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 » Just a tip to impressionable teens: if a cop takes you to a place with "a bed, food, personal lubricant, {and porn} videos" that might actually be "his apartment" rather than "a police substation" despite what he tells you [Ob
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Fark.com RSS » Four-year-old boy who has leukemia is given a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Asks Make-A-Wish to bring toys to other sick kids instead [Hero]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my daughter asked me how long she had to put her 2-minute noodles in the microwave for. FML [Link]
FMyLife » beccadabeast says FML
Today, I sped off down the road, then realized to my horror that my cat was clinging to the roof of the car. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Facts About The Mata Mata, The Weirdest Turtle Ever
What's the matter with that turtle? Nothing — it's a mata mata. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Murphy the police horse, who had to lose 200 lbs. to make the squad, has collared his first suspect [Sappy]
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Mental Floss » We're Looking for a Science-Teacher-in-Residence
Are you a science teacher? Are you looking for something to do on the side this summer? We should talk! [Link]
Mental Floss » The Missing Links: The Best Nintendo Games Ever
Mario and More Here are the 50 greatest Nintendo games of all time. * And One That Didn’t Make the List This guy spent 13 years designing an 8-bit video game. The question is why. * If Your Head Wasn’t Screwed On… Do people really stay conscious for a period of time after being decapitated? * Say Sorry With Cake … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Do you swim in the ocean? If so, you probably won't after reading this about the coming jellyfish apocalypse [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Autistic seven-year-old's service dog not allowed in drive-thru animal park for totally logical reason, so naturally his mother is outraged [Stupid]
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The Onion » Mother Ferries 4 More Shirt Options Back To Son In Gap Dressing Room
COLONIE, NY—Ensuring that her latest selections included a variety of sizes and styles, local mother Melissa Garlington ferried four more shirt options back to her 14-year-old son waiting in a local Gap dressing room this weekend, sources confirmed. 
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Fark.com RSS » Israeli military searchers think they have found their missing teenagers [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Meet Kim-Jong Sexy Beast, the Swedish man who might have the longest name in the world [Misc]
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FMyLife » Charitable says FML
Today, I donated to a charity website. My card was repeatedly refused by the website but when I went on my account, I was charged for each time I tried. I was scammed by a charity. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You are on the run for embezzling money from a power company you worked for in Canada. Do you A: Turn yourself in B: Keep running C: Go to work for a similar company in Utah and do the same thing [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this wave rider [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Highland Games professional athletes say they do it not for the vast wealth they get for participating, but for their love of wearing kilts [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Finland's schools are trying to combat attention deficit disorder by trying a radical experiment where kids are given unstructured "free play" time periodically throughout the school day. Or as we used to call that, "recess" [Obvi
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The Onion » Progressive Parents Allow Child To Choose How He’s Ostracized By Peers
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA—Preferring not to dictate the specifics of his social exclusion, progressive local parents Brad and Monica Tull are letting their son Josh choose his own method of being loathed and mocked by his peers, the couple reported Monday. 
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Fark.com RSS » NBC successfully stands its ground against George Zimmerman [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Welcome to Shooters. Kinda like Hooters except the waitresses pack heat and there's no booze. Tipping is encouraged [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Oldman yells at cloud, Chewy Luis in the news, and the Vatican realizes that people have their own definition of "coming to Jesus": some of Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week for 6/22 – 6/28 [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Guess which state crowned the wrong beauty pageant winner because of a voting mix-up? [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Elle Macpherson thinks she can get women to shell about $163/jar for powdered vegetable mulch, and she's probably right [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Fresh calls to lift US ban on that most delicious of foods, chopped heart and lungs boiled in a wee sheep's stomach [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Meanwhile in Scotland, the tax tribunal has finally ruled on a question great minds have pondered for centuries: Are Snowballs cakes or merely treats covered in coconut flakes? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Dog pukes up wedding ring lost for five years after eating a popsicle "Friends have said, 'I want a dog that throws up diamonds' Who wouldn't, right?" [Cool]
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The Onion » Brazilian Government Vows To Use All Money From World Cup For Much-Needed Soccer Infrastructure
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL—Responding to ongoing protests over perceived corruption and irresponsibility within the government, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff announced Monday that any profits from hosting the 2014 World Cup will be invested in desp… 
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Fark.com RSS » In a bizarre coincidence, it turns out the wife of the Georgia man who researched how toddlers cook to death in vehicles also researched how to cook a toddler to death [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Why Do Seagulls Hang Out in Parking Lots?
