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 » Already cursed with the his given name of Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije, he didn't deserve to take a confetti cannon to the balls during live performance [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Sir, can you please smile for the jury [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » What happens when the passenger seated next to you kicks the bucket in mid-flight? Well since the FAA doesn't have an answer at all, pretty much every airline is on their own to deal with the stiff [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » You’d Think People Wouldn’t Be Like That in Mechanicsville
VP on phone: Yes, ma’am. Yes, ma’am, it’s nine inches by five inches, or something like that…Mechanicsville, VirginiaOverheard by: Alan [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man charged with simple domestic assault for attacking wife with McChicken sandwich, would have been charged with aggravated assault had he made her eat it [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my boyfriend and I had sex for the first time. He's Latino, so I thought he'd like it if I made a bit of noise and called him "papi" while we did it. It freaked him out enough to kill his boner, and now he thinks I have some kind of incest fetish. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Listen up policemen of NYC, this is how you make "former Policeman of the Year" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » The time to learn how to drive a stick is not AFTER a carjacking [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 8 Things That Are More Ancient Than They Appear
This story originally appeared in print in the December 2014 issue of mental_floss magazine. Subscribe to our print edition here, and our iPad edition here. By Gabe Luzier 1. ROBOTS Robots seem futuristic, but they’re really old news. The Greek mathematician Archytas of Tarentum invented the first air-powered bot sometime around 400 to 350 BCE. His design? A … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 'Gone With the Wind' goes AWOL from library for 65 years, turns out nobody gave a damn [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » You're Fired.
Coworker #1, watching tv: Oh my god! One-one-eleven!Coworker #2: Yeah, and then eleven-eleven-eleven.Coworker #1, shocked: When's that?Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania [Link]
Futility Closet » Désert de Retz
French aristocrat François Racine de Monville added a striking summer house to his estate in 1785 — it was designed to resemble the ruined column of an imaginary gigantic temple: 
The “colonne brisée” contained four stories of oval rooms connected by a spiral staircase hung with rare plants under a skylight. It was admired by Benjamin Franklin, and it inspired … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Guy impersonating a police officer, real police officers, and citizens trying to capture the guy impersonating a police officer are all trying to catch each other, apparently [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Drunk boaters hit submerged island. 911 dispatch recommends lighting a signal fire beside crashed boat leaking gas. Remaining conscious survivor kills fellow boaters in resulting fire. Is there anybody involved in this story who isn't an idiot? [
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Fark.com RSS » YOU'VE GOT MAIL…. all over the highway [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » 911, can you please connect me to Santa Claus? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Why you shoulda listened to your momma and become a doctor: "Since the Great Recession struck in 2007, the median wage for people between the ages of 25 and 34, adjusted for inflation, has fallen in every major industry except for health care"
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Fark.com RSS » Yo dawg, we heard you like the Guinness Book of World Records, so we put your Guinness Books of World Records in the Guinness Book of World Records so you can see your Books of World Records when you read the Book of World Records [Amusing]
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The Onion » Employee Wishes He Had Enough Job Security To Voice Opinion
PHILADELPHIA—Saying he would never jeopardize what little standing he has within the company by making any waves, Crystalpoint Systems junior sales associate Josh Morris told reporters Wednesday that he doesn’t have enough job security to actu… 
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The Onion » Obama Calls For Turret-Mounted Video Cameras On All Police Tanks
WASHINGTON—In an effort to restore the public’s faith in law enforcement, President Obama made an impassioned appeal this week, calling for the installation of turret-mounted video cameras on all police tanks. 
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Fark.com RSS » Concordia captain didn't sound the alarm because he feared a panic, which is understandable given how scary the Kilrathi are [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » News reporter's coworker biffs it during report, proceeds to make like a tree and get out of there [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Help me Prudie: A cousin fat shamed me into throwing the potatoes at her rather than passing them and now my family wants me to apologize [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: How Mary Became Peter
This is the inside story of how Mary Martin became the boy who wouldn’t grow up in the smash 50s staging of Peter Pan. * Adnan Syed, the convicted man at the center of the popular podcast Serial, will have an appeal hearing in January. * The hospital at Alcatraz has been off-limits to visitors— until now. * Cinderella was … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this tree tosser [Photoshop]
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The Onion » American Voices: Study: Majority Of College Students Don’t Graduate On Time
A new report released this week stated that even though college is traditionally viewed as taking four years to complete, only 19 percent of undergraduate students earn a degree within that time frame, in part because they are unable to register for requi… 
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Fark.com RSS » "I've been doing this for ten years and I've never seen a lobster as big as Albert Girther – which is his name" [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Surgeon removes good kidney and leaves tumorous one intact. No word on whether he put the good kidney in a hotel bathtub filled with ice [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman assaults a television with a can of beans. Why yes, drugs were involved [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » The Naughtiest (and Nicest) Names for Boys and Girls in 2014
When Santa checks his list (both times!) this year, he may notice a few of the same names cropping up again and again. School Stickers, an organization that creates materials (such as stickers, certificates, and rewards charts) to motivate students, has compiled lists of the names of the nicest and naughtiest students, as determined by those in over 10,000 participating … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » London may officially panic now as ISIS announces possession and intent to deploy a nuke there [Unlikely]
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The Onion » Cosby Lawyer Asks Why Accusers Didn’t Come Forward To Be Smeared By Legal Team Years Ago
LOS ANGELES—Responding to recent allegations that his client sexually assaulted as many as 20 women over the course of his career, an attorney for comedian Bill Cosby asked Wednesday why none of the alleged victims came forward and allowed themselve… 
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The Onion » 12-Year-Old’s Christmas List Demonstrates Heartbreaking Awareness Of Family’s Financial Predicament
TAUNTON, MA—Noting the limited number of gifts requested and the omission of the year’s most popular toys, sources confirmed Wednesday that 12-year-old David Huffman’s Christmas list demonstrates a heartbreaking awareness of his family… 
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Fark.com RSS » Physicists create new kind of pasta to explain mysterious ring-shaped polymers, offering new insight into the legacy of the renowned physicist Dr. Boyardee [Interesting]
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The Oatmeal – Comics, Quizzes, & Stories » My email is a monster
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Mental Floss » Why Do Spicy Foods Taste "Hot" and Minty Foods Taste "Cool"?
Hot and cool aren't just metaphors for how things taste — here's why. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hey, remember that cop in Staten Island who was caught on tape literally choking an innocent man to death for no reason at all? Yeah, a grand jury just decided not to indict him either [News]
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The Onion » Ray Rice Hoping 3.1 Yards Per Carry Last Season Won’t Deter Teams From Signing Him
BALTIMORE—Saying that his past shortcomings shouldn’t necessarily be held against him indefinitely, former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice told reporters Wednesday that he just hopes his meager 3.1 yards per carry last season won’… 
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The Onion » Elderly Woman Begins Freezing Meals Husband Can Eat While She’s Passed Away
SHARPSBURG, PA—In an effort to provide comfort and nourishing food to her spouse in her absence, local octogenarian Helen Griggs told reporters Wednesday that she has begun freezing home-cooked meals for her husband to enjoy while she’s passed… 
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Mental Floss » 10 Unbelievable Music Conspiracy Theories
As these musicians can attest, conspiracy theories aren't just reserved for UFOs. 1. Jay-Z is in the Illuminati Conspiracy theorists believe that Jay-Z is a member of a secret society called the Illuminati that has the ability to control world affairs. The proof, conspiracy theorists say, is in the rapper's "diamond cutter" hand symbol, which is believed to be connected … [Link]
Futility Closet » Light Reading
French writer Paul Fournel’s 1990 novel Suburbia begins conventionally enough: Table of Contents A Word from the Publisher vi
Foreword by Marguerite Duras vii
An Introductory Note by the Author viii
Suburbia 9
Afterword by François Caradec 215
Supplement for Use in Schools 217
Index 219 And the “Word from the Publisher” promises that “the quality of this little novel, … [Link]
The Onion » Stressed-Out CVS Back To Selling Cigarettes After Only 3 Months
WOONSOCKET, RI—Ninety days after the pharmacy chain’s public announcement that it would cease carrying tobacco products, a visibly on edge and jittery CVS broke its vow and resumed selling cigarettes, sources confirmed Wednesday. 
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Fark.com RSS » Loose lips sink ships, apparently also create imaginary sinking ships [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Ever wonder why Kurdistan seems to be a stable, multi-ethnic democracy, with a strong military while the rest of Iraq is basically a failed state? Turns out it's because Exxon-Mobil is better at "nation building" than the US Government [I
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The Onion » Michigan Fans Thankful Program No Longer Relevant Enough To Be Humiliated On National Stage
ANN ARBOR, MI—Following yesterday’s firing of head coach Brady Hoke, fans of the University of Michigan football team confirmed Wednesday that they are simply thankful the program is no longer relevant enough to be completely humiliated on a n… 
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Fark.com RSS » Don't you just hate when you call for an ambulance and they tell you it has been stolen by a homeless guy trying to drive to a topless bar? [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » The Most Interesting Comics of the Week
Every Wednesday, I write about the most interesting new comics hitting comic shops, bookstores, digital, Kickstarter, and the web. Feel free to comment below if there's a comic you've read recently that you want to talk about or an upcoming comic that you'd like me to consider highlighting. 
Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga By Jiro Kuwata
DC Comics The lost Batman … [Link]
Mental Floss » Famous Songs' First Words
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Fark.com RSS » Cleveland cops who fired 137 shots at two unarmed black civilians in 2012 have filed a federal lawsuit saying they are victims of racial discrimination. Yes, Subby checked to see if this story was from the Onion too [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 26 Little Things That Changed History Forever
In this week's episode, John Green talks about some little things that made a big difference. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » India ranked as less corrupt than China for the first time in 18 years, yet both combined remain less corrupt than Illinois [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Live in Washington State and think you have Obamacare? You are in for a surprise [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Five people shot outside Déjà vu restaurant. Observers say they'll never be able to forget it [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Baby Jesus banned from local council building in France this Christmas. He's just too religious [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Miami to Bogota: Plane ticket – $1300. Baggage fees – $100. Bad joke about a bomb in your luggage – $89,000 [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Study finds poor teens in Baltimore are worse off than kids in Nigeria. Mostly because the kids in Africa don't get their role models from the Baltimore Ravens [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Always the popular fashion accessory, the Kalashnikov rifle gets a makeover. Hello Kitty version available soon [Interesting]
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FMyLife » walktowardslight says FML
Today, I still didn't feel quite awake after the first lesson at school, so I went to get a cup of coffee from the vending machine. I had just enough money for it. No cup dropped into the holder, and the whole thing poured straight into the drip tray while I watched. FML [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: Report: More Than Half Of Babies Sleeping In Unsafe Places
According to a federal new report, more than half of U.S. babies sleep in spaces with fluffy pillows, fleecy bedding, plush toys, and other soft items despite the fact that they put infants at risk of dying. 
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The Onion » American Voices: Report: More Than Half Of Babies Sleeping In Unsafe Places
According to a new federal report, more than half of U.S. babies sleep in spaces with fluffy pillows, fleecy bedding, plush toys, and other soft items despite the fact that they put infants at risk of dying.
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Fark.com RSS » Soap opera actor beaten while delivering a meal to a friend. Suspects include long lost cousin who just came back from the dead, an ex-girlfriend that his stepfather impregnated, and an evil twin [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Science suggests intermittent fasting may be a better way to lose weight, especially for those who only have intermittent paychecks [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 27 Things You Probably Didn't Know About 'Clarissa Explains It All'
Twenty years ago this week, Nickelodeon aired the series finale. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Do you hate it when you're having fun at a Nets game and the guy behind you starts beating you with his prosthetic leg? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » England finally relaxes strict wedding venue law for Goddesses. Temple expects rush [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Everything you needed to know about how to take your cat on a hike [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » FCC claims that Netflix is responsible for the Internet fast lanes. Yes, your FCC is blaming an extortion victim [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Police in Pakistan will register blasphemy case against 'disco mullah'. No word on if he will be stayin' alive here [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Parents outraged that the names they have chosen for their children are suddenly popular. "Five years ago, there were no Masons. Now, it's overtaken Mike. It's wrong." First world problems, apparently [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Human ancestors developed a taste for alcohol 10 million years ago. Apparently happy hour started way earlier than previously thought [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Montana legislators consider raising speed limit to 85, because who doesn't want to get through Montana as quickly as possible? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The office of the future will have no seats or desks and people will just flop and slouch all over the place [Unlikely]
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The Onion » Employee Wishes He Had Enough Job Security To Voice Opinion
PHILADELPHIA—Saying he would never jeopardize what little standing he has within the company by making any waves, Crystalpoint Systems junior sales associate Josh Morris told reporters Wednesday that he doesn’t have enough job security to actu…
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Fark.com RSS » Symantec discovers "groundbreaking and almost peerless" spyware with targets in nearly a dozen countries. And I'm sure voting over the Internet would be just fine (link fixed) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Santa Claus in deep hot chocolate over his allergy to dogs who are pit bulls that are service animals to autistic children [Sad]
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Futility Closet » Liquid Assets
New Zealand engineer Bill Phillips found a unique way to model a national economy in 1949: He used water. Working in his garage, he assembled a conglomeration of tanks, pipes, sluices, and valves into MONIAC, a 7-foot hydraulic computer that modeled the economy of the United Kingdom. Colored water, representing money, is pumped from a bottom reservoir to the top, … [Link]
Futility Closet » In a Word
acetarious
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Futility Closet » Maillardet’s Automaton
Martin Scorsese’s film Hugo was inspired by a real event. In 1928 Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute received the remains of an 18th-century brass automaton that had been damaged in a fire. It had been donated by the descendants of wealthy manufacturer John Penn Brock; they knew it had been acquired in France and supposed it to be the work of the … [Link]
Futility Closet » Bridges and Bell Ropes
Two puzzles from the new Futility Closet book are featured this week on the New York Times’ Numberplay blog. I’ll post the solutions and comment there on Friday. Many thanks to Gary Antonick for setting this up. Both Futility Closet books are available now on Amazon, in paperback and as ebooks. Thanks for your support! [Link]
Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 36: The Great Moon Hoax
In 1835 the New York Sun announced that astronomers had discovered bat-winged humanoids on the moon, as well as reindeer, unicorns, bipedal beavers and temples made of sapphire. The fake news was reprinted around the world, impressing even P.T. Barnum; Edgar Allan Poe said that “not one person in ten” doubted the story. In this episode of the Futility Closet … [Link]
Futility Closet » Black and White
By Nikolai Maximov. White to mate in two moves. Click for solution … [Link]
Futility Closet » The Pythagoras Tree
Draw a square and perch two smaller squares above it, forming a right triangle: 
Now perch still smaller squares upon these, and continue the pattern recursively: 
Charmingly, if you keep this up you’ll grow a tree: 
Image: Wikimedia Commons It was dubbed the Pythagoras tree by Albert Bosman, the Dutch mathematics teacher who discovered the figure in 1942. (Each trio of … [Link]
Futility Closet » Bygones
The epilogue of The Time Machine contains this strange passage: One cannot choose but wonder. Will he ever return? It may be that he swept back into the past, and fell among the blood-drinking, hairy savages of the Age of Unpolished Stone; into the abysses of the Cretaceous Sea; or among the grotesque saurians, the huge reptilian brutes of the … [Link]
Futility Closet » Punchup
In order to restore Shakespeare to popularity in the 1930s, the theater critic and satirist A.E. Wilson suggested getting Noël Coward to rewrite Romeo and Juliet: Julia (sweetly): O, Ro, must you be going? It isn’t four o’clock yet. Another cocktail, darling?
Romeo: Thanks.
Julia: And anyway, don’t be stupid, darling. That wasn’t the lark, silly. It was the thingummyjig, … [Link]
Futility Closet » Dueling Pennies
A certain strange casino offers only one game. The casino posts a positive integer n on the wall, and the customer flips a fair coin repeatedly until it falls tails. If he has tossed n – 1 times, he pays the house 8n – 1 dollars; if he’s tossed n + 1 times, the house pays him 8n dollars; and … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 500 years after his death, Richard III's DNA calls the legitimacy of the Tudor claims to the throne in doubt. Yes, that also includes the House of Windsor [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Australian wine called 72 Virgins sold as a fundraiser for an anti-Islamic movement. Surprisingly, some people have a problem with that [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » The wackier of a name you give your child the better of a chance he or she will be screwed up in the head by the time they're in high school. And also you're a raging narcissist [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Gas prices are dropping below $3 a gallon — during a holiday season — and, naturally, someone has a problem with that [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » If The United States Retires The Penny, Where Will All The Old Ones Go?
The debate over the penny's worth (as in its right to exist, not monetary worth, which, of course, is 1/100th of a dollar) is a recurring theme in modern American politics. The first piece of legislation introduced to Congress regarding the matter was the Price Rounding Act of 1989, which was brought forth "to provide a method for removing one-cent … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There can be only one Kim Jong Un. Really – anybody in North Korea with that name has to change it [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Urn Notice: When taking the ashes of a loved one out for a drive it's best not to leave them at a gas station [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » AAA says that 90% of seniors report no accidents or moving violations in the past two years. The other 10% apparently still have some memory left [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Visitors to the Kaliningrad Zoo are asked not to tap on the glass of the aquarium…you're making the sharks very, very nervous [Weird]
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Overheard In The Office » Does the Camera Really Add Ten Pounds?
Guy standing at urinal: Is it weird that I think there are cameras in these? You know, because they're automatic.Lynchburg, Virginia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » If It Is the Greatest Story Ever Told, Why Can't I Remember It?
Football fan, during Good Friday: Oh, why can't we all be happy in here? It's the birth of god today! Or something… Football Club
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Overheard In The Office » Poor Senator McCain
Manager: I can't take any time off between jobs, with what my wife spends. I have to jump on the next job before she empties out our bank account.Raritan, New Jersey [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Or Maybe It's Muggles, or Morons
Coworker #1: What are those people called? You know, the ones in Oregon? Are they Muslims?Coworker #2: Are you talking about Mormons? In Utah?Coworker #1: Right.Manhattan, New YorkOverheard by: RRW [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 10AM Making Copies
Manager: So yeah, you’ve got a bit of an accent there, are you from here?
Kinko’s guy: Yeah, I mean, no, not really, I lived in Ireland until I was 3, and my family still has a pretty heavy tongue.
Manager: REALLY? That’s fascinating! Can you speak some Irish for me?
