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Why is the Drinking Age 21?
Ronald Reagan had something to do with it. FDR, too.
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This Week’s Best Amazon Deals You Can Still Get
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
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30 Weird Products On Amazon That Are Mind-Blowingly Useful
Plenty of products exist on Amazon to simplify your life and make chores easier to stomach. But then there's the other stuff — the weird and utterly wacky products that'll make you scratch your head. Sure, some of those end up being total junk but ev…
News | Interesting Stuff
Here's what Barbie looked like the year you were born
From the original hourglass figure and striped swimsuit to more inclusive representations of beauty, Barbie dolls have changed a lot over the years.
News | Interesting Stuff
Here's the Right Way to Pronounce Kitchenware Brand Le Creuset | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
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Books | Books
Books | Books
J.K. Rowling sets the record straight on the 8th 'Harry Potter' book
J.K. Rowling has taken to Twitter to field questions about the eighth "Harry Potter" book.
Books | Books
'Harry Potter' Fans Rejoice: Four New Wizarding Schools Have Been Revealed By J.K. Rowling
If you’re a Harry Potter fan and you don’t follow the Pottermore Twitter account, you’re doing yourself a disservice. To kick off Universal Orlando’s “Celebration of Harry Potter” three day event down in Florida, Harry Potter actress Evanna Ly
Books | Books
One super sleuth 'Harry Potter' fan just worked out why Hedwig had to die
One Harry Potter fan on Tumblr just came up with a theory that perfectly explains Hedwig's death.
Books | Books
You probably missed this tiny, but important detail in the fifth 'Harry Potter' book
Wow, this 'Harry Potter' detail is everything.
Books | Books
The first thing that Snape says to Harry Potter has much more meaning than we thought
Snape's first words to Harry Potter are actually a cryptic message about his mother, Lily.
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Decorating & Design | Architecture & Interior Design
Architecture & Interior Design | Decorating & Design
Interior Designer Tips - Best Small Space Home Accessories
Our favorite interior designs give us all the best tips for adding extra style and personality to your small space. From catch-all trays to plants and more, even the tiniest accessories can make the biggest difference.
Architecture & Interior Design | Decorating & Design
30 Things To Make Every Room In Your House More Comfortable
It's about to get cozy up in here!
Architecture & Interior Design | Decorating & Design
Be Your Own Designer: 10 Flawless Ways to Lay Out a Living Room
Our living rooms wear a lot of hats so it can be tricky to decide how best to arrange the space. Here are 10 furniture layout ideas to consider.
Architecture & Interior Design | Decorating & Design
13 Outdoor Tech Gadgets To Create Your Backyard Oasis
Turn your backyard into an oasis with the help of technology from lighting to sound, we've pulled together some outdoor tech gadgets you won't want to miss.
Architecture & Interior Design | Decorating & Design
How To Get a High End Living Room Look on a Budget | Apartment Therapy
Here's how you can get a clean and classic style that looks high-end without breaking the bank.
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Food & Stuff | Food & Drink
Food & Drink | Food & Stuff
An Easy Technique to Pack 5 Salads Tonight That Will Stay Fresh All Week
Eating a big salad at least once a day is a great way to maintain healthy habits. Don't have time to cut up a salad every single night? Here's a way to make
Food & Drink | Food & Stuff
Move Over Regular Ice Cream, Because These 26 Non-Dairy Recipes Will Blow Your Mind
I scream, you scream, we all scream for nice cream.
Food & Drink | Food & Stuff
World's top chefs share fave food experiences - CNN.com
On the eve of the 2016 World's Best Restaurant awards, chefs from some of the world's top eateries nominate an all-time favorite culinary experience.
Food & Drink | Food & Stuff
Sideways author: 'I was ready to shoot myself – then I found pinot noir' | Stage | The Guardian
His riotous story of two buddies on a wine-and-woman odyssey intoxicated the world. As Sideways hits the stage, Rex Pickett recalls how he went from debt-ridden divorcee to the toast of Hollywood
Food & Drink | Food & Stuff
The 7 sins of eating sushi. (Note: You're probably guilty of all of them) - LA Times
Manners matter when eating sushi, especially if you're seated at the sushi bar. Here are the seven cardinal sins to avoid.
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Recipes | Recipes
Recipes | Recipes
Recipe: Chocolate Caramel Hobnob Biscuits [Vegan, Gluten-Free]
A baked nutty biscuit base smothered with a sweet caramel and coated with a raw chocolate…You wouldn’t guess these were kinda-good-for-you treats!
Recipes | Recipes
Our Favorite Fast, Easy, Fresh Meals of all Time - Bon Appétit
The best of the best from Bon Appétit's Fast, Easy, Fresh column—the only manual you need for simple weeknight meals.
