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 » How dare you hypersexualize and objectify these athletes. Oh, it's about men? Please proceed [Ironic]
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The Onion » Spurs Nearly Live Up To Gregg Popovich’s Expectations
Spurs Nearly Live Up To Gregg Popovich’s Expectations 
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FMyLife » IneedMaury says FML
Today, the girl who broke up with me and disappeared 6 years ago wished me a happy Father's Day. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was trying on bikinis at a local store. When I put my pants back on, my foot got stuck, I tripped and fell through the curtain of the fitting room, topless. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Sup, man. How are the Grizzlies doing this season. Mind if I grab a beer? Yes, I promise not to eviscerate you" [Interesting]
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The Onion » Comcast Executive’s One-Man Show Now Mandatory Viewing For All Subscribers
The cable giant continues to reshape the media landscape, bundling company Vice President Brandon Graves’ interpretive character showcase with all cable and Internet packages. 
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Fark.com RSS » Man, tired of seeing his son struggle with diabetes, invents a "bionic pancreas" to help the boy regulate his blood sugar [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » One in five women say they're more aroused by new shoes than by their lover. The other 80% are lying [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » If at first you don't succeed in accidentally alerting the cops to your illegal marijuana trade, Tweet, Tweet again [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » In related news, getting a degree from Arizona State gets you a Starbucks job [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Dog is able to see his owners for the first time after eye surgery reverses his blindness. You might have some trouble seeing the screen as you watch this video [Sappy]
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The Onion » American Voices: Starbucks To Pay Baristas’ College Tuition
Starbucks announced Monday that as part of an effort to save the American middle class, the coffee chain will pay for baristas working 20 or more hours a week to attend online classes at Arizona State University. 
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Mental Floss » Celebrate Bloomsday With a Look at Joyce's Handwritten Manuscript
Kathy Haas, Associate Curator of the Rosenbach Museum and Library, calls Bloomsday "the only international literary holiday." The celebration of James Joyce and his novel Ulysses makes a strong case for that distinction, but that doesn't mean there aren't pockets of particular enthusiasm on June 16: Dublin, of course, and—perhaps less obviously—Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love's claim to the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » As Abraham Lincoln famously once said, don't believe everything you read on Facebook [Fail]
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The Onion » Employee Executes Daring 3:30 P.M. Escape From Office
BINGHAMTON, NY—In a risky maneuver requiring precise timing and careful preparation, LifeTech Medical Devices employee Trevor Sadler, 32, executed a daring 3:30 p.m. 
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The Onion » Jurgen Klinsmann Ends Moving Pregame Speech With ‘We’re Probably Going To Lose, Though’
NATAL, BRAZIL—Gathering his players in the locker room ahead of their opening World Cup match against Ghana, U.S. 
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Fark.com RSS » Scientists have discovered what's been killing zealous French mushroom pickers, and surprisingly it isn't mushroom farmers [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » This Assassin Only Kills If Its Victim Strikes First
Letting your opponent land the first blow usually isn’t a surefire strategy for winning a fight, but for one insect predator, it’s the only way to come out on top. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Missing Links: 'Office Space' in Real Life
Tell Samir and Michael Bolton A college baseball team hosted an Office Space Night complete with printer smashing. * We Can Be Happy Underground Have a look at 10 amazing underground structures built by ancient civilizations. * Speaking of Underground… Take a look at what a family found when they finally opened the old metal door in the ground in … [Link]
The Onion » Shocking ‘Game Of Thrones’ Finale Concludes With Arrest Of 5 Million Viewers For Piracy
NEW YORK—Following a critically acclaimed 10-episode run, the HBO series Game Of Thrones capped off its fourth season Sunday night with a shocking finale that concluded with 5 million viewers being taken into police custody for pirating the s… 
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Fark.com RSS » Congress to every driver in America: Get lost [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this group into someplace more interesting [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Dog with terminal cancer is checking off his bucket list items, though it may be difficult to meet the Queen of England and sniff her crotch [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Construction sign warning "Smurf Crossing Ahead" may have been hacked. Well, duh. Everyone knows Smurfs don't cross the road, they're burrowers [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Kim Jong Un emerges from his lair, predicts six more years of brutal totalitarianism [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » American senior citizens now funding their retirement by turning gated communities into giant meth labs. Walter White predicted this (pics) [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury to team up to fight human trafficking in what is expected to be the weirdest buddy-cop movie concept ever [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Big Oil and the Gun Lobby team up to make America a better place, one endangered species at a time [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Screw extra-virgin olive oil and heart-healthy cooking sprays – lard is back and cooking with solidified pig fat has never been hotter [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Staring at the Sun can make you sneeze. HERE COMES THE SCIENCE [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Fact: Flinging foul fowl flora fairly frequent [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Maryland valedictorian with autism graduates with a 4.00000 GPA [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » 35,000 Jehovah's Witnesses walk into a French Quarter Bar [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Shirley Fire burns near Sequoia National Forest. Shirley, you can't burn cypress [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't you just hate it when you're waiting for a bus and a stranger comes up and shoots you in the face? [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 14 Reasons World War I Happened (And Four Things That Could Have Stopped It)
