Steven Mackay Staff

Retail giant Wal-Mart now will carry Birmingham-based mental_floss magazine at its U.S. stores beginning in June.

"We're delighted that we will now be available in the world's leading retailer," says Will Pearson, cofounder and president of mental_floss, in a press statement. "This is another major step forward for us - and it reflects the extremely positive response we're generating with the media, the marketplace and, most important, our readers."

A Birmingham native, Pearson founded the education magazine with a group of friends while a student at North Carolina's Duke University.

The magazine moved to Birmingham last year and has received praise in magazines Newsweek and Entertainment Weekly, as well as being featured on the television sitcom "Friends." [...]