Recipes | Recipes
YouTube’s Best Recipes for People With “No Time to Cook” | Greatist
Among all the videos of lolcats and lip-synching battles, we found the 32 best recipe videos on YouTube that you'll dream about eating and actually make.
Recipes | Recipes
7 Super-Easy Father's Day Brunch Recipes
Here, seven fast and simple dishes to make this weekend.
1. Spicy Honey-Glazed BaconThese addictive bacon...
Recipes | Recipes
Pumpkin Recipes | Skip To My Lou
Check out these easy pumpkin recipes. You know I love a good recipe. So if you are in the mood for fall cooking here is what you can do with pumpkin. These
News | News
News | News
YouTube Shooting and the Lie of DIY: Why User-Generated Content Is a Myth
The tragedy at YouTube was a gun control issue, but it raises questions about the nature of fame in the internet age.
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Everything you need to know about Puerto Rico's possible statehood - CNNPolitics.com
What's the hold up? And how could it eventually happen?
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Table For One? Winners And Losers in the Cat Lady Economy
More than one quarter of the U.S. population lives alone. Per the latest census, single-person households are now the single largest segment of the U.S. population. This is a first. What a dramatic change from a little more than 30 years ago when on
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Martin Luther King Jr. - Biographical
Nobelprize.org, The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize
DIY | Home Improvement
Home Improvement | DIY
Why the Huge Do-It-Yourself Market Is Just Getting Started | Inc.com
Turning self-sufficiency into big business.
Home Improvement | DIY
15 Ways to DIY Creative Corner Shelves
Lots of homes have that one strange corner. The corner that's too small for a chair or dresser but awkward if left empty. If you had a corner of your home
Home Improvement | DIY
How To Burn a Silkscreen and Print Your Own Shirts at Home | WIRED
Screen printing is the pinnacle of DIY culture.
Home Improvement | DIY
15 Vintage Crafts We Should Bring Back | Mental Floss
Everything old is new again, especially when it comes to crafting. Some of these vintage crafts are already enjoying a resurgence; others may be waiting for you to bring them back to life.
Home Improvement | DIY
25 Easy DIY Holiday Gift Ideas to Start Now and Gift Later | Brit + Co
Unless your sole job this holiday season is gift giving (and if it is, we’re totes jealous), you probably don’t have a ton of extra time to find gifts, let alone DIY one. Plus, you don’t want a gift that looks too homemade, and half the time those Pinterest projects don’t even turn out like you wanted them to.
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Good News | News
News | Good News
Meet the Arizona nurse who shocked the world by taking second place at the Boston Marathon
Sarah Sellers tells Moneyish how she raced past pros like Shalane Flanagan to take the $75,000 second-place prize at the 2018 Boston Marathon.
News | Good News
Now THIS Is How You Tell Students They Have A Snow Day
As if getting word of a snow day weren't already exciting enough, these school leaders found an amazing way to spice up the news. School principal James Detwiler and drama teacher Chad Caddell at Stephens Elementary School in Kentucky have been ga...
Entertainment | Entertainment
Entertainment | Entertainment
Movie Review: 'Alien: Covenant' Is the Best Installment Since 'Aliens' - The Atlantic
Ridley Scott's latest movie wisely focuses on extraterrestrial suspense, not windy philosophizing.
Entertainment | Entertainment
‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’: 10 questions we still have after the revival - The Washington Post
The revival was supposed to bring closure -- but we're even more confused now.
Entertainment | Entertainment
Gilmore Girls Revival: Books to Read After Watching - Motto
Here are the best books — from Toni Morrison to Amy Tan — to read after binge-watching Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life on Netflix.
Entertainment | Entertainment
Florence Henderson: Brady Bunch stars pay tribute | EW.com
The Brady Bunch stars Barry Williams and Maureen McCormick paid tribute to their TV mom, Florence Henderson, who died Thursday at age 82.
Entertainment | Entertainment
‘Downton Abbey,’ the Good, the Bad and the Forgotten - The New York Times
You enjoyed the Crawleys when they were the hot new thing, then you drifted. But with end times approaching, here’s a crash course in Downtonology.
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Architecture | Architecture & Interior Design
Architecture & Interior Design | Architecture
Darling '50s trailer home in Palm Springs can be yours for $55K - Curbed
This is everything we love combined into one adorable parcel: a converted 1950s vintage trailer "tiny" home—in Palm Springs. But that’s not all.
Architecture & Interior Design | Architecture
10 American Cities With the Coolest Architecture
From Antebellum mansions to adobe palaces to glass skyscrapers, these cities are outdoor art museums unto themselves -- and…
Architecture & Interior Design | Architecture
10 Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings | Dwell
Ten buildings by the architectural legend were nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The group contains the first works of modern architecture to be nominated by the U.S.