Kinko’s guy: ‘hello’? 3374 W Tharpe Street
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Fark.com RSS » Fark ready headline: Vagina kayak artist arrested in Japan [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Man busted for cooking meth in park restroom. Sorta makes you miss the good old days when park restrooms were only used for innocent, down-low gay hookups [Florida]
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GraphJam » What Every US State Watches
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GraphJam » Those Emails Are Not Going to be Mark as Read by Themselves
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GraphJam » Got German Beer?
Graph by: Snake73 Tagged: beer , map , Germany Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » What a Coincidence…
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GraphJam » Tienes tarea?
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GraphJam » Videogames are Good for You
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GraphJam » When One Wants to Watch a Video
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GraphJam » Big, Small, Evil, Misunderstood Movie Monsters
Know your monster. Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: monster , movies , infographics Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Indecisive Cat
Graph by: trouble41 Tagged: pie charts , Cats Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » World's Sky in One Day
24 hours of Air Traffic in a few seconds Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: world , planes , traffic Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Measurement of Measuring
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GraphJam » An Update on GraphJam
In order to focus our efforts on the sites you all enjoy the most, we will no longer be updating GraphJam with new content. The last day with new content will be Thursday January 23.
Don't panic! Starting Friday January 24th, GJ will be completely randomizing the content daily. That means you'll get a completely random chance of … [Link]
GraphJam » Do You Need Help Boosting Your Geek Cred?
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GraphJam » Who Doesn't Hate Math
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GraphJam » What Every US State Wants, According to Google Autocomplete
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GraphJam » The Law of Diminishing Brownies
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GraphJam » What's Your Unicorn Name?
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GraphJam » Snapchat Can Be Educational Too!
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GraphJam » The Truth Behind The Oscar Bump
Enlarge the image Submitted by: (via Policy Mic) Tagged: movies , academy awards , oscars , graph Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » 50 Incredible Natural Phenomena
Graph by: neomam (via www.cheapflights.com.au) Tagged: nature , phenomena , infographic Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » You and Your Fridge
The info graphic has been developed keeping in mind the storage time of refrigerator and freezer for different kinds of foods. It provides the information on temperature and storage time for refrigerator and freezer. Submitted by: emersonrose (via www.graphs.net) Tagged: food , fridge , infographics Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » A Watched Clock Never Ends a Meeting
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GraphJam » Energy Use Per Household Item
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GraphJam » Don't Worry, Beyoncé Made Videos to Help Everyone
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GraphJam » Sports Don't Require Facts
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GraphJam » Loneliness is More Deadly than Obesity
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GraphJam » This Explains the Comments of "Come to the Ocean!"
Graph by: joshocool01 Tagged: Music , fans , Pie Chart , justin bieber Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » How to Use an Umbrella
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GraphJam » Olympic Hockey without Saku Koivu
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GraphJam » The Psychology of Winning
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GraphJam » There's Always One in a Group
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GraphJam » Which Football Team Has The Most Fanatic Fans?
Graph by: neomam (via www.betfair.com) Tagged: infographic , fans , sports , soccer Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » A Map of all The Area Codes Ludacris Claims to Have Ladies
You may remember rapper Ludacris' 2001 hit, "Area Codes" in which he sings about having a number of…um…lady friends. Well here is a map that lays out exactly where all of those infamous locations are.
WARNING: The music video has a bit of naughty language in it. Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: area codes , ludacris , Maps , music videos … [Link]
GraphJam » How Dare You Enjoy That
Graph by: CryptonicNova Tagged: memebase , Pie Chart , sword art Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » 2013's Most Profitable Movies Passed the Bechdel Test
Submitted by: (via vocativ) Tagged: bechdel test , infographic , movies Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Motivation By Season
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: Line Graph , weather , seasons , winter Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Miley, Take Note
Graph by: Moosee_Nathan Tagged: dance , Pie Chart , miley cyrus , twerk Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Mars Has Tall Mountans
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: mountains , science , mount everest , olympus mons , Mars Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Gay Marriage World Map
Graph by: neomam (via neomam.com) Tagged: infographic , world , mariage Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Prepare to Share Awkward Treadmill Stares
Graph by: Yourfavoritelolcat Tagged: gym , Line Graph , new years resolutions Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Time to Layer Up ALL Your Wind Breaking Jackets
Welcome to the chill of winter weather! Submitted by: (via accuweather) Tagged: Line Graph , weather , winter , Hercules 2014 , wind chill Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Table of Organic Compounds and Their Smells
Click here to read the whole table. Submitted by: (via jameskennedymonash) Tagged: Chemistry , table , organic chemistry , smells Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » American's Don't Recognize The Southern One
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: geography , guyana , Pie Chart , south america Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Anatomy of Garfield
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GraphJam » The History of Time & Everything
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: history , funny , infographics , time , g rated , School of FAIL Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Sweet Sound of Time Ticking Away
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: choir , bored , clock , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Now You Wish You Were Falling Off That Cliff In Real Life
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GraphJam » Paws What You're Doing, I Need Something Right Meow
Graph by: trouble41 Tagged: pets , working , Cats , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Did Bitcoin just beat Paypal?
