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.”
Mental Floss » 10 Great Scientists Who Were Also Jocks
Brain and brawn have never been enemies; in fact, some of the most gifted scientists of all time were also dedicated athletes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Alaskan officials report their ferries are perfectly safe. However, the docks at the ferry terminals may mysteriously sink [Fail]
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Mental Floss » 20 Things You Might Not Know About 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Fun facts about Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » $3 million awarded to victims of harmless petroleum industry practice [Spiffy]
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The Onion » American Voices: FDA Bans E-Cigarettes For Minors
With the growth of the $2 billion e-cigarette industry that currently has little to no federal oversight, the FDA has voted to impose new regulations, which include limiting the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. 
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Fark.com RSS » Man walks through town center squirting women with a water pistol filled with his own urine, now finds himself in a wee bit of trouble [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Organic aquaculture shrimp facility hiring over 500 workers to pull their little legs off so you don't have to [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Once again let's be clear on this: every "horny 16-year old girl" that wants to chat online is really an undercover cop-unless they are a youth pastor who is trying to catfish young boys into sending him naked selfies [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Dogs and cats are capable of love, at least biochemically. Your dog loves steak [Sappy]
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Mental Floss » 11 Images from the American Museum of Natural History's Archives
New York City's American Museum of Natural History recently launched an online image database, Digital Special Collections, which features more than 7000 images from the institution's history—many of them never before seen by the public—including archival photographs, rare book illustrations, drawings, notes, letters, art, and Museum memorabilia. [Link]
The Onion » World’s Luminaries Crowd Around ‘Time’ 100 List Posted On Editor’s Door
NEW YORK—Their hearts pounding, the world’s leading figures in politics, entertainment, business, and technology reportedly crowded around a sheet of paper tacked to Time managing editor Nancy Gibbs’ office door Thursday, in hopes… 
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Fark.com RSS » Is First Lady Michelle Obama joining the cast of NBC's Community? Will anyone notice? [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who threw Molotov cocktail into Brooklyn convenience store probably won't get his bottle deposit back [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Man critical after being shot, crashing car. Well, of course he is. What's he supposed to say, 'Thanks'? [Obvious]
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The Onion » Disney CEO Figures They’ve Built Up Enough Goodwill To Do A Real Sexist One
BURBANK, CA—Citing a groundswell of praise for such stereotype-bucking princess films as Frozen, Brave, and Tangled, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger said Thursday his company has probably accumulated enough goodwill to make its… 
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Fark.com RSS » Due to the increase in Americans' weight, dude ranches have been forced to add draft horses to their stables [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Do you have a go-to recipe for veal if you're trying to impress? Have any tips for preparing veal to make it a knock out? [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I got my car cleaned. As I drove home, the passenger of the van in front of me vomited out the window. The vomit sailed back and splattered all over the front of my car. A waste of £10 and a mental image that will never go away. FML [Link]
The Onion » Man Has Story For Every Stain On Pants
DAYTON, OH—Able to call to mind a unique anecdote for each grease smudge, errant pen mark, and splash of barbecue sauce, local man Thomas Newcomb, 31, has a story for every single stain on his pants, sources confirmed Thursday. 
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Fark.com RSS » Giant crucifix dedicated to Pope John Paul II falls and crushes a man in what is in no way a bad omen whatsoever [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Ugly-ass baby clouded leopards make their public debut at the Denver Zoo (w/awww pics) [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Fat teenager loses 168 pounds, is surprised to discover that he's actually David Beckham [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge: Improve the International Space Station [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » DC restaurant consultant accused of intentionally tanking sales at five restaurants so he could buy them at bankruptcy. And stealing a Vespa [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » One DIY project you probably should skip: Fecal transplants [Sick]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Frozen + Thriller
It Was Only A Matter of Time The characters from Frozen have finally been edited into a video where they perform the "Thriller" dance. It’s about time, internet. * Skyscraper Squatters There are 3000 homeless people living in an abandoned skyscraper in Venezuela. Check out this series of photographs of the homes they’ve built there. * Poetry That Counts The … [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 People Who Just Did It Anyway
This week’s mental_floss video entitled 18 Famous People Who Are Missing Body Parts reminded me that April is Limb Loss Awareness Month. You may be aware that we have a continuing series about people who are technically classified as “disabled,” but don’t let it get in the way of doing as they please. While it’s still April, let’s meet some … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man walks into lingerie shop, reveals his own secrets [Followup]
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Mental Floss » What is Pine Tar Used for Outside of Baseball?
