"When I arrived at Kenyan College in the fall of 1995 I discovered that I could eat lucky charms in the cafeteria whenever I wanted, and so for about two months I only ate lucky charms." Would be a great first sentence for a book.
"...cheesecake, baklava, strudel; these are disgusting desserts..." I don't know that I've ever heard a more hilariously incorrect statement in my life.
as an experiment my family left a grocery store Birthday Cake on a shelf for almost a year. With the exception of it getting hard it never molded.... We only eat homemade cake now. Many Blessings...SMR
Baklava is the best. So a porch is being built in our home and so a lot of construction workers are here all the time, and, they have breaks sometimes in which they eat, and a few days ago they left a half-full box of baklava when they left. Long story short my dad stole their baklava and we shamelessly ate it with tea.
If you don't like baklava then there is something wrong with you. I actually have never eaten a bear claw, which means I also prefer baklava to bear claws.
This is the second time I've done this. The Unusual Wills video I thought he was going to discuss unusual people named Will. This video I thought he was going to talk about dumb facts about deserts, not desserts.
Aaaah, I went to the cupcake ATM in NYC! I didn't really care what other big landmarks and touristy places I saw, but I *had* to go to the cupcake ATM. Totally worth it.
Cheesecake is NOT disgusting! It has, in fact, been SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN that the smell and taste of cheesecake are PRECISELY IDENTICAL to that of VICTORY!
Re: vegetable-flavored Jell-o: In the 1960s, during a boom in home entertaining and party hosting, Jell-o molds and "terrines" became a thing. A terrine is essentially a molded loaf of ingredients, usually finely ground meat, vegetables, and other flavorings. They often incorporated gelatin as a binder, so Jell-o introduced a line of flavors that would match with this, or be used in "salads" which were essentially Jell-o with vegetables.
In Belgium, a bearclaw (or bearpaw, depending on where you order it) is a deep-fried satay of sliced up meatball with onion in between. The nickname of a candied apple in Flemish is a "Mary's shit" and no, I don't have any idea either where that came from.
I am German and Strudel does not mean whirlpool. It means whirl like in a river. (edit: I am not going to delete this out of principal but realise that I am wrong on this.)
Mrdachs88 I was under the impression that a whirlpool was a cyclical disturbance in a river, lake or ocean that can pull a person or vessel down into the water, but what the fuck do i know?
The third Sunday of every July is my family's reunion day. We all meet up in Oregon and play games and eat a ton of food. One year my parents and I taught everyone how to make a single sereving of ice cream in little plastic baggies. We ran out of ice though because it was too hot so only a handful of us actually got to make it. :/
Kind of along the lines of the pickle flavored snow cone, as a kid our home ec class sold pickles and would freeze the leftover juice into cubes. They were amazing on hot days
Speaking of Girl Scouts, my great grandfather made the first Girl Scout cookies with his dad. His dad was a baker and the first cookies were trefoils. My second cousins still have the cutter for the original shape of the cookies. They lived in Pennsylvania if you wondered.
You guys should make a large 1080p picture of the wall with all its stuff. I don't know about you but I would definitely make that my desktop background.
When I was 11, I discovered I was insane. Also, screw you about cheesecake. I love cheesecake. Candy apples however are love. Nice crunchy sweet toffee over nice crunchy tart apple. Mmm. The soft confection we call "marshmallow" no longer contains the plant marshmallow, but it was originally invented as a palatable way of administering it.
Pick-a-Dillies sound like pickle-cicles they used to sell at the skating rink when I was a kid. Frozen pickle juice in little paper cups for a quarter. By far their most popular item. Southerners love pickles I guess.
I am one of the co founders of Staunton IL's original Tour de Donut. Yes, negative time now occurs on a regular basis. But don't just imagine it, come out in July and experience this awesome ride for yourself!
My French teacher told me that eclairs are called that because the bakery in which they were invented had a lightning bolt as sort of its logo. Eclairs were its signature dessert, so they put a little lighting bolt on them with white icing. I mean who knows if that's true,but it makes sense!
Here's an interesting one. In Arkansas, it's legal to hunt with a machine gun so long as it's suppressed and you meet all ammunition requirements (most notably, no FMJs and any particular capacity laws).
RyuakiraX More than likely. I'm not actually from Arkansas, so I'm not 100% sure about their hunting laws, but from what I can tell tracers are illegal for hunting everywhere, and hollow points probably are, but I've never actually seen anything about hollow points specifically.
***** In Missouri, you must use an expanding bullet. So, that means no FMJ (or AP or tracer as those are FMJ style bullets), but hollowpoints, soft points, ballistic tips and unjacketed lead bullets are OK.
