... neurons fire faster in your brain than they do in others’, stop by Mental Floss. Although the magazine version is absolutely terrific, ... free to dive right into the daily quizzes and trivia. Mental Floss is a place “where knowledge junkies ... welcomes less knowledgeable users just the same. Check out this What’s the Difference spot to see just one example of the Mental Floss effect. ...

Today, mental-floss has an interview with Randall Munroe, the creative force behind the webcomic xkcd. The comic is geeky as all get out, but often it's a slice of life we can all relate to. David Israel asked how he comes up with the ideas in the comic. A lot of the time, when a comic is inspired by real life, it’s the setup that comes first. Someone makes fun of me, and ...

... night that week.” —Mangesh Hattikudur If you’re the kind of person who likes doing things and you live within commuting distance of New York, get this on your calendar: the first Mental Floss Trivia Show will be held on Sunday, December 6th at 7pm. This (extra) special event will take place at the Galapagos Arts Space in ...

In my latest post about John Brown I linked to and quoted from Henry David Thoreau's "A Plea for Captain John Brown."  A little later I was scanning through the mental_floss blog when I ran across "3 Bizarre Cases of Death by Shaving."  Death by shaving?  Wow!  The first guy contracted anthrax from the badger brush the barber used.  The second guy ...

Found via Mental Floss: the best marriage proposal ever. Of course, this also leads to a whole bunch of Youtube videos of marriage proposals with varying degrees of awesomeness and/or awkwardness. But the one linked above is the best one I've ever seen. (Yes, that includes the Disney World one which I'm pretty sure was staged anyway.) Read the guy's notes about it ...

... important organ, and all the latest scientific research indicates that, with regular doses of the right kind of mental stimulation, you can not only maintain but improve your brain power throughout your lifetime. Use it or ... you how. Written by a noted cognitive scientist and a top neurologist, Dental Floss for the Mind features more than 100 creative and fun exercises that target the five key ...

... I’ve been saving less to my desktop (my default save-to location) and more to working directories. And, since a cluttered desktop reflects a cluttered mind, I like to think of this as a bit of personal mental-floss. …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop Techblog. Check out the full post ...

The folks over at Mental Floss reveal that several American chain restaurants have secret menu items. This does not mean that Q from MI6 is sitting in the kitchen of an In-and-Out ... , myself, due to my fear of sudden meat-related heart failure, but the idea is stupendous. Still, the Mental Floss article reveals a decided lack of imagination on the part of the restaurant ...

... , the ever-so-alluring camouflage. So while we'd rather not shed tears, if they are tears of joy we're willing to make an exception. So without further ado, here is a sample from Mental Floss' Veteran's Day collection of 'Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers'. Tears of joy, we tell you! More Tears (and Videos) at Mental Floss  

... etc. I purchased a subscription to two humor magazines: Funny Times (it's more of a newspaper) and Mental Floss. I found the FT through a kind coworker who left her/his edition in the breakroom. It has comic strips as well as humorous writing featured in it. Mental Floss is an unknown. I read bits on the website occasionally but I've never read their ...