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.”
Fark.com RSS » Topless woman wearing nothing but a thong breaks into a McDonald's, trashes the entire place, then helps herself to some softserve [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Women's Studies at Yale 2 years ago: "Thin beauty standards are making us feel bad about our selves." Yale today: "Hey stringbean You are going to fatten up or else" [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Need another reason to move to Sweden? They are giving the six-hour work day a trial [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman loans 'lonely' micro-pig to school so he could socialise with other animals …. with horrible results [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » PRO TIP: If you plan to send a curse-word laced hate letter to your English teacher, have someone proofread it first [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Artist gets lonely, so she knit herself a boyfriend that comes with none of the baggage that real men have [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Extreme Engineering: The Challenges of Building a Colony on Mars
In this series, mental_floss will examine the engineering problems associated with humanity’s most extreme endeavors, from mining asteroids to colonizing the ocean, and explain how engineers plan to solve them. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Anyone want to buy used hotel sheets? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Well, this is awkward…Super Foods Kale and Quinoa May Actually Be Bad for You [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Orcas in California will be allowed to eat trainers for at least another year [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Relax Citizen, there are still 41 B-52H Stratofortress Bombers loaded with nuclear weapons flying around and keeping America safe. Suck it, Putin [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Drug dealing doesn't get much dopier than taking selfles of yourself with the stash right before the police raid the place [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Giant Steps
In 1959 pianist Tommy Flanagan was living on 101st Street in Manhattan while John Coltrane lived on 103rd Street. “He came by my apartment with this piece, ‘Giant Steps.’ I guess he thought there was something different about it, because he sat down and played the changes. He said, ‘It’s no problem. I know you can do it, Maestro’ — … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photographer goes to capture ugly-assed baby meerkats in Botswana, can only find a few and wonders where the rest have gone [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Search-and-rescue group: "Hey, these drones are a great way to help find missing people." FAA: "Nnnnnnnnnno" [Asinine]
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The Onion » American Voices: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush Watch NCAA Final Together
Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush sat together in a luxury box at last night’s NCAA Division I championship game, with Laura Bush telling reporters that the two have become buddies in recent years and avoid talking politics with… 
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The Onion » Dale Earnhardt Jr. Catches On Fire During Press Conference
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Catches On Fire During Press Conference 
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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested for using a turkey fryer to heat a house full of stolen propane tanks. Bonus: "Is that Mick Jagger?" mugshot goodness included [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 7 Great Places with Horrifying Names
As you can’t judge a book by its cover, you can’t judge the people of some communities by the place name. After all, when you live in a place called Hell, you have to have a sense of humor. And many of them would love for you to visit! 1. Hell, Michigan 
Photograph by Sswonk. Hell, Michigan grew up around … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New study shows that music listeners prefer more repetition within songs. All hail our ultimate music overlord, Philip Glass [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Go home officer, you're drunk. No, as a matter of fact, you tried to run over your fellow officers. You're arrested for leaving the scene of an accident, DWI, reckless driving and refusing to take a breath test [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Super Mario In the Real World
Super Mario in Buffalo An animator added Mario, coins, pipes, and turtles into the real world of his parents’ house. Hopefully the last image foretells a sequel video. * Weird Wikis There’s a wikipedia page for almost everything. Here are some of the more curious ones. * The Ministry of SIlly Crosswalks If you’re going to cross the street in … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » TSA says your ammo should be packed in checked baggage, but they do get a little pissy if your WW I artillery shells aren't properly wrapped [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Theme: Unexpected celebrity tattoos [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » When you meet a lesbian: hints for the heterosexual women [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was on a cruise. Beside me was an attractive young lady. She smiled and said, "It's my first time travelling alone and my parents told me to sit next to someone I would think I could trust." My ego swelled, then she said, "You look just like my father." FML [Link]
FMyLife » the long distance guy says FML
Today, I realized how boring and sexually deprived my life is when I found a gas station ten cents cheaper than the one I usually use. It gave me both an asthma attack and an erection, simultaneously. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Baseball Hall-of-Famers Who Had Weird Off-Season Jobs
In the days before it was routine to sign contracts worth the GDP of a small country, baseball players often had to put down their bat and gloves during the off-season and earn some extra scratch away from the diamond. Each of these Hall-of-Famers found unique ways to fill their pockets when they weren't filling box scores. [Link]
The Onion » [Video] Jock Scientists Discover Gay Gene In Carl
Researchers today took a break from bullying their colleague Carl to announce to the world that Carl is a little pansy boy and that they are sick of him. 
