Mental Floss
The new issue of Mental Floss came--yeah!
We're all big trivia buffs at our house so we love this magazine. I've lost count of the number and types of trivia games we have, mostly different editions of Trivial Pursuit, but some others as well.
What I enjoy so much about this bi-monthly magazine is the way the trivia is presented. The topics are often fairly wacky but they are always amusing. This issue for example has an article about the trials and errors of the world's grandest community housing experiments. Sounds like a total yawn doesn't it? But I assure you it wasn't, it was clever and interesting.
As much as I enjoy whatever odd topics they think of for articles my favorite thing about Mental Floss is the regular columns and features. Things like The Dead Guy Interview, Know-it-All and the Masterpieces. A new column this month that will now be a regular addition is Six Degress of Ken Jennings.
But my own favorite of all the regular features of Mental Floss is the 50-cent Tour. Each issue examines a major world city. Let's just say this isn't stuff you'd find in your average tour guide. This issue was Singapore and after reading it if I ever go to Singapore I won't have any hesitation about using a public restroom but will have to be very careful when I open my big mouth as my grammer isn't always what it should be.
We're all big trivia buffs at our house so we love this magazine. I've lost count of the number and types of trivia games we have, mostly different editions of Trivial Pursuit, but some others as well.
What I enjoy so much about this bi-monthly magazine is the way the trivia is presented. The topics are often fairly wacky but they are always amusing. This issue for example has an article about the trials and errors of the world's grandest community housing experiments. Sounds like a total yawn doesn't it? But I assure you it wasn't, it was clever and interesting.
As much as I enjoy whatever odd topics they think of for articles my favorite thing about Mental Floss is the regular columns and features. Things like The Dead Guy Interview, Know-it-All and the Masterpieces. A new column this month that will now be a regular addition is Six Degress of Ken Jennings.
But my own favorite of all the regular features of Mental Floss is the 50-cent Tour. Each issue examines a major world city. Let's just say this isn't stuff you'd find in your average tour guide. This issue was Singapore and after reading it if I ever go to Singapore I won't have any hesitation about using a public restroom but will have to be very careful when I open my big mouth as my grammer isn't always what it should be.
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