When it's not slathered on the skin of Major League pitchers, what's the point of pine tar? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "She asked for it," man tells police after asking why he murdered his own mother [Florida]
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The Onion » Music Playing In Bar Could Stand To Be Louder, Worse
WORTHINGTON, MA—While struggling to be heard over the deafening roar of nu-metal and late-’90s rap-rock, patrons announced Wednesday night that the music at Liston’s Bar and Grill could probably stand to be just a bit louder and a touch … 
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The Onion » Statshot: Why Aren't We Going To Prom?
Why Aren't We Going To Prom? 
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Futility Closet » The Horse’s Mouth
In 1961, Robert Rauschenberg was invited to participate in a Paris show in which artists were to exhibit a portrait of gallery owner Iris Clert. Rauschenberg sent a telegram: THIS IS A PORTRAIT OF IRIS CLERT IF I SAY SO Was he right? Perhaps so: Three years later, Parisian performance artist Ben Vautier sat down in a street in Nice … [Link]
The Onion » Small Business Still Manages To Mistreat Workers Like Large Corporate Chain
MARFA, TX—Employees at Gillman’s Hardware confirmed Monday that despite the company’s small size, single location, and the fact that it has been family owned and operated for over 35 years, it still manages to treat its staff as if they … 
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Fark.com RSS » After being accused of not doing enough to prevent sexual violence on campus, Columbia University officials apparently decided to make it up to the gals by making them a cake, you know, a real nice one with flowers and everything [Fail]
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The Onion » Chris Paul Encourages Local Youths To Stay Out Of Foul Trouble
LOS ANGELES—Telling them that a first-quarter illegal use of hands is something that will stick with them for the rest of their game, Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul reportedly spent Wednesday afternoon encouraging an assembly of student… 
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Mental Floss » Extreme Engineering: A One Way Mission to 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 » California's fire season has been expanded a bit, now runs from May 1st to April 30th [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » The Ku Klux Klansman who shot up a Jewish community center was once arrested for picking up a black transvestite prostitute. Oy vey [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » "We weren't expecting to hear calls to prayer from mosques on our holiday to Turkey. Now give us our money back" [Fail]
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The Onion » Robinson Cano Didn’t Realize Mariners Expected Him To Run Their Social Media Too
SEATTLE—Twenty-one games into the $240 million contract he signed with the team in December, Seattle Mariners’ second baseman Robinson Cano admitted to reporters Thursday that he did not initially realize the organization also expected him to … 
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FMyLife » me says FML
Today, my Spanish teacher imitated the sound of a coffee grinder, and then said in Spanish, "OK, all of you do it." I did it, thinking everyone else would too. I was the only one in the class who'd understood the Spanish part. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I received a friend request on Facebook from a girl I've had a crush on for a while. As I was about to accept it, it vanished. She explained later that she clicked on my name by accident, and didn't actually want to be friends at all. FML [Link]
FMyLife » missmom83 says FML
Today, my toddler found my daughter's recorder from 3rd grade and figured out how to play the highest pitch note. Of course, my daughter pulls out her trombone to have a jam session. And I'm out of ibuprofen. FML [Link]
The Onion » Marc Summers Realizes Police Will Immediately Look For Body In Giant Pile Of Mashed Potatoes
PHILADELPHIA—In the midst of his frantic attempt to conceal a corpse early Wednesday morning, a panicked Marc Summers came to the realization that police officers would immediately think to look for the mangled body in the huge pile of mashed potato… 
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Fark.com RSS » Man successfully robs ice cream store with syringe "full of AIDS." In a related story, Baskin Robbins pulls Crackhead Crunch from its list of flavors [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently when you build extra cabins on top of a ferry and carry three times as much cargo as is safe, it can fall over and sink. Who knew? [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » From the "things you thought only happened in movies/long running '70s sitcoms" file: five castaways stranded on a desert Island are rescued after a helicopter spots the giant "SOS" they carved in a nearby sandbar [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 21 Wonderful Words for Wind
In case you want to get a little more specific. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're looking to shake up your typical dining experience, you should go to this restaurant in Spain where there's constantly the equivalent of a 7.8 earthquake moving things around [Strange]
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Mental Floss » How to Be Entertaining: 10 Simple Instructions from 1904
Being the life of the party was hard in the early 20th century. Here are 10 tips directly from 1904 to help the uninteresting. [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: U.S. Middle Class No Longer Richest In World
An analysis by the New York Times revealed that the United States no longer has the richest middle class in the world and is now second behind Canada. 
