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 » Got cancer? Maybe you should cut down on the semen [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » 2,400-year-old 'bongs' used to smoke cannabis and opium are dug up in Russia. Willie Nelson thinks they might be the ones he lost [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Jade Helm hysteria, circa 1954: "all of the damage reports were composed of '5 per cent hoodlum-ism, and 95 per cent public hysteria.' Puget Sound residents had unwittingly become participants in a textbook example of collective delusion&
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FMyLife » MarieAmber18 says FML
Today, I found out that the reason why my boyfriend has been denying me sex isn't because he is scared of someone walking in on us. It's because his blow-up doll pleasures him more than I do. FML [Link]
FMyLife » FFS says FML
Today, I received a promotional message offering a half-off deal on an expensive coffee maker. The only reason why I received the message is because I bought that same coffee maker yesterday and I signed up to their mailing list. FML [Link]
FMyLife » svunimportant says FML
Today, my daughter cried for ages after finding out that Nick Amaro was written out of Law and Order: SVU. She barely reacted when I told her that her mom and I are getting a divorce. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Mutant Bacteria Detects Disease by Changing the Color of Your Urine
Scientists are working on a number of ways to better identify diseases early and noninvasively. A new pair of studies out this week in Science Translational Medicine show promising results from the use of bacterial "biosensors" to detect disease. Two separate research teams successfully manipulated E. coli bacteria to serve as indicators for diabetes and liver cancer by changing the … [Link]
Futility Closet » The Uncounted
It was a good answer that was made by one who when they showed him hanging in a temple a picture of those who had paid their vows as having escaped shipwreck, and would have him say whether he did not now acknowledge the power of the gods, — ‘Aye,’ asked he again, ‘but where are they painted that were … [Link]
Mental Floss » Robots Can Perform Brain Surgery on Flies
At Stanford, brain surgery is a task that can now be delegated to the robots—at least when it comes to fruit fly research. [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Unlikely Seagull Enemies
The seagull—scourge of the beach-blanket snacker, parking-lot pest—is nobody's favorite. Birding guides will tell you that seagulls have no natural enemies, which is mostly true. But once in a while, somebody’s had enough. [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Aren't Releasing the Colombian Cocaine Moths Just Yet
Erythroxylum coca has pretty flowers but can be transformed into cocaine. Image credit: H. Zell, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 Earlier this month, a little moth called Eloria noyesi became a minor celebrity when it was proposed as Colombia’s latest weapon in its war on illegal coca crops. The government recently banned the use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Do you cook with fresh produce from your own garden? Share with your fellow Farkers how you make the most of your green thumb [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Fishy Situation: A Goldfish With a "Wheelchair"
For most fish, swimming is easy. But sometimes, a fish just needs a little help. Redditors were delighted Thursday when user leability posted this picture of a goldfish who was having trouble swimming upright by itself. Corks float in water, so when the fish was wrapped up and attached to the cork, it could swim along upright with no trouble. … [Link]
Mental Floss » The Missing Links: 'Serial' is On Its Way Back
Fans of the smash podcast Serial (and who isn’t?) will be delighted to hear that Sarah Koenig and crew are hard at work on the next two seasons right now. * It’s 2015 and your smartphone can do anything, so why not turn it into an old, primitive gaming system. * Everyone is recreating old video games. The Tampa Bay … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this clean-up crew [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 7 Movie and TV Themed Restaurants Around the World
Image Credit: Loren Javier, Flickr // CC: BY-NC-ND 2.0 Have you ever wanted to eat dinner aboard a sinking Titanic, or visit a place where everyone knows your name? Or maybe relaxing on a large orange couch and drinking coffee out of giant mugs is more your style. All over the world, there are movie and TV show themed restaurants … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cow escapes slaughterhouse only to be shot at McDonald's [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » The First Ice Cream Ad Ever
