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mental_floss Blog - Oct 8, 2008
Mad Men is a fantastic drama currently running its second season on AMC. It has racked up a bunch of awards, and rightfully so — all aspects of the production are excellent, and the show also appeals to a broad …
Also tagged: blogs, tv, advertising, fashion, pop culture
mental_floss Blog - Sep 22, 2008
At last night’s Emmy Awards, HBO’s John Adams miniseries won a boatload of awards. It’s out on DVD now, and I enjoyed the heck out of it when it aired on HBO earlier this year. It’s must-watch material for anyone with …
mental_floss Blog - Aug 26, 2008
Reach back to your history classes. Remember all those different eras you learned about? Remember what order they came in? We’ve picked three eras from different portions of history- it’s your job to choose the correct …
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mental_floss Blog - Aug 22, 2008
I’m a huge Neal Stephenson fan. There, I said it. Yesterday I pointed to an article on how one fan solved a mystery related to Stephenson’s book Quicksilver, last month I pointed to his best essay ever, and today I’m …
Also tagged: technology, blogs, books, computers, antiquity
mental_floss Blog - Aug 21, 2008
In 2003, Neal Stephenson’s book Quicksilver hit the stands. It was the first in a series called The Baroque Cycle, featuring (among many other things) the exploits of alchemists and mathematicians. But before …
Also tagged: games, blogs, books, puzzles, advertising, antiquity
mental_floss Blog - Aug 20, 2008
In last July’s issue of Harper’s, Joshuah Bearman revealed a wealth of information on classic gaming in general and Billy Mitchell specifically. Mitchell is one of the subjects of last year’s documentary King of Kong …
Also tagged: games, blogs, celebrities, video games, pop culture
mental_floss Blog - Jul 31, 2008
At the Library of Congress, anthropologist Michael Wesch recently presented a talk on the nature of YouTube: how memes spread, how users generate content, and a detailed history of some of YouTube’s greatest hits. It’s …
mental_floss Blog - Jul 28, 2008
The American Museum of Natural History has posted an online exhibit called Picturing the Museum. Included are a series of archival photos showing old exhibits at their museum, the most interesting (to me, anyway) being …
Also tagged: education, blogs, science, photos, nature, antiquity, armchair field trip, super secret deal
mental_floss Blog - Jul 24, 2008
People vanish all the time, and we usually find out what happened to them eventually. Usually, not always. Jimmy Hoffa and Amelia Earhart are the most famous unsolved missing persons cases in the modern era. But there …
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mental_floss Blog - Jul 15, 2008
The Telegraph has posted a series of letters and telegrams from Stanley Kubrick’s archive. They are at turns bizarre, amusing, and revealing — often showing his frank interactions with actors and studio …