Match The Drink To The Drunk

It's that time of the week again, the time when Mental Floss and I team up to teach you something important.  This week we're going to take a little test.  See if you can match the famous person to their drink of choice.&...

RA Write-Up's Through History

Resident Advisors have been ruining college since day one and we've been there every step of the way to document the various ways these killjoys have been pissing on your parade.  Let's take a look at what we've pulled from our vast Archive,...

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr - First Year College Roommates

Letters between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were recently discovered.

Origins of Modern Sexual Terms - "XXX"

XXX – an identifier for pornography, especially pornographic moviesThe father warned his children not to look in the folder labeled "XXX" or else he and their mother would get divorced and punch them. The X's in "XXX"...

Famously Inaccurate Quotations

"The Internet is a fad -- unlike baseball, with its admirable, steroid-free stars like Jose Canseco and Rafael Palmeiro."-Bill Gates, 1995"No person with his wits about him would ever pay to see moving pictures. Especially if those...

Historic IM Blunders

Instant messenger, for all its great, world-shrinking abilities, can get you into trouble if you are too popular. Talking to a boatload of people may boost your ego, but it may also cause you to send the wrong message to the wrong person. Doesn&...

Famous First Times

We asked significant historical and cultural figures to discuss the night they lost their virginity.HENRY FORD: "At a young age, I realized that if I was to thrust at a fixed pace and climax at regular time intervals, I could impregnate up...

Top Ten Away Messages by Anne Frank

10. AMSTERDAM ROCKS!!!9. know any good books for the secret bookcase?8. if they send me to prison, call my cell! jk7. worst. bat mizvah. ever.6. i think the dominos guy is lost...5. i wish my middle name was Stein so in the phone book i would...

Prehistoric Connecticut

The Future of Warfare

Ypres, Belgium - November 15, 1914The Battle of Ypres rages as two German soldiers keep watch over the British trenches.  German Soldier 1:  My God, who would have thought soldiers would be reduced to this?  Sitting in trenches,...