Odds and sods I look at regularly, just because they amuse me. I hope they do the same for you. Incidentally, I found this page’s title on Greg Ross’s Futility Closet (it’s somewhere on this page) in a mini-article which also includes the delightful sentence in Icelandic: Barbara Ara bar Ara araba bara rabbabara. Ross points out that this, “besides being fun to say, is spelled with only three letters. It means “Barbara, daughter of Ari, brought only rhubarb to Ari the Arab.”
Odd News | newslite.tv
World's tallest LEGO tower built in South Korea
A team of 4,000 children have built the world's tallest LEGO tower in South Korea using an impressive 500,000 colored bricks.Built to celebrate the 80th anniversary of LEGO, the mega-construction – which used a cross formation at the base for stability – even required a hydraulic platform to complete.The final brick was stuck in place by the Crown Prince Frederick … [Link]
Designer beds created for pampered cats and dogs
It's no secret that some pet owners spoil their animals, whether it's giving them the best food, constant belly rubs or £1,200 beds to sleep in … wait what?A range of designer pet beds has gone on sale for pampered pooches and pussy cats which are made by master cabinetmakers and cost more than most furniture for humans.The pet furniture … [Link]
The Onion
Jubilant Rangers Throw Skates Into Stands
Jubilant Rangers Throw Skates Into Stands
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Pushy Hermit Crab Girlfriend Wants To Move In
Pushy Hermit Crab Girlfriend Wants To Move In
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Weird Universe
Dr. Scott’s Electric Flesh Brush
It rubs the Flesh Brush on its skin!
From Scientific American, Sep 17, 1881.
If interested, you can buy a genuine Flesh Brush on eBay, for a mere $174.95.
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Judge Parker’s Gallows
Here you see the main attraction at Fort Smith National Park. A recreation of the gallows where Hanging Judge Isaac Parker sent 79 criminals to their death.
And people say kids will get bored at such historical monuments! This makes history come alive! Er, come dead…?
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PassiveAggressiveNotes.com
Hundreds & Thousands (of bad things will befall you)
The good news? Stealing sprinkles from this New Jersey yogurt shop won’t lead to eternal damnation! 
Thanks to Lauren in Princeton, NJ for submitting! related: Wrath of the Ancients
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Admit it, you hate us.
A few months ago, Christie in North Carolina joined a group on Meetup.com, but never found the time to attend any of the actual meetups. This, it seems, is a serious breach of Meetup netiquette. Recently, the group’s owner did Christie the favor of explaining why she was being kicked out of the group — for her own benefit, of … [Link]
The Oatmeal – Comics, Quizzes, & Stories
There's a duck in my coffee
I added a new print of a duck in some coffee.View [Link]
Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived
An ode to the father of the electric age.View [Link]
Oddee –
Another 10 of the Wackiest Beards
Are you planning a change of look? Here are some suggestions for the bearded men. [Link]
10 Funniest Clothes-Wearing Animals
Some pet owners have a lot of free time on their hands…. [Link]
Overheard in the Office
GM's Been Doing That for Years
Cool but nervous manager on conference call to big bosses: So you are having trouble with those bolts?Local manager: Yes, but we added oil and they worked better.Big boss: You are not authorized to use oil.Local manager: You ever tried to screw a dry hole?(momentary silence, then loud laughter)Local manager: Oh, shit!Arlington, Texas Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | … [Link]
You're Just Too Young to Remember The Muppet Show
Short white girl: Manamana.Tall white guy: Do-do, do-do-do.Short white girl: Manaman.Tall white guy: Do-do-do-do.Short white girl: Manamana.Tall white guy: Do-do, do-do-do, do-do, dah-do-do-do-do-do…Short white girl: Manamana!Black coworker: Crazy white folk… What the hell's wrong witchu two?Newark Airport
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Photoshop this cheeky painter [Photoshop]
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Willie Nelson, tell us what you really think. Obvious tag currently sporting panda eyes, distracted by Doritos. Mmm… Doritos [Spiffy]
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xkcd.com
Klout
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Felidae
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mental_floss
Last Week’s Most Popular Stories
In case you weren’t obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all week, here’s what you missed: 
1. 9 Weapons That Failed Spectacularly (and 1 That Possibly Didn’t), by Judy Dutton
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2. The Founder of Mother’s Day Later Fought to Have It Abolished, by Jonathan Mulinix
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3. 10 Uninhabited Islands and Why Nobody Lives on Them, by Miss Cellania
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4. 12 … [Link]
Weekend Links: 12 Events That Will Change Everything
For the college football fans, an exhaustive look at What If the NCAA had a Relegation League? And for my fellow NFL fans, the same question about NFL Relegation (my Falcons would be dominating the relegation league y’all!)
