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 » Russians send geckos to space to have sex, but they died. Not sure if I feel sad or jealous [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » If there's a car crash, odds are that nine out of 10 times it's caused by someone in the medical profession, with surgeons and GPs ranked first and second [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Houdini says FML
Today, my hamster got loose from his cage. His name was Houdini. FML [Link]
FMyLife » mayoshampoo says FML
Today, someone, and I still can't figure out who, switched my shampoo with mayonnaise. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finally, bacon that could possibly give you super powers [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Forehead, fivehead, sixhead, pinhead; it's the Labor Day edition of the Mugshot Roundup [Fail]
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Mental Floss » 7 Unique Tattoos of Lesser Known Masterpieces
tumblr / Wikiart If you want a tattoo that is memorable, it’s reasonable to select a work of art that has stood firmly in the minds of men for generations. Familiar names like Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and Picasso call up popular images known the world over, and these are the pictures usually selected for inking. But for a tattoo … [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my goat decided my hairstyle was so last season and restyled it for me with his teeth. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I wrecked my car because my mom texted me, telling me not to text and drive. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these Hungarians hanging out [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Ferguson police force now using personal body cameras, will now have to remember to yell "THEY'RE COMING RIGHT AT US" before shooting people [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Ermahgerd, Ferk nerslerter [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Cambridge University's Trinity College has a team of scientists trying to stop the Army of the 12 Monkeys [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » In 1991, a man helped his children escape from their burning home in a blaze that killed his wife. In 2008, that same man killed his son by rigging his car jack causing his truck to crush him. Now, police think he just maybe also set the 1991 fire [O
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Fark.com RSS » Yesterday, video showed Libyan "extremists" frolicking in the US Embassy pool in Tripoli. "A senior State Department official said late Sunday that it was believed that the embassy compound remains secure, but the situation is very fluid&
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Fark.com RSS » Japan ready to kick off the next Resident Evil, the grand opening of Burger Prime Minister, and a hack at JPMorgan Chase not named Jamie Dimon: some of Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week for 8/24 – 8/30 [FarkBlog]
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Mental Floss » The First Time 'The New York Times' Covered 19 Famous Things
Today the New York Times has a nice piece about our YouTube channel. Here are some other NYT first mentions worth mentioning. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A fireworks explosion at a wedding killed two people, leaving guests shocked and upset. Even the cake was in tiers [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Time to celebrate Labor Day and honor the organized workers who helped bring it about, by emulating unions' time-honored tradition of sitting around drinking [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Uh…what? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Now that's stamina [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Sellafield, England described as the only place in England that still has 'easily affordable' housing. You might want to pack a Geiger counter in the moving van, though [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » 75 years ago today, WWII erupted when Germany and the USSR invaded Poland. These color photos by Hitler's personal photographer make it feel like only yesterday [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Police find stolen ring in the stomach of the woman who stole it. No word on exactly what type of ring it was, but it is expected to be a chocolate diamond by the time it is recovered [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » (sɔᴉd) uʍop-ǝpᴉsdn ʎluO ǝslǝ ǝuoʎuɐ ǝʞᴉl ʇsnɾ s,ǝɥ sʎɐs 'ʎʇᴉlᴉqɐsᴉp oʇ uᴉ ǝʌᴉƃ
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Fark.com RSS » Mother charged in the death of her 8-year-old disabled daughter could get $1 million dollars from the daughter's trust fund even if she is found guilty [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Pennsylvania school district provides free breakfast and lunch to ALL students, thus reducing paperwork and the stigma of being the "poor kid" who gets free food [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Shame on you if you've been looking at the hacked nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and several other female celebrities. HAVE YOU NO DECENCY? I mean, Buzzfeed is calling you out on this [PSA]
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Mental Floss » 10 Female Gangsters You Should Know About
Though organized crime tends to be a boys' club, there have been a slate of deadly women who have broken into its ranks. [Link]
Mental Floss » 60 of History’s Strangest Royal Epithets
For every William the Conqueror there’s a Vlad the Impaler. And for every Richard the Lionheart there’s an Albert the Peculiar. Sixty of the most bizarre—and in some cases the most unflattering—epithets from history are listed here. [Link]
Weird Universe » Double Throat
The Ventriloquist Journal explains that this ad used to run in the back of comic books. What you got, if you sent away for it, was "a capsule-sized metal whistle thing you were supposed to put in your mouth… it was useless for anything except making whistle sounds."
