LANGUAGE - WORDS - LIVE SMARTER - LIVE SMARTER - HEALTH - SMART SHOPPING - TRAVEL - HACKS - FUN - QUIZZES - QUIZZES - KENNECTIONS WITH KEN JENNINGS - BRAINTEASERS - SCIENCE - SCIENCE - ANIMALS - ENVIRONMENT - SPACE - ALL STORIES - NEWSLETTER - AMAZING FACTS - BIG QUESTIONS - ENTERTAINMENT - ENTERTAINMENT - #TBT - MOVIES - MUSIC - POP CULTURE - TV - HISTORY - HISTORY - ARCHAEOLOGY - BAD OLD DAYS WITH A.J. JACOBS - BIOGRAPHIES - KING TUT - TITANIC - WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - LISTS - LISTS - BOOKS - FOOD - LANGUAGE - WORDS - LIVE SMARTER - LIVE SMARTER - HEALTH - SMART SHOPPING - TRAVEL - HACKS - FUN - QUIZZES - QUIZZES - KENNECTIONS WITH KEN JENNINGS - BRAINTEASERS - SCIENCE - SCIENCE - ANIMALS - ENVIRONMENT - SPACE - ALL STORIES - NEWSLETTER QUIZZES ### Quiz: Guess the Halloween Candy by Its Tagline ENTERTAINMENT #### Netflix’s Creepiest Hidden Gems to Watch This Halloween Suhaib Adeel | 3:00 PM EDT MAPS #### Map Shows the States With the Best and Worst Truck Stops AJ DiCosimo | 2:02 PM EDT ENTERTAINMENT #### 8 Chilling Stephen King Adaptations That Still Give Us Nightmares Alexandria Ingham | 1:00 PM EDT HALLOWEEN ### 12 (Mostly) Spooky Halloween Superstitions QUIZZES ### Can You Decipher These Translated Song Lyrics? Tune Twist Quiz #64 MAPS ### The Best U.S. Cities for Ghosts to Live, Mapped LIVE SMARTER ### 5 Tips for Winterizing Your Garden * * * * * * ## LANGUAGE - 1 ### The Nordic Countries Where There’s No Word for ‘Please’ - 2 ### Why Do We Say “Trick or Treat” on Halloween? - 3 ### How Thomas Jefferson Invented A New Way Of Saying “Goodbye” - 4 ### 11 Real Words That Sound Totally Fake - 5 ### Why Are New Zealanders Called ‘Kiwis’? * * * ## HISTORY #### SEE MORE ### Why Do We Carve and Paint Pumpkins for Halloween? ### 7 Notorious Sibling Rivalries Throughout History ### Why Are the Toronto Blue Jays in the MLB’s American League? ### Caleb Milne, the 1930s Actor Kidnapped in Broad Daylight * * * * * * ## QUIZZES #### SEE MORE ### Quiz: Which Real-Life People Inspired These Horror Characters? ### Quiz: Can You Get a Perfect Score on This Stephen King Trivia? ### Ken Jennings’s Kennections Quiz #190: Can You Guess What These Clues Have in Common? ### Only 21% of People Can Complete This Fall Puzzle in Under 10 Seconds * * * * * * ## FEATURES ## The First ‘Titanic’ Movie Came a Month After the Disaster—And It Starred a Survivor ### The Chrome Extension That’s Rekindling the 432 Hz Music Conspiracy ### Woman at a Crossroads: When Polly Melton Vanished From a Hiking Trail * * * * * * ## BIG QUESTIONS #### SEE MORE ### How Long Did It Take for the ‘Titanic’ to Sink? ### Where Did the Phrase ‘Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop’ Come From? ### Why Did We Stop Building Covered Bridges? ### Why Do Motorcyclists Wear Leather? ABOUT CONTACT US NEWSLETTERS PRIVACY POLICY COOKIE POLICY TERMS OF SERVICE ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT SITEMAP A-Z Index Cookie Settings © 2025 Minute Media - © 2022 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved