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.”
FMyLife » birthdaygirl says FML
Today, it's my birthday. The only people who wished me a happy birthday were the ones who saw the "birthday boy" poster my sister plastered around school, which included a photo of me as a kid dressed up as a girl. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Words and Phrases You Won’t Believe Are 100 Years Old
They may be even older, but 1914 marks the earliest year OED lexicographers could document these words in print. [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Trailers That Spoil The Movies
Movie trailers have a difficult job. They have to condense a full feature film into an exciting, bite-sized morsel without giving away too much. Some do the former great, but blow it when it comes to the latter. Here are 12 trailers that are packed with spoilers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mammogram tech gets a little behind in her work, decides to make stuff up [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Eight beers that you should resume drinking immediately [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Russia's secret weapon against the West could be the palladium bomb [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Best video you will see all day of a news anchor rescuing ducklings from a storm drain. And it isn't even May sweeps yet [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Watch Babe Ruth Teach A Kid To Hit
If you're a down-trodden sandy-haired boy in the 1930s looking to impress the bullies back at the orphanage, who better to give you some hitting pointers than the Babe? [Link]
The Onion » Infographic: Creationism Vs. Evolution: The Arguments For Each Side
The question of whether life was intelligently designed or evolved over billions of years has been a major point of contention since Darwin’s On The Origin Of Species was first published in the mid-19th century. 
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Fark.com RSS » Sleeping in your bed while your friends kill someone? That's a felony [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » New study reveals when men become grumpy — our money was on "whenever they start seriously wondering if Cialis is right for them" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » EPA says U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have fallen 3.4 percent over the course of 2012 after reaching a high in 2007. Thanks, Obama [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » I actually took this quiz before it was cool, but I guess you might as well see how much of a music snob you are, too [Cool]
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The Onion » American Voices: Google Glass Users Facing Verbal, Physical Attacks
Amid rising tensions in San Francisco between native residents and wealthy tech entrepreneurs gentrifying the city, more reports have surfaced of anti-tech protesters targeting Google Glass wearers with physical attacks and verbal assaults like “Gla… 
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Fark.com RSS » You may want to sit down for this, but the US Government is making money hand-over-fist thanks to outrageous student loans taken out by graduate students [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » If you've been looking to pick up some rhinoceros dung on the cheap, today may be your lucky day [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » LSD is closed due to a suspicious package [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Food crop production in 2014 may be disrupted by El Niño, which as you may know, is Spanish for "The Niño" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Keystone pipeline opponents carve 80-acre message in field, presumably without consuming fossil fuel [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Caption this pontificating primate [Caption]
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Fark.com RSS » So you know the Duggars' "Quiverfull" movement? Apparently it's also awesome for grooming underage sex slaves [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Has the world's most elusive graffiti artist been caught on CCTV? [Interesting]
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The Onion » Dad Announces Plan To Honk When He’s Out Front
BRUNSWICK, OH—Announcing his intentions to pick up his 13-year-old daughter at 6:30 sharp, local dad Phil Cobb clearly and concisely outlined his plan to honk when he’s out front, sources confirmed Wednesday. 
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Mental Floss » 13 Fun Facts About Wawa
A new study has confirmed what frequent visitors to convenience stores already knew: Wawa is the best. [Link]
The Onion » Area Man Cleans Apartment Once Every Relationship
NEW YORK—Saying that he doesn’t like to let dust and clutter pile up for too long, area man Justin Buntz informed reporters Wednesday that he gives his one-bedroom apartment a thorough cleaning once every relationship. 
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Fark.com RSS » Now Russia has ghost cars [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Strange Geographies: The Happy, Haunted Island of Poveglia
A quarantine station, a dumping ground for plague victims, more recently a mental hospital — the tiny island of Poveglia in the Venice Lagoon has served many unpleasant purposes over the years, but today it stands empty, a crumbling collection of abandoned buildings and weeds run riot just two miles from the glittering palaces of the Grand Canal. Legends and … [Link]
The Onion » New Employee Still Eager Enough To Pick Up Slack For Coworkers
PEORIA, IL—Just over three weeks into his new position at local brokerage firm The Bentley Group, coworkers of junior analyst Ryan Cueva confirmed today that the 26-year-old is still enthusiastic enough about his job to consistently pick up the slac… 
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FMyLife » Confused says FML
Today, I met up with an old friend of mine who acts in a TV show. I hadn't seen him in a long time, but I'd been watching episodes of the show almost daily, so when he showed up I could only see him as his TV character and not as my friend. I ended up calling him by his … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » No one has experienced the full joy and spiritual meaning of Easter until they've had the Bacon Easter egg [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » The Parts of the U.S. Where Nobody Lives
Today's map highlights the 47% of the country that remains unoccupied. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this tectonic diver [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: What the Oculus Rift Can Change
It’s Like You're There Check out seven ways the Oculus Rift virtual reality gaming headset could change entertainment. * True Detective + The Family Circus Equals this. It really corrupts that syrupy-sweet childhood comic strip, huh? * In Other Corruption of Childhood News There is an entire blog devoted to taking children’s coloring book pages and adding new elements to … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ex-sheriff says Bundy ranch stand-off is like Rosa Parks Vs The Nazi's. This is only five ounces of the ten tonnes of crazy that came out of this man's mouth [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Wheelchair-bound man accused of murdering wife. All his killings be drive by [Sad]
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Mental Floss » New York in Hyperlapse
It's already summer in this video. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Linguists say it's more than a BIT COINcidental that a law prof's writing is similar to that of a crypto-currency creator [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently, the idea of summoning dogs for jury duty hasn't gotten old in Bridgeton, New Jersey [Amusing]
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The Onion » George W. Bush Debuts New Paintings Of Dogs, Friends, Ghost Of Iraqi Child That Follows Him Everywhere
President Bush has a new hobby — painting! — and he’s showing off some new watercolors of the undead Iraqi boy who lives in his nightmares. 
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Fark.com RSS » Woman sticks her daughter's car key into a random Honda, is now a car thief [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Instead of traveling around the world to see renowned cities like Paris, Florence, or London, you could just go to China and check out their knock-off European towns [Strange]
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Futility Closet » Backtalk
Bilingual palindromes, offered by Luc Étienne in Palindromes Bilingues, 1984: Mon Eva rêve ton image, bidet! = Ted, I beg, am I not ever a venom? Untrodden russet! = T’es sûr, Ned dort nu? Sir, I ate merely on it. = Tino, y le remet à Iris. Isadora rêve = Ever a rod as I? Ton minet t’adora = A … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ha Ha. You thought the rat apocalypse that was invading Britain was bad, get ready for the giant Asian killer hornets that have killed six so far [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Rare, unopened bottle of wine made on the orders of Adolf Hitler up for sale. Experts say you should let it age for nein years [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 13 Awful Hockey Injuries
As the Stanley Cup Playoffs get underway, here's a look back at the sport’s most brutal injuries—and how they made the game safer. [Link]
The Onion » Good Charlotte Recording 10 New Songs To Be Played At Low Volume In P.F. Chang’s
LOS ANGELES—Saying they were excited to take their pop-punk sound in new and barely audible directions, Maryland-based rock band Good Charlotte revealed Wednesday that the group is hard at work on an album that will be played at low volume in P.F. 
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Fark.com RSS » Ways straight people can best help gay people? Try shutting up for one [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » City transit department stops free wifi on buses after too many passengers were using it [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Crimeans who were excited about being annexed by Russia a month ago are rapidly discovering that they somehow forgot that Russian is a decaying, corrupt, shiathole of a country run by an unaccountable autocrat and a dysfunctional bureaucracy [Obvious
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Fark.com RSS » Teenager decides to take a selfie next to an oncoming train. Train conductor decides to give him a reality check with his boot [Hero]
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The Onion » Community Theater Gives Part Of Blanche DuBois To Kathy Fucking Hamilton
PEEKSKILL, NY—In a surprising casting decision that has drawn criticism from numerous members of local community theater The Old Mill Players, sources confirmed Wednesday that the role of Blanche DuBois in the company’s upcoming production of … 
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Mental Floss » The Time Rutherford B. Hayes Saved Easter
The Hayes Administration had just one highlight: The time the president saved Easter. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Most Interesting Comics of the Week
This week's most interesting comics include an Italian graphic novel about Kurt Cobain's childhood, a graphic novel by an architect and another by a neuroscientist. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » With Easter fast approaching, it's time for the annual "How to make your own marshmallow Peeps" Fark thread. Directions to the left, ideas of what to do with them to the right [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 10 Animals with Surprisingly Smart Social Lives