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Overheard In The Office » …You're a Sex Whore.
Clueless office girl: Wow, look at you all dressed up!Guy peon: What? Look at you, you're the one that's always dressed up.Clueless office girl: Well Sophie* is the real fashion whore!Sophie*, offended: What?!Clueless office girl: Oops, I meant to say “fashion slut”!Sacramento, California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this outdoors indoors art thingee [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » If you enjoy spanking or caning porn and you live in Britain, your fetish just became illegal [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » There has been an accident in a nuclear power plant in Ukraine. This is not a repeat from 1986 [Scary]
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The Onion » American Voices: Pizza Hut ‘Subconscious’ Menu Aims To Read Diners’ Minds, Guess Toppings
Pizza Hut is developing a “subconscious” pizza menu based on eye-tracking technology that works by showing diners a selection of toppings, measuring how much time their eyes linger on specific ingredients, and then generating a pizza the perso… 
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The Onion » New Express Transplant List Offers Patients Kidney Or First Available Organ
WASHINGTON—In an effort to shorten the wait time for dialysis patients in need of a donor, the Department of Health and Human Services this week opened a new express transplant list to the public that matches candidates with either a kidney or any o… 
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The Onion » Father-In-Law Think Tank Issues Comprehensive One-Sentence Solution To Immigration, Unemployment, Crime Problems
WASHINGTON—In its most sweeping policy statement to date, a Washington-based think tank of leading fathers-in-law issued a comprehensive single-sentence solution to the nation’s immigration, unemployment, and crime problems Tuesday. 
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The Onion » American Voices: Scientists Developing Marijuana Breathalyzer To Catch Stoned Drivers
Researchers at Washington State University are reportedly developing a breathalyzer test to identify drivers who are high on marijuana, which would measure the presence of THC in someone’s breath to give police a “higher level of confidence in… 
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The Onion » Opinion: There’s No Use Worrying Over Things The Parasitic Alien Lifeforms Living Inside Us Can’t Control (by Kenneth Reimann)
By Kenneth Reimann 
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The Onion » CIA Admits Role In 1985 Coup To Oust David Lee Roth
LANGLEY, VA—Shedding new light on a tumultuous period of upheaval that dominated international headlines nearly 30 years ago, the U.S. 
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The Onion » Your Horoscopes — Week Of December 2, 2014
ARIES: You're sick and tired of being treated like a child, except for the sexy parts where they change your dirty, filthy diapers. 
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The Onion » Report: More Americans Setting Aside Money In Case Of PR Emergency
COLLEGE PARK, MD—Indicating a trend toward greater financial preparedness, a report released Tuesday by the University of Maryland found that a growing number of Americans are setting aside money in case of a public relations emergency. 
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The Onion » Pope Francis Attends Outdoor Mass In Cutoff Denim Vestments
Pope Francis Attends Outdoor Mass In Cutoff Denim Vestments 
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The Onion » Area Man Locked In Protracted Battle With Sweatshirt Neckhole
GARY, IN—Struggling valiantly against the elusive long-sleeved garment, local man Kyle Villalobos is currently locked in a protracted battle to locate the neckhole of his sweatshirt, sources said Monday. 
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The Onion » Infographic: Credit Card Safety Tips
Here are some tips for keeping your credit cards and banking information safe and sound 
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The Onion » Millions Of Holiday Travelers Return From Parents’ Homes All Caught Up On ‘The Mentalist’
WASHINGTON—After visiting their parents over the long Thanksgiving weekend, millions of holiday travelers reportedly returned to their daily lives Monday having completely caught up on the CBS procedural crime drama The Mentalist. 
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The Onion » American Voices: Girl Scouts To Sell Cookies Online
The Girl Scouts of America announced that though scouts have always sold cookies face-to-face to encourage salesmanship, the organization will now allow them to sell the popular cookies online to “use modern tools to expand the size and scope of the… 
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The Onion » Sportsgraphic: NFL Week 13 Winners And Losers
Onion Sports presents its winners and losers from the 13th week of the NFL season 
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The Onion » 3 Toddlers Dredged From Chuck E. Cheese Ball Pit
3 Toddlers Dredged From Chuck E. Cheese Ball Pit 
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The Onion » Consumer Entering That Awkward Age Between Target Demographics
SAN LEANDRO, CA—Acknowledging that he has reached a stage in his life when he doesn’t quite seem to fit in anywhere, marketing experts confirmed Monday that local consumer Keith Eberhardt, 34, is entering that awkward period of transition betw… 
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The Onion » Empty ‘About Us’ Page Leaves Chinese Buffet’s Origins Shrouded In Mystery
BROOKLYN PARK, MN—Mystified internet users confirmed this week that the peculiar, completely empty “About Us” page on the website of local restaurant Imperial Garden has left the origins of the Chinese buffet shrouded in an impenetrable … 
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The Onion » Slideshow: The Week In Pictures – Week Of December 1, 2014
The Week In Pictures – Week Of December 1, 2014 
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The Onion » Editorial Cartoon: Offensive (Tr)end
Offensive (Tr)end 
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The Onion » Infographic: Black Friday 2014: Best Deals & Bargains
Retailers across the nation are opening their doors earlier than ever ahead of Black Friday to get customers in the aisles. 
