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Germany
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Reading rom time to time
January 18, 2021

A place where every types of news are gathered. You can also choose a random topic to read - just entertainment. And they`ve got an instagram page with some random facts, helps to kill time among other pages.

Date of experience: January 17, 2017
Oregon
47 reviews
108 helpful votes
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I absolutely love mentalfloss.com. This is the website I frequently visit for news, and I find them to be a reliable source of information. Their articles are well written, and the site itself is fast and easy to navigate. I would like to see more substantive articles, as this site occasionally publishes fluff, but for the most part, I find it to be an excellent website.

Date of experience: April 16, 2018
Texas
63 reviews
184 helpful votes
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There is almost too much happening on the homepage to appreciate what this site has to offer. When you arrive you are greeted by a hodgepodge of links, pictures, and advertisements. When you cut through all the mess you'll find quite a lot of interesting articles and news.

The site also features some fun little quizzes, an amazing fact generator, and a few other things.

I would give this site a 3.5 if I could. It has a bit of an overwhelming design at first look and it does have obnoxious advertisements.

Overall, this site has great potential if they were to clean it up a bit.

REASONS TO USE:
[1] You are a sucker for trivia and quizzes
[2] You like random, interesting facts and articles

REASON TO LOSE:
[1] Has the "information shotgun" factor
[2] Advertisements

Date of experience: January 15, 2012
New Mexico
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Although Mental Floss is a fun and exciting website, their customer service is terrible and they adhere to rigid policies even when it costs them business. Ugh. I will never shop there again.

Date of experience: August 12, 2014
Indiana
6 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Interesting reads
April 20, 2015

This has a lot of weird truths I haven't seen on other sites or social media. Some of the ads on the page can get annoying and distracting, but the content itself is interesting and entertaining.

Date of experience: April 20, 2015
Alabama
1 review
0 helpful votes
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FROM NATIONAL LAMPOON MAGAZINES SOME 40+ YRS AGO TO A MORE CEREBRAL BUT LESS FILLING BEER... OR PARODICAL PUBLICATION...
NEVER FORGET THE COMEDIC GENIUS OF DOUG KINNEY, JOHN HUGHES AND P. J O'ROURKE...
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I PREFER THE PRINT (SLICK PAPER THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THIS FEATURE OF LUSTY SQUIRREL SHOTS... WITH A MODICUM OF CONTEMPTUOUSLY LEVEL OF NUDITY AND ORAL... THANKS!
THIN LATEX GLOVES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN EVERY PACKAGE INSERT FOR MENTAL FLOSS... AFTER MY SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE MANIFEST ASAP... THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE... A FEW MEGAMEAT LABIAL VOLUMETRIC CHALLENGE SHOTS TOO... JUST TO PROVIDE DECENT DEGREES OF DIVERSITY IN ERECTILE TISSUES AND NOT JUST THAT OTHER, CO OFTEN CONDEMNED TO FLACCIDITY...

Date of experience: December 15, 2021