In May of 1774, the New-York Gazette ran a small, wordy ad from a confectioner named Filippo Lenzi. The notice announced that Monsieur Lenzi had just arrived from London and would make and sell a variety of goodies including jams and jellies, sugar plums, sugar ornaments, candy and—most importantly—ice cream. Up until this point, ice cream was still a luxury, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Florida pilot's preflight checklist included half a bottle of Cognac, wine [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » It was one small ban for mankinis, one giant step for an English seaside resort town: English resort sees crime fall after mankini clampdown [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Coming this weekend to NYC, nature's most awe-inspiring sight: ♫Manhattanhenge, where the A-list dwells. Where the bankers live and they do live well / Manhattanhenge where a man might be a man. Where the children drink coffee and eat whole
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Fark.com RSS » Antelopes in Kazakhstan no longer roaming, almost half of endangered species dead. Scientific theories include a lung disease or poisoning by rocket fuel from Russian launches at Kazakhstan's Baikonur spaceport. Either way they're not roaming
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Fark.com RSS » Six things you learn by being the worst person on the internet [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Warning: That lower back tat may come back to bite you in the ass [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 5 Quirky Numbers You Should Know
When it comes to peculiar numbers, pi is blasé. Whether you're looking for your next four-digit phone passcode or just something to talk about the next time you bump into a mathematician, we've got you covered with these intriguing collections of digits. 1. The Münchhausen number: 3435 Named after 18th century German nobleman Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen—whose tall tales were … [Link]
FMyLife » drivingmecrazy says FML
Today, I called 911 to report a drunk driver. The operator yelled at me for following the guy and told me to get off the phone because I shouldn't be driving with a phone to my ear. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Think $39K is too much for a 3-yo's birthday party? Wait 'til Disney comes after them for the unlicensed Minnie and Mickey [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Pro tip for electricians: Check the wiring in your cannabis farm before it sets fire to your roof [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » A Burning Man festival in Israel ends up torching ancient remains by accident. Oops [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » Would You Drink this Ant-Infused Gin?
Image Credit: Cambridge Distillery Looking for something unusual to put on your bar cart? Then check out Anty Gin, a collaboration between The Nordic Food Lab and the Cambridge Distillery ("the world's first Gin Tailor"), which is made from the essence of the red wood ant Formica rufa. According to the booze's website, the ants “communicate using a host of … [Link]
The Onion » Infographic: The Onion’s Guide To Beach Etiquette
The arrival of summer means that the nation’s beaches will soon be crowded with swimmers, tanners, surfers, and more, so it’s important for everyone to be conscious of each other’s space and needs. Here are some etiquette tips to ensure that everyone has a safe and relaxing time at the beach:Help lifeguards do their jobs by letting them know in … [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Three Stooges
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Mental Floss » The Word Each State Misspells the Most
According to Google Trends. [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Delightful Icelandic Words and Phrases
Hunting for new ways to express yourself that don't involve emojis? Look no further than these charming words and phrases hailing from the land of fire and ice. [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Report: Underpaid Migrant Laborers Working 18 Hours Per Day On FIFA Legal Defense
ZURICH—Following a massive U.S. Department of Justice indictment alleging that high-ranking members of the global soccer organization conducted widespread financial fraud, sources confirmed Thursday that underpaid migrant laborers are currently working roughly 18 hours a day preparing FIFA’s legal defense. “We have reason to believe that dozens of malnourished, impoverished workers are being exploited by FIFA for their labor as … [Link]
Mental Floss » What the Granddaddy of all Snakes Looked Like
Reconstruction of the ancestral crown-group snake based on this study. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi. Snakes are a diverse bunch, with more than 3400 species around today. Some are tiny, like the 4-inch Barbados threadsnake. Some are (or were) huge, like pythons, anacondas, and the ancient school bus-sized Titanoboa. Some kill with constriction, others with a blend of toxins. They live … [Link]
The Onion » News in Photos: Fire Department Deploys Unmarked Trucks
