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 » You can't track periods in Apple's health app. No word on colons, either [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » "He's a very good dog. He'll be a very good mayor" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » St Louis, Mo announces it will forgive all outstanding arrest warrants for people charged with non-violent, municipal offenses- all 220,000 of them. St Louis, by the way, only has a population of 318,416 people [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Shot police dog receives Purple Heart, would have preferred steak [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 9 Awesome Videos of Animals Discovering Cameras
When animals discover unfamiliar objects in their vicinity, the results can be hilarious—or kind of scary. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Canada's sole ebola patient came to the country from Brussels. Stupid Brussels [Obvious]
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FMyLife » ThatNewCarSmell says FML
Today, I held my bag of burger and fries out the window while driving, to preserve that new car smell. Not only did I hit a pothole and lose my lunch, I got pulled over by a cop who suspected I was either littering or tossing drugs when I saw him. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » Behind Schedule
In 1980 Philip K. Dick was asked to forecast some significant events in the coming years. Among his predictions: 1983: The Soviet Union will develop an operational particle-beam accelerator, making missile attack against that country impossible. At the same time the U.S.S.R. will deploy this weapon as a satellite killer. The U.S. will turn, then, to nerve gas. 1989: The … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A true visionary constantly hones and crafts his art. Especially that crazy dude dancing with that sign on the side of the road [Strange]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: "Let Her Go"
If It’s An Action Movie… …Chances are someone is going to utter the phrase “Let her go.” Contains some NSFW language. * Why Did This Take So Long? These pumpkins are grown inside of a mold that makes them take on the shape of Frankenstein’s monster. * Boom Went the Dynamite Again The TBS baseball crew has recreated the most … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Health officials say Dallas Ebola patient came into contact with 12 to 18 people as he started to show symptoms. (w/ cool commemorative wall calendar) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Hot sexy bare bellies and sweaty hairy chests, this NYC Cabby pinup calendar for 2015 has them [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Embroidery is a quaint art that celebrates our pastoral creativity. Just kidding, it's all nipples and asses now. (Not safe for work photos) [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 8 Novelists Who Were Featured on International Banknotes
While American currency features former U.S. Presidents, Founding Fathers, and iconic landmarks, many other countries put famous writers, poets, artists, and novelists on their banknotes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Secret Service Director Julia Pierson jumps the fence [NewsFlash]
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The Onion » Obama Currently Being Chased In Background Of Secret Service Hearing
WASHINGTON—In the wake of a series of lapses in presidential security, Secret Service director Julia Pierson appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Tuesday, seemingly unaware that President Obama himself was, at that mom… 
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The Onion » U.S. Assures Hong Kong That Their Protest Just One Of Many Issues White House Staying Silent On
WASHINGTON—Addressing concerns that the Obama administration was selectively ignoring their ongoing demonstrations against the Chinese government, White House officials held a press conference Wednesday to reassure Hong Kong residents that their pro… 
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The Onion » American Voices: Tetris Movie In The Works
Film studio Threshold Entertainment announced this week that it has teamed up with the Tetris Company to produce a movie based on the classic tile-matching video game. 
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this soldier in a shockwave [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Revenge is a dish best… oh wait. Ramen is a dish best served cold [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Parents give paintbrush to child who ends up painting like Monet [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Where your "hot coffee" insurance fraud story always falls apart [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Parenting in the age of iOnion on your belt [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Why did the chicken cross the road? To escape the golf club-wielding maniac [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Forget Ebola, something far more worrying is infecting pilgrims in Mecca – Hajj selfie fever [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » When the cops have raided your massage parlor for the eighth time since 2002, there's just not going to be a happy ending [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » The Most Interesting Comics of the Week
This week's comics include the much anticipated comic unveiling the new female Thor [Link]
Mental Floss » 14 Money Saving Life Hacks
In this week's episode, John Green tests out some life hacks designed to save you money. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chicago Fark Party – Official Agenda (re-posted for the folks who missed the one last night) [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » 12 injured in knife attack outside KFC. Officials investigating how many herbs and spices suspect had ingested [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Viagra can make you go blind, according to scientists, but it does stop you rolling out of bed [Amusing]
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The Onion » Slideshow: Top 10 Must-Watch TV Shows This Fall
Top 10 Must-Watch TV Shows This Fall 
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Fark.com RSS » After more than 70 years, Tom and Jerry cartoons will now carry warnings telling viewers some of it might be a little racist [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey mon. Didya 'ear that Jamaica is goin' to legalize it? Yeah mon [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Vegan, gluten-free gluten. We've hit peak hipster [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » You invite a man into your home and then get a recorded message from the police about a dangerous fugitive in the area. What do you do? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Man pans for gold for 18 months to make fiancee's wedding ring, hopes that he's the only gold digger in the family [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Terrible slide show shows why you had terrible, horrible parents. For those of you lucky enough to have had parents [Stupid]
