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 » It's always sad when you have to put your elderly mother in a home. It's kind of worse when you kick her out of one [Sick]
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Mental Floss » University of Cambridge is Getting a Professor of LEGO
College professors routinely think about the building blocks of life, but the University of Cambridge is taking it to a whole new level. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good news–if you deleted your salacious twerking video from YouTube, these dudes archived it and are charging people $20 to watch it [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » 11 Out-of-This-World Facts About Carl Sagan
Did you know the famous astronomer campaigned for marijuana legalization? [Link]
Mental Floss » Being Calm Is Contagious—At Least for Roly Polies
The larger the group of woodlice, the calmer they are. [Link]
Mental Floss » How to Use Low-Proof Spirits to Make Perfect Summer Cocktails
The heat of summer is here, and with it comes the temptation to spend every Saturday sitting by the pool and day drinking. But high summer temperatures aren't to be taken lightly. For one, drinking too much alcohol in the heat can be a fast ticket to dehydration. It's important to drink water throughout any outdoor cocktail sessions. It's also … [Link]
Mental Floss » Thomas Jefferson’s Laptop Writing Desk
He drafted the Declaration of Independence on this portable lap desk. [Link]
Mental Floss » 13 'Game of Thrones' Easter Eggs You Probably Missed
How many of these references and inside jokes have you caught? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dear Mr. Native New Yorker: I understand that bodega cats are sort of a treasured little oddity in New York, but I have terrible cat allergies – Can I tell bodega cat to beat it, or should I just keep my mouth shut? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » You can plan your next flight with a travel agent, a travel web site, or just call an airline yourself. However, calling the police and threatening to kill the president is unlikely to get you a good window seat [Florida]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: The Best (and Worst) Movie Beasts
Check out this list of the 10 best and worst movie superbeasts. What did they leave off? * Speaking of superbeasts, this dinosaur expert has some beef with the accuracy of these children’s toys. * Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig have made an actual Lifetime movie. Check out the teaser trailer for A Deadly Adoption. * Score one for Mother … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NAACP speaks up about the controversy with its Spokane chapter president: "Really? People are actually making a big deal about this?" [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Polar bears are starting to eat dolphins, which is further proof of climate change, just how freaking awesome polar bears are [Misc]
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Mental Floss » A Space Tent Could Revolutionize Moon Exploration
Aerospace engineers at MIT have designed an elegant solution to one of the most pressing issues surrounding lunar research: The inability to spend any significant time on the moon's surface. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Maryland clarifies that free range chicken is safe. Oh did I say chicken? I meant to say children [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » What can Britain's gunless boobies teach American police? Wait, hold on. *re-reads article* Bobbies. Gunless bobbies. Christ, you people talk weird [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » You know your flooding problems are getting out of hand when the only people left who can help are the Dutch [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what what was in this coin purse [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 'Smelly' Fruit Tastes Sweeter, Even If It Has Less Sugar
Humans’ senses of taste and smell are inextricably linked. That’s why food doesn’t taste as good when you have a cold. A lot of what we perceive as taste actually comes from the olfactory receptors in our noses. Smell is particularly fundamental when it comes to sweetness, according to researchers at the University of Florida. A fruit's volatile chemical compounds, … [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Ferocious Facts About Tigers
Here are a few things you might not know about the exotic (and endangered) feline. [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Guest Given Air Mattress That Will Slowly Deflate Throughout Night
PIERRE, SD—Saying he couldn’t wait to spend the entire night struggling to maintain a comfortable position, houseguest Adam Weaver reportedly told his friend and host, Luke Irving, Thursday that he was happy to have been given an air mattress that would slowly deflate throughout the night. “Thanks, I’m really excited to sleep on this partially inflated air bed that will … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » PayPal: Allow us to robocall you, or close your account. FCC: Not so fast, PayPal [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Man, I almost let you guys go home for the weekend without giving you the Fark Weird News Quiz. Thanks for the reminder, I'd completely forgotten [Survey]
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Mental Floss » This Device That Tells You When to Pee Is Actually Kind of Brilliant
Brightly alerts people with incontinence of when their bladder is expanding. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finally some judicial overreach we can get behind: IA Supreme Court affirms right to be drunk on front porch [Hero]
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Futility Closet » The Road Not Taken
“You know, many a man realizes late in life that if when he was a boy he had known what he knows now, instead of being what he is he might be what he won’t; but how few boys stop to think that if they knew what they don’t know instead of being what they will be, they wouldn’t be?” … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Border police in France told to say "Hello, thank you and goodbye" to tourists as the French try to drop the reputation that they are rude to visitors [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Eastern Ukraine experiencing such a severe "brain drain" as educated professionals flee to either Kiev or the west, that only the stupid and desperate will be left if Russia succeeds in annexing it. Unclear if this is a feature or a bug [Obvi
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The Onion » Sports News in Brief: NBA Players Association Calls For Increased Referee Presence In High-Foul Areas
NEW YORK—Noting that the rampant problem has devastated rosters across the league, representatives from the National Basketball Players Association demanded an increased referee presence in high-foul areas, sources confirmed Friday. “Something has to be done to crack down on all the foul-ridden sections of the court, and the only solution is having more referees out there to combat this issue … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » GM mechanics find that fixing a Corvette museum piece has unexpected challenges, particularly the ones which GM created [Followup]
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The Onion » American Voices: Couple Threatens To Divorce If Gay Marriage Legalized
A couple from Canberra, Australia wrote in an editorial this week that if Parliament legalizes gay marriage, they will get a divorce because the decision will invalidate the original contract they believe they had with the state, which is that marriage is between a man and a woman. What do you think? 