They may not be able to type out pithy messages in 140 characters or less, and they’re definitely not networking online, but you’ll be surprised at exactly how social certain animals are. Check out these ten animals that might have more of a social network than you. [Link]
The Onion » Aldon Smith Quietly Relieved Terrorist Plot Wasn’t Totally Compromised
LOS ANGELES—Following his recent arrest at Los Angeles International Airport for making an alleged bomb threat, sources close to San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith confirmed Tuesday that the 24-year-old is simply relieved his covert plot for… 
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Fark.com RSS » Local billionaires think it's wrong that there are people who sleep in cars in Silicon Valley because they are homeless, and want to improve their quality of life [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Catholic priest accidentally gets way too close to a boy; immediately drives away. And still people complain [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » You know it was a bad storm when a 751-foot cargo ship washes up on the beach [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » This means I can't sit on the cat anymore? Pets will no longer be classed as "chairs" in France [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Dad of the Year proud of his little pumpkin becoming a mum. Wat? So what if she's only twelve and the father is only thirteen [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Russian court confirms: nailing your scrotum to Red Square is not technically a crime [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Putin warns of civil war in Ukraine between the Ukrainian army and the brave freedom fighters of the Russian 45th Airborne Regiment (Warning, auto-play video) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » A texting motorist who slammed into a bicyclist and injured his spine told police she has some regrets … about the dents in her car. Subby has some regrets as well … that the driver won't rot in jail for the next 10 to 20 years [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 25 Fun Facts About 'A League Of Their Own'
You know there's no crying in baseball, but here are 25 things you might not know about the 1992 classic, 'A League of Their Own.' [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: Marijuana Vending Machine Unveiled In Colorado
A company called American Green has unveiled an automated, climate-controlled pot vending machine called the ZaZZZ, which dispenses medical marijuana only and uses ID fraud technology to verify users’ ages. 
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Fark.com RSS » Turns out the Boston hoax bomber is an attention-seeking "performance artist." Well, color me completely unsurprised [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Why are women so doubty? [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: The Civil War
Can you solve the Word Ladder in today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Wednesday Wordplay challenge in six steps or fewer? Prove it! By changing one letter in each step to form English words, and leaving all other letters in their original positions, convert BLUE into GRAY in the fewest possible steps. B L U E
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FMyLife » Nose bleed says FML
Today, I was eating an apple in class. When I went to take a big bite, my teeth went right through the apple, causing me to scrape the apple right up my face. My nose then started to bleed. I'm now known as the girl who punched herself in the face with an apple. FML [Link]
FMyLife » PoeticPathetic says FML
Today, I sat and watched the CEO of DreamWorks on TV misuse words such as "quantum". He's filthy rich, whereas I'm a savagely underpaid gardener. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Foreveralone17362562 says FML
Today, I was telling my dad about how annoying it was to constantly have my ten-year-old cousin message me about her new boyfriend, when he suddenly bursts out laughing about how she can get a boyfriend at ten, and I have never even kissed a guy and I'm seventeen. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Someone says FML
Today, our family went to a water park. The park's mascot came up to greet us, and my daughter got scared. She then refused to go inside, so we had no choice but to leave. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Driver arrested for being the only sober person on his bus full of teenagers [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Lawyer: "Judge, you are discriminating against me because I am not wearing pants in the courtroom" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Old and Busted: Peak Oil. New Hotness: Peak Beard [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Where is Old Zealand?
Old Mexico is Mexico. Old York is York. But where is Old Zealand? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Lots of small, private colleges are in danger of closing and we should celebrate this achievement," claims columnist who is clearly still nursing that Vassar rejection [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » We're going to need more dynamite [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Victoria's Secret? Stealing credit card information [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these happy schoolchildren [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Erotic: "After taking a midnight swim, she came out soaking wet." Not erotic: "After using the public toilet, she came out soaking wet" [Fail]
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Weird Universe » Pot-Smoking Jesus
An ad by a Seattle burger restaurant, inspired by the fact that Easter Sunday is on April 20 (4/20), which is a special day for cannabis enthusiasts.
Of course, some people are already saying that the ad offends them. But in the ad's defense, there is a long-standing argument that Jesus and his disciples probably were cannabis users. Though I … [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Traits Humans Inherited From Reptiles
Believe it or not, but all of these traits reflect your inner lizard. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » FBI uncovers Al-Qaeda plot to just sit back and enjoy the collapse of the United States [Satire]
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Weird Universe » Mystery Object
What is this?