As we approach the 100th anniversary of The Great War, here's a look back at how we got here. [Link]
The Onion » Sportsgraphic: Breaking Down The U.S. World Cup Roster
Clint Dempsey (Forward, Team Captain): Like several other players on the team with dual citizenship, Dempsey has chosen to play for the United States rather than his native country of Texas Michael Bradley (Midfielder): The highly rated mid… 
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Fark.com RSS » "A Canadian man is suing a Montreal hospital for allegedly shortening his penis during a surgery causing his wife to leave him. The man, a paraplegic, said, 'This has caused a greater impact on my life than when I lost the use of my legs'
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Fark.com RSS » The DEA having control over the scheduling of drugs is "like giving the Highway Patrol the ability to set speed limits" [Obvious]
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The Onion » Prisoners’ Rights Group Protests Treatment Of Supervillains In Nation’s Magnetic Detainment Cubes
WASHINGTON—Decrying the conditions of their incarceration as excessively harsh and inhumane, a leading prisoner advocacy group on Monday officially condemned the treatment of supervillains currently held in the nation’s impenetrable magnetic d… 
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Mental Floss » 16 Twitter Accounts for Word Nerds
Even logophiles can improve their vocabularies by following these Twitter accounts. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Coughing has reached epidemic levels in California. Can I get a "Whoop whoop"? [Scary]
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The Onion » Slideshow: The Week In Pictures – Week Of June 16, 2014
The Week In Pictures – Week Of June 16, 2014 
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Fark.com RSS » Woman climbs tree to rescue cat, has to be rescued by firemen after she gets stuck. I don't see why the Firemen were called… she would have come down when she got hungry enough [Fail]
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Mental Floss » How the Blind Enjoy Movies
Here's a short video explaining how visually impaired people experience movies. After watching this, you might check out the list of audio-described DVDs in case you're a sighted person who's curious what the listening experience is like—if you have one of these DVDs, just play the descriptive audio track through your speakers and turn off the TV. (There's also a … [Link]
The Onion » Man Has No Idea What To Do With Good Mood
FRANKLIN, WI—Weighing various options for how to proceed given the unexpectedness of the situation, local 33-year-old Trevor Clifford was reportedly at a complete loss as to what he should do Monday after suddenly finding himself in a good mood. 
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Fark.com RSS » ISIS captures another Northern Iraq town. All hail the Caliphate of the North. Someone get me the Iraqi Lannisters [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » The Deep Throat garage is going down [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Child climbs to the top of a Metra train, gets electrocuted. No word if the parents will be charged with anything [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Are you worried about the negative effects of Mercury's retrograde on your mind, body, and spirit? Good news: The new Mercury Retrograde Body Mitten (TM) is here to help you [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Man finds live grenade with pin pulled halfway out in his mother's basement. Link at the bottom of the article suggests "Pin It" That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works [Scary]
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The Onion » Coast Guard Going To Let Stranded Yacht Owner Sweat It Out Little More
LONG BEACH, CA—Though fully intending to assist the man eventually, U.S. Coast Guard authorities opted to let the owner of a 60-foot yacht stranded off the California coast panic a little longer Monday, the crew of the patrol boat Garibaldi a… 
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Fark.com RSS » If you want a real adrenaline rush that makes you feel like you've truly cheated death, you should: A) Go skydiving B) Get into a bare-knuckled street fight C) Ride an ostrich [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Seven skills your grandparents had that you don't. Conspicuously absent from list: yelling at clouds [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Officials in Tucson, Arizona figure out how to save the city money by designating it as a dry seaport and shipping all the recycled paper goods to China [Strange]
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The Onion » Editorial Cartoon: High And Dry
High And Dry 
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Fark.com RSS » No matter how rich you are or how good your intentions, you can't try to improve Detroit by trucking in your own goats to eat up all the unwanted vegetation without the city's permission [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Math Square #220
Monday's back again, and so is today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game challenge, Monday Math Square #219. Good luck: Place the digits 1 through 9 in the white blanks so that the mathematical equations work both across and down. Each digit 1 through 9 should appear only once in the main grid (the red square). 
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The Onion » American Voices: Study: ‘Cool Kids’ Struggle As Adults
According to a decade-long study that tracked hundreds of teenagers into adulthood, students who were considered “cool kids” in middle school turned out to have more problems as adults, such as substance abuse and criminal behavior. 
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Fark.com RSS » Most Americans don't want atheist in-laws. I'm pretty sure most Americans don't want in-laws regardless of religion [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Collecting Dirt
Back in 1936, Patricia Salter had an unusual hobby for a 12-year-old girl. She collected dirt. Whenever I come across stories like this, it always makes me wonder what became of the collection. I'm guessing that at some point it must have been tossed in the trash, or dumped outside.