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Fark.com RSS » Get your red hots, step right up to the bar and get your red hot Sriracha stout beer, *SCREAM*. Yeah, it's a thing now [Spiffy]
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Weird Universe » Subconscious Menu
Pizza Hut is testing a new "subconscious menu" in some of its UK restaurants. Just look at the food choices on the screen of the tablet, and the eye-tracking technology will determine which food your eyes are lingering over longest. [wash post]
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Overheard In The Office » The Drugs Help
Receptionist: I’m sorry ma’am, but that offer expired over a month ago — we can’t honor it.Biotech: Oh, I’m sorry, but when you’ve got a real job, it’s hard to get out sometimes.Receptionist: Hmmm… Well, when you work two jobs and go to college full-time, sometimes it’s hard to put up with idiots.Rivertown Parkway
Grandville, MichiganOverheard by: Megan [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You're not truly a hipster until you have a wallet made out of cork [Strange]
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Weird Universe » Car with Thatched Roof
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Mental Floss » Google's Festive Santa Tracker Is Back to Help Kids Learn to Code
Just in time for the holidays, Google has unveiled the newest version of the Santa Tracker. Leading up to Christmas Eve, children around the world are encouraged to log on and help Santa's elves with the various preparations needed for the big day. With some exploration, users can unlock a plethora of videos, music, and games (including reindeer races!) as … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Remember kids: If you accidentally get locked out of your home, call a relative or go to a neighbor's home. Do not try to get back inside via the chimney [PSA]
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Overheard In The Office » Yours Is the “Lollipop Guild” Song, for No Reason Whatsoever
Cube rat #1: Oh, I love that ringtone! That's from Wizard of Oz, isn't it?Cube rat #2: Yeah, Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead is my favorite song in that whole movie.Cube rat #1: Who called?Cube rat #2: My mother-in-law.Cube rat #1, lauhging: Got any others?Cube rat #2: Yeah, I've got If I Only Had a Brain on there, too.Cube rat #1: … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Demand for ugly sweaters threatens to ruin hipster parties [Strange]
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FMyLife » clumsyandpoor says FML
Today, I was short on money for bills, so I pulled out my alto saxophone, knowing that no matter how much I loved it, I'd be able pay my rent with the money. As I pulled it out of its case, the neck strap broke and I dropped it, breaking the bell beyond repair. Now I'm poor AND depressed. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Frozen Lighthouse of Michigan
You know it’s winter when your lighthouse freezes. See the art that happens when the pounding surf on Lake Michigan freezes on the structure.
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The Best Books of 2014. If you haven’t read them all, maybe you could ask Santa to bring you a title or two.
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What Police Forces Look Like Around The World. They each have their own … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Well, we did some estimates…calculated fuel costs, manpower, equipment upkeep…let's see, with this three year contract, it's gonna cost you $3 million to have us mow your lawn. Sound good?" [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Wall Street
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Fark.com RSS » Economist: I've crunched the numbers, and the American Dream is dead. "America has no higher rate of social mobility than medieval England or pre-industrial Sweden" [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Writing Advice from Kurt Vonnegut and 3 Other Writers
In the 1980s, a group of great thinkers, authors and communicators penned a series of How To's for honing one's writing skills. The source of these amazing troves of advice was an ad campaign put out by a paper company. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "We think somebody may have taken the brains, but we don't know for sure" [Sick]
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Overheard In The Office » …If Barbie's Taught Me Anything, It's That.
Office lady to female coworker: I can't do anything about it because I'm not hung.Tempe, Arizona [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 12PM Lunch
Customer: So, this Wild Mushroom Pizza, does it have mushrooms on it?
