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• Photography is not a crime, except photographers are bullied and arrested by police frequently.

I'm a subscriber to the wonderful print magazine Mental_Floss, and I also keep up with their blog. Well, the blog today had an entry about "7 of America's Quirkiest Food Festivals." Guess which snack-food-and-carbonated-beverage-related soiree was included?...

The Important Part: Today, the Washington Post’s Peter Carlson says goodbye to his column, "The Magazine Reader." If you haven’t been keeping up with magazines for the past decade, Carlson’s column today is the equivalent of one of those

From the Mental_Floss Blog.

This is hardcore:

In January of 897, Pope Stephen VI (also known as Stephen VII) had the body of Formosus exhumed and ordered to stand trial for various church crimes. Formosus’ corpse, which had spent the previous seven months interred in St. Peter’s Basilica, was dressed in papal vestments and propped into a chair to attend the proceedings. A teenage deacon was assigned to stand behind

Mental Floss has the world most eight unique newspapers.

Since newspapers are generally intended for geographic areas, not to cover specific topics, finding newspapers that are unusual for one reason or another can be tricky. After searching far and wide, I’ve found 8 rather unique newspapers.

Go here. Pretty cool.

Was Weekly World News a newspaper?

I miss it.

These classic Jack Webb/Dragnet videos I found from Mental Floss. Kara, I think...

This one, Johnny Cash and Jack Webb banter about bells.

Next, from 1967, a Dragnet episode that paints the early picture of LSD's arrival on the scene in California, from the perspective of LAPD's finest. Strangely enough, I think I saw this episode when it was first premiered. Not in color, though; we didn't

...in a special room at the Supreme Court. And no, this isn't a Dairy Frieze; it's most likely marble.

From Mental Floss, a history of our Supreme Court and how Mohammed became ensconced there. It's a good read. Did you know the Supreme Court as we know it today wasn't in it's own building until 1935?

From the article..."One chamber features a frieze decorated with a bas-relief sculpture by

I can’t believe I’m only discovering this wonderful post now. At the Mental Floss blog, Mangesh makes amends for mocking Mister Rogers.