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 » Indian politician: "Someone broke in my house and stole $800." Police: "Uh… We caught the thief and he had like a quarter million in cash and gold on him" [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Navy railgun fires projectiles at Mach 7.5 with range of 1500 miles. I'll be in my bunk [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » The US will hit Peak Aircraft Carrier in 2024 [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Attention to Detail With David Rees
In his new show, Going Deep, artisanal pencil sharpener David Rees explores how to tie shoes, flip coins, dig holes, and perform other quotidian tasks with care and sophistication. Here are his tips for staying sharp. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Just like there are pet dogs and service dogs, so too are there pet rocks and service rocks, at least according to the Canadian military [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » "The Little Engine That Could" is one of the earliest archetypes of the Feminist Hero [Hero]
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Mental Floss » 10 Fashion and Beauty Items That Are Older Than You Think
1. Blue jeans Maybe you think blue jeans started in the 1950s, with too-cool-for-school rebels like James Dean. Or you may have heard that they began in the 1850s, when Levi Strauss developed durable pants for miners following the discovery of gold in California. Mr. Strauss did help clothe the miner-forty-niners and make Levi’s synonymous with jeans, but the hardwearing … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Wisconsin beer sales fall, wine sales increase. Basically, Wisconsin is still drinking [Amusing]
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The Oatmeal – Comics, Quizzes, & Stories » Get away from her you B**CH!
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Fark.com RSS » Congress: You guys at the VA need to add brain cancer, lung cancer, and migraines to the list of things you cover for Gulf War illness. VA: Fark You and if you ask again we'll put you on a secret waiting list [Asinine]
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The Onion » British Royal Family Places Queen Elizabeth In Nursing Home
LONDON—Concluding it was the best way to ensure she remains comfortable during her twilight years, the British Royal Family recently placed Queen Elizabeth II into a local nursing home, sources confirmed Wednesday. 
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The Onion » American Voices: Mick Jagger Blamed For Brazil’s Historic World Cup Defeat
Some Brazilians are blaming Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger for their nation’s humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany in the World Cup semifinals Tuesday, suggesting he regularly jinxes teams he cheers for and that the yellow and green jersey he wor… 
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: The Books We Abandon
The Books We Never Finish Check out this graphic that Goodreads put together on the books that people just never finish. As a former English major, I can personally attest to abandoning a few of these myself. * Film in the Future Christopher Nolan weighs in with his thoughts on where movies are heading. * Texts About Nothing It appears … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There really is a town in Alaska where you can see Russia, but thanks to budget cuts, you can no longer fly back to the US [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » School children terrified by giant egg. No, that's not some strange British euphemism [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Terrorists in Iraq have chemical weapons, according to–wait, no, come back, I'm serious this time [Followup]
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Mental Floss » How to Clean a 94-Foot Blue Whale Model
Photos by Christian Jensen As Exhibition Maintenance Manager at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, Brittany Janaszak spends most of her time doing triage. "I'm a one person department, responsible for everything that's on display in the entire museum—temporary shows included," she tells mental_floss. "Typically my scheduled dustings and fixes are postponed due to issues that … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this distraught Brazil fan [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The Sweetest Man In History Writes to Beckett Baseball Card Monthly in 1987
Because the Internet can be such a cold and mean place, I think it's necessary to remind ourselves every now and then that people have feelings. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Why the six women were in the same toilet cubicle is currently unclear, police say" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » There's nothing wrong with going to the beach, finding a comfy spot, smoking a little dope, and staring off at the ocean all afternoon. Unless you're a lifeguard [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 14 Hilarious Automatic Text and Tweet Generators With a Flair for Poetry and Language Play
