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Did you know that the cover of the book Jaws was deemed obscene and banned in some places? Or why there are “dimples” in some chef’s knives? Mental Floss curates an eclectic range of facts and trivia that would come handy at your next pub quiz. The “Amazing Fact Generator” will give you nuggets of info that you didn’t know you wanted to know. Such as that “bloodcurdling” isn’t just an expression: Research shows that watching horror movies can increase a certain clotting protein in our bloodstreams. Mental Floss describes itself as “Home for ... untold stories from history, science, pop culture, and beyond.” We like.

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