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 » "I would like to thank you for solving a 10-year family mystery as to who stole the hot dog" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Police force's longest serving dog set to retire. With pic of dog that, frankly, does not look very long [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Nebraska Cornshucker coach calls marijuana use "out of control". OUT OF CONTROL [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Letting your kids play with uzis is a wholesome activity, but letting them walk to the playground by themselves will get them taken away by the state, you negligent monster [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Kids Eat Vegemite, Adorably Freak Out
I'm very fond of telling the story about the time my World Cultures teacher, Mr. Achenbach, tricked my class into eating vegemite, Australia's favorite spread. He put a generous helping on a cracker, shoved it in his mouth, and proclaimed loudly, "I love it! It's so delicious!" as we passed the jar around the room, slathering vegemite on our own … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Still don't believe that vaccines cause autism? What if I told you that Rob Schneider's secret letters to the CDC just became public, what then? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Your gross-out for the day … a box of giant millipedes found at airport [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Mailman calls cops on three meth cooks fending off imaginary home invaders with real firearms, a toilet, and a sink [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Hospitals in England advised to provide better meals, such as fish and tap water. Warning: contains pictures of actual hospital food [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 10 Chilly Facts About Cryolophosaurus
Dinosaurs once inhabited every continent and today, we’ll be strapping on our snowshoes to take a closer look at Antarctica’s dashiest species: Cryolophosaurus ellioti. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chelsea Clinton leaving her job doing, um, something at NBC News [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » UK formally raises the terror alert level from "ere' wot's all this then?" to "oh bloody hell" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » You're kind of a dick if you do the ice bucket challenge on your unsuspecting 10-month-old granddaughter [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » It's always thoughtful to walk someone's dog when they're not able to do so, especially if that's because you just murdered them and set their corpse on fire [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple busted for stealing sex toys from Walmart. Sex toys. Walmart. Let those images marinate in your mind for a bit [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Privileged white guys on Fox News agree that there's no such thing as white privilege [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Officer who told people in Ferguson he would "farking kill" them and to "go fark yourself" is now out of a farking job [Fail]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: What Ren
You IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~ John Kricfalusi changed the face of cartoons when he created Ren & Stimpy. * The Future of Science Education Everything you knew in your school science class is now better. No need to dissect a real frog, make a science fair presentation board or stare at that poster of the periodic table. Also: Here are eight pop culture … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Latin America, to California and Texas: "You think that's a drought? I'LL SHOW YOU A DROUGHT" [Scary]
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Mental Floss » An Interactive Map of Photos of Earth Tweeted by Astronauts
Astronauts up on the International Space Station are very busy performing space walks, running science experiments—and snapping photos of Earth that they then post on Twitter. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop finefood [Photoshop]
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The Onion » American Voices: Abercrombie & Fitch Dropping Logos From Clothes
After years of plummeting sales, Abercrombie & Fitch has announced that it will drop its once-prized logos from all of its upcoming clothing lines to compete with competitors like Forever 21 and H&M. 
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Fark.com RSS » CEO of a stadium concessions company who was caught on tape repeatedly kicking a puppy in an elevator is writing a $100K check to an abused animal fund. So, like, it's all good now and you can go back to buying his $12 beers, okay? [Asinine]
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The Onion » Poll: 89% Of Illegal Immigrants Would Prefer Path To Corporate Status
WASHINGTON—A new survey published Friday by Gallup researchers revealed that an overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants residing in the U.S. 
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Fark.com RSS » Cliven Bundy's son continues his family's fight against tyranny by pulling all five of his children from local public schools because the tyrannical bureaucrats who run them had the temerity to say his kids couldn't carry knives at school
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Futility Closet » Lights Out
I pass on to Eclipses. When the Moon (see above) gets between the Earth (see below) and the Sun (do what you like), the resulting phenomenon is called an Eclipse of the Sun. When the Sun gets between the Earth and the Moon there will be the devil to pay. It will be called the Eclipse of the Earth and … [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 of the Oldest Snack Foods We're Still Eating
The shelves of your local grocery store may be crowded with new-fangled taste sensations like coffee-flavored potato chips and candy bars stuffed with hip ingredients like bacon (always, always bacon), but plenty of snack foods we still consume in mass quantities have got some major staying power. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's a lovely Friday, you're still (mostly) sober, and you're dreaming about the weekend. Must be time for the Fark Weird News Quiz [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » ISIS may have learned a thing or two from the CIA. Thanks guys [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Pennsylvania woman calls police about streetlight. Responding officer confirms she was indeed seeing a streetlight [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » There's a reason why only a handful of people have ever stepped foot on Brazil's Snake Island [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Today's forecast calls for a mostly sunny morning followed by swarms of locusts [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Tomorrow is World Bacon Day, and every bacon sammich you eat takes one hour off your life. Fortunately, all those hours come off the end, so eat up [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » So Canada was all like 'Hey Russia, you suck' and then Russia was all like 'No YOU suck, Canada.' Then it was all, like, world war three [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Planning on skewering some vegetables for the grill this weekend? You're doing it wrong [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » No school today at Richard Henry Lee Elementary due to cat [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Sailor Jerry® Celebrates Today’s Visionaries And Invites You To Live Life Outside The Lines [Sponsored]
The product of the life and legacy of Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins, Sailor Jerry is a premium-spiced rum that celebrates individuals who are not afraid to pursue whatever the hell they want. It embraces the passionate visionaries of today who live their lives outside the lines. Take a walk with Sailor Jerry and be bold and smooth as hell. Join … [Link]
Mental Floss » The Beetle That Doubles as a Mass Transit System
In the tropical forests of Central and South America, a fantastic looking beetle begins its life in the drabbest of places. [Link]
FMyLife » Amithatevil says FML
Today, my brother told my 3 year old son that cool kids call their parents by their real names. This wouldn't be half as bad if he hadn't also convinced my son that my real name was Satan. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It starts off as a suburban development, then: "The company dug a test pit and found that after a half century or more underground, the animal remains have formed a gelatinous goo under a thick layer of dirt, Wand said" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » British justice shows its teeth by allowing the Moriarty of bicycle thefts to skip curfew so he can walk his dog and go on holiday and stuff [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » In today's 'news we should be terrified about': Isis planned to release the bubonic plague on everyone [Scary]
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The Onion » Doctors Optimistic Sam Bradford 2 Months Away From Beginning Work On Broadcasting Career
ST. LOUIS—Stressing that the 26-year-old is remaining positive during his initial recovery from a second season-ending knee injury, team doctors expressed their optimism Friday that St. 
