A former card counter, dealer, and casino floor manager shares his secrets—and explains why the best paying machine is always the ATM. The road from kid genius to adult dud is a well-traveled ...

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Do you know how many species of bats actually drink blood? / Mik122/iStock; Justin Dodd/Mental Floss People used to believe that the blood of the freshly executed was a health tonic and would pay ...

In our latest word game, we’re challenging you to fill in the blanks and figure out the words. In each of these words, there are only two missing letters—e.g., if the example is HA__ __OW ...

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As spooky season approaches, and collective interest in all things ghastly and ghoulish reaches its yearly peak, what better time to brush up on your knowledge of frightening folkloric beings?

As a retired fire captain told Mental Floss in 2015, firefighters need to act as “plumbers, electricians, psychologists, and mechanics” depending on the scenario. For many situations—such as ...

If you ever freeze after hearing something go ‘bump’ in the night, you’re not alone. / Williams+Hirakawa/GettyImages Picture how you might react if a stranger ...

See if you can decipher this twisted tune. / Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock (Dancing Man on Disco Ball), Sunward Art/Shutterstock (Musical Notes) In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song ...

In the 1997 hit film Good Will Hunting, local guy Chuckie (Ben Affleck) walks up to a Harvard student at the bar and tells her remembers her from his history class. The audience knows it’s a lie ...

These trees met their untimely ends at the hands of celebrities, drunk drivers, and graduate students. When you squeeze into your Speedo, you’re not just baring your skin—you’re celebrating ...