I live in Philadelphia, which is a quick enough drive to the Jersey Shore when traffic is good, but still pretty far from the ocean. Yet, the parking lot of my local grocery store is almost always full of seagulls. What gives? [Link]
The Onion » Birthday Wish Wasted On Trying To Bring Dad Back
The U.S. Government sets aside 600,000 acres of pristine land for future generations to pollute, John Kerry says ‘to defeat them, I must become them,’ while putting on a black face mask, and a birthday wish is wasted on trying to bring dad bac… 
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Mental Floss » 8 Things That Will Get You Banned From Six Flags
Planning a visit to Six Flags this summer? Make sure you check this list before you go. [Link]
Mental Floss » Strange States: Minnesota's Mysterious Viking Runestone
If you want to learn about someplace, you can always pick up a textbook. But if you want to get to know a place, you're going to have to dig a little deeper. And what you find there might be a little strange.The Strange States series will take you on a virtual tour of America to uncover the unusual people, … [Link]
The Oatmeal – Comics, Quizzes, & Stories » How to cuddle like you mean it
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The Onion » Slideshow: The Week In Pictures – Week Of June 30, 2014
The Week In Pictures – Week Of June 30, 2014 
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Mental Floss » The Iron Harvest of WWI
Stijn Butaye works on his family's farm in western Belgium, and he has an unusual hobby: collecting World War I bombs. The bombs turn up in the fields, even a hundred years after the Great War began, and Butaye collects them in a small museum on the property in Ypres, Belgium. According to the New York Times, "Since January, Stijn … [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 of Ben Franklin’s Lesser-Known Feats of Awesomeness
We all know about Benjamin Franklin’s kite-flyin’, library-establishin’, Declaration-signin’, newspaper-printin’, lady-killin’ ways. But let’s celebrate some of his lesser-known but very cool contributions to society. [Link]
The Onion » Editorial Cartoon: Dubious Goal
Dubious Goal 
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Math Square #222
Welcome to today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game challenge, Monday Math Square #222. 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). 
Here is the SOLUTION. [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: Oldest Human Poop Discovered In Spain
Archaeologists working at an ancient campsite in Alicante, Spain discovered a pile of poop left by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago, which revealed that they were not strict carnivores as previously believed, but also ate plant matter. 
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Fark.com RSS » Aereo says it will "pause" service because "we should take a break" sounds so much more alarming [Followup]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me during sex. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Password Protected says FML
Today, I brought my boyfriend along while I dropped by my friend's place. When I introduced him to her, they both acted a little strangely, but I chalked it up to nervousness. That is until I saw his phone had connected to her password-protected Wifi automatically. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Back in my day, it was a common belief that you could make a mouse just by placing a dirty shirt in a container of wheat. Of course back then we also thought the world was flat and pomegranates were the work of Satan [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Good news, everyone: Alaskan salmon isn't radioactive. We think. At least we're pretty sure it isn't, so go ahead and eat up. It most likely won't harm you. We hope [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Police became suspicious when they discovered a stripper pole in the middle of the barber shop [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Americans spend over $350 on beer annually (and if Fark parties are any indication in some cases WAY over) [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Supreme Court rules for-profit companies can have religious beliefs [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » Know what? Just go ahead and keep the money [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Judge punches assistant public defender, returns to bench [Florida]
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Weird Universe » Vegetarian Water
The makers of the Prestige LifeStraw water filter claim that their filter is so good that it produces "vegetarian water."
Prestige LifeStraw uses Ultra filtration with hollow fibre technology that physically REMOVES all virus, bacteria and Cysts, leaving only pure and Vegetarian water with NO germs, dead or alive in it. This is termed as VEGETARIAN water. [Link]
Futility Closet » Podcast: Episode 16
In 1864 Nevada mining merchant Reuel Gridley found a unique way to raise money for wounded Union soldiers: He repeatedly auctioned the same 50-pound sack of flour, raising $250,000 from sympathetic donors across the country. In this episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll discover the origins of Gridley’s floury odyssey. We’ll also hear H.L. Mencken’s translation of the Declaration … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » BP estimates the world has 53.3 years worth of oil left. Which means just over five decades to go before any chance of peace in the Middle East [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this high-heeled high-step [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Good news: ISIL no longer exists as an organization. Bad news: Because it dropped the "IL" and anointed its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as Caliph of the Muslim world. This should end well [Scary]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, after working the night shift, I accidentally left my iPod at the office. I woke up later and went on Facebook. To my dismay, I saw some coworker had posted stuff on my wall, such as, "I really have to take a shit!" and "Yes, my tits are real!" FML [Link]
FMyLife » Unknown says FML
Today, I found out that the lump under my carpet that I stomped on to flatten was actually a dead frog that had gotten caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Will the Supreme Court set back contraceptive rights nearly five decades? Will they strike down Unions? Find out today as the Supremes take on two of the biggest cases in years. It's your official SCOTUS Discussion Thread [PSA]
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Weird Universe » 5-Day Deodorant Pads
Do you have to abstain from washing your pits for five days to make this work and get your money's worth? I note this item still exists. Any experience with it among WUvies?
