The Story of the Keep Calm and Carry On Poster
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A simple phrase, topped with the crown of King George VI. Since its rediscovery twelve years ago, the Keep Calm and Carry On poster has become a popular symbol of courage and resolution. Now learn the story behind the poster and its rediscovery in an amazing bookstore in northeastern England.
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The Bush Family Posing on an Elephant in 1964
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<p>OK, it’s a statue. But it fooled me long enough to start searching for other pictures of future presidents posing with extra large animals. Unless someone has a good pic of young Grover Cleveland with a rhinoceros, I guess I’ll shelve the idea.</p>
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Another Royal Wedding
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This one took place in 1923. You might recognize the happy couple – they were recently the subject of an Oscar-winning movie. Yup, that’s Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, AKA the Queen Mother, and Prince Albert, Duke of York (the future King George VI).
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Stop: Stammer Time!
I haven’t seen The King’s Speech yet, but this rap video makes me want to run to the theater. In this two-minute video, rapper Dan Bull remixes video from The King’s Speech with audio from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, and Bull himself rapping as King George VI.
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The $50 Challenge!
Here are ten questions that you’ll need the latest issue of mental_floss magazine (or some crazy good luck) to answer correctly. The first person to submit the correct answers for all 10 questions to flossychallenge@gmail.com wins a $50 gift certificate to the mental_floss store. And we’ll award free mental_floss t-shirts at random to three other [...]