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Mental Floss » Complete the Movie Titles From 2000
Take the quiz! [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 ‘Warcraft’ Facts That Both Humans and Orcs Should Know
Almost 7 million subscribers worldwide get their online roleplaying fix thanks to 1994’s Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and the smash sequel Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. The two real-time strategy games that launched an empire and several million digital ships, but even if you alternated between defending and attacking Azeroth like it was your full-time job in the ‘90s, there … [Link]
The Onion » News: Olay Getting Women To Drop Guard With Few Nonjudgmental Ads Before Nailing Them With Body Shame
CINCINNATI—Laying out a new marketing strategy to reach customers and promote their brand, skin care giant Olay announced plans Thursday to run just enough nonjudgmental ads to get women to let their guard down before it absolutely nails them with body shame.At a press conference, company executives rolled out a number of body-positive advertisements for Olay’s age-defying anti-wrinkle day lotion, … [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Say We Can Smell Happiness
The old saying goes that happiness is contagious. New research suggests there might actually be some science to back that up. Happiness, scientists say, has a distinct smell that humans can sense on one another. And when we get a good whiff of someone else's joy, we get happier too. The key lies in our sweat. According to psychological scientist … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Putin: Those FIFA guys? Honest as the day is long. Incorruptible. Shining examples of human honesty and fair dealing. Pretty handsome too. Loved by their wives, Morgan Fairchild, whom they've seen naked [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Man attempts to shoplift an AK-47 by stuffing it down his pants [Florida]
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FMyLife » jessiebear159 says FML
Today, I got engaged. When I called my father, who is out of state for a few days, to tell him, his response was, "What'd you do that for?" FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Things You Might Not Know About Picasso's 'Women of Algiers'
Thought not Pablo Picasso’s most famous work, Women of Algiers (a.k.a. Les Femmes d'Alger) has again become a hot topic thanks to a recent record-breaking sale and overly sensitive censors. But there's much more to Women of Algiers than those salacious headlines let on. 1. Women of Algiers is a tribute series. 
Wikimedia Commons More than 120 years after French … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » One of the best investments ever made by America is well ahead of schedule and could be released this summer [Fail]
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The Onion » American Voices: Tech Industry Employees Drinking Liquid Meals To Work Longer Hours
According to a report in The New York Times, coders, engineers, and other tech industry employees who work long hours are opting to replace meals with liquid food products to avoid wasting time eating on the job. What do you think? 
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The Onion » News in Brief: GM Announces Plans To Recall Driverless Car By 2021
DETROIT—Saying the automaker is always looking ahead to the future, top executives from General Motors announced plans Thursday to recall a fully autonomous car by 2021. “By early next decade, GM plans to put over 500,000 self-driving vehicles on the nation’s roads, and then later take them off the roads amidst serious public safety concerns,” said CEO Mary Barra during … [Link]
Mental Floss » Cornelius Vanderbilt Wood: The Man Erased From Disney History
(L-R) Walt Disney, C.V. Wood, Buzz Price. Image Credit: Disney Revue In August 1955, Vice President Richard Nixon visited the former orange grove fields that had been meticulously cleared and packed with towering rocket ships, flying Dumbo carts, and a castle. With cameras going off, Nixon was given the key to Disneyland by the park’s own Vice President and General … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mad Max: Fury Road fans find "Wilton Silver Color Mist" on Amazon. Hilarity ensues [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Ted Cruz admits he's on level 217 of Candy Crush Saga [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » 13 Truly Outrageous Facts About 'Jem'
For better or worse, Jem and the Holograms will be back in your life again soon. [Link]
Futility Closet » Destiny
The pickle industry’s “man of the year” in 1948 was named Dill L. Pickle. I can’t think of anything to say about this. The post Destiny appeared first on Futility Closet. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finally, the DOD is spending our money on something useful [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Gay Head moved [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Why Do We Pace When We're Thinking?
