Universe. Go Mental: articles about religion, art, history and world culture. The Quiz: a brief quiz at the back of the magazine. Recurring themes Every year, Mental Floss published a "Ten Issue". It usually featured lists of ten things focusing on subjects like: "Ten Most Forgettable Presidents" or "Ten Famous Monkeys in Science". Initially, "Mental Floss" tried to feature self-proclaimed mascot Albert Einstein on the cover of each issue. The magazine even did a 'swimsuit issue', which featured a topless Einstein. Recurring blog categories Morning Cup of Links: Interesting links to news stories, videos and memes from across the Internet 5 Questions Quiz: Daily quizzes with subject clues hidden inside trivia questions The Amazing Fact Generator: A page that generates random facts and trivia Big Questions: Articles that answer questions about history, origins, or science Books Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits Genius Instruction Manual Scatterbrained What's the Difference? Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets Condensed Knowledge Forbidden Knowledge Instant Knowledge In the Beginning Be Amazing mental_floss Trivia mental_floss: The Book: Only The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory The Mental Floss History of the United States: The (Almost) Complete and (Entirely) Entertaining Story of America Media coverage and awardsMental Floss has been covered by magazines and newspapers such as Reader's Digest, Los Angeles Times, CNN.com, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Dallas Morning News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Washington Post. Other media coverage includes: Listed as one of the Chicago Tribune's 50 favorite magazines in June 2007 Listed as one of PC World 's 100 favorite blogs in June 2007 Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur among Inc. magazine's 30 "coolest young entrepreneurs Listed as the seventh most engaged company on Twitter by Digiday Recognized by Time for having one of the top 140 Twitter feeds in 2013. Won a Webby Award for "Best Cultural Blog" in May 2013. Finalist for "General Excellence" at the National Magazine Awards in 2013. Voted one of the "100 Best Websites for Women" by Forbes'' in 2013. Mental Floss won the 2020 Webby People's Voice Award for Weird in the category Web. References External links 2001 establishments in Alabama Online magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 2001 Magazines disestablished in 2016 Magazines published in Alabama Mass media in Birmingham, Alabama Online magazines with defunct print editions Webby Award winners Defunct