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 » NJ governor Chris Christie's transportation policy angers motorist, who responds by joining his motorcade [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Despite Indiana's reputation as a backward state, lawyers must wear socks in the courtroom [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 16 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate in September
Summer is (unofficially) over, but don't despair; there's still plenty to celebrate in September—even after Labor Day's long weekend has wrapped. These holidays are all fairly innocuous, but if you do take issue with something said here, just remember: it's Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month. [Link]
Mental Floss » Follow mental_floss on Instagram
If you like fun facts and/or Instagram, you might like this. [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Extinct Big Birds
Our friend from Sesame Street may be a big bird, but he’s tiny compared to some real birds that have roamed the earth in the past. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Having private photos stolen and posted on the internet isn't a scandal, it's a sex crime [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » There's a coup d'etat happening in Pakistan right now. Just FYI [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Navy builds a 12 million gallon indoor bathtub for playing with model ships. Subby's inner six year old is ecstatic [Cool]
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FMyLife » A continent away says FML
Today, the security at the airport were nice enough to remind me to take the laptop out of my bag. I wish they'd also reminded me to put it back in before I left. FML [Link]
FMyLife » anonymous says FML
Today, I proposed to my girlfriend. She just grabbed the ring and said in a raspy voice, "My precious…" FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I saw someone purposely drive into someone's garbage can with their car. Trying to be nice, I stopped and started to pick it up. As I did, the owner came out of his house and chased me away with a knife. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Remember that guy who was having sex with a mattress outside a senior-living facility? Local paramilitary groups aren't big fans of his, as he has received numerous death threats since the incident [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » ISIS goes two for two [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » You can do it, we can help. Help you get your credit card information into the hands of Russian hackers, that is [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » There is now a soda for people who are kind-of-racist [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 10 Facts About the Extinct Passenger Pigeon
One hundred years ago yesterday, the world’s last passenger pigeon died at Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Facebook needs a Report Report Abuse Abuse button [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Be An Einstein Know-It-All
Things You Don’t Know About A Frequent Mental_Floss Cover Model Also known as Einstein. * What You See Is Not What You Get These are the most awe-inspiring optical illusions from around the globe. * Interesting Internet Names Some people get really creative with the name of their WiFi. * Summer’s Not Over I refuse to believe it. And as … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman who swallowed expensive diamond ring will have to locate it by herself. "We don't get paid enough to dig through people's bowel movements" [Followup]
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The Onion » Towels Across Water Park Lounge Chairs Mark Family’s Ironclad Claim
Towels Across Water Park Lounge Chairs Mark Family’s Ironclad Claim 
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Mental Floss » Dinosaurs Needed Babysitters, Too
A 120 million-year-old fossil has revealed a new, rather endearing discovery about dinosaurs: They may have had babysitters to watch over their youngsters. [Link]
The Onion » Mayor Hits On Crazy Idea Of Developing City’s Waterfront, Green Spaces
ERIE, PA—Readily acknowledging how outlandish the idea might seem at first, Erie, PA mayor Joe Sinnott held a press conference Tuesday to announce his new and “admittedly crazy” initiative to develop the city’s waterfront and green… 
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The Onion » American Voices: Study: Married Couples Who Smoke Marijuana Have Fewer Fights
According to a new study from the University of Buffalo, married couples who both regularly smoke marijuana are less likely to experience domestic violence and fighting, which may be because pot smokers are possibly happier people. 
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Mental Floss » The Best-Selling Vehicle in Each State
For 2013. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police said it's a worst case scenario after an 18 wheeler full of beer crashes [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Inside a German Movie-Dubbing Studio
Although American viewers may not realize it, dubbed movies and TV shows are popular in many countries. In one Berlin studio, actor Dietmar Wunder is the German voice of Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Daniel Craig—among others. In this short video, we learn about the dubbing process, and are treated to some completed scenes featuring Wunder's voice. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this photo from way back when [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Each night, before going to sleep, every Kentucky resident kisses goodnight the framed photo of Patrick Swayze they keep on their bedside table [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 7 Famous Author Feuds
No matter which popular author you disdain, you're bound to find yourself in good company: There's no love lost between these writers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Coworkers nationwide embrace tearfully after painful 3-day separation [Satire]
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Fark.com RSS » 1-800-Flowers to buy Harry & David, making complete highway robbery just a toll-free phone call away [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Call It a Day
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » The first clumsy hijacking of the ice bucket challenge comes from a cancer charity that wants people to celebrate the Whipped Cream Pie in the Faces challenge [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Iron Chef arrested for DUI. Apparently, the secret ingredient that day was booze [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources asks that you don't shoot collared bears. Crew neck bears are all right, though [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Sen Chris Murphy (D-UH) points out that when one country is sending troops and tanks across the border of another to engage in fighting, that is technically, what you might call "a war" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » According to AAA, there are two speed traps in America. One of them just got a couple of police chiefs suspended [Florida]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I finally got to watch some porn after not being able to for a while. All I could notice in the video was how badly the participants were playing snooker. FML [Link]
FMyLife » ihatejasonderulo says FML
Today, I asked my girlfriend to talk dirty to me. Her response was to impersonate a saxophone. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » Misc
Image: Wikimedia Commons Denver International Airport is larger than Manhattan. C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley, and John F. Kennedy died on the same day. Shakespeare mentions America only once, in Act 3, Scene 2 of The Comedy of Errors. π4 + π5 ≈ e6 “All styles are good except the boring kind.” — Voltaire (Thanks, Larry.) [Link]
The Onion » Your Horoscopes — Week Of September 2, 2014
VIRGO: The stars have nothing to say to you this week, as they're trying to work on their own future for once, if you don't mind. 