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Fark.com RSS » Fun: Family day at your parent's job. AWESOME: Your parent works on an aircraft carrier, and you get to see F/A-18s break the sound barrier (pics) [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Friday Happy Hour: What's the Most Extravagant Lie You've Ever Told?
1. This week we featured a story about the most amazing lie in history. What lie have you told that had serious (for better or for worse) consequences? 2. I used to really hate grape leaves until I tried them again last week, and now I can't stop eating them. What's one food you used to hate, but now … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If Farkers were prairie dogs [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Coalition calls for porn production to halt in the wake of a pornstar being diagnosed with HIV. Pornstars still performing are encouraged to either take precautions or beat it [Scary]
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The Onion » Man Kicking Self For Wasting Valuable Plate Space At Beginning Of Buffet Line
FAYETTEVILLE, NC—Moments after taking generous servings from the first several steam trays at all-you-can-eat restaurant Pepper’s Kitchen, local man Lucas Schultz was reportedly kicking himself Friday for squandering precious plate space at th… 
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Fark.com RSS » International flights being diverted because of a volcanic eruption in PNG. Status of JPG uncertain [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Ohio State University marching band denied licenses to play popular music at halftime due to "sexualized culture" [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Come shop at Goodwill for great prices on used golf clubs, women's shoes, human skulls [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember the old man angry about neighbor kid's lemonade stand? Life has handed him some lemons since then [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Airlines wonder why passengers are so upset after long delays, lost luggage, and legroom fit only for quadruple amputees [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Chilean Navy sailor announces he likes Seamen [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Reporter: So why's my son's medicine $15 sometimes and $30 other times? CVS: Beats us, ask the insurance company. Insurance company: Farked if we know. Federal government, throwing 30,000 pages of regulations on the table: Oh hai – we gots th
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Fark.com RSS » Police: Our officer was not accidentally shot by his partner when he killed a check forger in a bank drive thru. Court documents, hospital records, radio calls: "I've been shot" [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Stripper: "Sorry police I have to go to work in order to feed my daughter, I don't have time to find her. I can't talk anymore" [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Deputy re-enacts popular scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Dig It
Grab your shovel and help me to today's open-ended mentalfloss.com Brain Game Free-for-All Friday challenge. Enjoy: Give ONE example of an English word
that incorporates the letter sequence "DIG." EXAMPLES: DIGITAL, INDIGO, SHINDIG Please add your single entry to our
comment list below, and have a great weekend! [Link]
Mental Floss » 18 "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Facts About 'Mary Poppins'
Half a century after it hit theaters, Mary Poppins is still one of the most beloved films ever. [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: Researchers: Panda Faked Pregnancy To Get More Bamboo
After discovering the marsupial wasn't actually pregnant as believed, researchers at the Chengu Giant Panda Breeding Research Center in China said that giant panda Ai Hin faked being pregnant in order to receive more bamboo, extra fruit treats, and a nice… 
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Weird Universe » Baseball caps as weapons
Baseball caps may not seem like dangerous weapons, but several caps are available for purchase that advertise their potential for combat.
The BudK Night Watchman Sap Cap Extreme 
Mental Floss » Why is North Always Up on Maps?
This story originally appeared in the September 2014 issue of mental_floss magazine. Subscribe to our print edition here, and our iPad edition here. There’s nothing inherently upward about North. Some early Egyptian maps put South on top, while in medieval Europe, Christian cartographers tended to give that distinction to the East, since you had to turn that way to face … [Link]
The Onion » Magazine: The Genius Behind TinyURL Explains How He Gets The Links So Small
The Genius Behind TinyURL Explains How He Gets The Links So Small 
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Fark.com RSS » Parking violator crushes officer's hand while trying to dodge the boot. Bystanders say they haven't seen such egregious boot dodging since a young American child made a fool of Australia's Prime Minister [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Who’s Serving Who?
