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A widow’s peak is a noticeably v-shaped point to the front of a person’s hairline, with the tip of the v typically aligning with the center of their forehead. As many as a third of people have a widow ...

Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by ‘Jeopardy!’ host and champion Ken Jennings. Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. Here’s how to ...

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A science fiction writer called it an “artifact of such utter simplicity and perfection that it seems it must be either the ...

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With 1985 now 40 years gone, Mental Floss is taking a look at the people who were making headlines and emerging as cultural ...