When you roll down one rear window while driving, the car essentially turns into a massive version of an empty soda bottle. Blow across the top of that bottle, and it’ll make a note. That’s because ...

Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by ‘Jeopardy!’ host and champion Ken Jennings. Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. Here’s how to ...

Poor visibility saved Kokura from devastation on August 9, 1945. Eighty years later, the exact factors at play remain unclear ...

These names show up in Disney movies and shows, and they also happen to be some of the most popular baby names today.

Gyros consist of a pita wrap containing meat ( usually pork and beef in Greece, while lamb is more common in the U.S.) sliced ...

When food is especially scarce, it’s even possible that one blacktip binge meal could sustain a hammerhead for two months, ...

Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and wounded as a result of the bombings, but true counts are difficult to estimate. A contemporary source suggests 135,000 were killed or injured in ...

Sorry to residents of—or anyone planning a trip to—Wichita, Kansas. The city has been named the allergy capital of the United ...

If a plane ticket and hotel stay are out of your budget, a paperback book (or a loaner from the library) can help transport ...

Wolves are helping Yellowstone’s aspen trees grow tall again after decades of overgrazing.

Mental Floss talks to Jennings about his new Kennections book, the wrong ‘Jeopardy!’ answer that haunts him, and what he’s ...

Over a decade later, Yokoi’s seed of an idea would grow into Nintendo’s Game Boy, a deceptively simplistic device that proved Nintendo could stretch beyond its 8-bit console system. The Game Boy also ...