Im in Australia and as far as im aware fairy floss has always been called fairy floss here- perhaps cotton candy is just rebranding that got popular in the US?
"When I arrived at Kenyan College in the fall of 1995 I discovered that I could eat lucky charms in the cafeteria whenever I wanted, and so for about two months I only ate lucky charms." Would be a great first sentence for a book.
Wish I could like your comment more than once, and I do not say things like that very often!
Look out for John Green's newest book, "The Charms in Our Bowl", on shelves in December.
National ice cream day is celebrated on the third sundae every July. That's cool.
Nice pun.
3liony
I think it's an ice pun, too.
Pixelmaniac
You added the cherry on top to the sundae pun..
The wall reminds me of the iSpy books and it makes me happy.
The snake in your profile photo makes me happy.
I've been binge watching mental floss for a while now and I feel like I've learned so much and have forgotten so much more ☹️
"...cheesecake, baklava, strudel; these are disgusting desserts..."
I don't know that I've ever heard a more hilariously incorrect statement in my life.
Yep
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There is no dessert that can rival the almighty baklava.
Agree. Baklava and Cheesecake (made without gelatine- I hate the texture) are my two favourite desserts in the world!
wyssmaster John green is by far my favorite mental floss host..
But calling cheesecake nasty just doesn't make sense to me.
Baklava, Strudel, and Cheesecake Disgusting? How dare you, sir!
All three of those are fucking awesome.
'MURICA :)
Vin Sad So John Green is now everyone in America?
50ftFrankenstein Have you watched the whole video? If not, please do and then revisit your comment.
Vin Sad I watched the whole video, wasn't paying my full attention, but I watched it. Did I miss something?
I read it Desert not Dessert and now demand desert facts!
John seems really tired. Or sick. Or both. Hang in there John.
I kept thinking, "Man, John just isn't into this episode", but not feeling well makes more sense.
Yea he seems to be missing that gusto and enthusiasm that he usually brings to each episode. Illness makes sense. Get better soon John
Good thing I did discover something when I was 11.
I'm a wizzard.
Too bad you didn't learn how to spell wizard.
historymeg83 if you had to be able to spell what you were, there would be no more dyslexics
historymeg83 I learn magic, not spelling. Well, I guess I do learn spelling, but its much different then what you muggles learn.
Missy J That is odd. To become a wizard you have to stay a virgin until you are 30. So I am pretty sure someone over there Missy.
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as an experiment my family left a grocery store Birthday Cake on a shelf for almost a year.
With the exception of it getting hard it never molded.... We only eat homemade cake now.
Many Blessings...SMR
I'm surprised bugs didn't get into it
Yay for the libertage! Boo for dissing Baklava (the BEST DESSERT EVER (TM) )
Fcuk baklava. Cheesecake forever!
akimboDEEZ I can't believe John dissed cheese cake. Has he no taste buds???
Baklava for life!
***** hey now, just because he doesn't like what you like doesn't mean he doesn't have taste buds.
akimboDEEZ you can have my cheesecake, and I'll dispose of that delicious baklava for you. Deal?
Baklava is the best.
So a porch is being built in our home and so a lot of construction workers are here all the time, and, they have breaks sometimes in which they eat, and a few days ago they left a half-full box of baklava when they left.
Long story short my dad stole their baklava and we shamelessly ate it with tea.
Hahaha shamelessly ate it, that's awesome. But for realsies, baklava is amazeballs.
I like baklava more than bear claws john, and im american.
YES! a person who like baklava!
If you don't like baklava then there is something wrong with you. I actually have never eaten a bear claw, which means I also prefer baklava to bear claws.
3liony Bear claws are too sweet in comparison.
unfabgirl From the Latin Ursas-Diabetus :)
Michael Pesavento I'm from Appalachia, you just spelled it the way we say it, so you know. Still, accurate.
You don't like cheesecake and that is not OK
But I forgive you because I love Paper Towns
I LOVE YOUR PROFILE PIC
JAPANNN MEHHH HUSBANDO
Being German, I always thought Strudel had to do something with the (original) form of the dessert: Strudel = whirl
I rather have cheesecake (New York style) or baklava over any bearclaws.
If I'm not mistaken...the twinkie is still there..Local news covered it not too long ago.
Baklava is actually one of the most delicious desserts I have ever had John! Give it a try!
Pickle snow cone with pickle bits and chili powder is one of my favorite snow cones!
Pickle Snow-cone sounds amazing. Of course I used to eat meals of just pickles also...
The pie town joke got me so tickled I couldn't breathe for a bit
"And on the topic of people your dad likes..." That was great. For me that's very true.
