If a plane ticket and hotel stay are out of your budget, a paperback book (or a loaner from the library) can help transport you to far-flung, sun soaked climes.

The study found that the state with the highest average life expectancy at birth in the U.S. is Hawaii, which comes out far above the national average with a score of 79.9 years. Massachusetts came ...

Daytime talk shows reached a pinnacle during the late 1990s —though the label is a bit of a misnomer. The stations that paid licensing fees to transit these shows could broadcast them whenever they ...

If you have the time, swinging by the front desk on your way out may save you a bit of money and make someone else’s day a ...

The faded “ fallout shelter ” sign with three yellow triangles above the door is one of tens of thousands still visible on building façades today. They serve as a grim reminder of the hottest flashes ...

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

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 ...

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

From landmark reporters to modern media moguls, these women transformed journalism as we know it. Journalism was a realm of ...

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

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 ...

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