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Publications

Mental Floss

Movies & TV

Home Sweet Homer

The strange saga of the real-life Simpsons house in Nevada.

Jake Rossen Mental Floss Jul 2018 10min Permalink

History

The 1925 Cave Rescue That Captivated the Nation

America’s first viral story was of a Kentucky cave explorer, Floyd Collins, and the epic effort to rescue him.

Lucas Reilly Mental Floss Jul 2018 40min Permalink

History Travel

The Blind Traveler

On the roamings of prolific blind explorer James Holman.

Lucas Reilly Mental Floss Aug 2017 25min Permalink

History Science

The Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of

For 60 years, American drivers unknowingly poisoned themselves by pumping leaded gasoline into their tanks. Clair Patterson—a scientist who helped build the atomic bomb and discovered the true age of the Earth—took on a billion-dollar industry to save humanity from itself.

Lucas Reilly Mental Floss May 2017 45min Permalink

Tech Media

Chasing the Cicada

Exploring the darkest corridors of the Internet.

Jed Lipinski Mental Floss Dec 2012 15min Permalink

Business

How a Single Mom Created a Plastic Food-Storage Empire

The story of Brownie Wise, the woman who made Tupperware a household name.

Jen Doll Mental Floss Nov 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Media

Sex & Death in the Afternoon

An oral history of the soap opera.

Lisa Rosen Mental Floss Jan 2006 15min Permalink