As it turns out, 911 misdials are often the result of so-called “butt dials” (inadvertent calls owing to a phone being ...

Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by ‘Jeopardy!’ host and champion Ken Jennings. Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. Here’s how to ...

A wave of butter, molasses, or chocolate barreling toward you may sound like a food-lover’s fantasy—but such incidents can actually be deadly.

Each song has two blanks for you to fill in. Don’t worry—we made it multiple-choice. Anyone who grew up on animated Disney ...

The most common type found in the U.S. aren’t actually fleas, but they might still take a bite out of your summer vacation ...

Although the number of fires per year has not risen since the 1980s, the total area of land burned definitely has, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, from 2 to 3 million acres annually ...

Think the word ‘human’ was created by slapping ‘hu-’ on ‘man’? Think again: ‘Man’ and ‘human’ aren’t related at all.

Brian Labus, an associate professor and infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, underscores ...

Scientists are discovering new species in all corners of the world—and in some cases, they’re stumbling upon old species in ...

Here’s the complete list of the top 20 greenest cities around the world: If you’re in the U.S., you may want to visit these ...

Mental Floss talks to Jennings about his new Kennections book, the wrong ‘Jeopardy!’ answer that haunts him, and what he’s ...

This is another puzzle from the anonymous 18th-century riddle-writer “Peter Puzzlewell”’s 1796 Collection of Riddles, ...