Mangesh Hattikudur
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Mangesh Hattikudur is the co-founder of the American humor magazine mental floss
, which he started with Will Pearson
when both were students at Duke University
. Hattikudur graduated from Duke in 2001, with a Bachelor of Arts
degree. The Huffington Post in 2010 wrote that Hattikudur and Pearson have created a knowledge empire complete with board games, t-shirts, and a website called Mentalfloss.com which has monthly visitors tallying into the millions. They have collaborated on books such as The Mental Floss History of the United States along with writer Erik Sass.
Mental floss
Mental Floss is a bi-monthly American magazine, launched in 2001 in Birmingham, Alabama, that presents facts and trivia in a humorous way...
, which he started with Will Pearson
Will Pearson
William E. Pearson is the co-founder of mental_floss, a bi-monthly magazine, which he started with Mangesh Hattikudur when both were students at Duke University...
when both were students at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
. Hattikudur graduated from Duke in 2001, with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree. The Huffington Post in 2010 wrote that Hattikudur and Pearson have created a knowledge empire complete with board games, t-shirts, and a website called Mentalfloss.com which has monthly visitors tallying into the millions. They have collaborated on books such as The Mental Floss History of the United States along with writer Erik Sass.