This summer has brought us one step closer to the technological apocalypse — a robot just successfully hitchhiked all the way across Canada, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. Created to study how people interact with robots, hitchBOT was outfitted with speech recognition software and equipped with legs and arms, one of which was permanently fixed in a hitchhike position. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Missouri duo takes selfie with friend's corpse, say they want credit for creating the 'Deadie' [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Okay, so Walking While Black is no good, and Driving While Black is right out. How about just sitting? Is Sitting While Bla- BZZZZZZT [PSA]
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FMyLife » AgentOrion says FML
Today, I dreamed I was wrestling an alligator. I quickly woke up to my girlfriend yelling and me holding her in a headlock. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ISIS is supposedly threatening to kill the Pope, forgetting that the last time Catholics got pissed at Muslims it pretty much sucked for everybody [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Ferguson police sued for $40M for violating citizens' civil rights, or, to put it in terms they understand, the cost of about 60 new mine-resistant armored vehicles [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this dynamic duo [Photoshop]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my butt decided to delete the 650 photos I had on my phone. FML [Link]
Weird Universe » Check the Neck!
Beware of the "neck-breathers" among us! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Connecticut dethrones NYC for the best pizza in America. A white clam pie? Yes, give pizza chance [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » ch4nny says FML
Today, my boyfriend was stroking my stomach and looking into my eyes. It was very romantic, until he grabbed my love handles and said, "Mmmm… bacon…" FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cop wanted on murder, arson, and kidnapping charges 'relieved from duty,' according to his Bad Lieutenant [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: More "Goo" to Go!
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Fark.com RSS » Subby has never seen "The Notebook," but I'm sure as hell that it wouldn't inspire me to have sex with my half sister after watching it. In a parking lot. For the third time [Sick]
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Mental Floss » More "Goo" to Go!
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: A Perfectly Cromulent 'Simpsons' Infographic
Here's a Simpsons infographic to go along with the FXX marathon. * Venice isn't the only canal town. There are beautiful waterways all over the world to visit. * When I was a kid, the underwater scenes in Tomb Raider traumatized me. I still can't play video games with sharks or sea creatures. What game has truly terrified you? * … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oh, what's that? You're drinking a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks? Well, I'm drinking a Pumpkin Crème Brûlée Latte from Dunkin' Donuts [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Mother arrested for child neglect after a teacher asked the smelliest boy in the classroom when he last took a bath and his response was "I don't remember" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Owner of world's largest turban claims it weighs 100lb and measures 2,115ft when unwrapped. Sounds like a real pain in the neck [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Need an extra $1,000 a month? All you need to do is pick up the corpses of Ebola victims [Scary]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.” — Schopenhauer “So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.” — Bertrand Russell “The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the … [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my manager made everyone put up Christmas decorations around the store. As well as this, we're going to have Christmas music playing on repeat all the way through to January. It's not even September yet. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my demented little sister walked up to me and kicked me between the legs. I told my parents, but they just accusingly asked me what I did to provoke her. When I said "nothing", they accused me of lying. There is no justice. FML [Link]
FMyLife » wowzer says FML
Today, I went on a date with the world's biggest lightweight. She got blind drunk on wine before dessert, and slurred, "You look like… like a black… blueberry." Amused, I said, "You mean a blackberry?" She stared at me for several long seconds, confused, then passed out. Check please. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Syrian Jihadists are about to feel the sweet, sweet remorse of taking a border crossing with Israel [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » ALSA trying to trademark the Ice Bucket Challenge. The Susan G. Komen foundation nods with approval [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Knee Defender sales surge on news that Knee Defender triggers air rage [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Teacher tweets that she wants to "stab some kids. Is that bad?" Should I not have done that? [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 15 Hidden Gems in New York City
Brought to you by Heineken You already know the famous museums, iconic buildings, and celebrity hotspots. The next time you find yourself with some free time in the City That Never Sleeps, embrace the unknown by checking out some of the less-hyped attractions that make the city unique. 1. Fort Totten Park This Queens treasure is almost certainly the only … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Florida Youth Pastor…" You can stop reading right there [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Youth swim instructor arrested after allowing a pill to drown in a woman's drink [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman dies at Burning Man after being run over by a large "art car." Surprisingly enough, for a festival that features people playing with fire and takes place in a desert, it is the first fatality in the festival's 28-year history [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » If you eat almonds, then you're a terrible person [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Used car salesman's latest promotion: Selling black market temporary tags so you never have to pay registration fees or vehicle taxes [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » How to Get Over Jet Lag Faster
This story originally appeared in print in the August 2014 issue of mental_floss magazine. Subscribe to our print edition here, and our iPad edition here. There's no stopping jet lag, but you can hack your circadian rhythm to fix it faster. This is best done by exposing the photoreceptors in your eyes to light at specific times, which will help … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this happy bee [Photoshop]
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