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 » 15 Twitter Accounts for Space Nerds
Love space? Then consider following these astronauts, astronomers, and spacecraft on Twitter. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Nixon's Thoughts on Panda Sex
Richard Nixon: Panda Sex Expert The Nixon tapes caught everything, including our Commander-In-Chief offering advice on animal breeding. * Bet On It Here are yet more bar bets you’re sure to win. * The End of Middle Earth The trailer for the third film in The Hobbit saga is finally out. * Flights Delayed Check out what happens when an … [Link]
Mental Floss » We Are Family: A Family Tree of the Entire Human Race
A.J. Jacobs is one of thousands of researchers tackling the biggest challenge in the history of ancestry. [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: Study: Infants Can Smell Mothers’ Fears
A new study has found that mothers can pass on fears to their newborn infants through odors that help to transmit old traumas, bad memories, and phobias, which teaches them about what to fear in the world. 
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Fark.com RSS » Bowling For Rhinos. Transit Lanes, Williamsville, New York. August 22, 7pm [FarkParty]
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Fark.com RSS » Here's mud in your eye [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » It's all perfectly logical, see: coal was given to Alabama by God, thus any attempts to regulate it is a violation of God's will, say Alabama public officials [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Private lenders: Sorry your kid died, but we want our student loan money. Oh, and here's 0% interest to make it all better [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these brave divers [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Birds sunbathe to spread vital oils across their bodies and to help to drive out any parasites that may be feeding on their plumage. Just like the cast of 'The Jersey Shore.' [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » New letters show that, despite outward appearances, Lincoln was actually every bit as nervous a public speaker as Obama without his teleprompter [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 9 Novelty Dances You've Probably Never Heard Of
Examples of the times when we only wanted to move certain ways for a very brief period of time. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » More than 40 percent of all British people would refuse to travel if they didn't have a smuggled jar of Marmite with them [Amusing]
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The Onion » Infographic: The Pros And Cons Of Going Vegetarian
While the vast majority of Americans are meat eaters, USDA statistics show that a growing number of Americans are becoming vegetarians and vegans to adopt healthier diets, ensure food safety, and practice ethical eating habits. 
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Fark.com RSS » Stone Brewing Co is selling future W00tstout production to raise money for its Berlin Germany expansion. Almost sold out looks like. Bonus Drew in the thread talking about beer [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Having kids is a challenge– they're picky eaters, daycare is expensive, and what's a mom to do with them when she's trying to get to the threesome at her apartment building's public hot tub? [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » June, 2014 was the hottest month ever recorded on Planet Earth. This is all Al Gore's fault [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Q: What happens when a beer snob is forced to drink fruit beer? A: He discovers he's not as much of a beer snob as he thought. Not as much of a man, either [Obvious]
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Futility Closet » Looking Up
Rome is north of Chicago. Venice is north of Minneapolis. London is north of Calgary. Paris is nine miles south of the U.S.-Canada border. [Link]
The Oatmeal – Comics, Quizzes, & Stories » How to play airplane peekaboo
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Fark.com RSS » George Zimmerman now working night security, because of course he is and also Florida [Florida]
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The Onion » Report: Majority Of CIA Now Ready To Install Female World Leader
LANGLEY, VA—Saying that the recent shift in opinion is further proof that women have access to more opportunities than ever before, sources within the CIA confirmed this week that the U.S. 
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Fark.com RSS » Refund from local car dealership forces woman to count her pennies [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Scary: Woman kidnapped by her ex. Sad: Will be set free if she can get $25,000. Fark: And give the money to the police for bail [Scary]
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The Onion » Opinion: We’re Not So Different, You And Me And Joe Walsh (by Ron Wilmers)
By Ron Wilmers 
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Fark.com RSS » Experiment with OKCupid profiles confirms that you can be a really beautiful person inside but that doesn't matter because nobody can see it in your profile picture and so nobody cares [Obvious]
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The Onion » New Kindle Helps Readers Show Off By Shouting Title Of Book Loudly And Repeatedly
Amazon says the Kindle Flare’s repetitive shouting will appeal to fans of print, who miss the ability to display a book’s cover to strangers. 
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Mental Floss » How Much Sleep Do You Actually Need?
