8 Magical Facts About ‘The Nutcracker’ - Mental Floss
2023年12月4日 · 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 desserts, and the most ...
Generation Alpha Slang: 10 Terms That Will Help You Show More …
2024年10月16日 · 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 and runs through 2024 ...
The Real History of the Folk Song ‘Kumbaya’ - Mental Floss
2024年9月5日 · 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
2019年3月14日 · 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 17, impressed his ...
‘Cogito Ergo Sum’: The Genesis and Meaning of René Descartes’s …
2024年3月12日 · René Descartes contemplates his famous conclusion: Cogito ergo sum. | Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images (Descartes), fairywong/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images (background)
What Makes Swear Words So $#%+@&! Offensive? Scientists …
2022年12月6日 · 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 the right moment, can ...
97 Facts About Generation X - Mental Floss
2024年4月3日 · 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 the Star Trek reboot ...
How the 5 Fingers Got Their Names - Mental Floss
2023年1月6日 · 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 thumb earned ...
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
2020年1月2日 · 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 events, like the ...