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The Onion » ISIS Having Difficulty Finding American Recruits Physically Fit For Jihad
AR-RAQQAH, SYRIA—Frustrating the Islamic extremist group’s efforts to bolster its ranks and expand its influence overseas, representatives for ISIS told reporters Wednesday that they have so far encountered considerable difficulty in finding A… 
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The Onion » ESPN Gives On-Air Personalities List Of 6 Pre-Approved Opinions
BRISTOL, CT—Following the network’s three-week suspension of analyst Bill Simmons over comments regarding NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, ESPN reportedly sent all on-air personalities a comprehensive list Wednesday of the six pre-approved opin… 
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Mental Floss » Secrets of the U.S. Puzzle Championship
Wordstar, Nurikabe, Double Minesweeper, and the rest of the puzzles in this year’s U.S. Puzzle Championship (USPC) were kept under tight security until the last possible instant. At precisely 1 p.m. EST on May 17, a password was released to open the protected file, and this year’s contestants had a frantic 150 minutes in front of them—printing out puzzles, penciling … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » While the rank-and-file of Best Korea starve, Glorious Leader Kim Jong-un 'so fat he has fractured his ankles' [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Boston Herald: "Should we not have run that Obama / watermelon cartoon? Was that wrong?" [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » The Diaper Sniper is about to collide with Bow Season. Let's see if anything interesting happens [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Where is the last place you would want displays which are susceptible to interference from Wi-Fi frequencies, transmissions from mobile phones, weather radar, and mobile satellite communications? [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Lycanthrope
Can you solve the Word Ladder in today's mentalfloss.com Brain Game Wednesday Wordplay challenge in five steps or fewer? Prove it! By changing one letter in each step to form English words, and leaving all other letters in their original positions, convert WERE into WOLF in the fewest possible steps. W E R E
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: The Moor of Venice
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Fark.com RSS » What perfect jokes do you have planned for highly unlikely situations? For example, if I'm ever in posession of a severed head in a box, I'm gonna say 'mekka lekka hai mekka hiney ho' about a hundred times [Survey]
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Mental Floss » Behold, the Seemingly Immortal Hydra
Look in a freshwater pond and you'll find the hydra, a creature with a surprising superpower: it regenerates, and you can make two hydra from one that has been cut in half. But as this NPR video explains, there's a much more exciting possibility—the hydra might not die of old age. Take a look: For more, you can read Mortality … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Thief was smart enough to reposition security cameras so they didn't catch his face. However, he just happened to redirect the cameras at a huge mirror he was standing near [Florida]
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The Onion » Nation Longs For One More Day With Dying Manufacturing Sector
WASHINGTON—Yearning for a chance to find some kind of closure and say goodbye, the U.S. populace told reporters this week that they longed for just one more day with the nation’s dying manufacturing sector. Americans across the country confirm… 
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Fark.com RSS » German city offers homeless people free beer and cigarettes to clean the streets. No word on whether nice, brown uniforms will be issued at any point [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » It's time for the annual 'Stores will make employees work all day on Thanksgiving because our society is going down the toilet' discussion [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Austrian pilot becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon … underground [Strange]
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The Onion » American Voices: Louisiana Restaurant Offering 10% Discount To Diners Carrying Guns
According to local news stations, a cajun restaurant in Port Allen, LA called Bergeron’s is offering diners a 10 percent discount off their meals if they show waitstaff that they are carrying a gun. 
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Mental Floss » Is There Such a Thing as Not Having an Accent?
Even the staunchest dictionary-thumping pronunciation stickler has a regional inflection. [Link]
Futility Closet » Unquote
Weil’s Law of University Hiring: “First-rate people hire other first-rate people. Second-rate people hire third-rate people. Third-rate people hire fifth-rate people.” (from French mathematician André Weil) “Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.” — Montesquieu [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Maximum trolling: Hong Kong district councillor unfurls yellow umbrella in support of Hong Kong democracy — right in the middle of China's National Day celebrations. Hero tag kowtows before his greatness [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Ten things you should know about Ebola, including don't have sex with any chimpanzees, gorillas, bats, monkeys, forest antelope and/or porcupines [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Radio talk show host says legalizing marijuana will bring down our democracy, but you should hear how playful he gets when you bring up the topic of liquor. "Whatever you are pouring" [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » A pod of 50 whales in the Gulf of Mexico might turn out to be a new and endangered species. Japan and Iceland spotted polishing their harpoons [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Chinese officials body search 10,000 pigeons before National Day ceremony after one was heard saying "Coup, Coup" [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 15 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate in October
Sure, you can start picking pumpkins and planning your costume early, but there's plenty to celebrate in October even before Halloween rolls around. 1. October 1: World Vegetarian Day It's easy enough to eat meat-free for a day but this celebration is intended to kick off a month of vegetarian awareness and encourage more lasting change. 2. October 2: World … [Link]
Mental Floss » The Moor of Venice
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Weird Universe » Ugly Notes
Ugly Notes is a company that sells greetings cards for "horrible people." They bear messages such as, "If you spoke your mind you'd be speechless," and "You brighten up the room with your absence."
