My Very First Library Post

For as long as I can remember, my mom has affectionately called my dad, a "wealth of useless information." I seem to have inherited his sense of curiosity, because I take great pleasure in knowing little tidbits of information that have absolutely no use except for maybe a conversation starter or creative inspiration. When I was trying to think of the type of website I was trying to discover, many different things passed through my head, because like many teenagers in my generation, it doesn't matter what website I'm on, I just generally enjoy the Internet. This was until I found this website: http://mentalfloss.com/

This website even better than my dad at spitting out things that you didn't know you wanted to know. To be honest, I had known about the mentalfloss YouTube channel before, but when I happened across the website, I was pretty excited. The YouTube channel makes videos such as "31 Strange Medical Conditions", "26 Weird Animal Mating Habits", and "37 Odd College Mascots." The website has entire articles based on these kinda of things. My favorite feature on the website is its "Most Interesting Fact Generator," which can be found by pressing the Amazing Facts tab. When you press the button, it gives you the type of fact that you would find on a snapple cap, but better. I have actually found articles about every single topic, from literature to pop culture to sports to history to art. Mentalfloss also has a partnership with Dos Equis, where they do a miniseries on How to Be More Interesting, like "How to Walk a Tightrope" and "How to Rip a Phone Book in Half." They also have a lot of different quizzes you can take for fun. If anybody is interested in Mentalfloss, you can go the website, the YouTube channel, or you can subscribe to their magazine. I personally believe that knowing a lot about nothing in particular makes a person wiser and generally more fun to talk to, and I think this website will serve as a big source of information that I can incorporate into my writing.