The CIA's encrypted art sculpture has puzzled cryptographers for decades. The man with the answers is finally ready to clue ...

An analysis of nearly 200 photos and videos shows that whales and dolphins engage in more playful interactions than previously thought.

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The Ice Age canine’s skull measures nearly a foot long. According to the lot description, only the upper part of the skull is real, and the lower jawbone is a cast that has been painted and aged to ...

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In 2004, the editorial staff of the music magazine Blender named “We Built This City” the “worst song ever,” topping a list ...

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While some people may define literacy in strict terms as proficiency in reading comprehension, there’s often much more to it ...

In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English. Here’s a ...

A science fiction writer called it an “artifact of such utter simplicity and perfection that it seems it must be either the ...

With 1985 now 40 years gone, Mental Floss is taking a look at the people who were making headlines and emerging as cultural ...

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