Sorry to residents of—or anyone planning a trip to—Wichita, Kansas. The city has been named the allergy capital of the United ...

No slang term for an occupation has supplanted the original job title more than cop. While the media and official documents may stick to the multi-syllable “police officer,” the majority of people ...

Wolves are helping Yellowstone’s aspen trees grow tall again after decades of overgrazing.

Radioactive wasp nests have been identified at the Savannah River Site, a nuclear facility on a 310-square-mile property in South Carolina close to the Georgia border. Workers found the first ...

There’s technically only one correct way to say ‘biopic.’ But the wrong pronunciation has a pretty compelling rationale behind it.

Take care when you visit these beaches—factors like surf conditions, shark attacks, and weather can make them treacherous.

When food is especially scarce, it’s even possible that one blacktip binge meal could sustain a hammerhead for two months, providing it supplemented with daily feedings of tiny (0.5 pound) fish.

Do you think you know the gang names from back in the day? Their monikers might sound funny, but they definitely weren’t to be messed with.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...