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At university, the highest grade F. Scott Fitzgerald achieved in English was a B+.

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The Anti-Flirt Club also launched an "Anti-Flirt" week in March of 1923. #MentalFlossFact

Get to know the Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)! It inhabits spruce forests and has a wide range across its namesake country, but can also be found in parts of the United States. It survives the harsh conditions of the north by collecting and storing food during warmer months. The clever bird does so by using its saliva to stick future meals to tree crevices or branches. Its menu includes insects, berries, rodents, eggs, and carrion. Photo: Becky Matsubara, CC BY 2.0, flickr

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In the mid-20th-century there were three Commonwealth Winter Games, all of which were held in Switzerland which is not a Commonwealth country.

All five answers have something in common. Can you figure it out?⁠ 🌀 ⁠ ⁠ Head to the link in our bio for the answer.

The space-starved country is anchoring over a hundred thousand panels to the seabed. ☀⚡ #engineering https://t.co/22OQWE04LN

Both President Calvin Coolidge’s White House and the Titanic had mechanical health-horses in their gyms that were made by Kellogg’s.

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Wild birds that are potential carriers were successfully deterred from approaching a poultry farm during the study. 🦅 #engineering https://t.co/4tQ6E96P5v

When people mention 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite art, it often conjures a very specific image—one of glowingly pale women, often gathering wildflowers. Fanny Eaton, the Jamaican-born British art model, was the exception to that rule, but her place in its history has been largely overlooked.⁠ ⁠ Illustrator and writer Sarah Ushurhe noticed this and sought to change it. She created an animated short about Eaton, which was commissioned by BBC, and even corrected a misidentified sketch at the Victoria and Albert Museum. “The presence and role of Black people in British history is never highlighted as much from an art history perspective,” Ushurhe told Mental Floss in an email. “I'm delighted that this hidden history about her career is being uncovered—it allows Black and mixed heritage people to see themselves in non-subservient positions in Victorian art.” Head to the link in our bio for eight facts about Eaton, the oft-forgotten Victorian muse. #FannyEaton

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