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Bill Murray is playing FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson. Here’s the trailer.
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Potentially the greatest animal voiceover video yet: … [Link]
Cool Site of the Day
Why You MUST Take Notes…and HOW
To bring your laptop or not to bring your laptop: that is the question. In today’s classrooms, students are presented with a variety of ways to take notes ranging from the old school pen and paper to laptops and tablets. This infographic looks at various note-taking methods to try and suss out the best techniques for recording–and retaining–important information. Great … [Link]
Hardest Job, Best Job
Nice work, P&G… SEO Basics and Cool Websites at Cool Site of the Day [Link]
Futility Closet
“Cherchez Le Tigre!”
An amusement card from France, circa 1880. Where is the tiger? Click for solution … [Link]
Prior Investigations
In 1915, critic Arthur Guiterman addressed a poem “To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”: Holmes is your hero of drama and serial;
All of us know where you dug the material
Whence he was moulded — ’tis almost a platitude;
Yet your detective, in shameless ingratitude –
Sherlock your sleuthhound with motives ulterior
Sneers at Poe’s “Dupin” as “very inferior!”
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FMyLife
slayerdeath says FML
Today, my girlfriend went in for a kiss too fast and broke my front tooth. FML [Link]
Ouch says FML
Today, I tried to beat my dad to the car. I jumped over the steel cables in the parking structure and hit my head on a metal pipe, then bounced off the wires, and onto my back on the pavement. Good thing we were already at the hospital to visit my sick mother. FML [Link]
Dilbert Daily Strip
Comic for May 20, 2012
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Comic for May 19, 2012
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Ironic Sans
Idea: Toddler TARDIS Console
About a month ago my son learned to pull himself up to stand on his own. Now that he can stand, he really enjoys his LeapFrog Learning Table. It's about waist high and has all sorts of knobs and dials and levers and switches that trigger sound effects, lights and music. As he makes his away around the table fiddling … [Link]
Protect Abed
I saw this ad on the subway yesterday. I haven't visited the site, but I assume it's part of a viral marketing campaign to keep Community on the air. 
Okay, now I've visited the site. They've built a pitch-perfect imitation of a mattress-cover company's website. I'm not sure what it has to do with Abed, but I'll bet if I … [Link]
Blogs.com
Best in Blogs: Santorum's Google Problem, Google's Google Problem, and Apple's Big Apple Mystery
Top Stories for the Week of Jan. 2 – 6, 2012 
Google is in the news and the blogs as 2012 fatefully fades in. For starters, there's rising presidential candidate Rick Santorum, a traditional guy with a very modern problem. "As you probably know," explains Dan Kennedy's Media Nation, "if you Google the word 'santorum,' the very first result will be … [Link]
Freaky Steve Jobs Action Doll Drama
You just knew a boatload of bootleg Steve Jobs merch would start flooding in after his passing last year, blogs Gadget Lab. But if you were hoping to score a lifelike Steve Jobs action doll, you may be disappointed. The Telegraph reports Apple is threatening to sue In Icons, the Chinese company responsible for the world's most eerily realistic Steve Jobs … [Link]
GraphJam: Music and Pop Culture in Charts and Graphs. Let us explain them.
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