Trivia of the Day for September 1, 2026: Only Know-It-Alls Will Get All 25 Right Start a new month with a new batch of trivia questions. mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 4 hours 4h Share
6 Defunct Breakfast Chains That Used to Fill America's Cup From 24-hour pancake purveyors to underdog donut shops, these once-booming breakfast spots fueled generations of road-trippers and shift workers before falling ... mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 9 hours 9h Share
The Loudest (and Quietest) States in America, Ranked Find out whether your state is louder--or quieter--than most of the country. mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 14 hours 14h Share
Why Medieval People Slept in Two Sessions For much of human history, people's nights may have been separated into two different sleeps. mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 16 hours 16h Share
12 Household Items Every Family Had in the '70s Some were engineered out of existence. Others were banned outright. mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 18 hours 18h Share
Van Morrison's Childhood Dream Job Had Nothing to Do With Music "The teacher asked me, and I said I wanted to be a..." mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 21 hours 21h Share
12 French Words English Speakers Use Every Day You speak more French than you think--probably before breakfast. mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 23 hours 23h Share
Trivia of the Day for August 31, 2026: Getting 25/25 Might Be Harder Than You Think Get ready for your week with our latest batch of trivia. mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 1 day 1d Share
Why Do We Say "Don't Have a Cow"? The origins of the animal-inspired idiom. mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 1 day 1d Share
The Disastrous Visit That Ended Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Dickens' Friendship Hans Christian Andersen stayed with Charles Dickens for five weeks in 1857, a visit their relationship did not survive. mentalfloss.com mentalfloss.com / feeds mentalfloss-com / / #knowledge / / 1 day 1d Share