This is the second time I've done this. The Unusual Wills video I thought he was going to discuss unusual people named Will. This video I thought he was going to talk about dumb facts about deserts, not desserts.
LMAO
6:37 you mean the BEST superpower
"Cheesecake is a disgusting dessert" What the hell is wrong with you? It's the best dessert there is!
A fresh warm apple strudel with vanilla ice cream is as close to heaven as you can get...
6:38 I don't know about you, but I think that's the best super power ever!
NO IT'S A FINGER TRAP
I've got to keep my finger away from it.... XD
"Don't forget to watch Blossom" … Nice.
I live in Texas and they have "pickle" flavored everything here, pickle popcycles are a huge hit . . . its disgusting
"Is it a trifle or a meringue?"
"You're wrang it's an éclair."
"Hi, I'm John Green. Welcome to my Solange."
How dare you slander cheesecake.
I loved the finger trap bit.
I don't know why, but the Chocolate eclair part was so funny.
"Our Pain, Their Profit" *cough* *cough* Comcast *cough* *cough*
Aaaah, I went to the cupcake ATM in NYC! I didn't really care what other big landmarks and touristy places I saw, but I *had* to go to the cupcake ATM. Totally worth it.
Cheesecake is NOT disgusting! It has, in fact, been SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN that the smell and taste of cheesecake are PRECISELY IDENTICAL to that of VICTORY!
Took me till fact two to realise in not watching a video on Dry rainless areas.
+slippytiger same but down to my dyslexia
acidboy1901 so exactly the same then
Cannoli. Just hearing the word makes me drool all over my laptop.
Good thing I discovered air. That's pretty important.
I have been subbed to Mental Floss since the intro video....I only just found out John wrote Fault In Our Stars. Mind=blown
I agree with your dental theory. My dentist's office offers milkshakes and cookies after your cleaning.
Re: vegetable-flavored Jell-o:
In the 1960s, during a boom in home entertaining and party hosting, Jell-o molds and "terrines" became a thing. A terrine is essentially a molded loaf of ingredients, usually finely ground meat, vegetables, and other flavorings. They often incorporated gelatin as a binder, so Jell-o introduced a line of flavors that would match with this, or be used in "salads" which were essentially Jell-o with vegetables.
I'm from Texas and I can confirm that Pick-A-Dillys are the best thing in existence
Many people choose not to have this kind of meal. They DESSERT it.
Cheesecake IS delicious! You need to focus on the creamyness and the AWESOME crust. 🍰
Next week's video: "34 Things John Green May Be Sick With".....kidding, it's good to see you still doing these videos
I CANNOT Keep up with this guy. Fastest talker on earth!
And he's sick in this episode!
You think he's bad? Try his brother Hank for size.
"Hey everybody, it's Chuggaaconroy!"
LOL
STAY AWAY FROM ZERO PUNCTUATION
In Belgium, a bearclaw (or bearpaw, depending on where you order it) is a deep-fried satay of sliced up meatball with onion in between.
The nickname of a candied apple in Flemish is a "Mary's shit" and no, I don't have any idea either where that came from.
Belgian bear-claws sound pretty damn tasty.
John: if you haven't invented anything by the time you're 11, you're doomed
Me: that explains everything!!!
I am German and Strudel does not mean whirlpool. It means whirl like in a river.
(edit: I am not going to delete this out of principal but realise that I am wrong on this.)
There isn't much of a difference.
A whirlpool is the kinda thing you bathe in, you don't bathe in a "strudel" at least not for very long.
Mrdachs88 I was under the impression that a whirlpool was a cyclical disturbance in a river, lake or ocean that can pull a person or vessel down into the water, but what the fuck do i know?
Also known as a whirlpool?
My bad, guess I learned something.
Where does the sound of my stomach growling come from?
Did... Did I just hear that right? "cheesecake is disgusting." John... I have lost faith in you.
Cheesecake...is...not...disgusting!
The third Sunday of every July is my family's reunion day. We all meet up in Oregon and play games and eat a ton of food. One year my parents and I taught everyone how to make a single sereving of ice cream in little plastic baggies. We ran out of ice though because it was too hot so only a handful of us actually got to make it. :/
Kind of along the lines of the pickle flavored snow cone, as a kid our home ec class sold pickles and would freeze the leftover juice into cubes. They were amazing on hot days
Their recommended for long distance runners.
Speaking of Girl Scouts, my great grandfather made the first Girl Scout cookies with his dad. His dad was a baker and the first cookies were trefoils. My second cousins still have the cutter for the original shape of the cookies. They lived in Pennsylvania if you wondered.
They lived in Illinois sweetie. Frank and Robert Wilson were their names. :)
You guys should make a large 1080p picture of the wall with all its stuff. I don't know about you but I would definitely make that my desktop background.