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Fark.com RSS » In just one year, Fox News improved their climate coverage accuracy by 300% [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » What to do today, the last day of Windows XP, if you're still using a Windows XP computer. Besides hang your head in shame, I mean [Fail]
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The Onion » Opinion: I Wish I Could Get Through To You With A Sports Analogy, Young Man (by Arthur Engelhard)
By Arthur Engelhard 
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Fark.com RSS » How to Make Lasagna Without a Recipe, (A step-by-step guide ) Wait, Isn't that exactly what a recipe is? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Study: You don't need Viagra, you need fewer cheeseburgers [Interesting]
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The Onion » Infographic: The Pros And Cons Of Vaccinating Children
Here are the cases for and against vaccinating children 
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Fark.com RSS » Bill to ban ticket quotas hits speed bump because federal grants require police to have ticket quotas. I mean, "data-driven performance measures" [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 11 Fun Word Lists to Drill Your Vocabulary On
You can customize by choosing particular word lists to work on, and while many of the lists are organized around sober, practical topics—SAT prep, current events, historical documents, great books—there are a number of lists that are just plain word fun. Here are 11 of the best themed lists from Vocabulary.com for you to master, or just enjoy. [Link]
The Onion » New Employee Finally Around Long Enough To Be Deemed Incompetent
ST. LOUIS—More than a month into his employment at Archmont Insurance, colleagues of account manager Martin Wallace told reporters Tuesday they can now definitively state that the 30-year-old’s constant errors and general carelessness on work … 
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Fark.com RSS » Insurance companies reward loyal customers. With higher rates [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Someone richer than you just paid $36 million for a shot glass with a picture of a cock on it [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » PETA, in yet another attempt to bring attention to itself, wants to buy the childhood home of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and turn it into a vegan restaurant [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe may lose one of his arms due to an infection. See, this is why you shouldn't pee in the pool [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » The Department of Justice wants to explore electronic bracelets for gun owners. Some people have a problem with this [Obvious]
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The Onion » Woman In Kickboxing Class Can Tell She’s Going To Whine About How Sore She Is In The Morning
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA—While attending the first session of Women’s Kickboxing Boot Camp at a local fitness center Monday evening, area woman Laurie Woods told reporters she could already tell she’d be whining in the morning about how sore … 
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Mental Floss » See Rare Video of a Giant Oarfish Swimming
Giant Oarfish usually live between 650 feet and 3000 feet, which means that people rarely get a chance to see them with their own eyes. But recently, workers from Chicago's Shedd Aquarium spotted two 15-foot-long Oarfish swimming in shallow waters in the Sea of Cortes in Mexico. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Beautiful Creepy Crawlies Hidden in Pond Water
In science class, my favorite activity was looking at ordinary things through the microscope. Simply taking a closer look reveals a dramatically different world that isn't visible at normal scale. In this five-minute video, photographer Daniel Stoupin (creator of this stunning video of ocean life) uses microphotography to film the tiny creatures we swim with, but don't see. Gather the … [Link]
FMyLife » watch_corn_dance says FML
Today, I was being shown how to use a nail gun while applying for a job at a construction company. The instructor shot me in the arm with it. I didn't even get the job. FML [Link]
The Onion » Married Couple Only Staying Together For Sake Of U.S. Divorce Rate
SEATTLE—Admitting there are unresolvable differences in their relationship and that they might be more satisfied if they parted ways, local married couple Brett and Tara Ashlock told reporters Tuesday they were nonetheless “willing to stick it… 
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The Onion » American Voices: Spider Invasion Leads To Mazda Recall
Japanese automaker Mazda announced this week that it’s recalling 52,000 cars that may have been invaded by the yellow sac spider, a species that’s attracted to gasoline and weaves webs inside gas tanks. 
