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mental_floss Blog - Sep 15, 2008
Several friends of mine have reported strange chat sessions over the past few months. The chats are a form of mediated communication between strangers that seems either like a prank or an art project (or perhaps both) …
Also tagged: technology, blogs, humor, computers, psychology
mental_floss Blog - Aug 25, 2008
Authors love to make up games for their fictional worlds — but these games are typically unplayable in the real world. Quidditch served as the backdrop for plenty of dramatic action in the Harry Potter books, but it …
Also tagged: blogs, sports, humor, super secret deal
mental_floss Blog - Jul 22, 2008
Remember Showbiz Pizza Place? In the 80’s, Showbiz franchise restaurants competed with Chuck E. Cheese’s, offering animatronic robot rock, an arcade, and (perhaps only incidentally) pizza. The most memorable aspect of …
Also tagged: music, technology, blogs, weird, pop culture, inventions
mental_floss Blog - Jul 4, 2008
Today we’re re-excerpting from Cormac O’Brien’s terrific piece in mental_floss. The First to Walk Like a Crab: Julia Dent Grant (first lady, 1869–1877) Julia Dent Grant was cross-eyed her entire life. While that …
mental_floss Blog - Jun 23, 2008
There’s a special place in my heart for weird Garfield parodies, but today’s subject really raises the bar for weirdness. The Garkov comic strip activates my Nerdy Spidey Sense, as it uses a Markov chain process to …
Also tagged: art, blogs, humor, mathematics, linguistics, pop culture, math
mental_floss Blog - May 27, 2008
It’s a big deal when a new dance is invented. Whether it’s the Lindy Hop, the Electric Slide, or the immortal Crank That (Soulja Boy), a new dance can invigorate a nation and bring us together. So I kindly offer you …
Also tagged: blogs, humor, pop culture
mental_floss Blog - May 15, 2008
Let’s say you’ve got a sheep and a goat (and a bioengineering lab) and want to have a little fun. Why not make a geep? Geeps are created in the lab by effectively mashing up fertilized embryos from sheep and goats …
Also tagged: animals, blogs, science, genetics, weird, mad scientist
mental_floss Blog - Apr 11, 2008
The reason for exhuming, mummifying, or otherwise displaying the deceased bodies of heads of state is to either 1. continue to pay your respects, or 2. to make sure they are really dead, depending on your end of the …
Also tagged: blogs, history, miss cellania
mental_floss Blog - Apr 2, 2008
By Jessica Royer Ocken When your work hits a wall, it’s natural to seek new inspiration. The less natural inclination? Kidnap foreign talent and force creativity out of them at gunpoint. But leave it to movie fanatic …
Also tagged: blogs
mental_floss Blog - Mar 28, 2008
This is an old idea I’m still trying out where I talk about something trivial I just learned about and then act outraged about how nobody told me. Here goes: Last night the WKU Hilltoppers were playing in the Sweet 16 …