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 » Eric Garner's Death Ruled a Homicide [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Inadvertent photobomb leads to what surely must be the most amusing wedding pictures ever [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Nice going Chip – way to screw it up for the rest of us by becoming the new poster child for those who constantly tell us cats are smarter than dogs [Amusing]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I found out that my wife of 12 years has slept with the workmen we've had working on our long term building project. They call her the "quickie queen". FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my best friend became my step-dad. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Conservative Kentucky judge says black defendant wearing Obama t-shirt is "lucky to get out of her courtroom alive" [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 10 Predatory Facts About Albertosaurus
This week, we’re shining our spotlight on the imposing Albertosaurus, one of T. rex’s best-known cousins. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Come on, everyone knows it isn't assault if you allow a floor to buffer your shots at a family member [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Ukraine takes more losses in the worst game of Capture the Flag ever [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Cocaine worth $1M goes missing from 'locked and sealed room' at police headquarters in Paris [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » 14 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate in August
Plenty of reasons to party this month! [Link]
Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Defiant Desserts Dropping From Above
Steven Tom Pie in the Sky More than 700 pounds of chocolate desserts were floated in protest from South Korea into North Korea. * The Cat Woman in the Hat Just one of the entries in this list of the best Dr. Seuss mashups online. * Perk(olate) Up This alarm clock streamlines the wakeup process by making you coffee, too. … [Link]
The Onion » Nurse To Grab Lunch Right After She Finishes Draining Bile From Man’s Liver
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—Saying that she could go for Thai or maybe Mexican, nurse Rhonda Merritt reportedly told colleagues at Martha Jefferson Hospital today that she plans to grab lunch as soon as she finishes draining all the bile from an elderly pat… 
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Fark.com RSS » LAPD calls shotgun [Fail]
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The Onion » God Doubts He Could Still Create World In Just 7 Days Anymore
Medical experts announce that an Ebola vaccine is at least 50 white people away from being developed, a new poll finds a majority of the CIA is now ready to install a female world leader, and a sex toy is discreetly shipped in a plain dildo-shaped box. 
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Fark.com RSS » British town takes action against seagulls "led into a life of crime" by older birds [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » There's "drunk" driving – and then there's "drunk driving a dump truck with the box up – taking out scaffolding on a bridge and causing major structural damage that requires a major highway to be closed down for days/weeks" [D
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Fark.com RSS » Old-and-busted: 226 year old tiny town in Virginia, with ties to Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette. New hotness: Using internet crowdfunding to save itself [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » 102-year-old man dies. Fark: crashing his ATV [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Men who think outside the box asked to draw vaginas [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this tackler and tacklee [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Semi-trailer crash covers interstate 465 in butter. Police looking for any witnesses who may have seen Paula Deen fleeing the scene [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Children fleeing violence in Honduras are being sent to Chicago. They'll feel right at home [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Selfie = photo of myself. Usie = photo of us. Belfie = photo of my butt. Felfie = Fark, I really can't take much more of this [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Indiana man wins $1 million lottery twice in three months, hopes to fulfill lifelong dream of getting out of Indiana [Unlikely]
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The Onion » Fan At Indians Game Upset To Find Someone Else In His Section
CLEVELAND—Having made his way up the series of ramps to Progressive Field’s upper deck, 32-year-old Cleveland Indians fan Bradley Hunt’s excitement for the upcoming game against the Texas Rangers quickly shifted to frustration after find… 
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Fark.com RSS » Are "homosexuals merely commie pawns" in an effort to destroy America? We're just asking [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 17 Excellent Animal Illustrations from a 16th Century Book
Historiae animalium was the period's most widely read natural history collection. [Link]
Mental Floss » Fact-Checking a 1947 British Weather Report