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Fark.com RSS » You know, Putin, I doubt STALIN ever had to issue a press release the day after delivering one of HIS threats, saying that even if he did say what he was reported to say it was "taken out of context." I'm just sayin' [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » "We're all going to die. Type that over a sunset, Larry." Why we're fed up with inspirational social media posts [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Pro-tip: When you are stealing from a Wal-Mart, remember to take your baby with you [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Great, now there are airline reclining seat fight copycats [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: The Bumpiest Brain Game
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. Good luck! By removing one letter from the mix at each step,
and rearranging the remaining letters to form new words,
reduce the word "BUMPIEST" to the letter "U." B U M P I E … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » We know corporations are people. So when a dead corporation's name comes back, is it a zombie corporation? Arthur Andersen wants BRAAAAIIIINNNZZZZzzzzz [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » In what can only be considered a shocker, statue's middle finger goes missing [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 10 Words 'The Simpsons' Made Famous
For better or worser, 'Simpsons' jokes have changed the way we write and talk. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ALS Association gets ice water dumped on their trademark application for "ice bucket challenge" [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember the bus-sized London "fatberg" from last year? It has a new big brother, the size of a 747 [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're passed out on a houseboat and roll into the water, let your friends know that you're going to swim to shore before they call out a big search party to look for you [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't you hate it when you try to clean your toilet by mixing bleach and Drano and you get sick from the fumes and the cops come out and think those fumes are coming from a meth lab and in reality you're just a hoarder? Me too [Strange]
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The Onion » RGIII Refusing To Let Realistic Assessment Of His Play Get To Him
RICHMOND, VA—Saying that he makes a point to simply tune out the intense scrutiny from fans and the media, Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III stressed to reporters Tuesday that he will not allow any realistic assessment of his perfor… 
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Fark.com RSS » Millennials more willing to take credit for the work of others, say angry boomers who are getting farked over by the kids they're farking over [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » "In an instant, the burger brawl was on" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » New letter up for auction shows that young Robert Kennedy was afraid his brother John would be killed at any minute… and that was just by angry husbands [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » How Do They Make Decaf Coffee?
BekensDwarf asks: "How do they make decaf coffee when the caffeine is in the bean?" [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Evil Persian kitten hospitalises woman for giving him a bath. You mess with Oscar, you get poisoned [Scary]
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Mental Floss » When Is the Actual Expiration Date On Your Milk?
There's usually just a "sell by" date, which isn't all that helpful. [Link]
The Onion » Slideshow: Onion Sports' 2014 NFL Preview: AFC East
With the 2014 NFL season kicking off this week, Onion Sports has in-depth analysis on each team in the AFC East. 
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The Onion » Slideshow: Onion Sports’ 2014 NFL Preview: NFC East
With the 2014 NFL season kicking off this week, Onion Sports has in-depth analysis on each team in the NFC East. 
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FMyLife » germophobe says FML
Today, my roommate came back from camping. My toothbrush magically reappeared as well. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NEWSFLASH: Some mayors in Mexico have ties to drug cartels, including these three [Obvious]
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The Onion » The Classroom Of The Future
The Classroom Of The Future 
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The Onion » New Study Finds Link Between Breastfeeding, Always Knowing What’s Right For Everyone
BALTIMORE—A study published Tuesday by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has discovered a correlation between breastfeeding and unequivocally knowing what’s best for other people at all times. 
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The Onion » American Voices: Dogs Get Separation Anxiety When Kids Leave For School
According to new research, dogs who are used to being around kids during the summer can get separation anxiety when the children go back to school, which experts say can be avoided by having kids run through their school routines ahead of time. 