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Mental Floss » What Virtual Reality Looked Like in 1992
The objects were blocky, but the hair was silky-smooth. [Link]
Mental Floss » Brain Game: Not a Burger
Today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Think Thursday challenge is a throwback that we offered nearly five years ago. It's still a good one! What’s the next letter in this sequence? K, M, G, T, P, ? Here is the SOLUTION. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The moral of the story is that you should never bring something that you just happened to find in a plastic bottle in an alley to school for show and tell, no matter how cool it looks [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Now that the Cornish people of Cornwall have been officially recognized by Britain as a minority, here are 22 Cornish words and phases we should all start using. Missing is f*cking cornholes. Wonder why? [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Where Does the Phrase “Hat-Trick” Come From?
The puck recently dropped for the 2014 NHL playoffs, pitting the best North American clubs against each other for the chance to raise Lord Stanley’s coveted Cup. Getting there, of course, requires scoring goals—and some players are so on fire that they score three goals in a single game. This phenomenal feat is known as a “hat-trick,” a term used … [Link]
Mental Floss » How to Host an Incredible Clambake
When settlers came to North America, Native Americans taught them one of the continent’s tastiest culinary tricks—steaming clams, corn, and potatoes in a hole in the ground. The time-tested method has turned the clambake into a New England tradition. Here’s how to go further the next time you throw a classy beach party. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Muslim cleric says 9/11 museum video on Al Queda will cause prejudiced views, as if New Yorkers had nice thoughts about an organization that flew jets into the two biggest towers in Manhattan [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Chihuahua bites man. Man threatens owner. Owner gets machete. Seems reasonable [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » If you like floating down rivers polluted with urine, alcohol, cigarette butts, Styrofoam lids, used condoms, plastic bags, and empty sunblock bottles, things are looking up. Tubing season is almost here [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Officials fear that the nearly four million people traveling to witness the canonization of two popes at the Vatican will cripple the city's infrastructure. If only there were a supernatural force they could pray to and ask for good fortune [Inte
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Fark.com RSS » The Marshall Islands: Hey, remember how you guys tested your new super weapons on us? Yeah, we're suing all of you nuclear nations to disarm because you treated us like assholes [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Boob ban: French government minister bans female staff from showing any cleavage at work [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » You may think Oregon is progressive, but politicians decided abortion is not a clean source of renewable energy [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » FDA to tobacco companies: No, you assholes, putting the letter "e" in front of "cigarette" doesn't make it OK for children. Welcome to Regulation Town, population: you [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Caption this driver [Caption]
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Fark.com RSS » Affluenza strikes again as tech CEO avoids jail time despite being caught on tape beating and kicking his girlfriend 117 times [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » A downside of living near Disney World? A seemingly large amount of homeless people are struggling to find permanent housing around there because of its price [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Map shows what the world will look like if the ice caps melt. Basically it's surfs up in Philadelphia, an ark for King George and a solution to the Israel-Arab dispute [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » LAPD: Hey NYPD, you guys really blew it with your Twitter campaign to create good will. NYPD: Ummmmm… you guys might want to look at your Twitter campaign [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Protip: If you're looking to land at any one of these ten airports in the near future, pack some extra underwear [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Fire department assists in prostate exam [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » There's a special place in hell for people who steal bronze vases from grave sites to sell for scrap metal [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this beer break [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » Big-Hole Golf
Fewer people are playing golf, which has the golf industry worried. One solution being proposed is to make the holes bigger. A lot bigger. 15 inches wide. The idea is that if the game is easier, more people will play. Although personally I don't think people are not playing because the game is too hard. I think they're not playing … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "I heard the weight and I was like, 'Oh my God.' It validated me because I was in a lot of pain when I was pregnant, so to hear the size, it made sense," Says the woman who gave birth to a mini sumo wrestler weighing 14 pounds, 8 ounc
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Fark.com RSS » The last time chlorine was weaponized was World War I after all sides realized just how terrible a weapon it truly was. Naturally, it's reappeared in Syria, where the civil rules of war don't apply [Scary]
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FMyLife » Anonyme says FML
Today, on a train, I nearly choked while sleeping with my mouth wide open. The little old lady sitting opposite me was entertaining herself by throwing little pieces of balled-up tin foil into my mouth. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman files $275K lawsuit after vicious pit bull attack because owner knew the animal had "abnormally dangerous propensities in attacking people." Did I say pit bull? I meant duck [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » The wasps, they are mocking us–or sending a message [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » News: Man arrested trying to flee the country after raping girl. Fark: Saudi exchange student who raped 16-year-old daughter of his host family. What the Fark: He was having an affair with his host mom, and she tried to help him escape [Sick]
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Weird Universe » Beetle Game
I want to see Hasbro or Mattel market this game today.
