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Nicolas Cage in "The History of Swear Words" (Netflix)

11 actors who nearly starred in LOTR

Rebecca Pahle - Mental Floss
Bruce Lee in a scene from "Enter The Dragon," 1973. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

10 amazing facts about Bruce Lee

Jay Serafino - Mental Floss
Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge. (Robert Viglasky/FX)

What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean?

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Chevy Chase hides behind the tree in a scene from the film "Christmas Vacation" 1989. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

41 facts about "Christmas Vacation"

Jennifer M Wood, Mark Mancini
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A Christmas pickle hangs on a Christmas tree in New York, 2016 (Johannes Schmitt-Tegge/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Origin of the Christmas pickle ornament

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Dolly Parton attends a press conference before a performance celebrating her 50-year anniversary with the Grand Ole Opry at The Grand Ole Opry on October 12, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

Why Dolly refused medal of freedom twice

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Music streaming app Napster (Alexander Pohl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

20 important moments in internet history

Todd Gilchrist - Mental Floss
Sesame Street (Richard Termine/HBO)

15 secrets of "Sesame Street" puppeteers

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
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Macaulay Culkin in "Home Alone" (20th Century Fox)

25 fun facts about "Home Alone"

Jennifer M Wood - Mental Floss
Prince Albert's Angus polled ox, 1844. Exhibit at the Smithfield Club Christmas Cattle Show in London (The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

11 odd Victorian Christmas traditions

Keith Johnston - Mental Floss
Robbers lying in wait for a train heist (CSA Images/Getty Images)

17 of the most unusual heists in history

Jay Serafino - Mental Floss
Jerry Springer speaks to guests during his show December 17, 1998 (Getty Images)

20 memorable talk show moments

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
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English Egyptologist Howard Carter near golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamen mummy in Egypt in 1923, colorized document (Harry Burton/Apic/Getty Images)

9 victims of King Tut's curse

Stacy Conradt - Mental Floss
Steve M. Robertson and Michael C. Hall in "Dexter: New Blood" (Seacia Pavao/SHOWTIME)

10 killer facts about "Dexter"

Garin Pirnia - Mental Floss
Pilgrims observing the Anglicans led by Thomas Morton dancing around a Maypole at Mare Mount (Merrymount) settlement, 1628. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

What was the first banned book?

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Cat (Getty Images/Giorgos Stamatelos)

Puns that work in more than one language

Elizabeth King - Mental Floss
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Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson stands in his home September 1990 at Woody Creek, near Aspen, CO. (Paul Harris/Liaison/Getty Images)

Books Hunter S. Thompson never published

David Wills - Mental Floss
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in "Interview with the Vampire" (Francois Duhamel/Sygma via Getty Images)

11 "Interview with the Vampire" facts

April Snellings - Mental Floss
"Annabelle" doll in the farmhouse's living room at the "Conjuring" house in Harrisville, Rhode Island on Oct. 14, 2020 (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

7 allegedly haunted dolls

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Madonna performs on the Virgin Tour at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 21, 1985 (Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

25 songs with misunderstood meanings

Erik Van Rheenen, Scott Beggs - Mental Floss
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Photo of Doors with lead singer Jim Morrison, circa 1970 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

11 surprising facts about Jim Morrison

Kenneth Partridge - Mental Floss
Man with a chalk speech bubble (Getty Images/mattjeacock)

11 words you're probably mispronouncing

Amanda Green - Mental Floss
Amy Winehouse performs onstage at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on August 5, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois (Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

25 must-see rockumentaries

Scott Beggs - Mental Floss
The Voynich Manuscript is considered by scholars to be most interesting and mysterious document ever found. Dated 16th century (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

5 historic codes yet to be cracked

Livius Drusus - Mental Floss
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