Waitress: Ummm, yeah. 701 Lynnhaven Parkway
Virginia Beach, Virginia Overheard by: Cassandra [Link]
FMyLife » smiles says FML
Today, I had a performance. I have to go bra-less to wear my gown and I didn't want any peek-a-boos. I asked my boyfriend to bring "large band-aids" without telling him why I needed them. He brought waterproof, top-notch tough ones. They're still stuck to me, and are not coming off anytime soon. FML [Link]
FMyLife » allykat says FML
Today, I bought my cat a fun toy at the one of a kind craft show. It has catnip in it, which he loves. He flipped out, so I took it away. He won't stop trying to break into the cupboard I put it in. My cat has a drug problem. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » College gymnast found stuffed inside a 3 foot by 3 foot dumbwaiter [Sad]
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Overheard In The Office » 5PM Out of Here
Messenger: Going down?
Passenger: You want we should go sideways? 15 West 39th Street
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FMyLife » Accidents Happen. says FML
Today, my daughter told me about how she "accidentally" gave a kid a blowjob. She's 15. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » Liquid Assets
New Zealand engineer Bill Phillips found a unique way to model a national economy in 1949: He used water. Working in his garage, he assembled a conglomeration of tanks, pipes, sluices, and valves into MONIAC, a 7-foot hydraulic computer that modeled the economy of the United Kingdom. Colored water, representing money, is pumped from a bottom reservoir to the top, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police love tasers but not body cameras. Taser is trying to change that [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Twitter attempts to follow the new ground broken by Fark, adopts a new harassment policy [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman gives birth to a future sumo wrestler who at 15lb 1oz might take the record for the biggest baby born in New Zealand [Spiffy]
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Overheard In The Office » She’s Saying, ‘I Want to Take Your Meeting Minutes’
Man to female coworker: I don’t think you understand — you brought in fried chicken for us. This gesture is a little more serious than, ‘I can tolerate your presence,’ and quite honestly, I’m not sure if I’m ready to take our relationship to that level.M Street
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Fark.com RSS » FDA may start allowing gay men to donate blood, bringing to an end over thirty years of sexual orientation discrimination [Followup]
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Overheard In The Office » My Hurt Feelings Collection Is Festering Nicely Today
Coworker #1: I can’t believe the three of them just strolled right past my cubicle, and Karen* did not ask us if we wanted to go to lunch with them!Coworker #2: She is so rude! You ready?Coworker #1: Yeah, I’m starving.Shier Rings Road
Dublin, OhioOverheard by: Invisible Girl [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Anonymously, One Hopes
Female sales rep, poking head over cubicle: Sometimes I like to send my best customers pictures of silly things, like unicorns jumping over rainbows!Keene, New HampshireOverheard by: Jon [Link]
Overheard In The Office » See This Eye Patch?
Man: Well, once you shoot yourself in the foot with a nail gun, you’ll know you should never point it at anything.Software company
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Mental Floss » 8 Brilliant Ways 3D Scanning and Printing Will Revolutionize Your Home
3D scanning and printing can be surprisingly useful on a smaller scale. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Heaviest California rainfall in years goes just like you'd expect it to (with pics and video) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » U.S. Veteran: Son, I know what an Army Ranger is, and you're no Army Ranger. Take your fraudulent ways to some other mall [Dumbass]
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Overheard In The Office » Like “Chubby” and “Spanky” Were Any Better?
Employee #1, reading newspaper: This guy’s name is Poon Tang! I can’t believe they printed his name!Employee #2: Isn’t Poon Tang something they said on The Little Rascals?Knoxville, Tennessee [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Theme: Photoshop a company marketing campaign made awkward by events (LGTI) [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » In 1995 we announced the arrival of Elizabeth. Oops, seems we were mistaken. Please welcome the birth of Kai [Cool]
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Overheard In The Office » It Sounds Like You're Talking About Cheese
Office guy #1: Does this look hard to you? Feel it?Office girl: I don't really like it hard. I like it soft. Office guy #1: I was thinking the same thing. Should we cut it off? Office guy #1: Do you like it hard? Feel it. Office guy #2: Do you know what this sounds like?Sioux Falls, South Dakota [Link]
FMyLife » Summer Loving Happened So Fast says FML
Today, after two years, my girlfriend finally got over her intimacy and commitment problems, with a guy she met over the summer. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I received a package from my deployed husband. It contained a scarf, a letter, and a bag full of his pubes. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: Serbian Victory at Kolubara
inserbia.info The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 156th installment in the series. NEW: Would you like to be notified via email when each installment of this series is posted? Just email RSVP@mentalfloss.com. December 2, 1914: … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ferguson Police Department may charge Michael Brown's stepfather with "attempting to incite a riot" which is a serious crime unlike actually killing somebody [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Could we surf our way to mental health? What Would Brian Wilson Do? [Strange]
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FMyLife » not living happily ever after says FML
Today, I deleted a load of junk that was messing up my mother's computer. I don't know how I'm going to tell her I accidentally wiped out all of her wedding photos. FML [Link]
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