Modern medicine is a marvel, with cutting-edge treatments and technologies able to prevent, treat, and even cure a litany of ...

But local governments didn’t always get it right the first time. Take a look at 18 states that originally had different capitals and see if you can name them in the quiz below.

The riddle below dates back to 1598—can you figure it out?

See if you can identify which words are appropriate for each of the following sentences in the quiz below. If you didn’t do so well, don’t worry.

In 1904, the American author George Schorb published a lengthy collection of Riddles and Drawing-Room Magic, containing several hundred word games, parlor games, card tricks, and lateral thinking ...

For curious readers who don’t like to pick a lane: Here’s every entertaining list, every fascinating feature, and every other story Mental Floss has published. Page 212 ...

In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, and then translate them back into English. Here’s a hint: This song, which came out in 1996, didn’t chart on the ...

Confucius lived at a time when Chinese history may have needed him most: In the 6th century BCE, traditional moral guidelines that had long informed the country’s actions were crumbling.

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It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?

In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English. Here’s a hint: This 2002 hit, which hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, was the ...

It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?