About Erin McCarthy: The editor-in-chief of MentalFloss.com since 2017, Erin McCarthy has been shaping the site’s content for nearly a decade. She hosts The List Show and Throwback on Mental Floss’s YouTube channel and was the executive producer and host of its History Vs. Theodore Roosevelt podcast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband Sean and their two cats, Pearl and Oliver.

About Mental Floss: Since its founding in a Duke University dorm room in 2001, Mental Floss has reached more than 1 billion readers with smart, quirky content presented in a witty, upbeat voice. Our New York City-based team of editors and writers—as well as our worldwide network of contributors—answers life’s big questions, uncovers fascinating facts, and finds stories so interesting that our readers absolutely must share them.

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