In movies, when a character is trying to come up with a solution to some vexing problem, he assumes a familiar pose: head down, one hand stroking the chin, anxiously pacing the room. It’s a stance associated with deep thought and the promise of the eventual “aha!” moment. Henry David Thoreau once wrote in his journal, “Methinks that the moment … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man gets drunk and illegally catches 122 sea bass [Amusing]
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The Onion » News in Brief: Report: Dad Wants To Show You Where Fuse Box Is
YOUR LOCATION—Noting that it’s important to be prepared in case of emergencies but it’s also a good thing to know in general, your dad announced today that he wants to show you where the fuse box is. “If something goes wrong and the lights go off, you’re going to want to know how to get to this,” your father reportedly … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this head growth [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » These are some of the images you get if you attach a heart rate monitor to a dog and connect it to a camera so that a picture is taken whenever the dog's heart rate is increased [Amusing]
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FMyLife » smyp says FML
Today, I was let go from my job, because I "progress too quickly and there's no promotions available" and I "can find a better place to work at". FML [Link]
FMyLife » hellno says FML
Today, I walked in on my boyfriend having sex with another woman. They told me to leave so they could finish, and that "we'll all talk this over later." FML [Link]
FMyLife » concom says FML
Today, I finally found my watch after weeks searching for it. It was on my teacher's wrist. FML [Link]
GraphJam » The Convienent Truth
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GraphJam » Untitled
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GraphJam » Content of a cheap website
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GraphJam » My Hinges Are Always Made of Frogs
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GraphJam » Get an Umbrella-ella-ella-eh-eh
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GraphJam » Staffed By Bruno, Vinny, and Angelo
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GraphJam » Purpose of a Sims Game
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GraphJam » You Forgot Skipping Songs
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GraphJam » See Also: Exploring the Water Temple?
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GraphJam » Sources of Stress
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GraphJam » Please Present Me With More
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GraphJam » Temperature of vehicle while heading to work
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GraphJam » I Swear, Windows 7 Was Not My Idea!
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GraphJam » It's For My, Uhhh…. Daughter
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GraphJam » I Hope There's an Eevee Inside
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GraphJam » Over Nine-Thousand Shades of Awful
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GraphJam » Breakdown of Lord Of The Rings Movies
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GraphJam » How About Remind Me Never
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GraphJam » In Thirty More Years Kids Will Be the Size of Winnebagos
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GraphJam » Uhnntss Uhnntss Uhnntss, Baby
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GraphJam » I Have Neither
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GraphJam » menstruation – event correlation
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GraphJam » How Smart My Mom is Related to My Age
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Weird Universe » Norwegian Navy Beard Form
If sailors in the Norwegian Navy want to grow a beard, they must submit a form requesting permission to do so. This form should include a drawing of what their beard will look like. Redditor "aellgutta" recently shared a photo of such a form that he submitted, along with a translation:
On the top it says "BEARD APPLICATION", then it's … [Link]
Mental Floss » 25 Facts About the Scripps National Spelling Bee
You may know how to spell “victory,” but here are 25 things you might not know about the country’s best-known gathering of logophiles. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » BAC of .145 has a new cover girl – who tried to leave the scene of her crash with no headlights and a flat tire [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » If you want to reignite the flames of desire in your ex-girlfriend's heart, setting her bedroom on fire isn't the best way to do it [Florida]
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Overheard In The Office » Maybe I’ll Start Walking to KFC from Now On
Female coworker to male: I wish I could sweat like you. Then I wouldn’t be so fat.1250 Broadway
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Overheard In The Office » Didn't Mean to Imply I'd Be a Top.
Banker #1, sniffing air as banker #2 enters office: Damn, Jon*, what cologne are you wearing?Banker #2: Calvin Klein.Banker #1: That smells really good. Damn, if I was gay, I'd be all over you.Banker #2: (puzzled silence)Banker #1: Um, yeah, let's forget I said that.Hopkinsville, KentuckyOverheard by: will1966 [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Amsterdam! It's Like He Doesn't Want to Be Found.
