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Shayna Murphy

Boston, New York, Somerville

Editor at Mental Floss

She/her. Editor at Mental Floss. Bad at Twitter. I'm a slayer tho, ask me how. 🌹🔺 #Binders

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  • 1 week ago | mentalfloss.com | Shayna Murphy |Rudie Obias

    Don’t want to bug out this summer? From Los Angeles to Houston and even Detroit, these are the cities to avoid this summer if you absolutely hate getting bitten by mosquitoes. ByShayna Murphy, Rudie Obias|It’s summer, which means the days are longer, the sun is brighter, and the weather is much warmer, so you can enjoy more time outdoors with friends and family. But with warmer weather comes more mosquitoes zipping around your backyard.

  • Feb 11, 2025 | mentalfloss.com | Shayna Murphy

    Wearing socks over your shoes is going viral on TikTok. Mother Nature continues to give us the cold shoulder across the United States, but many of us have no choice but to venture outside. If you’re hoping to make it to your car or across the sidewalk without face-planting on ice, consider a trend embraced by TikTok users and backed by science: wearing socks over your shoes. It’s not a new idea.

  • Feb 10, 2025 | mentalfloss.com | Shayna Murphy

    In 1911, a teenaged socialite named Madeleine Talmage Force rose from relative obscurity to land one of the greatest eligible bachelors of her era: a newly divorced Colonel John Jacob Astor IV, who was widely regarded as one of the richest men in the world. But within less than a year, she’d go down in history for something far more tragic. Alongside her husband, she was a passenger on the ill-fated RMS Titanic when it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912.

  • Feb 3, 2025 | reviewed.com | Shayna Murphy

    Sex doesn’t stop when you get older. We spoke to sex educators and experts to determine the best sex toys for seniors, from vibrators to cock rings.

  • Dec 10, 2024 | mentalfloss.com | Shayna Murphy

    Both are meant to be spread out on top of your mattress, but they aren’t exactly the same thing. When it comes to bedding, it’s easy to mistake a duvet for a comforter, especially if you’re in someone else’s bedroom and aren’t responsible for making any beds. To make matters worse, some manufacturers may even use the terms interchangeably. In terms of similarities, both are bed toppers, and they’re usually made from comparable materials, such as cotton, polyester, or a blend of synthetic fibers.

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4 May 25

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3 Apr 25

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