Answer is here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I'm sure in 2014 you can get uranium in any corner drugstore, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » News: Teacher Arrested For DUI. Worse News: She blew a .27 two hours after she was pulled over… Fark: …on her way to school at 7:00 a.m [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Sanjay Gupta on deadly Ebola outbreak in Guinea: "There's a possibility of someone getting on a plane who has been exposed but not developed any symptoms" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Pro-Tip: Always remove your ID badge before installing a covert video camera in your area school's girls' restroom [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Adorably Sleepy Hedgehogs
Watch a compilation of sleepy hedgehogs. There, that should put a smile on your face!
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Mouth-Watering Photos of Literature’s Most Famous Meals. I’ll take The Great Gatsby for lunch, thank you.
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6 Signs Your Cats Actually Run Your Home. These comics describe my house more than I’d like to admit.
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An interactive map shows what kind of … [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Constellations
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Fark.com RSS » I have a feeling that Johnathan Schmidt will have a tough time getting a fair trial. His guilt is all over his face (with picture) [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » This is what the Great Lakes looked like one week ago. And here's why it's a big deal [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Mobile brothel catches fire at German rest stop. In other news, Germany has mobile brothels [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » 20 pot plants can still get you prison time equal to that of being convicted of killing someone while driving drunk [Asinine]
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Futility Closet » Social Studies
From Benoni Lanctot’s Chinese and English Phrase Book (1867), phrases for English-speaking employers of Chinese-Americans: Can you get me a good boy? He wants $8.00 per month. He ought to be satisfied with $6.00. When I find him useful, I will give him more. I think he is very stupid. Do you know how to count? If you want to … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Well isn't that convenient to have a paramedic training next to you on a running machine at the gym when you're having a heart attack [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Never, ever lick a policeman right in the eye. They hate that [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Three-year-old boy found inside claw machine. Mother, police spend $10 in quarters to get him out [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Coast Guard calls $300 million cocaine haul the biggest in Coast Guard history [Florida]
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FMyLife » sad but true. says FML
Today, my professor ran half a mile in the pouring rain just to return my cell phone, which I had left behind in lecture. Shocked and embarrassed, I exclaimed, "You shouldn't have!" "Damn right," he responded, "I'm 64 years old." FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police respond to emergency call when heavy breathing is all they can hear, find dog running around yard with phone in its mouth. Too bad they didn't have collar ID [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 10 Weird Tax Deductions Other People Got Away With
These offbeat tax deductions worked at least once, although we can't guarantee they'll work again. [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Five Caterpillar Machines Play Jenga
If you ever find yourself with a mountain of wood blocks and a couple excavators idling in the backyard, why not play a massive game of Jenga? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » High school coach facing jail for A) having a sexual relationship with a minor, B) embezzling school funds, or C) shoving a kid who farted in his face [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » South Korea hires Costa Concordia Captain [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Pvt. Edward Ambrose died while fighting in the Great War in 1916. His distraught family was unable to look at the belongings found in his leather case. Until now [Hero]
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Mental Floss » World War I Centennial: Russia Pursues Naval Treaty with Britain
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades later. But it didn’t come out of nowhere. With the centennial of the outbreak of hostilities coming up in August, Erik Sass will be looking back at the lead-up to the war, when seemingly minor … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're going to burglarize a business, it's probably best not to follow them on Instagram [Florida]
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FMyLife » gerontofuck says FML
Today, I realized that the only female who shows any sexual interest in me at all is my 70-year-old neighbor. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Ways to Cure Hiccups
Most of these home remedies work by overwhelming the vagus nerve, which causes hiccups when it becomes irritated, with another sensation. [Link]
FMyLife » fuckyouharddad says FML
Today, my 12-year-old sister watched Frozen. She's spent the last two hours playing the song Let It Go on high volume over and over, and in different languages. I now have a skull-splitting headache, and my dad just sarcastically told me to "let it go". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If your Nigerian "girlfriend" whom you met on the Internet sends you thousands of dollars in hundred-dollar bills, then asks you to wire it all right back to you to "pay medical bills," don't be surprised when the cash turns out t
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Fark.com RSS » News: Principal diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Spiffy: His students, faculty and staff flooded auditorium stage to shave their heads to show their support. This is how you deal with it [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » …but in his defense, it does sound like a pretty damn good deal [Florida]
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Weird Universe » Modern Sensibilites
The judge in a custody battle has cautioned dad not to use uppercase and large fonts when emailing the children. Apparently it is insensitive and makes the kids feel they are being yelled at. Poor little snowflakes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man drives his car into side of moving train. Yes, alcohol was involved [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge: Improve this face [Photoshop]
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