PA system: Mr G. Spot, to the information desk. Please, Mr G. Spot.Schiphol Airport
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Overheard In The Office » Confusing Superman and Batman Is Pretty Gay
Angry boss: Why can't the pen have a laser pointer? Why does the pen have to project the company logo? Why does it have to be gay like we're calling Superman or something?Overland Park, Kansas [Link]
Overheard In The Office » If Anyone Asks, We’re 10-Year-Old Orphans Who Live in a Maytag Box
Sorority girl #1: I’m just worried we aren’t going to have enough money.Sorority girl #2: No, we wrote a letter to Oprah.Auburn, AlabamaOverheard by: frightened grad student [Link]
Overheard In The Office » She’s a Somnabuleater
Guy: I don’t think you were passed out. He said you went down on him three times.East Lansing, MichiganOverheard by: Meister [Link]
Weird Universe » Rare Instance of VW Beetle Seeming Sexy
Romance over practicality? What were they thinking? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The most irrational man in America is a tenured professor at Duke, suffered burns on 70 percent of his body when he was a teenager, and officiates the weddings of strangers [Strange]
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Mental Floss » IKEA Might Release an Official Furniture Hack Kit
Figuring out how to turn cheap IKEA furniture into unique household treasures is something of an art. Sites like IKEAhackers.net specialize in finding ways to spice up the Scandinavian retailer’s ubiquitous products to better suit your home, turning shower racks into hanging gardens, cabinets into doggy food stations, and more. These DIY projects are so popular that IKEA itself might … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Matt Really Misses Clown College
(#10: #16) boss: Matt, can you not juggle in the front office? I've been told it looks unprofessional to those passing by. Thanks.(#10: #17) employee: Oops. Yeah, sorry.(#10: #17) boss: No problem.Birmingham, AL [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Study reveals mental illness is a problem for those that cannot afford to treat it [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Three Stooges
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Fark.com RSS » Indiana's marijuana-smoking church granted tax-exempt status, plans to test limits of controversial Religious Freedom law at first "worship" service: "I don't think they're going to come into the church and arrest us" [Spi
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Mental Floss » High School Student Creates a Gameboy for Giants
High school student Ilhan Ünal has been interested in making things since he was three years old. By the age of five he was already experimenting with robotics. Earlier this year, he finished building his own spin on the Gameboy. It's just like the original, but much, much bigger. 
The Gameboy XXL was unveiled at Nintendoom, a Belgian chiptune event. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Berkeley instituted a tax on soda in hopes of getting people to quit drinking it. Instead the city took in $116,000 in revenue the first month and people still keep drinking it [Obvious]
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Overheard In The Office » Like Me, the Audience Would Be Small, but Devoted
Desk jockey #1: Do you ever think you might be the star of your own Truman show?Desk jockey #2: Man, that would be a show with a lot of wanking!Munster Road
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Fark.com RSS » Remember how Conservatives said that ministers would be jailed for following their conscience and religious beliefs on the gay marriage issue and Liberals were all, "nuh-uh"? Yeah, about that [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Baby Bear vs. Baby Bear
Tiny bear cubs have the world's cutest wrestling match. In the middle of the road at Yosemite, no less.
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Give a dog a meatball, and he’ll do anything for you. He may even make your dreams come true!
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I’m Too Whimsical For Jail. Funny or Die channels Johnny Depp for a response to an arrest warrant in Australia.
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Fark.com RSS » Decades after the events of World War II, the Germans still fear the bombs that didn't go off [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember back in the good old days when a cute airline stewardess could pose for some fun and playful pictures inside the engine well of her plane without passengers freaking out? "They couldn't believe what they were seeing" [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Ice cream sprinkles: serious business [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Evidentally the schools frown on teachers being drunk and passed out at their desk [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Anthony Weiner's unintended penis joke – by Dick Johnson [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » What happens when ISIS conquers you? Well that depends, women are sold into slavery. Men and teenage boys? Executed [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Chicago cop to fight his firing over a photo pretending to hunt black men with antlers [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » "Vanya, the word you have to spell is 'troll.'" "Could you use it in a sentence?" "The troll enjoys expressing his displeasure on the internet about how Indian kids keep winning the National Spelling Bee." "Troll.
