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2013-02-18 A Preview of mental_floss on Youtube -- Launching March 13th! 00:55 179,847
2013-03-06 A Second Preview of mental_floss on YouTube -- Launching March 13th! 00:58 133,616
2013-12-03 Behind the Scenes: The Wall of Magic 02:48 205,837
2015-03-25 Ep. 99 Commentary w/ Hank Green & Bernie Su | The Lizzie Bennet Diaries 07:19 62,295
2017-09-06 26 Facts about Lego Bricks - mental_floss List Show Ep. 517 07:18 129,845
2017-09-20 26 Facts about Libraries - mental_floss List Show Ep. 518 07:49 126,054
2017-10-04 30 Origins of Alcohol Brand Names - mental_floss List Show Ep. 519 09:54 183,613
2017-10-18 29 Facts about European Royalty - mental_floss List Show Ep. 520 09:03 183,818
2017-11-01 27 Words that Totally Changed Meanings - mental_floss List Show Ep. 521 08:11 193,966
2017-11-15 24 Facts about Koalas - mental_floss List Show Ep. 522 06:51 77,175
2017-12-06 21 Things that Turned 21 This Year (2017) - mental_floss List Show Ep. 523 07:07 154,161
2017-12-20 500 Facts - mental_floss List Show Ep. 524 44:58 658,575
2018-01-31 The Olympics - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 13:34 75,504
2018-02-14 Valentine's Day - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 11:56 48,679
2018-02-28 The Surprising Stories of Sesame Street - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 11:44 76,415
2018-03-14 Everything You Need to Know About English and Other Languages! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 11:49 97,869
2018-03-28 The Behind the Scenes Secrets of Shopping Malls - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 10:07 68,651
2018-04-11 Coffee Facts and Life Hacks! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 13:22 118,179
2018-04-25 The Little-Known Lives of the Women in Classic Hollywood - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 11:43 80
2018-05-09 TV Moms, Animal Kingdom Moms, and Mother's Day! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 13:03 136
2018-05-23 Dogs Can Smell Fear! And Other Dog Facts - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 13:13 158
2018-06-13 Summer Facts and Life Hacks! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 10:50 394
2018-07-03 Everything You Need to Know About Modern Day Marvels - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 13:17 243
2018-07-18 The Surprising History of Las Vegas and the Rat Pack! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 11:47 200
2018-08-01 Grizzly Bears, Chicago Bears, and Gummi Bears! Oh My!- Mental Floss Scatterbrained 14:05 180
2018-08-15 Dialing Up onto the 2000s Internet! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 12:53 220
2018-09-05 The Surprising History of School! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 11:10 248
2018-09-26 Many Things You Never Knew About Money and Game Shows! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 09:55 58,045
2018-10-09 Everything You Didn’t Know About Paper! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 09:41 150
2018-10-24 Spooky Halloween Facts! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 12:26 126
2018-11-07 Beer Facts and Life Hacks! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 10:28 189
2018-11-20 Cooking Facts and Life Hacks! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 11:11 200
2018-12-05 Everything You Need to Know about Space - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 10:28 104
2018-12-19 Everything You Need to Know about the Holidays- Mental Floss Scatterbrained 09:50 38,093
2019-02-06 19 Common Things Science Hasn’t Figured Out - Mental Floss List Show Ep. 525 07:14 116,991
2019-02-20 Antioxidant, Moonwalking and 98 Other Words Turning 100 This Year | Mental Floss List Show | 526 11:30 171
2019-03-06 17 Signs That You’d Qualify as a Witch in the 1600s | Mental Floss List Show | 527 07:07 78,899