We now have the processing power, and mountains of language data, to automate all kinds of useful language tasks, from translation to reading messy handwriting. These automatic text generators may not be, strictly speaking, useful, but usefulness was never what we really loved about language anyway. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Folsom Woman gave a man a shot and watched him die [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » "Blimey, it was a good idea for us to steal this minibus so we could drive home instead of walking." "Right, jolly good idea, what's that in the back?" "Oh, bloody hell" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » 1) Write byzantine sex-assault regulations for colleges 2) Accept high-dollar job helping colleges evade byzantine sex-assault regulations 3) Profit 4) Repeat [Obvious]
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The Onion » Obama Always Freaked Out By People Standing Above Him Smiling Whenever He Signs Bill
WASHINGTON—Explaining that the practice is “just flat-out bizarre if you think about it,” President Obama admitted to reporters Wednesday that he gets incredibly freaked out when people stand over him and smile every time he signs a bill… 
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Futility Closet » Appreciation
“Why I began to write for children,” by Isaac Bashevis Singer: Children read books, not reviews. They don’t give a hoot about the critics. Children don’t read to find their identity. They don’t read to free themselves of guilt, to quench the thirst for rebellion, or to get rid of alienation. They have no use for psychology. They detest sociology. … [Link]
The Onion » 45 Million Gallons Of Crude Blood Lost In Red Cross Pipeline Rupture
LAS CRUCES, NM—In what is being called the worst blood disaster in U.S. history, the Red Cross’ Western Blood Pipeline ruptured Tuesday evening, spilling 45 million gallons of crude O positive across a three-mile radius. 
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Fark.com RSS » New research shows that apples can boost a woman's sex drive, help men gettin' cider [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » The Most Interesting Comics of the Week
This week's new comics include a comic about exploring the afterlife with Ernest Hemingway and an office place comedy with funny animals. [Link]
Mental Floss » Rescuing Lost Items on Subway Tracks
Trained professionals do this. Not you. [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Don't the Drinks in Outdoor Vending Machines Freeze?
Reader Christopher from North Carolina wrote in to ask, “How do outdoor vending machines keep beverages from freezing in cold weather?” [Link]
Mental Floss » OREO Minis: Mel’s Mini Mini Mart [Sponsored]
What’s in Mel’s Mini Mini Mart? One mini wonderfilled thing: OREO Minis. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man dead for over 200 years gets American citizenship. First stop will be Chicago to register to vote [Interesting]
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The Onion » Friend Takes Liberty Of Ordering $40 Worth Of Appetizers For Entire Table
ATLANTA—Speaking up on behalf of his six-person group at Morrie’s Tavern & Grill Tuesday evening, software engineer Bradley McCray reportedly took it upon himself to order a wide selection of appetizers totaling approximately $40. 
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Fark.com RSS » Buzz Aldrin backs #Apollo45 Twitter campaign to commemorate the moon landing. No word on what happened to Apollo 19 through 44 [Interesting]
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The Onion » Legal Dream Team Of Coworkers Counsel Woman On Strategy For Speeding Ticket
HAGERSTOWN, MD—Local woman and Helios Network Solutions sales manager Patricia Carson reportedly received astute counsel from a veritable legal dream team of coworkers Tuesday, who dispensed invaluable advice on how to get out of a recent speeding t… 
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Fark.com RSS » North Korea continues its unabashed war against the sea [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Harrier jump jet auction starts July 26. Starting bid is 7,000,000 Pepsi Points [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 20 Misconceptions About Sex
Dr. Aaron Carroll debunks some common myths about sex. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Jersey Joke: Still funny after all these years. In fact, it's literally older than the state itself [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » African policeman uses years of training and natural instinct to shoot a wild and aggressive animal that broke into his home. The tortoise was later burned to ash by a local Christian group [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Road crew misspells sign pointing to local college, presumably to encourage people to get enough of an education to avoid being on the road crew [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Here's something you don't hear every day: "The crack foil is hurting the inside of my vagina" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Just because Washington has legalized marijuana, don't start getting any wise ideas Alaska [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Scientists are dropping explosives all over Mount St. Helens on purpose. What could possibly go right? [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Nothing says "that old time religion" like the pastor applying pliers to your nipples in Bible study class [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » World's tallest water slide to open in Kansas City, Kansas. Finally a reason to visit Kansas [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Hypersexuality in women is supposedly a problem and science is blaming porn [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The Daily Mail plans to give George Clooney a chance to set the record straight regarding their completely fabricated story [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » This is gonna shock you so you better sit down for it: US teens are pretty crappy at money management [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » This week's episode of "I forgot my baby in the hot car" is brought to you by Ridgefield, CT. No word yet on the parent's browser history [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida Supreme Court suspends lawyer who claims she has illegal microchips implanted in her brain. Now we know who's behind it [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey thieves: If you're going to steal people's air conditioners for scrap metal, could you at least wait until October? [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 7 Barons Behind Famous Beers
A number of the American brewing industry's pioneers led fairly colorful lives before and after getting their surnames emblazoned on cans and tap handles. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sure, Ahmad Chalabi gave us false intelligence to justify the Iraq invasion, but now he's the perfect guy to save Iraq. Trust us, we were the Iraq War's head cheerleaders [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Rabbit eaten after burrowing into cheetah reserve. Its final words were reportedly something about how it should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 10 Bizarre Food-Related Kickstarters (That Aren't Potato Salad)
People will crowdfund anything these days. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Seven beagles leave lab for outdoors and family" Lab said to be inconsolable. Last seen sleeping with the cat [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Crafting is good for your mental health, which helps explains why the crazy cat lady in your neighborhood who always wears all those macrame earmuffs and scarves at the same time is the picture of sanity [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Leave it to Greenpeace to make LEGO feel guilty about its relationship with Shell [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Tuesday's blowout World Cup win for Germany sets new record for the most tweets during a sporting event, most of them the German version of "hahahahahahahaha" [Interesting]
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The Onion » American Voices: ‘Cats’ Musical To Feature Rapping Cat
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber announced this week that a London revival of his international smash musical Cats would feature, for the first time, a rapping cat. 
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Fark.com RSS » "If it's not Scottish, it's crap" Oh, wait [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » A man visiting his son at Cook County Jail was trapped inside a maximum security visiting area for 31 hours [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » John Wayne's Heirs sue Duke University over trademark rights to the term "Duke", sucking [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Linguist says mocking accents should be a crime. Zis eez why we cannot have zee nice things, no? [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: The superhero that Fark ends up with [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » Flick Candles
The Flicking Candle Company has staked out an unusual niche in the candle market. Instead of offering candles with the scent of a summer beach or a field of wildflowers, it sells ones that "celebrate the fresh scent of failed marriages, ruined friendships, rejection, criminal activity, unprotected sex, and unexpected weight gain."
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Fark.com RSS » It's only a matter of time before Americans embrace 'Chirps,' a healthy snack food made out of crickets [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Peppa Pig is likely to become a billion dollar toy brand and is surprisingly not a recipe [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » World Cup teams that forbade players to have sex didn't advance past the round of 16. Apparently it's harder to score when you aren't allowed to score [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » 'When should you take off Google Glass, rather than just turn it off?' and other etiquette questions for the digital age [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Guess what happened to the author of "How to Survive the Running of the Bulls"? [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Not News: Plane grounded by storm. News: Pilot buys pizza for all the passengers and crew. Fark: It was Domino's [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: The superhero that Fark deserves [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Pelagornis sandersi, the Largest Flying Sea Bird
Move over, Big Bird. There’s a new feathered giant in town, and this one can actually fly. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Sir Paul and the Concert Proposal
Paul McCartney helped a couple in Albany, New York, become engaged during his concert Saturday. It was the moment of a lifetime, for one reason or another.
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After his left leg and right foot were amputated, toddler Kayden Kinckle learns to walk again with his new prosthetics. The spirited little guy says, “I got it!”
