Gyros consist of a pita wrap containing meat ( usually pork and beef in Greece, while lamb is more common in the U.S.) sliced ...

When you roll down one rear window while driving, the car essentially turns into a massive version of an empty soda bottle. Blow across the top of that bottle, and it’ll make a note. That’s because ...

These names show up in Disney movies and shows, and they also happen to be some of the most popular baby names today.

Poor visibility saved Kokura from devastation on August 9, 1945. Eighty years later, the exact factors at play remain unclear ...

From big-hearted comedies to freaky slashers, these are the movies that most effectively harnessed the possibilities of trading places.

The Freeling family’s haunted home from ‘Poltergeist’ is now a vacation rental, starting at $800 a night. The haunting of the fictional Freeling family terrified moviegoers when Poltergeist was ...

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

Over a decade later, Yokoi’s seed of an idea would grow into Nintendo’s Game Boy, a deceptively simplistic device that proved Nintendo could stretch beyond its 8-bit console system. The Game Boy also ...

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

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

No slang term for an occupation has supplanted the original job title more than cop. While the media and official documents ...