Original article here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Florida retirement community sinkhole 2: Electric Boogaloo [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Patriot rancher Cliven Bundy would like to explain to you about how the Negro race thinks [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Thousands dead in Syria…kidnapped schoolgirls in Africa…a ferry full of dead Korean kids…rioting in Brazil….wait, hold on. NEW YORKERS ARE CHILLY BECAUSE TALL BUILDINGS CAST SHADOWS [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: That's "All"
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Fark.com RSS » This just proves that PETA members are just a bunch of turkeys [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Birth of a Giant Iceberg
Massive Iceberg Six Times The Size Of Manhattan Breaks Off Antarctica. Now it’s a 255-square-mile floating island of ice heading who-knows-where.
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How punctuation is killing the hashtag. There are certain limitations to writing on interactive machines like Twitter.
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Driving in Ethiopia is not for the faint of heart. But it works for laid-back, attentive drivers who know the unwritten rules … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pocono Mountain resort to hold first-ever beer festival. One catch: "Nudity is required at the beer festival area & in the pools and hot tub" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Held by the TSA for 40 minutes and given a "intrusive physical body inspection" because you didn't want them to x-ray your breast-milk? That's a $75,000 legal settlement [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Activists release horrifying video showing how meat products are eaten [Amusing]
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FMyLife » Quackadoodledoo says FML
Today, I was on the London underground reading a newspaper. A huge guy was sitting next to me and there weren't many other people around. As I turned a page, he leaned into me, glaring, and said, "I'm not finished yet". At the next stop I put down the paper and jumped off. It wasn't even my stop. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Heroic Houston-area camel toe calls police after seeing teens breaking into neighbor's home (Not safe for work) [Hero]
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Futility Closet » The Parsons Code
In 1975 Denys Parsons devised a surprisingly simple way for nonmusicians to record melodies — write an asterisk for the first note, then hum the tune and decide whether each subsequent note goes up (U), down (D), or repeats (R). The first two phrases of “Happy Birthday,” for instance, look like this: *RUDUDDRUDUD (“* repeat up down up down down … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Security guard breaks down door to a portable toilet, finds the rotting body of a homeless man inside. Police believe he froze to death and was forgotten for months [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » It's legal to sell pot in Colorado, but not if you're in 4th grade [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Ronald McDonald gets a hip new look [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman spends $15,000 on surgery to look Photoshopped, and it works, you can tell by the pixels (w/before and after pics) [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Old and Busted: Two lesbians getting married. New Hotness: Three lesbians getting married [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 18 Famous People Who Are Missing Body Parts
In honor of National Amputee Awareness Month. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 468: "The Great Outdoors". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman ransacks store and punches seven year old because the store owner wouldn't exchange a jar of coins for bills. She crazy [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Large 6.7-richter earthquake strikes Vancouver Island. Preliminary reports estimate moderate damage equal to 0.29 Stanley Cup riots [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Texas teacher: "OK, kids, it's free reading time. Read anything you want." Second grader: "Awesome, I have my Bible." Texas teacher: "OMG INAPPROPRIATE" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Detroit airport now offers brand new $75,000 bathroom. Fark: for service dogs. Your dog chose the steak over the fish [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Bark, bark, BARK… (translation: I'm stuck to my chair. I'm so very scared. Help.) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » NPR asks the question: Why do so many people on the internet enjoy spoiling TV shows for people who haven't seen them yet? Subby asks the question: Why do so many internet idiots expect to read threads about a show after it airs and not see spoil
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this remotely unique moment [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: French Cheer British Royals on State Visit
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]
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