There ’s a lot of horrifying , terrible , no good , very bad news out there . And it ’s definitely dominate the newspaper headline ( just take a looking at the pic that Terri took at the local Books - a - Million).ÂBut that ’s exactly why mental_floss decided to publish up a new way out , 100 % full of stories guarantee to make you smile!Â
Our Good News issue is occupy with weird and funny and unbelievable tales that are bound to put you in a better mode . In fact , if you asked us to tell you our best-loved story from the publication , it ’d be like 72 pages of Sophie ’s choices . But since you ( hypothetically ) asked , here are a few of the top contenders :
- Nabokov ’s New Novel ( Seriously ! It ’s coming out this year . )

A valet from Wales who Foot Races against Horses … and Wins!Â
A ( Very ) Loving elbow room to Get Rid of  your Allergies ( The strange , funniest theory we ’ve ever seen on the subject.)Â
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The daring story of two East German folk and their incredible blistering air balloon drive / escape from communism . Â
And why the Joy of Cooking is one of the most of import al-Qur’an in American history ( We did n’t conceive it till we read it ) . Â
But that just scratches the surface . There ’s also the story of how klutzy Arthur Conan Doyle was ( the young dangerous undertaking - seeker maintain falling overboard while on a Arctic sail ) , or the Little Houdini who keeps breaking out of prison again and again and red-hot wiring motortruck to see his parents , and piles , tons more . So make yourself ( and our editor program ! ) happy and pick it up today . Oh , and if you ’d rather have it delivered to your house , we can do that for you too ! Just clickhere .