But it looks like there are some like-minded dirt enthusiasts … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man saved from a severe beating thanks to his Scooby Doo onesie [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Man shoots son "multiple times" on Father's Day. No word yet on whether "Greatest Dad in the World" mug status revoked [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Dodge Cars III
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Fark.com RSS » As militants advance, the US prepares to evacuate Saigon. I mean, Baghdad [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Why Shouldn’t I Mix Batteries?
Reader Rachel from Bay City, Michigan wrote in to ask, “Why do all of my things say not to mix old and new batteries or brands of batteries? What’s the worst that could happen?” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Swedish city prepares to declare homework illegal [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Steve Forbes says we should thank the 1% for giving 13% of all charity [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Lawyer explains to judge that she missed a court date because opposing counsel illegally placed a microchip in her brain "in the area of my left ear" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » He's a proud dad to Brenndon, 24, Taylor, 21, Christian, 21, Jonathan, 19, Alexandria, 18, Mackenzie, 16, Victoria, 15, Elisabeth, 13, Olivia, 11, Danielle, 9, Jeremiah, 7, Joshua, 5, Jordan, 4, Faith, 2, and Hope, 3 months and his clown car wife
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Futility Closet » Podcast: Episode 14
Stewardess Violet Jessop was both cursed and blessed — during the 1910s she met disaster on all three of the White Star Line’s Olympic class of gigantic ocean liners, but she managed to escape each time. In this episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll accompany Violet on her three ill-fated voyages, including the famous sinkings of the Titanic and … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this young Palestinian in what passes for summer camp in the Gaza Strip [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Convicted double-murderer sues jail claiming he was denied certain comforts such as decent food, a soft bed and the annual swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated. With predictable results [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Mother fulfills her daughters dream. News: Her 25-year-old daughter who has Down syndrome's dream. Fark: By throwing her a bridal themed birthday party with her daughter getting pampered for her 'big day'. Damn dusty in here [Sa
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Weird Universe » Dirigible Hanging
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Fark.com RSS » It's all fun and games 'til all the stuff you hoarded ends up collapsing the first floor of your home into your basement crushing you to death [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Kids Show Trivia
14 Things You Likely Didn’t Know About Your Favorite Childhood Shows. If you are under twenty or over forty, you can learn some things about other people’s childhood favorites.
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Conjoined Twins in Pop Culture. We cannot help but be fascinated by a situation we cannot imagine ourselves in.
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11 Essential Etiquette Tips For 20-Somethings. It’s all a matter of … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Crocodile eggs in MY ice cream? It's more likely than you think [Strange]
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FMyLife » caleighrossi says FML
Today, I was working my shift at our local nursing home. I was assisting a "sweet", "innocent" 100-year-old lady, and she had a bunch of used tissues balled up in her lap, so I offered to dispose of them in the waste-basket. She told me that if I touched them, she would kill everything I love. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pink slime is back and better than ever [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Juvenile idiot of the year candidate decides to hold a lighter under a .22 caliber bullet just to see what would happen [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » More and more concert promoters vow to enforce a zero-tolerance policy on drug use at their summer fest… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sorry, I couldn't keep a straight face [Unlikely]
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Futility Closet » Art Appreciation
When James Thurber tried to improve his drawings, E.B. White told him, “Don’t do that. If you ever got good you’d be mediocre.” [Link]
Mental Floss » Who Is Larry O'Brien?
The Spurs are your NBA champions. Who's that guy whose name is on the trophy? [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I went to a Father's Day lunch with my dad and his fiancée. He suddenly began to describe, in detail, the vasectomy he'd just had, and that I shouldn't be expecting any new siblings any time soon. Thanks for the mental image, Dad. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Tips to Beat the Odds at the Casino
A former card counter, dealer, and casino floor manager shares his secrets—and explains why the best paying machine is always the ATM. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Yo' cousin's so fat he stores all of his marijuana in his stomach fat rolls. No, seriously [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Welcome to the 'Gunshine State' — woman accidentally shoots herself in leg during timed shooting competition [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » You don't have to be ashamed anymore to admit you love a nice Rose wine [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Eaten by a Grue: A Brief History of Zork
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Amazing Volcano Vacations
Earth’s most furious mountains are also the most rewarding to visit. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » America's middle class never had it so bad [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » E-Cigarettes could be worse than "regular" cigarettes. Or they could be safer. But no one really knows [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » "Welcome to school, student with a learning disability. Instead of learning math or science you'll wash the teachers' cars and mend clothes for the play" [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Attention all Fark thespians. "Rob Ford the Musical" is holding casting calls tomorrow. Are YOU fat, drunk and belligerent enough to walk the boards as the big man himself? Methinks thou art [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop someone or something into the leader of the pack [Photoshop]
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