Mental Floss: What's The Difference

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Want to spot a Monet from a Manet, kung fu from karate, or Venus from Serena Williams Piece of cake! Whether you're trying to impress your boss, mother-in-law, or attractive singles, "Mental Floss" has hundreds of quick tricks to make you sound like a genius.

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"A lot like that professor of yours who peppered his tests with raunchy jokes: it makes learning fun." -- Newsweek

"A delightfully eccentric and eclectic new magazine." -- Washington Post

"The titans of trivia." -- Newsweek

"An ideal reference to settle arguments or jog your memory." -- Calgary Herald

Author Bio

Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as first year students at Duke University. Ignoring the lures of law school and investment banking, the pair co-founded mental_floss and have been grinning ever since. Founded in 2001, mental_floss magazine, with its tagline "feel smart again," has received rave reviews in a variety of publications. Published bi-monthly, it has 12,000 subscribers and a total circulation of more 70,000 copies (with an impressive 60% sell-thru rate).