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Fark.com RSS » Two wounded in Transylvania Avenue shooting. Abraham Van Helsing wanted for questioning [Misc]
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The Onion » Report: This Just The 30th Wake-Up Call Woman Needed
LOUISVILLE, KY—According to reports, local woman Janelle Tompkins’ arrival to work an hour late and severely hungover Tuesday morning was precisely the 30th wake-up call she needed to turn her life around. 
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this stuffed animal not on the prowl [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » If your neighbor is playing music you don't like do you a) ask him to turn it down; b) call police; or c) hold a knife to his throat and ask him if he is ready to die. Article helpfully points out it's unclear what type of music or how loud i
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Fark.com RSS » Guy rips his own head off in broad daylight. He told you he was hardcore [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » DMV forces boy who considers himself gender non-conforming to remove make-up for picture. You better believe that's a lawsuit [Fail]
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Weird Universe » John Braund and His Cure for Cancer
Link to newspaper article of the era. [Link]
Weird Universe » No more low flying!
This is what the airlines did for in-flight entertainment, back in the day. From the Los Angeles Times, Sep 8, 1935:
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Fark.com RSS » A stranger lifted a girl off the swing set because he thought her time was up. Her mother called the police. What would YOU have done? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Schools are banning playground games because many children either can't share or can't handle losing [Asinine]
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FMyLife » s0728 says FML
Today, I work at a bakery. As I was putting out some cakes with fruit on top of them, a customer asked me how we get the little hairs to stay on the raspberries, and if we glue them on. FML [Link]
FMyLife » chairbanger says FML
Today, my wife thought it'd be hilarious to move all of our furniture two inches to the left as a prank to make me stub my toes. I'm pretty sure I've now banged the furniture more than I have my wife. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Call It a Day
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Fark.com RSS » If you are going to steal some construction vehicles that have a top speed of around 10 miles per hour, perhaps an interstate highway is not your best choice of egress [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Star Trek for Beginners
Beam Me Up: A Beginner’s Guide to the Star Trek Franchise. Because without a little help, the whole universe looks intimidating.
*
Eighty Years Of Fergusons. Race riots in America always have the same underlying reasons, so why can’t we change them?
*
A panda at the Chengdu Research Center may have faked a pregnancy for more food and better quarters. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » All you dirty hippies with your bio-cars have unleashed the scourge of grease thieves: "These thieves come in the middle of night. They make a mess. And usually it's near a storm drain" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Putin ups the ante by telling European Commission that "I Can Take Kiev In Two Weeks If I Want" [Unlikely]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“The really good music, whether of the East or of the West, cannot be analyzed.” — Albert Einstein “Aside from purely technical analysis, nothing can be said about music, except when it is bad; when it is good, one can only listen and be grateful.” — W.H. Auden [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Trying to bite a cop? You better believe that's a taserin'. Even if you are a 14-year-old girl [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » The man who took on the NFL, Comcast and the Sports/Industrial complex… and may just win [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Sometimes, love means hiding your federal fugitive girlfriend in a bunker under your trailer [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Everyone loves a good public shaming, especially when it's the shaming of hypocritical douchebags [Followup]
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Mental Floss » The Prison Special: One Last Push for Women's Suffrage
In 1919, suffragists went on a train tour highlighting the inhumane prison sentences served by so many women who fought for the right to vote. The story of the Prison Special isn't as much a tale of triumph as a reminder of how bad it can get right before victory. [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Fantastic Drawings of Fictional Creatures from a 17th Century Book
Published in 1658, 'The History of Four-Footed Beasts, Serpents and Insects' presents a catalog of the known animals at the time in several volumes [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Can’t You Wear White After Labor Day?
The unofficial fashion rule can be traced back to some snobby millionaires over 100 years ago. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Yet another reason to put the phone down while driving: you might just get a guardrail pole through your ass [Scary]
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Weird Universe » Is Space Travel Covered?
Russia sent 5 geckos, amongst other small creatures, to space in order to study the animals sex habits in zero gravity. The satellite was recently brought back and the geckos were all dead, possibly due to freezing. Ok, first, if you are studying sexual activity why send an odd number of participants. Second, who did not know it is too … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Why isn't beer sold in plastic bottles? asked no one until now [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Man nearly dies in ice bucket challenge after an airplane drops water on him. You're doing it wrong [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Chinese insurance policies cover against your bride becoming pregnant before the honeymoon, your team being knocked out of the soccer World Cup, burning your tongue eating hotpot or if smog ruins your holiday [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Archaeological dig at US college finds remains of a colonial-era brewery on campus [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Dust storm triggers a 50 car pile-up in A) Arizona B) New Mexico C) Washington, the Evergreen State [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this boogie man, man [Photoshop]
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