Mental Floss (stylized mental_floss) is a bi-monthly American magazine, launched in 2001 in Birmingham, Alabama, that presents facts and trivia in a humorous way. MentalFloss.com is also host to a popular blog, which contains additional trivia, features, and interesting news articles.
The company now has additional offices in Brooklyn, New York and Chesterland, Ohio (in suburban Cleveland), and the magazine has a circulation of more than 100,000 subscribers in over 17 countries. The publication also has been included in Inc. magazine's list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies.
The magazine frequently publishes books and sells T-shirts with humorous sayings, such as "There's no right way to eat a Rhesus". In addition, there is a licensed trivia board game called "Split Decision," similar to Trivial Pursuit. The magazine also produces the "In a Box" series, which is a tin containing a book, flash cards, exam, and diploma for a law school, med school, or MBA student.
Dennis Publishing bought the magazine in 2011.
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