Dear Mental Floss,

Thank you, so much. For the past two years or so, I’ve been buying your magazines. The only reason I came across you was because of my wonderful creative writing teacher. I was completely sold on your awesome magazine filled with weird facts and history about (almost) everything that’s going on in the world.

My favorite thing about these magazines of yours is your eye-catching magazine cover. The inner child comes out because of all the colors of the rainbow on each individual issue. In fact, the bookstore that I regularly go to already knows that I’m looking for your specific magazine because I love it THAT much. Another cool thing that I liked was that some of the pages were upside down for my right-brained dominant self. Again, the inner child comes out because of your creative, eye-catching, fact-filled magazine.

Because of you, I’ve learned that in the 19th century, granola and cereal became a thing. Who would’ve known that cereal didn’t come til two centuries ago?! Who knew that the diet back then was just whiskey. What a breakfast. It was only about two months ago where I discovered your YouTube videos as well. Every two months, I look forward to buying your magazines because it never ceased to amaze me. I think it’s really cool that John Green is part of your crew on the channel.

Unfortunately, I did hear about you releasing your last magazine. As an avid fan, I have already bought it, but it truly makes me sad that it wasn’t selling very much. The pros about having access to websites such as the New York Times and Chicago Tribune is that it’s right at your fingertips, but the con is that there’s not really a paper magazine or a newspaper that we can flip through. As an aspiring journalist, I want to learn how to print all kinds of print media such as magazines and newspapers.

Despite this, I was very happy to hear that you’re still continuing although fully transitioning to the digital media side. I’m excited to continue reading about weird facts about historians, authors, and about almost anything, really. I am the kind of person who absolutely loves learning and gaining new perspectives, so I’m excited to see Mental Floss grow even more and to an even wider audience. Again, thank you so much.

Sincerely,

An Aspiring Journalist (and biggest fan)