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| The best articles from mentalfloss.com, according to Hacker News. |
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| 2018 | | No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons were used for (mentalfloss.com) |
| 240 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 207 comments |
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| 2013 | | The first woman PhD in computer science was a nun (mentalfloss.com) |
| 161 points | 4 years ago with 65 comments |
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| 2016 | | No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger (mentalfloss.com) |
| 126 points | 3 years ago with 261 comments |
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| 2012 | | Why Some Civil War Soldiers Glowed in the Dark (mentalfloss.com) |
| 110 points | 6 years ago with 15 comments |
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| 2009 | | Toilet Paper History: How America Convinced the World to Wipe (mentalfloss.com) |
| 102 points | 6 years ago with 100 comments |
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| 2017 | | Clair Patterson: scientist and campaigner against lead poisoning (mentalfloss.com) |
| 94 points | 5 years ago with 26 comments |
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| 2015 | | Why did old phone numbers start with letters? (mentalfloss.com) |
| 85 points | 1 year ago with 141 comments |
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| 2017 | | The Trapper Keeper (mentalfloss.com) |
| 64 points | 4 years ago with 27 comments |
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| 2016 | | The Great Garfield Car Window Toy Craze (mentalfloss.com) |
| 40 points | 6 years ago with 39 comments |
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| 2011 | | How military operations get their code names (mentalfloss.com) |
| 40 points | 2 years ago with 19 comments |
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| 2015 | | The Original Lego Patent (mentalfloss.com) |
| 18 points | 2 years ago with 6 comments |
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