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Beltane Fire Society performers celebrate the coming of summer by participating in the Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill April 30, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images)

10 bewitching facts about Beltane

Lucie Grace - Mental Floss
Thomas Jefferson (The Print Collector/Getty Images)

25 unknown facts about Thomas Jefferson

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Sean Penn in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

15 "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" facts

Sean Hutchinson - Mental Floss
The loss of SS Titanic, 14 April 1912. ll that was left of the greatest ship in the world - the lifeboats that carried most of the 705 survivors (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

7 facts about a "Titanic" survivor

Brigit Katz - Mental Floss
Thomas Alva Edison, 1847 – 1931. American inventor and businessman. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

11 surprising facts about Thomas Edison

Mark Mancini - Mental Floss
A cute goat (Getty Images)

America’s 30 most Googled slang terms

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Audre Lorde lectures students at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida in 1983. (Robert Alexander/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

11 things to know about Audre Lorde

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, the only child of the marriage between George IV and Caroline of Brunswick (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Royal heirs who died before they reigned

Samantha Arrowsmith - Mental Floss
Duo Milli Vanilli – Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan – with Jermaine Jackson in Los Angeles, circa 1989 (Lester Cohen/Getty Images)

21 of the wildest cons in history

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
President Richard Nixon posing for a photo after addressing the nation on Watergate (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Risqué love letters of 7 world leaders

Jay Serafino - Mental Floss
John F Kennedy (Getty/Central Press)

6 presidential myths, debunked

Michele Debczak - Mental Floss
Clams in Malaysia (Ritzzuan Salim / EyeEm/Getty stock photos)

11 misheard phrases that make sense

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Members of the first class of Black pilots in the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps graduate as second lieutenants in Tuskegee, Alabama in March 1942 (Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

10 facts about the Tuskegee Airmen

Mark Mancini - Mental Floss
Russia's Olympic Committee Alina Kovaleva curls the stone as Galina Arsenkina and Ekaterina Kuzmina watch during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games curling competition on February 17, 2022. (LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)

10 cool facts about curling

Rudie Obias - Mental Floss
Launch of 2017 edition of Tamagotchi toy : 20 years after Aki Maiata created them in 1997 (Chesnot/Getty Images)

11 Infamous '90s school bans

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, Billy Idol in 1987 (Ross Marino/Getty Images)

20 facts about Generation X

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Amy Schumer (Getty/Valerie Macon)

6 celebs who appeared on court shows

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
15-18 month old wearing glasses (Getty Images)

Most popular baby names a century ago

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Ezra Miller, Henry Cavill, Ray Fisher, Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck, and Jason Momoa in "Justice League" (DC Films)

15 boring movies from the past 20 years

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Colorful sunset overlooking the Colorado River deep in the Grand Canyon (Dean Fikar/Getty Images)

The 16 most dangerous US national parks

Michele Debczak - Mental Floss
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, during their wedding in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England. (Getty/Jonathan Brady)

11 royals who married commoners

Kaeli Conforti - Mental Floss
Irish explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and two members of his expedition team beside a Union Jack within 111 miles of the South Pole, a record feat, circa 1909 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

11 facts about Sir Ernest Shackleton

Kat Long - Mental Floss
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog grooming session (Getty Images/Edwin Tan)

12 secrets of dog groomers

Michele Debczak - Mental Floss
Man holding a swear word sign in front of his mouth (Getty Images/Dimitri Otis)

For Pete's sake – who is Pete?

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
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