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Mental Floss » How Does a Fan Work to Cool You Off?
since temperature is a feature of the molecular properties of a substance, the air itself isn't made any cooler by movement—it just makes us feel cooler when it blows by. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Is it okay to lie on your resume, especially as one-third of employers do no checking whatsoever? Especially since you and Bill Gates invented the cursor, at least according to your CV [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » 127-year-old woman who has outlived her 5 children is a grandmother to 20, great-grandmother to 73 and great-great-grandma to 55 becomes the unofficial oldest person who has ever lived. And she doesn't look a day over 110 [Interesting]
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Futility Closet » Podcast: Episode 24
William McGonagall has been called “the only truly memorable bad poet in our language,” responsible for tin-eared verse that could “give you cauliflower ears just from silent reading”: Alas! Lord and Lady Dalhousie are dead, and buried at last,
Which causes many people to feel a little downcast;
And both lie side by side in one grave,
But I hope … [Link]
Weird Universe » “Infinite O’Clock” by Ken Nordine
More on the artist. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It takes a brave man to quit his job and pursue his dreams. It takes an incredibly shortsighted man to quit a reliable, steady gig, go broke, and eventually get fired from a job in doggie daycare [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » If you follow the mushroom picking guide in the Sunday paper, get ready for hallucinations and a long nap [Scary]
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FMyLife » MLeguillon says FML
Today, after years of wonderful flying experiences, I boarded a flight and took my seat only to find a baby sitting in front of me, behind me, and to the right of me, and across the aisle from me. All of whom decided to cry in unison. It was a 9-hour flight. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 100 years ago today, the last Passenger Pigeon died at the St. Louis zoo [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Governor Rick Perry removes an offensive Twitter photo about the Texas DA he tried to force resign and claims it was an unauthorized posting. Oops [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » It's only a matter of time before Raleigh and Atlanta lock eyes from across the way and unite for some sexy urban merging that produce a big bundle of megalopolis [Interesting]
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FMyLife » emilyparker says FML
Today, I went out with my best friend to McDonald's for a late night snack. Turns out she lied to me and just used me to pick up the boy she likes so they could go stargazing. I'm now laying beside them as they look at the stars and make out. I just want fries. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Labor Day
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, while eating cotton candy, a drunk person came up to me and said "HEY! COTTON CANDY!" And bit me. FML [Link]
FMyLife » dining says FML
Today, at my dining job, my boss told me the food was "technically illegal to serve," air quotes and all. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Another weekend, another shark attack [Florida]
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Futility Closet » Versatile
What’s unusual about this magic square? 
It works just as well upside down: 
From Royal V. Heath, Scripta Mathematica, March-June 1951. See Topsy Turvy. [Link]
FMyLife » Happy Employee says FML
Today, I returned from my first paid vacation in the past 2 years from a place with no cell, or internet. I've just found out that our department has been downsized. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 "I Slept Like A…" Analogies That Don't Reflect Reality
Although handy for describing a good night’s sleep, these analogies don’t always match reality. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When searching for a location to fire up your meth lab, a well ventilated church basement is always your best bet [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » A good grandma gives you milk and cookies when she's alive. A really great grandma gives you pot and a cell phone after she's dead [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » As the summer comes to an end, a tower made out of mushroom bricks on display at the Museum of Modern Art will be turned into compost. Well, it was a lot of fun guys [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Hell's Angels complain that police in Calgary are picking on them all the time [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Howard Buffett says he bought the Rosa Parks memorabilia collection for $4.5 million because "his mother would have wanted it" [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Looks like ISIS is about to get some… *puts on sunglasses*… Kurds in their way [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Petite 32-year-old mother-of-one hadn't touched a weight until two years ago, but now she can do 70 kg squats, lift a 35 kg log, and is set to compete in final for England's Strongwoman Championships (w/pics) [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Starting a bar fight when you're drunk is bad enough, but threatening to kidnap an American and behead him once you're released from jail is not going to help your case [Florida]
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FMyLife » TheFatOne says FML
Today, I had to cancel my plans to go see my grandma, because I wasn't feeling too well. I called her to apologize, but she had trouble remembering who I was. When I told her my name, she said "Oh, the FAT one." Yes grandma, the fat one. FML [Link]
FMyLife » disappointedjamaican says FML
Today, I won a gruelling fitness competition, only to find out the mystery prize was a voucher to get 10 free spray tans. I'm black. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Designer thinks the ghost of John Belushi still hovers over her store. Over? Did you say, 'over?' [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Raju, the elephant that cried when he was freed from chains he had worn for 50 years might be chained back up as his original owners who used him to beg for money are going to court to try and win him back saying he is their 'rightful property
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Fark.com RSS » From the creators of the smash hit "Benghazi" comes the gripping sequel: "Tripoli" [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this blooming closeup [Photoshop]
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