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

Can you work it out? *In this case, Washington isn’t the state, but the president—and he died in 1799. It’s useless to send him a telegram because he’s dead.

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.

A total of 12 astronauts have walked on the Moon since Apollo 11 first touched down in 1969. Like earthbound humans, they left a little clutter behind. Scores of mementos, private possessions, and ...

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.

Both the Amazing Facts calendar and the Word Nerd calendar measure 4.6 inches by 4.6 inches, featuring tear-off pages and an ...

The American Sphinx was a compendium of puzzles and riddles published in New York in 1875. Containing over 150 “enigmas, anagrams, charades” and a great many more word and number games (as ...

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 ...

Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images (president), Justin Dodd/Mental Floss (quiz) Would you vote for a presidential candidate with facial hair? It seems that some modern politicians worry ...

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.

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?

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?