2019-03-20 Dogs Don’t See in Black and White and Other Animal Myths, Debunked | Mental Floss List Show | 528 08:17 584
2019-04-05 31 Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Game of Thrones | Mental Floss List Show | 529 09:50 153
2019-04-19 Cocaine, Chloroform, and Other Old-Timey Medical Cures | Mental Floss List Show | 530 08:39 59,831
2019-05-06 The Declaration of Independence and Other Amazing Yard Sale Finds | Mental Floss List Show | 531 08:56 44,505
2019-05-21 Only Humans Have Chins and More Facts About the Human Body | Mental Floss List Show | 532 08:29 69,391
2019-05-29 Everything You Need to Know About Tourism - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 08:30 28,765
2019-06-06 35 Lesser-Known Inventions of Famous Inventors | Mental Floss List Show | 533 11:23 62,790
2019-06-20 31 Facts About Sharks | Mental Floss List Show | 534 11:13 36,187
2019-07-05 21 Defunct Disney Rides and Lands | Mental Floss List Show | 535 08:45 43,884
2019-07-17 22 Solar System Facts | List Show 536 08:32 47,697
2019-08-07 32 Witness Protection Program Facts 08:13 80,268
2019-08-21 22 Weird Old Jobs From 100 Years Ago 09:12 104,727
2019-09-04 32 Ways School 100 Years Ago Was Different 10:22 68,007
2019-09-18 30 Harry Potter Spells and Word Origins 08:42 46,139
2019-10-02 24 Facts About ASMR "In" ASMR 09:32 351
2019-10-09 Everything You Need To Know About Budgets 08:19 18,141
2019-10-16 The Real Origins of 20 Scary Stories 10:45 280
2019-10-30 28 Theodore Roosevelt Facts 13:04 57,886
2019-11-06 Everything You Need To Know About Weddings 09:53 204
2019-11-20 Debunking 18 Thanksgiving Myths 09:59 40,593
2019-11-27 Everything You Need To Know About Online Shopping 07:44 149
2019-12-04 26 Facts About Fossils 11:44 693
2019-12-18 100 Interesting Facts We Learned in 2019 25:14 205,483
2019-12-23 Food History: Mashed Potatoes 09:20 53,095
2020-01-01 18 Weird & Wonderful Holidays To Celebrate in The New Year 10:14 30,727
2020-01-02 Kids Vs. Science: Making the Ultimate Paper Plane 08:55 0
2020-01-15 20 Weird Clubs That Actually Exist 10:49 56,829
2020-01-22 Nachos (Food History Ep. 2) 12:02 416
2020-01-29 16 Audience Questions About The List Show 10:58 370
2020-02-05 25 Weird Old Predictions For The 21st Century 11:32 85,853
2020-02-12 Kids Vs. Science: Making The Greatest Grilled Cheese 10:51 272
2020-02-19 23 Weird Laws You Might Have Broken 09:02 54,279
2020-02-26 Food History: Ramen 14:01 50,652
2020-03-04 19 Overlooked Scientists You Should Know 11:22 29,383
2020-03-11 Kids Vs. Science: Writing The Funniest Jokes 10:02 200
2020-03-18 100 Facts About Millennials 24:32 465
2020-03-25 Food History: Ketchup and Mustard 15:50 40,280
2020-04-01 29 Things That Will Make You Feel Better 15:48 532
2020-04-07 Misconceptions About the 1920s 08:31 0
2020-04-15 25 Fascinating Tax Facts 12:55 30,123
2020-04-18 Tub Trivia: The Mental Floss Quiz Show 38:59 5,062
2020-04-22 Food History: Soul Food 17:39 405
2020-04-24 Tub Trivia: The Mental Floss Quiz Show 35:57 621
2020-04-29 The Sea Monkeys Saga (Throwback Ep. 1) 16:14 0
2020-05-06 24 Puzzling Parenting Tips From The 1800s 14:13 274
2020-05-08 Tub Trivia LIVE: The Mental Floss Quiz Show | Ep. 3 39:35 480
2020-05-13 Misconceptions About Famous Books & Authors 11:54 464
2020-05-20 14 Experiments Gone Wrong 14:56 520
2020-05-22 Tub Trivia LIVE: The Mental Floss Quiz Show | Ep. 4 34:53 270
2020-05-27 Food History: Chocolate 12:11 24,705
2020-05-29 How The Trapper Keeper Trapped Students' Hearts 13:38 23,385
2020-06-03 16 Priceless Things We've Lost Forever 13:57 84,506
2020-06-10 Misconceptions About Love 11:12 142
2020-06-17 30 Facts About Farts 15:31 42,873
2020-06-24 18 Forbidden Places 12:40 1,432
2020-06-26 Tub Trivia: The Mental Floss Quiz Show LIVE 44:45 374
2020-07-01 How Unsolved Mysteries Became TV’s First True-Crime Hit 14:41 207
2020-07-08 Misconceptions About Dreams 09:01 449
2020-07-10 Tub Trivia: The Mental Floss Quiz Show LIVE 47:13 243