Architecture & Interior Design | Architecture
For the Best U.S. Architecture Per Square Mile, Head to Dallas - CityLab
New York has the nation's tallest skyscraper. Chicago has some fancy buildings. But one city wins when it comes to sheer density of urban design.
Architecture & Interior Design | Architecture
Whitehouse Park by HB Design » CONTEMPORIST
The concept for this house evolved very simply from the reconciliation of a long and narrow site with the attraction of a natural green reserve located at the far end of it. Bounded on two sides by roadways, the site presented challenges with regards to building placement and privacy.
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Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
The Biggest Fitness Trends of 2018 | Outside Online
We reached out to a bunch of coaches, editors, trend forecasters, and some of the brightest minds in the fitness industry to tell us what they think will be trending in 2018.
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
5 Abs-Sculpting Mistakes You're Probably Making
One of the most common requests I get from members at my gym is a suggestion for stronger, flatter abs. Maybe it's because we're approaching bikini season, or maybe it's the fact that crop tops are back in, but lately, a taut middle is an even hotter topic.
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
Why your brain likes it when you multi-task
We’re told that multi-tasking can leave us with an attention deficit and make us less effective. Claudia Hammond investigates.
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
6 Reasons To Hit The Gym That Have Nothing To Do With Losing Weight
Most people join a gym to shed some pounds or pack on some muscle, both of which are noble goals. But what if we told you going to the gym doesn't have to be entirely about fitness?
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
9 Best Exercises To Burn 2000 Calories A Day
9 Best Exercises To Burn 2000 Calories A Day. Burning of 2000 calories per day may lead to some serious repercussions. But here we are providing some healthy exercise
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Music | Music
Music | Music
Nirvana Pays Loving Tribute to Kurt Cobain on 24th Anniversary of His Death
"We miss you," the band wrote in a touching tribute to their late singer.
Music | Music
What's the Difference Between an Orchestra, a Symphony, and a Philharmonic? | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
Music | Music
The Third Man Records x Beats Headphones Are A Rock Lover's Dream
Third Man co-founder and spokesman Ben Blackwell discusses the unique and incredible teaming up of two modern technological trailblazers.
Music | Music
10 Surprising Facts About Prince | Mental Floss
While most people know about the singer’s infamous name change, here are 10 things you might not have known about the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.
Music | Music
Niagara Falls Turned Purple on the Day Prince Died
Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her 90th birthday today (April 21), and in a seriously strange coincidence, a tribute to the royal figure set to take place at Niagara Falls now holds a second meaning for today's passing of musical icon Prince. In a...
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Travel | Travel
Travel | Travel
This Company Will Pay You to Take a Month-Long Road Trip Across Europe
Tough job, but someone has to do it.
Travel | Travel
United Apologizes After Passenger Says it Gave Her Seat to a Congresswoman
The airline claimed the passenger canceled her flight
Travel | Travel
Cheap Flights to Hawaii Are Finally Here, Starting at $344 Round-Trip | Money
Flights start at $344 round-trip.
Travel | Travel
10 Brilliant Disney Theme Park Hacks | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
Travel | Travel
7 Google hacks to use on your next vacation
These little-known tricks will save you tons of time.
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Organization | Home Improvement
Home Improvement | Organization
5 Secrets of People Who Always Seem to Have a Tidy Kitchen | Kitchn
There are some folks who seem to have immaculately clean kitchens at all times. Here's how they do it.
Visual Arts | Visual Arts
Visual Arts | Visual Arts
A Century's Worth of Important Art History Is Going Online
The Wildenstein Plattner Institute plans to digitize its extensive collection of art history materials in the coming years.
Sports | Sports
Sports | Sports
Olympics Day 4: U.S. lands more medals and a historic triple axel; plus, what to watch Monday
The latest from PyeongChang, plus a viewer's guide to what's coming next at the Winter Games.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
Here's How to Get a Month's Worth of Memory Training in 30 Minutes
A short session makes a big difference if you use the right strategies.
Politics | Politics
Politics | Politics
Trump blasts Comey as an 'untruthful slime ball' after book revelations
Trump's tweets come a day after excerpts from Comey's forthcoming tell-all paint a devastating picture of the president as a liar divorced from reality.
Politics | Politics
Washington Post senior editor: Trump is jealous of Jeff Bezos
Washington Post senior editor Marc Fisher said Sunday that President Trump has “a jealousy issue” with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Politics | Politics
Trump tries his hand at rewriting Washington Post headline
The article that drew his ire was related to the new tariffs Trump imposed on China.
Politics | Politics
Melania Trump Once Dumped Donald After Seeing an Ex Leave His Trump Tower Apartment: New Book
Author Ronald Kessler tells PEOPLE Melania Trump said "screw that" after spotting one of then-boyfriend Donald Trump's exes leaving his apartment