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Mental Floss » 11 Surprising Facts About Archie Comics
Archie has had a lot more on his plate in the last 72 years than just waffling between Betty and Veronica. [Link]
The Onion » Your Horoscopes — Week Of April 8, 2014
Aries A messenger from the Lord will appear to you in glory this this week and in a voice that shakes mountains and shivers oceans, announces price hikes on all divine services. Taurus Mars and Venus will both appear in … 
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Fark.com RSS » Searchers looking for missing hikers. Search areas include the Arapahoe National Forest and the southern Indian Ocean [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 25 Fun Facts About ALF
Sure, you know the cat-eating alien hails from the planet Melmac, but there’s plenty you (probably) don’t know about Gordon Shumway and his classic television show. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How Disney princesses and Game of Thrones heroines are exactly the same characters [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Behold the alphabet burger: 26 layers, starting with avocado and ending with zucchini, although the X for xylocarp seems like a bit of a cop-out. Anyway, there are pics [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey dude, I'm just saying, you better leave those guys, who are totally your citizens and not people we shipped in, alone or it will start a "civil war" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Well apparently a surgeon smacking the asses of sedated patients is "wrong" and "inappropriate" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » British drivers 'worry' about rising fuel costs, even though they could drive around their tiny island twice in less time using less gas than it takes American motorists to navigate a Wal-Mart parking lot in Delaware, America's smallest s
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Fark.com RSS » Awkward: Finding pictures of your 85-year-old mother stuffing dollar bills into a male strippers underwear at the nursing home [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Want to know why your child has autism? No, it is not due to their vaccinations. It is because dad is fat [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 7 Priceless Items People Sold on eBay
Once in a blue moon, something truly invaluable will find itself being bid over on the world’s largest garage sale. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Americans are in such lousy financial shape that 4 in 10 say they could not come up with $2,000 if their lives depended on it [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Gas prices are higher now than they were at this time last year. Thanks, big oilbama [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Europeans demanding increase in population amid showdown with Russia. Cameron says "Britain has a "duty" to frack" [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Chupacabras running around everywhere. News at 11: How the local news created a monster [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » So, after one month, how much has it cost to search for Malaysia Flight 370? Funny you should ask [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Neil Patrick Harris takes himself out of running to replace Letterman on the Late Show, saying it would be "an asinine amount of work" and if he wanted to actually work for a living, he wouldn't be an actor [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » "The next step in interactive gaming could come in the form of a handheld game controller that gauges the player's brain activity and monitors their emotions and throws more zombies on the screen when it senses the player is bored" (pics)
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Fark.com RSS » The biggest obstacle to women getting into politics? Women voters. "Women don't vote for women. They ask, Who will watch her children? and How can she run for office when I can't even get to the gym? and questions never asked about male c
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Fark.com RSS » FTC says charging Facebook users $30 to change their status from "jerk" to "not a jerk" was probably illegal and definitely a jerk move [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Why Do Zebras Have Stripes?
The debate has been raging at least since the 1870s, when our evolutionary theory forefathers Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace disagreed as to how and why the zebra got his stripes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "A Jewish response to Israeli checkpoints" Can you guilt trip a nation of Jews? This guy would like to try [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Oh look. It's free cone day at Ben & Jerry's again [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » We have become a culture accustomed to shutting up when we attempt to voice dissident political opinions, claims person upset at getting shot down by "facts" and "statistics" when trying to say Obama is really from Africa [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Check out this near-million dollar house that was converted from a church. Be warned that it is a slideshow [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who killed neighbor and hid her body in his closet will spend rest of his life entertaining walk-ins [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » "Honestly officers, my car must be insured, I have a Meerkat toy at home and he gets stuffy if I'm not home at a certain time. He'll tell you about the insurance" [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » In least effective anti-piracy effort ever, people being urged to stop downloading free pron: "Some of this stuff is available for eight cents a minute. I don't see how that's such a burden on anyone's budget that they can't pay t
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Venice
Today's mentalfloss.com Tuesday Test Time Brain Game asks you to break down an eight-letter word, one letter at a time. Are you up to the challenge? By removing one letter from the mix at each step,
and rearranging the other letters as necessary to form new words,
reduce the word "GONDOLAS" to the letter "O." G O N D O L … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Science discovers if you're planning to hitchhike, you have a much better chance of being picked up on a sunny day than a cloudy one. No word on what the ideal weather would be when your dismembered remains are found in a suitcase at a rest stop
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Fark.com RSS » A picture of a woman posing with Houston Texans running back Arian Foster went viral after she posted it on Twitter because the man in the picture is not really Arian Foster and the real Arian Foster had to correct her [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » You want some fingers? I can get you some fingers, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me. Hell, I can get you fingers by 3 o'clock this afternoon…with nail polish [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » No, we don't have a rash. These are scratch 'n sniff mint jeans [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » "I've never seen any physical abuse or anything like that. I've just, verbal altercations, yelling and screaming. You know he drives a big diesel wrecker so I know that whenever they fight, I've seen her throw clothes out the door"
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Fark.com RSS » Forty of the Eighty cars in an LAPD patrol division had the recording equipment tampered with. I am sure this is just because they don't want other departments finding out their outstanding investigative techniques [Scary]
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FMyLife » Spooprfailed says FML
Today, things were getting heated with the girlfriend. We were mostly naked, but mostly wouldn't do, so I kissed her deeply and whispered into her ear, "You should lose some weight". Clothes. I meant to say clothes. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In 1969, people actually sent birthday letters to family members through the mail. Some of these notes are just arriving [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Massachusetts governor: I'm banning this new drug because it's dangerous: Drug maker: You and what FDA? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this one wheeled biker [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » While "lighting a mattress on fire" may indeed cure your boredom, there SHOULD be another part of your brain that tells you "NO, dumbass….NO" [Dumbass]
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Weird Universe » Forgetful Snow
Melinda Ring is trying to raise $13,000 on KickStarter so that she can stage her dance project, Forgetful Snow.