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25 Perfect Drinking Songs … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It Was the Running of the Bull in Florida [Florida]
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Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #223
Those crossbars replicate the excruciating pain of the infamous parental sofabed from Seinfeld.
Original ad here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » These days you can't even have somebody take a picture of you snorkeling without a parrotfish photobombing it [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Oh dear, it looks like Superman has fallen on hard times and is also a little confused [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » In 1933, two doctors got together and decided to stack weights on one of their genitals. NTTAWWT [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 1970s Dances
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Fark.com RSS » Remember that West Virginia chemical spill that poisoned the drinking water for 300,000 people? OSHA fined the offending company $11,000, which in WV terms is about half the cost of a used double-wide with some meth lab explosion damage [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Taking Up Space
Can you solve the Word Ladder in today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Wednesday Wordplay challenge in seven 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 FILLS into BLANK in the fewest possible steps. F I L L S
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Fark.com RSS » Woman develops what I can only assume is a bold new strategy to avoid conflict with her husband, her parole officer, or both [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives your friend cerebral palsy, make $50,000 [Sappy]
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Futility Closet » Black Mischief
Max Beerbohm was regularly flummoxed by the crossword in the London Times. So in 1940, mad for vengeance, he devised a puzzle that was completely impossible and submitted it to the editors. “No doubt you, like most people, have sometimes thought of some utterly awful thing that you could do if you chose to, some disastrous and devastating thing the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » To you, it might just be spontaneous art unleashed in a spontaneous moment of late-night creativity, but to the cops watching you paint an ATM white at 2 a.m., it's always gonna be graffiti [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Scotland now leads the world in cocaine use, edging out the US and Spain for top spot, as Scots increasingly turn to cocaine to help deal with the pain of being Scottish [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Newlywed groom tries to murder his new bride. It wouldn't be the Florida tag without the couple in question being 79 and 73 [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » An eleven year-old girl scored a perfect on the FCAT [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » After Kickstarter campaign falls short, young couple sells home and moves in with her folks… to open craft brewery [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Father threatens to behead daughter with sword after disagreement over what TV show to watch. Subby never got all the hype for Game of Thrones [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » North Carolina eleven year-old gets into an argument with his grandfather at their mobile home, then gets a loaded shotgun and puts an end to the discussion [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Study finds if you're at end of a dirt road drinking beer in your pickup truck to forget a recent divorce you likely live in Oklahoma or Texas [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Remington settles lawsuit, may recall millions of rifles sold with decades-old "random bullet dispensing" feature [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Masseur charged with rubbing a woman the wrong way [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Headline: "Confessions of a Fed-Up Bartender: 15 Things I Hate About You." How it should read: "I Hate My Job But Here Are 15 Reasons Why Its Your Fault and Not Mine" [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 5 People Who Were in the Wrong Place, at the Wrong Time—Multiple Times
tofugu.com 1. Tsutomu Yamaguchi At 8:15 am on August 6, 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi (above)—who was in Hiroshima on a business trip for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries—was stepping off a streetcar when a plane passed overhead. He looked to the sky and saw two parachutes descending—and, the next instant, the atomic bomb Little Boy exploded. The blast site was less than two … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Made for Fark headline: "Woman who could flip her butt implants speaks out against botched plastic surgery," with horrifying butt implant flipping video (maybe not safe for work, possibly fatal to the squeamish) [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » That moment when you realize that serial killer's torture-murder house on the TV looks awfully familiar [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » One key question that doctors should ask all women, that would get you slapped in a bar [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » WHY
Joel Mingus has done this to himself in the name of body modification. [Link]
Weird Universe » Giant Tribble?
Guess what it really is, answer in extended. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's "restaurant employee finds the word 'GOD' spelled out by seeds inside a sliced eggplant" story brought to you by Baton Rouge, Louisiana [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this miniature face [Photoshop]
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