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Fark.com RSS » Average American eats 23 sticks of butter each year. Higher for those who eat more than three meals a year at The Cheesecake Factory [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » In other news, research has begun to identify Millennial demographic preferences for a) World War III, b) World War 3, or c) World War Three [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Didja "Ever -" ?
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I tried to be seductive to get intimate with my boyfriend. He commented on how sexy I looked, and how badly he wanted me, then asked me to move because I was blocking the TV, and the World Cup match he was watching. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, after leaving my mom's house, I got 4 text messages from her about how I was a terrible person for not saying goodbye to my sister when I left. The "sister" she was referring to is the family dog. FML [Link]
FMyLife » whoops says FML
Today, my mom told me to take out the trash. I thought it would be a good idea to Hulk-smash it into the can. I missed. The bag ripped and garbage flew everywhere. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my wife has a bruise on her cheek from a nasty trip while practicing her yoga. She now thinks it's hilarious to flinch in public when I get near her, and keeps telling people she "walked into a door". I've gotten more dirty looks than I can count. FML [Link]
FMyLife » ~~~ says FML
Today, after nearly three weeks of hard work, I finally completed my best drawing yet, a self-portrait. I was incredibly excited to take it to class tomorrow. That is, until I came home from a walk later on, only to find my brother had drawn a stick figure on it, wanking into my face. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, less than a week after ranting to my husband about how sick some people are to sexualize characters from kids' TV shows, I looked through his browser history and found out he's very much into Powerpuff Girls porn. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I went to my friend's house to give him some moral support as he came out of the closet to his family. I left with a black eye. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I had to go pick up my kid, because he threw up while playing at his friend's house. The boy's mother bitched me out for not keeping my son at home while he was "ill". Her breath was unspeakably foul. So foul that it caused me to throw up too. FML [Link]
FMyLife » justno says FML
Today, my sister ran into my room unannounced while I was on webcam with a potential employer. Before I could react, she looked at my screen, said "Damn, he's fucking hot." and flashed him. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I came home and saw my cat all snuggled up with another cat on the sofa. I thought it was the cutest thing ever, until I remembered that I only have one cat. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Women of World War I
The Tragic, Heroic Women of World War I. They did their part, and ended up alone because too many men died in the Great War.
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This Shredder Can Mulch Entire Trees in Seconds. A forest would only take a day or so to destroy.
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Amazing Unseen Photos of Woodstock Concertgoers. Rolling Stone’s first photographer has a book of … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bill Clinton: Let states decide whether they want to inhale or not [Obvious]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“If Bacon wrote Shakespeare, who wrote Bacon?” — George Lyman Kittredge [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you bought a lottery ticket at a Shell station in League City, TX in January, there are 12 million reasons you need to be in Austin tomorrow [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » "Owners were wondering why foot traffic was almost nonexistent. That's when they saw the mountain lion" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Man wants to trade his wife, children, mother and house for Mexico's goalie. Arms and legs are off-limits it seems [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » How a Motley Crew of Counterfeiters Saved George Washington, the Continental Army, and the USA
Henry Dawkins was always a bit of a scoundrel. His knack for law breaking, however, inadvertently saved the USA. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finally, a photo that is not blurry nor hidden behind a tree. A clear photo of Bigfoot standing out in the wide open. YOU be the judge [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » United Airlines Flight 1463 makes emergency landing in Wichita, KS. after dumbass passenger opened the emergency door mid-flight [News]
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Fark.com RSS » When hiking in the Arizona desert in daylight hours during one of the hottest days of the year, don't wear a speciality waistband designed to deplete water from your body [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » What Happens When You Crack an Egg Underwater?
The fish love it. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman falls from Subway and evades three oncoming trains by lying between the tracks, only needs three more to fill her punchcard and get one for free [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Marine who deserted in 2004 while in Iraq, then reappeared in Beirut, disappearing again before Camp Lejeune court martial, has reappeared in undisclosed Middle East location, and now back in custody. Can't wait until Fox News learns about this g
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Fark.com RSS » Yanno you really need to maintain a strict separation between the devices you and your spouse use for your own fun, and those you use to disciplining your kids or prosecutors are gonna take a really dim view of your parenting [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » When in the military, sailors, soldiers, Marines often get tattoos. Just don't get your tattoo over your recent smallpox vaccine site [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this fashion flap [Photoshop]
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