8 Magical Facts About ‘The Nutcracker’ - Mental Floss
Dec 4, 2023 · Every holiday season, hordes of people who barely ever think about ballet show up to watch their local dance company perform a magical tale complete with evil mice, dancing …
Generation Alpha Slang: 10 Terms That Will Help You Show More …
Oct 16, 2024 · A new generation has emerged: Generation Alpha. While the official age range for these youngsters is still heavily up for debate (some maintain the generation began in 2012 …
The Real History of the Folk Song ‘Kumbaya’ - Mental Floss
Sep 5, 2024 · From a heartfelt spiritual, to a children’s campfire song, to a powerful protest anthem, to a derisive phrase, “Kumbaya” is certainly a bit of a musical chameleon.
19 Brilliant Facts About Albert Einstein - Mental Floss
Mar 14, 2019 · Albert Einstein plays a violin. | Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Whenever Einstein needed to relax, he turned to music. He started violin lessons at age 5 and, at around …
‘Cogito Ergo Sum’: The Genesis and Meaning of René Descartes’s …
Mar 12, 2024 · René Descartes contemplates his famous conclusion: Cogito ergo sum. | Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images (Descartes), fairywong/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images …
What Makes Swear Words So $#%+@&! Offensive? Scientists …
Dec 6, 2022 · Swear words are a powerful function of human language—so powerful that we aren’t supposed to say them, at least not in polite company. The right expletives, unleashed at …
97 Facts About Generation X - Mental Floss
Apr 3, 2024 · J.J. Abrams. | Leon Bennett/GettyImages. J.J. Abrams is on the older end of the age group, and has expressed his nostalgia in films like Super 8, and the Star Wars reboot, and …
How the 5 Fingers Got Their Names - Mental Floss
Jan 6, 2023 · The thumb, a.k.a. pollex. | Yana Iskayeva/Moment/Getty Images. Different from the other four digits in that it’s shorter and wider and only has two phalanges instead of three, the …
11 Frosty Facts About the North Pole - Mental Floss
For most of history, the North Pole was the stuff of legends and wild theories. Now people run a marathon there every April. Here are more unexpected facts about the top of the world.
10 Things You Might Not Know About the Illuminati - Mental Floss
Jan 2, 2020 · It’s rumored that Beyoncé and Jay-Z are members (among a host of other celebrities), and that the group is behind some of the last century’s most historically important …