The idea for marketing antisocial messages isn't new. It goes back at least to the 1960s, when entrepreneur Charles Hollis started selling stickers that bore messages … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what these kids are really watching [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Historian finds no mention of Jesus Christ in 126 historical texts, concludes Jesus was a purely fictional character, like leprechauns or Eskimos [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Jeopardy presents a category called "What Women Want." Highlighted in the questions are: A) Equal pay; B) The government off of their bodies; or C) OH DEAR GOD NO [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » In today's most British rescue ever, two walkers winched to safety in Dumfries after one clinged to a shepherd's crook [Dumbass]
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Weird Universe » Quacks and Nostrums
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Fark.com RSS » Russia is running out of forest. RUN FORREST RUN [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 11 Techniques for Capturing Great Nature Photos in a City
Cities may not seem like the ideal place to go to photograph nature, but you can find a surprising amount of flora, fauna, and incredible views in any urban landscape. You just have to know where to look. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Things to expect when running a grow op from your house: 1. High humidity. 2. Home invasions. 3. Police finding your grow op when you call them regarding a home invasion [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Goodbye, Saturday Morning Cartoons
A Requiem for Saturday Morning Cartoons. With home video and 24-hour cartoon channels, the sacred tradition died a long, slow death.
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The Forgotten Story Of Classic Hollywood’s First Asian-American Star. Anna Mae Wong became the most famous of the very few Chinese actors of the 1920s and ‘30s, navigating an industry that woefully underutilized her talent.
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Fark.com RSS » Utah man unwittingly fails lye detector test [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Cool: Police officer saves toddler's life. Fark: While driving to the hospital, one hand on the wheel and the other doing two-finger compressions on the kid in the back. Ta-da, indeed [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Feds release a searchable database that shows how much your doctors get paid by drug companies to push their meds. No, your weed dealer is not in there [Cool]
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FMyLife » Potforapeso says FML
Today, I found out my son was selling pot for pesos. We live in New Jersey and have never planned on going to Mexico. FML [Link]
FMyLife » oopsydaisy says FML
Today, my co-worker told me that my other co-worker is in the process of getting a divorce. I got really excited because his marriage is very toxic. He overheard me say, "He deserves that divorce!" I meant it in a good way, but I don't think he took it that way. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Hi, I'm Heather says FML
Today, my Spanish teacher told me that the reason the girl I'm tutoring hasn't contacted me yet is because she emailed the teacher saying she didn't like my name, therefore she didn't want me to be her tutor. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Could you and your significant other commit to having sex every day, for 30 days? Well, that's the challenge taken by 40,000 Australian couples [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Van Der Sloot: convicted murderer, alleged extortionist, suspected rapist, accomplice to fatherhood [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Since no one asked where the walruses have gone, here are 35,000 of them. On one beach in Alaska [Strange]
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Futility Closet » Dirty Work
A puzzle by Pierre Berloquin: Timothy, Urban, and Vincent are digging identical holes in a field. When Timothy and Urban work together, they dig 1 hole in 4 days. When Timothy and Vincent work together, they dig 1 hole in 3 days. When Urban and Vincent work together, they dig 1 hole in 2 days. Working alone, how long does … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California mayor, married almost 30 years to his high school sweetheart, receives early anniversary gift of lead [News]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was taking a table's order. After I finished, the guy told me, "Just FYI, I'm not a tipper." Trying to lighten up the situation, I replied, "It's amazing how many people forget I handle their food." He complained to the manager that I'd threatened him. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California becomes first state to ban plastic bags. "Real Housewives of Orange County" braces for cancellation [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Employers need to allow employees to start taking a pre-vacation before their vacations. Because we are just that overworked [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Firefighters free very relieved pothead [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Police task force chase down stolen van full of donuts, seize contents as evidence [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Russia signals it is playing hardball in Ukraine, seizes eight kilometers of sausage casing at border in move clearly linked to separatist military activity there [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Face to face with patients in the Ebola ward. Well, not really. I mean, how stupid do you think we ARE? [Sick]
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Mental Floss » 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'
Even if you already have most of Fast Times at Ridgemont High memorized, get to know the teen sex comedy on a deeper level with these behind-the-scenes facts. 1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High began as a non-fiction book. While a freelance writer for Rolling Stone, screenwriter Cameron Crowe spent a year secretly embedded at Clairemont High School in San … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Student banned from wearing Trojan condom costume claims he was only ribbing the girls [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » "If you find yourself obsessing over the nuances of the bent iPhone 6 the same way conspiracy theorists obsess over grassy knolls and moon landings, please take a break from the Internet. This sort of thing could be very bad for your mental healt
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Fark.com RSS » Because Drew is a little busy today, we're going to have science explain why guys get wasted together [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » When responding to the report of a suicidal person, most cops will be compassionate and try to talk the person out of it. Then there's the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, which fires at them. Fark: and misses [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Stark naked woman causes crash in Starke [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this free-falling guy [Photoshop]
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