World’s Strangest

We all know how Google pampers its employees with lavish office environment and all kinds of facilities and these are a set of photos inside the Google building in Zurich, Switzerland from Picasa. Bathtubs where you can sit and relax while watching an aquarium, a hallway slide, peculiar meeting rooms makes you envious with awe [...]

By popular demand—and by “popular demand,” I mean “one guy who asked politely”—we’ll hold Office Hours again on Friday. In a newsletter last month, mental_floss co-founder Mangesh asked readers for suggestions about additions to our site. Good ideas poured in, and one person reminded me of something we used to do from time to time: “Remember when [...]

In a newsletter last month, mental_floss co-founder Mangesh asked readers for suggestions about additions to our site. Good ideas poured in, and one person reminded me of something we used to do from time to time: “Remember when you used to hold Office Hours and chat with readers via Instant Messenger? You should do that again. [...]

(YouTube Link) This awesome commercial re-imagines MS Office as an action/thriller film. In this two-minute trailer, the partner of the slain agent Clippy swears to bring his killer to justice. It was directed by Dennis Liu working under Traffik Advertising. Official Website via reddit

At my office, lots of people use those giant desk calendars for keeping track of appointments, but if you just want to know what day a date falls on next year, check this out. Grafish Design came up with The Small Calendar, and the method of usage is simple. Start with the date, say the [...]

If you watched the original British version of The Office, you know how everything ties up at the conclusion of the “documentary.” What do you remember about the Christmas special that wrapped up the series? Yes, it’s a chance for BBC viewers to show off in today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss! I had no chance [...]

We all know the tired old legends and facts – George Washington ‘fessed up to chopping down a cherry tree; Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin; JFK had an affair with Marilyn Monroe; Bill Clinton had some laundering issues with a Gap dress. But there’s more than meets the eye with the Presidents – [...]

Jeremy Bell of Toronto, Canada, bought a LEGO kit that assembles into a realistic facsimile of a handgun. Naturally, it struck him as a good idea to bring it to work: It was the end of the day so Mr. Bell and a few colleagues decided to wind down by playing a few rounds of the [...]

Remember the old saying that everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it? Well, not China! The country has a Weather Modification Office that aims to control the weather: Chinese meteorologists say they brought about Beijing’s earliest snowfall in a decade, after seeding rain clouds with silver iodide to ease a drought. The [...]

Shredsors – $19.95 Need to destroy that top secret memo but got no office paper shredder? Here’s the product for you: a strange yet effective combination of scissors and shredders. Behold, the Shredsors – a pair of scissors with 9 blades that will quickly destroy junk mail, bank statements, old credit cards … From the Neatorama Shop: [...]