This outta-sight decade gave rise to disco, shag carpets, bell-bottomed jeans (which have since had a revival), lava lamps, coin-operated video games, and movies revered and referenced for generations ...

It wasn’t all that long ago, though, that crime-solving relied on some far older, far less reliable, and far more spurious techniques for identifying potential culprits—and perhaps among the most ...

So too does the word “tantalize.” In some versions of the story, Tantalus was a son of Zeus, king of the gods, and married to the daughter of the god, Atlas, whose name was Dione. Tantalus numbered ...

Maine leads the list with only 92 violent crimes per 100,000 people, making it the only state with a crime rate under 100 ...

Of course, rose-tinted glasses play a major role in any personal account of our formative years, but, compared to the decades which came after, the 1980s certainly seem to stand out aesthetically. If ...

Mental Floss magazine appears in episodes of 'Friends,' 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' and yes—the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

From an early Clara Bow movie to a terrifying BBC horror show that was almost entirely destroyed, these five films were once ...

You know the episode titles and the theme songs, but how about quotes? Can you name the sitcom? We have a quiz for that!

This familiar name has secured its place in music history, appearing in more song titles than any other across generations.

The Middle Ages spanned a thousand years and forged a timeline filled with pivotal events: the establishment of new kingdoms, the rise of Catholicism, the emerg ...

The myth tells the story of an exceptionally beautiful young man by the name of Narcissus, who drew the attention of everyone who met him, and his admirer from afar, a nymph known as Echo. Before Echo ...

Many of us send memes to our friends every day, but what are they, exactly? In truth, humans have been sharing mem ...