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New Trailer for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ Shows Katniss Everdeen Leading the Fight Against The Capitol
Lionsgate has released a new teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, the first of two films directed by Francis Lawrence based…
A Bizarre Animation Exploring How Humanity Evolved Over Time by ADHD
The animated short “EVOLUTION OF MAN” by Fox’s Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD) (see previously) takes a bizarre and repetitive look at the history of humanity, how we…
Bizarre Sculptures That Blend Fantasy and Reality
Artist Cameron Stalheim blends fantasy and reality in his strikingly bizarre sculptures. His largest and perhaps most striking work is a 30-foot-long merman entitled “and…
Artist Poses Creatively With His Own Hyperrealistic Paintings of People Swimming
Venezuela-based artist Gustavo Silva Nuñez is currently working on a wonderful series of hyperrealistic paintings of people swimming. As part of the project, Nuñez has…
YouTube Host Craig Benzine Uses 1,000th Video to Propose to His Girlfriend
Craig Benzine hosts the Mental Floss show The Big Question and operates the YouTube channel WheezyWaiter. Benzine used the 1,000th video on that channel to propose…
SwiftKey Keyboard App to be Released on iOS 8 on September 17th, 2014
SwiftKey has revealed that SwiftKey Keyboard, their popular touchscreen keyboard app, is scheduled to release on iOS 8 on September 17th, 2014. The app features…
Mental Floss Explains How Deodorant and Antiperspirant Work
In the latest episode of the new Mental Floss series The Big Question, host Craig Benzine explains how deodorant and antiperspirant work and the differences between…
Conan O’Brien Performs ‘The Monorail Song’ at ‘The Simpsons’ Tribute Concert at the Hollywood Bowl
Talk show host and former The Simpsons writer Conan O’Brien performed “The Monorail Song,” a song he wrote for the episode “Marge vs. the Monorail,” as part…
A Video of Artist Markus Moestue’s Journey Riding His Dinosaur Cycle Across Norway
We previously wrote about a most unusual journey that Norwegian artist Markus Moestue took riding his dinosaur cycle across Norway earlier this year. Filmmaker Henning…
Artists in Japan Create a Talking Animatronic Rocket Raccoon to Promote Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
A talking animatronic version of Rocket Raccoon has been created by artists in Japan to promote the new Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy, which…