In June of 1947, British Pathé visited brothers John and Dennis Bartlett, professional weather predictors who claimed to be "80 percent accurate" and to have known all about the famously cold winter of 1947. Here, they are enlisted to find Britain's "proverbial one-week summer." There's something decidingly un-British about their cockiness, but mamma Bartlett didn't raise any fools. Or did … [Link]
Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Man Pushes a Brussels Sprout Up a Mountain with His Nose Stuart Kettell of Balsall Common, West Midlands, UK, is in the process of climbing to the 3,560-foot summit of Mount Snowdon, on his hands and knees, while pushing a sprout along with his nose. He began his quest on Wednesday and hopes to reach the top in four days. … [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: Teens Getting Hurt Playing ‘Fire Challenge’ Game
Police and medical workers across the country are reporting more incidents of teenagers hurting themselves playing the “Fire Challenge” game shown in numerous YouTube videos, which involves pouring a small amount of flammable liquid on their b… 
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Fark.com RSS » The current mess in the Middle East just got a bit more confusing as Arab states line up against Hamas [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Ten things to know about the invasive fire ants currently on the march through the American southeast. 1) Get out of their way. 2) See number one [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Obvious: Grand Wizard of KKK chapter calls for the shooting of refugee children coming across the border. Fark: He's asking for black people to ally with the KKK to get this done [Unlikely]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“Good can imagine Evil, but Evil cannot imagine Good.” — W.H. Auden “Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don’t you agree?” — Boethius “For never, never, wicked man was wise.” … [Link]
The Onion » Magazine: A Big Help: Meet The Little Boy Who Put All The Couch Cushions Back So His Mom’s Friends Could Have A Place To Sit
A Big Help: Meet The Little Boy Who Put All The Couch Cushions Back So His Mom’s Friends Could Have A Place To Sit 
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FMyLife » CrazyDad says FML
Today, I had to explain to my father why it isn't a good idea to shove a metal knife into the toaster when trying to get at a small piece of toast. This man is 45-years-old and has a PhD. FML [Link]
FMyLife » baconistasty27 says FML
Today, I spent my afternoon rummaging through old jeans and other pants, due to being broke and needing cash for ramen. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Bad Teacher says FML
Today, I got sent to the head teacher's office for doing "stupid hand gestures and disrupting the class". Yesterday my teacher told the class to do the same hand gesture to ask for permission to go to the toilet so it wouldn't interrupt her talking. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hello and welcome back to your late-summer episode of the Fark Weird News Quiz. Remember your answers, so you can do well on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me when it airs [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » Sharknado 2 lasted longer than the latest cease-fire in Gaza [Followup]
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The Onion » Groundbreaking Young Adult Novel Features Protagonist Who’s A Bit Of A Loner
BEND, OR—Poised to shake up the genre with its daring choice of protagonist, a groundbreaking young adult novel released this week by author Joan Berman reportedly makes the bold choice of following a moody, independently minded high school student … 
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Fark.com RSS » 1) Cooking dinner; 2) Having sex; 3) Pooping. Which way would you rather die? It's probably going to be one of those, so you might as well go ahead and pick one now [Scary]
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The Onion » Biden Gets Grow Light Delivered To White House Under Fake Name
WASHINGTON—Instructing workers to be on the lookout for a pretty huge package labeled “Fragile,” Vice President Joe Biden visited the White House mailroom Friday to check for the arrival of a grow light he’d had delivered under a f… 
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Fark.com RSS » Winners of the 2014 National Geographic photo contest. Meet your new wallpapers [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Elderly Texas woman refuses to sell her house to a new development, points a shotgun at construction workers, and gets in standoff on her porch with the police. Neighbor: "I knew she was going to be on the news eventually" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Ebola-infected doctor gave his only dose of an experimental treatment to his Ebola-infected coworker [Hero]
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The Onion » Report: Average Person Spends 27% Of Lifetime In The Way
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—According to a study released Thursday by researchers at Rutgers University, the average person spends more than a quarter of his or her lifetime directly in the way of other people. 
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Mental Floss » One Man’s Ingenious Plan to Revolutionize the Road Map
Before 1917, the only thing tougher than drawing a road map was reading one. [Link]
Mental Floss » Do You Live in a Cat State or a Dog State?