It's one of those things where it's kinda hard to tell if it's real or satire. But my gut instinct tells me it's for real. Of course, I have no knowledge of contemporary dance, so a more discerning viewer might instantly … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Boeing 747 forced to make emergency landing because of overheated: A) engines, B) cockpit, or C) cows [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Dude flashes a stolen badge, pretends to be a cop, and demands a discount on a spray tan [Stupid]
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FMyLife » DetergentFrog6 says FML
Today, while playing basketball, my friend thanked me for passing the ball to him. I was too embarrassed to tell him that that was me shooting. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Waco II: Rancher vows to fight the Feds "on the ground" if it comes to that, and this weekend it could [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » The next domino to fall in the nationwide effort to legalize marijuana comes from the great state of Maryland [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » In Portland, even the armed robbers dress like hipsters [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Where is Ukraine?
Only 1 in 6 Americans Can Find Ukraine on a Map. That’s kind of understandable; during most of my life, it was an unlabeled piece of the Soviet Union.
*
How (and why) to fight television culture's amnesia. If we revered classic TV as much as we do classic film, we’d be both more culturally savvy and a lot more … [Link]
Weird Universe » Cat & Budgie
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FMyLife » 91hayek says FML
Today, I borrowed my friend's car to go deliver a tent I sold online. His possessive girlfriend tailed me, not knowing I was driving. She then rear-ended me when I stopped, thinking I was her man, and was cheating. When she realized the situation, she accused me of hiding him. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Mickey Rooney
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Fark.com RSS » California Senate bill would make mislabeling seafood a crime. Where is your cod now? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » "The sport of 'chicken boxing' doesn't have many friends in the Louisiana Senate" [Silly]
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FMyLife » AlonsoKold says FML
Today, my girlfriend threatened to break up with me because I don't like her Facebook statuses enough. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was given a call home, a 3-day-suspension, and a week of detention in school for a "serious violation of the code of conduct." Said violation? Jogging in the middle of the hall. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If at first you don't succeed, try again: Man who unsuccessfully tried to hang himself in a hotel room decides to wait a day, then jumps off the 9th floor, narrowly missing pedestrians [Scary]
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Futility Closet » First Things First
We [Einstein and Ernst Straus] had finished the preparation of a paper and were looking for a paper clip. After opening a lot of drawers we finally found one which turned out to be too badly bent for use. So we were looking for a tool to straighten it. Opening a lot more drawers we came upon a whole box … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Korean-American chefs have put America smack in the middle of the "Kimchi revolution" [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Here's a list of eight beers you should never drink, because they're full of deadly chemicals such as organic sugars, stuff made from edible plants and natural flavoring. That's right: Natural flavors will kill you [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently it's OK to be gay as long as you're not a gay teacher that teaches his students that it's OK to be gay [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Freakish human Barbie claims interracial couples are causing a rise in plastic surgery because they are 'making the human race uglier' [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » The History of Paint-by-Numbers
The canned masterpieces were a massive flop—until one genius applied a simple step-by-step marketing plan. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Subby doesn't know if trying to set a world record with the world's smallest parachute is such a bright idea but this guy just pulled it off with one the size of a bed sheet [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 17 Movies Based on Magazine and Newspaper Articles (And Where To Read Them)
When it comes to adapting stories for the big screen, novels and comic books aren't the only things to get love from Hollywood. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oh holy shiat [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "…unless heterosexual male consumers rise up and join with us in demanding better, hotter, more realistic lesbian content, it seems unlikely that the sad state of lesbian pornography will see much improvement anytime soon." RISE UP, MEN [Co
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Fark.com RSS » Chicago police successfully lowered the crime rate. By not reporting crime [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this lonely sentinel [Photoshop]
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