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Fark.com RSS » I blame all y'all for ruining this prestigious once learned language [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » New ice cream cone raising a Führer across India [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » Ben
Ben & Jerry's knows they have the internet on their side. Each new flavor release is met with a certain amount of buzz, and now they're putting that popularity to work for a good cause. "Save Our Swirled," now available at scoop shops and grocery shelves nationwide, features raspberry ice cream, marshmallow and raspberry swirls, and chunks of white and … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Every glass of water you drink is almost 100% dinosaur wee [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Thieves break into a car, steal a pair of sunglasses and ignore a million dollar lottery ticket [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 101 Masterpieces: The Most Audacious Soap Opera in History (And Why You've Never Heard Of It)
Mary Hartman was mopping her kitchen floor, staring intently at the TV, when outside, sirens began to wail. Her neighbor Loretta barged through the door with terrible news: The family around the corner—along with their two pet goats and eight chickens—had been murdered. And that’s just the beginning of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, one of the most inventive and funny—yes, … [Link]
Futility Closet » In a Word
pseudery
n. intellectual or social pretension or affectation; pseudo-intellectual speech, writing, debate, etc. literose
adj. pretentiously or affectedly literary morosoph
n. a learned fool The post In a Word appeared first on Futility Closet. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ric Romero reporting: Teen drivers are putting everyone at risk on the roads [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » The snow in Boston may not melt before summer [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » A hotel kicks out 30 guests after an argument erupts over a waffle-maker [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 8 Unusual Places People Visit When Hoping to Conceive
Guilhem Vellut, Flickr // CC BY 2.0 Today, treatments for infertility may involve hormone therapy, surgery, implants, injections, or all of the above, but in the past women just walked through giant hollow stones or left penis-shaped offerings outside caves. The eight sites below, selected from around the world, are places where people still go today in the hopes of … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 525: "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » Owner of carnival company to give free party to students who were excluded because they couldn't afford the $10 fee. "If I had known that there were kids not allowed to attend the carnival, I would have paid for them" [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Scientists Say They've Found a New Species of Human Ancestor
Lucy, our famous human ancestor who for decades held the title of the oldest most-complete ancient hominin ever found, may have had some surprising neighbors in Ethiopia more than 3.3 million years ago. New research contends that Lucy’s species, Australopithecus afarensis, wasn’t the only ancient human relative in the area. Based on the discovery of teeth and jawbones from between … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Guy records video of school buses constantly blowing through stop sign and exiting school grounds right onto busy street. Local news picks up story and confronts school district. Sign mysteriously disappears and is later replaced with yield sign [Asi
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Mental Floss » Stunning Photos of Some of The World's Smallest and Most Important Organisms
Somewhere between one-quarter and one-half of every breath you take comes from oxygen produced by microorganisms in the ocean. These tiny creatures at the bottom of the food chain are the basis for so much life on this planet, and yet we know very little about them. In an effort to rectify this, a team of scientists set sail for … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good news, D.C. Farkers. The American Freedom Defense Initiative is planning to use your Metro system as its next canvas for cartoon images of Muhammad that celebrate free speech. Thanks for having the courage to stand with them [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Call the Doctor, Not the Exorcist: Monsters That Were Actually Sick
Call the doctor, not the exorcist. [Link]
Mental Floss » New Scrabble Ad Shows How Word Lovers Find Love
Anagram lovers rejoice! This new ad for Scrabble follows the story of a cab driver from Tokyo and a crab diver from Kyoto who are destined to meet. Whether you're a hardcore Scrabble aficionado who instantly sees the relationship between "negotiate moths" and "something to eat" or a newbie who just likes a quirky romantic tale, you'll enjoy this meditation … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Robots developed that can rapidly adapt to major damage, say scientists completely unfamiliar with Terminators, Screamers, Replicators, Borg, Sentinels, Omnidroids, and the general concept of unstoppable robot killing machines [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 5 Reasons to Remember James Monroe
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, and Kennedy may get all the publicity, but they’re not the only presidents who deserve our praise. Here’s the first in our new series devoted to chiefs who could use a little extra hailing. First up: James Monroe, who served from 1817 to 1825. 1. He crossed the Delaware before George Washington. Monroe abandoned his … [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch a Big Pile of Lazy Walruses on a Live Video Stream
Every April, Round Island—a rugged spit of land off the coast of Southern Alaska—serves as a sort of "man cave" for thousands of male walruses. While the females are off raising pups, up to 14,000 males gather to pretty much just lie around. And now, thanks to a robotic camera and the wonders of the Internet, we can watch them … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Strange, now that it's underwater, Texas not so scared of FEMA [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » What's a Grecian urn? Probably not enough to pay for this [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this Über-trendy coffee bar [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 10 Musicians Who Have Also Written Comic Books
When they're not busy rocking out, more than a few well-known musicians dabble in a different kind of art: comic books. Here are 10 crooners, rappers, and musicians who have written their own. 1. My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way 
Most widely considered the best comic book written by a musician is My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way’s The Umbrella Academy. … [Link]
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