Zzzzzz… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "La Fin Du Topless Sur La Plage?" [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Concealed carry permit holder shoots at fleeing bank robber, forcing legitimate cop to take cover and cease pursuit [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Massive hole found in the US border, and it's not our immigration policy [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » The Andrometer: An 18th-Century Measuring Stick for Success in Life
"It will enable you to measure every man’s merit." [Link]
The Onion » FDA Approves First Artificial Tumor
WASHINGTON—Following years of research and testing, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially approved a groundbreaking artificial tumor Tuesday, marking the first time a synthetic malignant growth has been cleared for use in patients across … 
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Fark.com RSS » The only thing spreading faster than Ebola in Africa are the conspiracy theories about why Ebola is a CIA-manufactured weapon to reduce the population of Africa [Unlikely]
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The Onion » Report: Majority Of Football Fans Better Informed On Health Of NFL Players Than Parents
PHILADELPHIA—According to a new study published Monday by the University of Pennsylvania, the overwhelming majority of football fans are far more informed on the health of NFL players than that of their own parents. 
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Fark.com RSS » The only thing classier than getting married in a Superman costume while your bride wears a Wonder Woman costume are the wedding photos from your special day [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who lost his hand to fireworks says he will stay upbeat and keep grabbing life by the throat, though not with both hands as before [Followup]
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The Onion » Person Who Will Embalm You Walking Around Out There
NEW YORK—Explaining that this will be the person who one day undresses your corpse on a flat, disinfected slab before injecting your arteries with a formaldehyde-based solution, sources confirmed Tuesday that the individual who will embalm your dead… 
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Fark.com RSS » Clowns involved in one car auto accident. Dozens injured [Interesting]
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The Onion » Your Horoscopes — Week Of July 29, 2014
ARIES: Your fear of change means that spending the next few centuries in a block of ice will be extremely soothing, at least until the New Reformed Xalfraxian Alliance thaws you out. 
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Fark.com RSS » We get it. You're trying to prove some kind of point about the Second Amendment by going into an airport carrying a rifle just to buy some coffee. But could you watch where you're pointing that thing? [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Pootie Poot says Obama is making him feel bad and he may just take his polonium and go home [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Russia violated nuclear treaty. Difficulty: in 1988 [Followup]
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The Onion » American Voices: Wikipedia Bans Congress From Editing Pages
After a Twitter bot was created to track Wikipedia edits made from congressional IP addresses and anonymous staffers responded by making “disruptive” joke edits to pages on the moon landing and Choco Tacos, the site imposed a 10-day ban on edi… 
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Fark.com RSS » Lightning strike feels like being cooked in a microwave, says man who has been struck 10 times and cooked in a microwave [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Israeli tanks takes out only power plant in Gaza. If they keep this up, Obama will make speeches about their country's failing infrastructure [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » In fairness there was no "bird plucking prohibited" sign on the train [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » 1/3 of all Americans who have credit cards have credit card debt that is currently in collections, need another credit card to pay that one off [Fail]
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FMyLife » Tiny says FML
Today, I had to sit through yet another one of my mom's, "You need to grow and gain some weight!" rants. I'm 22 and she doesn't believe me when I tell her I'm done growing. I'm pretty sure I'm not getting past 5'2". FML [Link]
Mental Floss » What Was Coke II?
The story of New Coke is an oft-recited parable in the marketing world. Scared by Pepsi's rise and the success of the "Pepsi Challenge," Coca-Cola retooled their formula and introduced a newer, sweeter beverage in 1985 called "New Coke." "Old" Coke was completely removed from the market, and consumers aired their outrage at this debacle to the tune of 400,000 … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Drew's friends who own Seacrets in Ocean City kindly ask you to vote them Coolest Bar Ever in the final round of voting. Bonus: it kind of is [Plug]
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Weird Universe » Tattoo Baby Dolls
An art project by Sherri Wood. Check out the full gallery of her dolls at her site, daintytime.com.