2020-07-15 17 Facts About Conspiracy Theories 13:02 53,041
2020-07-22 The Delicious History of Pasta Shapes 13:20 400
2020-07-24 Tub Trivia: The Mental Floss Quiz Show LIVE 40:42 330
2020-07-29 How VHS Beat Betamax & Changed Media Forever 20:58 244
2020-08-05 13 Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions 11:46 472
2020-08-07 Tub Trivia: The Mental Floss Quiz Show LIVE 43:33 292
2020-08-12 Misconceptions About Colonial America 15:08 1,512
2020-08-19 12 Unlikely Origins of Popular Songs 14:02 227
2020-08-26 Which Food Influenced Humanity The Most? 27:05 20,440
2020-08-28 Tub Trivia: The Mental Floss Quiz Show LIVE 48:19 6,007
2020-09-02 24 Facts About Puberty 14:34 25,433
2020-09-09 Misconceptions About Flying 14:26 23,899
2020-09-11 Tub Trivia: The Mental Floss Quiz Show LIVE SEASON FINALE 48:00 5,053
2020-09-16 100 Facts About Earth 31:08 29,751
2020-09-23 Food History: Beer 13:26 18,519
2020-09-30 The Garbage Pail Kids' Snot-Soaked Story 14:53 13,928
2020-10-07 The Real Origins of 15 Urban Legends 13:22 19,357
2020-10-14 Misconceptions About Depression 12:07 339
2020-10-21 22 Cryptids Explained 14:02 217
2020-10-28 How Candy Corn Became a Halloween Staple 10:14 252
2020-11-04 12 Notable English Language Mistakes 13:02 322
2020-11-11 Misconceptions About the Middle Ages 11:58 270
2020-11-18 13 Unbelievable Unfinished Projects 12:55 21,217
2020-11-25 How The Oregon Trail Took Over Computer Labs 15:51 459
2020-12-02 25 Interesting Acronyms & Initialisms 09:46 414
2020-12-09 Misconceptions About Babies 14:08 223
2020-12-16 100 Interesting Facts We Learned in 2020 40:33 250
2020-12-23 Food History: Fruitcake 10:12 301
2020-12-30 Tamagotchi Was A Huge Success. But Why? 12:26 147
2021-01-06 26 Animals Involved in Crimes 12:31 320
2021-01-08 11 Real Facts About the Illuminati 07:07 504
2021-01-13 Misconceptions About The Roman Empire 12:52 212
2021-01-20 7 Strange Scientific Mysteries 09:15 488
2021-01-27 Masturbation & Mascots: Cereal's Strange History 13:01 194
2021-01-29 Satanic Panic & The Dangers of Cultural Hysteria 13:24 328
2021-02-03 17 Unusual Historical Heists 09:45 172
2021-02-10 Misconceptions About Evolution 12:06 275
2021-02-17 28 Fascinating Facts About Time 14:09 234
2021-02-24 Food History: Pickles 12:24 189
2021-02-26 The Game-Changing History of The Sims 14:07 300
2021-03-03 Notable Body Parts of 10 Historical Figures 18:05 115
2021-03-10 Misconceptions About the Civil War 13:54 387
2021-03-17 100 Facts About The British Royal Family 21:18 131
2021-03-24 The Unexpected Origins of 20 Culinary Terms 11:56 168
2021-03-31 How Mad Magazine Changed Comedy & Angered the FBI 15:31 432
2021-04-07 10 Weird Weapons From History 09:05 495
2021-04-09 The History of Pho in 10 Facts 06:55 152
2021-04-14 Misconceptions about World War II 14:54 140
2021-04-21 22 Pieces of Medieval Pet Advice 08:53 183
2021-04-28 Food History: French Fries 09:06 279
2021-04-30 How JNCO Jeans Made Absurd Fashion History 11:58 320
2021-05-05 Surprising Stories Behind 11 Amazing Artworks 16:22 175
2021-05-12 Misconceptions About Health & Wellness 15:35 220
2021-05-19 The 15 Most Expensive "Blanks" Ever 12:19 196
2021-05-25 Tub Trivia: Special Literary Edition LIVE 41:12 315
2021-05-26 10 Inventions That Changed Food History 11:11 146
2021-05-27 11 Curious Facts About Books & Authors 04:26 153
2021-06-02 8 Old-Timey Scams, Grifts, and Cons 09:56 240
2021-06-09 Misconceptions About The Renaissance 17:55 100
2021-06-16 The Interesting Etymology Behind 70 Words 27:44 320
2021-06-23 Misconceptions About Vikings 11:45 280
2021-06-30 20 Old-Timey Relationship Tips 11:52 144
2021-07-02 23 Dramatic Facts About Broadway 15:00 154
2021-07-07 A Brief History of Restaurant Menus 08:18 390
2021-07-14 Misconceptions About Bats 08:51 420
2021-07-21 The Disputed History of the Hot Dog 11:37 183
2021-07-23 12 Fascinating Shipwreck Finds 11:04 162
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