A look at where cats are more popular than dogs across the country. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Dolly, Jane and Lily
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Babs
A word is all you need to participate in today's open-ended mentalfloss.com Brain Game Free-for-All Friday challenge. Enjoy: Give ONE example of an English word
that begins with the letter sequence "BAB." EXAMPLES: BABBLING, BABYSITTER Please add your single entry to our
comment list below, and have a great weekend! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You've heard about the Human Barbie, now here's the human Ken who spent $50,000 on plastic surgery to look like his favorite toy (w/ creepy pics that will haunt your dreams) [Scary]
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The Onion » American Voices: Amazon Paying Prime Subscribers To Choose Slower Deliveries
Overwhelmed by the huge number of Amazon Prime subscribers who are choosing the site’s speedy shipping service, Amazon is offering $1 in credit toward video downloads to anyone who chooses “No-Rush” shipping, which delivers products in … 
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Mental Floss » What's Inside the Millennium Time Capsule?
In 1999, the White House sealed these items in a time capsule that won't be opened until 2100. Can't wait that long? Here's what's inside. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Trendy hotel's floor-to-ceiling windows reveals patrons on toilet. Where? Come on, you get one guess [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Around The World: EuroFark 2014 – Oct 3-5 – Prague, Czech Republic [FarkParty]
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Fark.com RSS » The annual Perseid meteor shower will be its usual bust starting this weekend [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Thieves steal a RV trailer and find out the Texas way that the owner was fast asleep in the back [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Mysterious lake that suddenly appeared in a drought-stricken region of Tunisia last month is being hailed a miracle by locals. Tests now show the lake is radioactive [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » There's "slightly drunk", "definitely drunk", "rip roaring drunk", and "throw your prosthetic leg at the airplane crew drunk" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » American couple calls police the day after they were overcharged for ice cream and water. If only there were a menu with the prices lis…oh wait, there was [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » For some reason if you were famous it used to be considered an honor to allow some artist to depict you with overly-exaggerated eyes and lips and hang it up in an exclusive restaurant [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Why Do We Say Uncle?
Why do we say “uncle” when admitting defeat? The only facts we know for sure are that it’s strictly a North American phrase, and that it first appeared in written English in 1918. After that, opinions split on to how the custom developed. The Oxford English Dictionary mentions that it may be a variation of the Irish word anacol, which … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Your silly octagonal red signs can't hold me back – I'm Sovereign [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman who went on 98 dates in nine months sums up: "I grew up in Minnesota and we had a state fair. The pigs, the cows, the horses would all be paraded for their blue ribbon. When I date, I feel that I am the pig, the cow or the horse" (pic)
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Fark.com RSS » Ken Ham wants NASA's search for extraterrestrial life defunded so more creationist museums can be built, because Jesus wasn't a Klingon. Well, duh, Klingon Jesus was Kahless The Unforgettable, who slew the tyrant Molor with the first bat'
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Dolly, Jane & Lily
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Fark.com RSS » Man provides logical explanation for why he put needles in packaged meat on at least seven occasions. It was "just for the hell of it." "It was stupidity. I didn't want to hurt nobody" [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Grumpy Cat is building an empire, plans to not fail like the Ottomans or Napoleon did [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Mississippi Supreme Court disciplines judge after she sent three 15-year-olds to a juvenile home to be strip searched, drug tested, and have a three-day stay. Their alleged crime? Walking through a woman's yard (they were later found not guilty)
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Fark.com RSS » Fisherman catches delicious orange and blue lobster. The odds? 1 in 50 million [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » John Kerry and Ban Ki-moon successfully negotiate a 120-minute truce in Gaza [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » If you lock your child in a car accidentally, you can easily break the windows by hitting the lower left-hand corner with a hard object. They are designed that way. This guy didn't know that, but he did have a baseball bat [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » When you are flying over the Atlantic at 35,000ft, please refrain from punching the window so hard it cracks. It freaks out the other passengers [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Commercial airplane passengers could soon be issued parachutes along with their boarding passes. You know, just because [Scary]
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FMyLife » Emliy says FML
Today, my fiancé said "Rachel" instead of my name when asked to repeat, "I take thee, Emily, to be my lawfully wedded wife." I was shocked, so he explained while laughing that he doesn't even know a Rachel. He ruined our wedding for a Friends quote. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I've never seen a man with so many chickens in his SUV. I've never seen a man with so many chickens in his SUV. I've never seen a man with so many chickens in his SUV. I've never seen a man with so many chickens in his SUV [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this tech-savvy trucker [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » Bulgarian goat people
No, these pictures don't show Sasquatches. They show people participating in the Bulgarian Kukeri ritual, meant to scare evil spirits away from villages. Though if I saw someone dressed up like this wandering through a forest, I might think it was Sasquatch.