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Glowered
Today's mentalfloss.com Tuesday Test Time Brain Game asks you to break down an eight-letter word, one letter at a time, forming new words along the way. Are you up to the challenge? By removing one letter from the mix at each step,
and rearranging the remaining letters to form new words,
reduce the word "GLOWERED" to the letter "O." G L … [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Infantile
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Mental Floss » How to Find the Best Waves on Any Beach
If you want to catch the big waves consistently, you need to dig into the science that makes them grow. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New gag order in Fark's favorite state prevents doctors from warning patients about guns or asking them if they live in an unsafe environment where guns are present. And if those questions are asked, the doctors will lose their license [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Ebola is nothing to get worried about [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Ebola is coming to kill us all [Scary]
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Weird Universe » An American Hippie in Israel
Caution: brief flashes of uncovered upper female chest area and two swears. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Alternate Endings of 20 Famous Movies
Some of our favorite films could have turned out entirely different. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this unusual leaf [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » A 3D Tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater"
In 1935, architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater, a house atop a waterfall in Pennsylvania. It's a beautiful house, and I've visited it several times to wander around and think, "Yeah, this is what I'd like if I had a gajillion dollars." Here's one way to experience it from home—a 3D-rendered fly-through showing how the structure is put together. In … [Link]
FMyLife » jayswizzle89 says FML
Today, I was having coffee with an old friend I hadn't seen since university. I asked about her husband; she replied, "he died" and walked away. I was confused, so I stood up and took off after her. She reminded me I was at the funeral, and then slapped me in the face. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » True or false. You can have a key made and shipped to you by emailing a picture of any key [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Want to live longer? Just outrun the Grim Reaper [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Comic Con Celebrities Incognito
Here are the 6 celebrities who went undercover at Comic-Con. That Spider-Man you took a selfie with may have been someone you kind of know.
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Cosplaying isn’t just for humans. Here are nine of the cutest dogs all dolled up for Comic Con.
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How 14 Things That Happened To You In Childhood Shape You As An Adult. These … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Protip: The firefighters can handle the tunnel fire themselves. It is easier when you don't steal their firetruck, though [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » With seven warrants out for your arrest, the tree outside the credit union drive window is probably not the best place to practice your knife throwing skills [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Muse Be Damned
Anthony Trollope established himself as one of the world’s most prolific novelists while holding down a 30-year career as a full-time civil servant. He did this by simply demanding it of himself. Even while traveling he rose at 5:30 each morning and worked for three hours, “allowing himself no mercy,” counting words as he went and noting his progress on … [Link]
FMyLife » rejected says FML
Today, my girlfriend fell asleep while I was proposing. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Giving oral sex to your boyfriend in a parking lot at Walmart in Louisiana is obviously OK, as long as you don't leave your kids locked in a hot car while doing it [Sad]
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FMyLife » dorrisdoes says FML
Today, while working an early shift, I was dressing a wound on a gorgeous guy, when he laughed and pointed out some granny panties next to me on the floor. I guess I forgot to take yesterday's underwear out of my pants before putting them back on this morning. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » After a devastating tornado ripped through Revere, Massachusetts, the Boston Globe would like to allay people's fears: Kelly's Roast Beef is still open [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Texas mayor arrested for official oppression by blocking a woman in her own driveway and suggesting she trim her grass. And by "trim her grass," I mean, "you know exactly what I mean" [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Tape of Nixon discussing Panda sex is missing about 18 minutes of the really hardcore stuff [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » You can now buy shark repellent known as "The Shark Shield" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » It's the goddamned bat goatee in this week's Mugshot Roundup [Fail]
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Mental Floss » 5 Weird-But-Fun Ways to Use Google Glass
When someone wears Google Glass, people notice. The techie glasses show wearers a Head-Up Display (or HUD—the head is not plural) with information about your surroundings like a map. You can also record a short video clip or check your e-mail … but that’s boring. Here are six less conventional things app developers are allowing Google Glass users to do. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » University of Delaware announces mandatory threesomes for incoming freshman class. University of Delaware trifecta now in play [Interesting]
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FMyLife » lizlala says FML
Today, I had a 5 hour exam. The exam guard had clearly eaten something funky, because she kept burping loudly. When I thought it couldn't get any worse, she started farting. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nothing like 'White Pride' tattoos for eyebrows to show how good you are at life decisions [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » The risks of circumcision: Loss of sensitivity, mutilation, herpes… wait, what? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » The announcement of Sarah Palin's new channel brought out the snark on Twitter, as people came up with their own Palin-ized TV shows. Can you Farkers do any better? [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia
Chronicling America The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 134th installment in the series. July 27-28, 1914: Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia In the final week of July 1914, after a decade of confrontation and near … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this shopping cart [Photoshop]
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