I totally thought I was about to watch a video about the Desert!!
Too Dry:)
When I was 11, I discovered I was insane.
Also, screw you about cheesecake. I love cheesecake. Candy apples however are love. Nice crunchy sweet toffee over nice crunchy tart apple. Mmm.
The soft confection we call "marshmallow" no longer contains the plant marshmallow, but it was originally invented as a palatable way of administering it.
Pick-a-Dillies sound like pickle-cicles they used to sell at the skating rink when I was a kid. Frozen pickle juice in little paper cups for a quarter. By far their most popular item. Southerners love pickles I guess.
You totally should've included the pavlova creation war between NZ and Australia, PS NZ wins...also I went to the cupcake atm in NYC, awesome =)
Jessy Lou ren, no, Australia wins 😁
I am one of the co founders of Staunton IL's original Tour de Donut. Yes, negative time now occurs on a regular basis. But don't just imagine it, come out in July and experience this awesome ride for yourself!
I've had a pickle snow cone. It was surprisingly good.
Oh my Gandhi! It's John Green!
ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!!!!!!!!! WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP!
Staunton, IL, my hometown! Bring on the donuts, baby! 😛
I live like 20 miles away from Staunton... Never heard of the Tour De Doughnut.
I totally gotta make my own Wilson hes so chill sittin behind ya. LOL
I had the same shirt your wearing in 1991 love it
whenever he says "thanks for watching mental floss" i hear thanks for watching menopause
I love Baklavas! Cheesecakes are on my yum list, too.
I misread this title as "29 Dumb Facts About Deserts." I was actually really excited, but now I don't think I will :(
I go to the sprinkles cupcake shop (located in beverly hills) maybe 3 times a year and I always use the ATM and its SO COOL!
I've totally participated in the tour de donut!! It was nauseatingly fun.
1:31
So I guess you can say that Banana Splits have a split origin story.
3:38 just when i start saying thats disgusting he was like, ok now if thats disgusting lol wired
Dammit was hyped for facts about deserts!
Pie town is awesome. Had a great time there at a party on mushrooms once.
The dentist thing is totally true, my friend's dad is a dentist and today we were talking about the effect of halloween on dentistry :)
John, if you're sick, you can take a day off and take care of yourself. We will understand. Not sure if Meredith would, though. ;)
For some reason I read this as 26 Dumb Facts About Desert Animals LMAO
WHYYYYYY am I watching this right now when I'm starving?? Such a bad idea!
My French teacher told me that eclairs are called that because the bakery in which they were invented had a lightning bolt as sort of its logo. Eclairs were its signature dessert, so they put a little lighting bolt on them with white icing. I mean who knows if that's true,but it makes sense!
CHEESECAKE IS DELICIOUS HOW DARE YOU
In Japan Eel Sushi is a dessert. The more eels the sweeter! (Seriously though, the stuff is delicious.)
Can you do a facts about Hunting? Where I live at, the Hunting season for Deer (firearms) is November 15th. I would wonder how that would be.
Here's an interesting one. In Arkansas, it's legal to hunt with a machine gun so long as it's suppressed and you meet all ammunition requirements (most notably, no FMJs and any particular capacity laws).
***** I guess no hollow point ammunition or tracers either?
I believe also, you can kill certain birds of prey only if they are a threat to your livestock. I am not 100% but I think that is true.
RyuakiraX
More than likely. I'm not actually from Arkansas, so I'm not 100% sure about their hunting laws, but from what I can tell tracers are illegal for hunting everywhere, and hollow points probably are, but I've never actually seen anything about hollow points specifically.
*****
In Missouri, you must use an expanding bullet. So, that means no FMJ (or AP or tracer as those are FMJ style bullets), but hollowpoints, soft points, ballistic tips and unjacketed lead bullets are OK.
I hope that your throat gets better soon John.
Cheesecake is delicious. First time I've ever disagreed with MentalFloss!
JCL sells baklava every year to raise money for convention and it is SO GOOD
You're doing 30 unusual wills next? I feel like I've already seen that one....
Frozen Yogurt Justice is my new band name.
Nice video, always great Jon!
I almost missed this video because the pastel thumbnail looks like a [WATCHED] video in my subscription feed.
Wow?
Im in Australia and as far as im aware fairy floss has always been called fairy floss here- perhaps cotton candy is just rebranding that got popular in the US?
1:20
Land of the Awesome
since 1776 XD
Make it into a shirt! XD
Now they should do 29 dumb facts about the desert.
Here in Brazil it is also called "apple of love" (maça do amor)
"Our pain, their profit." Comcast is a nutshell...