What’s in a Nickname? The Origins of All 30 NHL Team Names
Ever wonder what a Canuck is? How about a Blue Jacket? With the NHL season kicking off this week, here’s a breakdown of how the league’s 30 teams got their names. 1. New York Rangers In 1925, the New...
View Article8 Franchise Relocations That Fell Through
On Tuesday night, ESPN aired Barry Levinson’s The Band that Wouldn’t Die, the second installment of its 30 for 30 documentary series. Levinson’s film tells the story of the Baltimore Colts’ marching...
View Article7 Horrifying Aircraft Landings (in which no one died)
Many people board an airplane flight thinking that if anything goes wrong, they will probably die. We board anyway, knowing that the odds of something going wrong are pretty small. In these seven...
View ArticleOur Readers’ Favorite Bookstore Cats (Volume Three)
Many mental_floss readers contributed to the list of bookstore cats we met in the previous four posts on the subject -and I certainly appreciate your help! However, many of those favorites don’t have a...
View ArticleThe Only Three Ties in Stanley Cup Finals History
If Boston wins at home tonight, the Stanley Cup Finals will head back to Canada for a deciding Game 7. If Vancouver wins, the Canucks will clinch their first Stanley Cup in three tries. But what if the...
View ArticleWhat is the NFL Supplemental Draft?
Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who had been suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for NCAA rules violations, announced Tuesday that he will enter the NFL’s supplemental draft...
View ArticleBeyond Spectacular: Super Climb!
Link Scroll down for today’s pictures & links. Beyond Spectacular: Super Climb! This is Ueli Steck’s record speed solo climb of the the Eiger’s radical North Face (from the film “Swiss Machine”,...
View ArticleThe House of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Flickr user Lady Oracle calls this “The most rockin’ fence in E-Town.” That’s Edmonton, Canada, I think. And this house is roomier than the house with the ukulele fence. Link -via Offbeat Home
View ArticleStar Wars Identities
A new exhibition called Star Wars Identities opens April 19th in Montreal and Edmonton. The exhibit is subtitled “What Forces Shape You?” To promote the exhibit, six posters illustrate the characters...
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