The Blood and Oats blog explains:
Young people (traditionally only men, but now of both sexes) dress up … [Link]
Weird Universe » Trophy Wife
Statue of Stephanie Seymour commissioned by her husband from artist Maurizio Cattelan. Not brand new news, but missed by me certainly when it happened. And art is eternal. [Link]
FMyLife » RiceSickle says FML
Today, I received the $30 parking pass that I ordered over 4 weeks ago. My class is only 4 weeks long, and next week is the last week. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Does this thought count? says FML
Today, my ex-boyfriend surprised me with a gorgeous, giant stuffed tiger as a belated birthday gift. I thought it was a lovely gesture until a friend told me she had thrown it in the dumpster behind our building this morning. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Dolly, Jane & Lily
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Fark.com RSS » Remember when you could borrow a baggie of sugar from your neighbors without everyone in the apartment complex assuming you were buying drugs? "It's sad you can't give people sugar or salt or baking soda because the color is white" [S
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: 'The Mask' Trivia
Ten Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Mask. The movie almost co-starred Anna Nicole Smith!
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10 TV Events to Look Out For in August. With so many new series, some of the premieres have spilled over into August.
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Charles Marohn was a municipal engineer who maintained roads, upgraded sewer systems, kept up with state and federal building codes, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Old and Busted: Glow-in-the-dark ice cream. New Hotness: Ice cream that changes colors as you eat it [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » A breakdown of who's still smoking in the United States. Hmmm… confused and mostly uneducated Millennials with identity issues? *check link* Yup [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Japanese farmer lynches Elmo doll, erects innovative scarecrow that will chase away all crows, all humans under 4 [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Unable to wait patiently for ebola to make its way to the US naturally, the CDC decides to import it [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman is shocked, SHOCKED that someone would dress in scrubs with a stethoscope around their neck and pretend to be a home health nurse in order to steal and pawn thousands in jewelry [Florida]
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Futility Closet » ‘Cartes Blanche
At a dinner party, René Descartes’ wife posts him next to the shrimp table and tells him not to let the guests eat until an hour after midnight. When a guest reaches for a shrimp, Descartes stops him and says, “I think they’re for 1 a.m.” René Descartes is sitting in a bar. The bartender asks him if he’d like … [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Hidden Celebrity Cameos in Movies
Don't blink! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The London Zoo is being investigated because naked drunken guests have repeatedly tried to enter animal enclosures during lucrative after-hours parties that are putting the animals' welfare in danger [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Beer milkshakes now availble in Philadelphia. John Steinbeck would be proud [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Cop gets job back after claiming boner cream tainted his drug test. Riiiiiiight [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 35 Kinds of Hot, Sexy Homophone Action
The world of homophones is not as innocent as it may seem. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A bridge's weight limit is more of a guideline than a rule. Most of the time [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 11 Little Quirks in Baseball's Early Rules
Baseball has been part of American culture and consciousness since the mid-1700s. Even though it's a classic game, it's still showing signs of evolution. For instance, some of the rules of yore seem particularly quirky compared to the modern game. 1. In the earliest version of base ball—two words back then—games were not nine innings long. Instead, teams played until … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How to have Cybersex on the Internet. A useful guide from 1997. (Not safe for work) [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Women in China are banding together and showing a strong sense of solidarity. Fark: With selfies of their unshaven armpits [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » This broadcast booth is just waiting for you to photoshop something happening [Photoshop]
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