You can rent Agatha Christie’s old home in Devonshire, England for $500 a night.
Newsletter Item for (85836): What Are Those Picturesque Dutch Windmills Actually For?
What Are Those Picturesque Dutch Windmills Actually For?
Today’s Big Question: What are those picturesque dutch windmills actually for?
Newsletter Item for (85554): 15 Curious Quack Remedies From the Age of Patent Medicine
Pharmacies of the 19th century claimed to have all the answers to your every particular ailment—but, in fact, their remedies turn out being far from scientific. We look back on 15 curious quack remedies from the age of patent medicine.
Newsletter Item for (86147): The Blue in Your Blue Jeans Is at Least 6000 Years Old
Ancient Peruvians were the first in the world to dye fabric blue, beating the Egyptians to it by 1600 years.
Newsletter Item for (86053): Brits and Americans Have Totally Different Ideas of What ‘Frown’ Means
Brits and Americans Have Totally Different Ideas of What ‘Frown’ Means
What is a frown? A look of displeasure, made with the eyebrows? Or a sad face, made with downturned mouth?
Newsletter Item for (86162): Selfies Can Calculate the Monetary Value of Conservation, Study Finds
Selfies Can Calculate the Monetary Value of Conservation, Study Finds
A new study finds that conserved lands contributed around $1.8 billion to Vermont's tourism industry between 2007 and 2014.
Newsletter Item for (85526): 15 Nervy Facts About the Spinal Cord
15 Nervy Facts About the Spinal Cord
8. It stops growing once you turn five.
Mental Floss #56
091516 newsletter
Jackie Kennedy is the only First Lady to win an Emmy.
091516 newsletter
Jackie Kennedy is the only First Lady to win an Emmy.