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Fark.com RSS » Hmmmm… maybe stashing your stolen Mercedes in a police station car park was not such a cunning plan [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » fisted says FML
Today, I was out for a walk, wearing a T-shirt with a fist on it and the words "Bump it." A guy came up to me, looked at my shirt, shrugged, and punched me in the stomach. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Jules7594 says FML
Today, an ultrasound tech complimented me on my "exceptionally full bladder". That's probably the best compliment I've received this week. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 3D Printed Bridge Coming to Amsterdam
Bridge building just got a lot more high tech. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sex starved single man: "Right, let's get to it." Talking sex doll: "I have a headache" [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
The stories in this week's weird news roundup are a little …fishy. Fish Too Big for Boat? Pose in the Water A Swedish man fishing in Norwegian waters caught a 7-foot-long Atlantic halibut weighing 100 kg, or 220 pounds. Despite working as a fishing guide, Erik Axner had never caught a fish that large. However, taking a picture of it … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pimpin' ain't easy (to convict) [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The release of Google Glasses may have been shaky but Parkinson sufferers are finding them quite useful [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » American Airlines employees have seen a lot of spinals, dude, and this lady was a fake. A farking goldbricker [Followup]
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The Onion » Sports News in Brief: Tampa Bay Lightning Maintain Home Advantage By Restricting Admission To Fans Weighing 300 Pounds Or Less
TAMPA, FL—In an effort to limit the number of opposing Chicago Blackhawks fans attending Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals, officials from the Tampa Bay Lightning announced Friday that Amalie Arena will be restricting admission exclusively to patrons who weigh 300 pounds or less. “With the goal of maintaining a fully supportive crowd and a distinct home-ice advantage for … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik writes letter to newspaper complaining about death threats and the fact that everyone calls him a mass murderer [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Marilyn Mosby says it's absurd that she could be considered a cop-hater because she comes from five generations of cops. Crooked cops, but still [Followup]
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FMyLife » Pattie says FML
Today, I got a Brazilian wax in anticipation of becoming intimate for the first time this weekend with a man I have dated for a few weeks. I'm so sore it hurts just to walk. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A true love can last for years, even if it's between Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi [Misc]
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Mental Floss » The Most Interesting Comics of the Week
Every week I write about the most interesting new comics hitting comic shops, bookstores, digital, 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. 21st Century Tank Girl #1 By Alan Martin, Jamie Hewlett, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Philip … [Link]
Mental Floss » A Golden Era for Young Readers: The Story Behind Little Golden Books
Take a look back at the tiny tomes with the gold foil spine that have helped generations of kids learn to appreciate reading. [Link]
Mental Floss » 14 Deep Facts About 'The Hunt for Red October'
The Hunt for Red October is one of the best submarine films ever made, and a favorite of dads everywhere. It was a blockbuster when it came out (the sixth-highest grossing film of 1990), and an Oscar nominee for its achievements in sound and editing. It has Sean Connery speaking Russian with a Scottish accent, for crying out loud. Yet … [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Late "Fee"
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Fark.com RSS » If your therapist's shopping list includes oranges, duct tape, baby powder, and handcuffs, chances are that it's going to come up at their trial for bogus gay conversion therapy [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Study Shows Wild Chimps Enjoy a Stiff Drink
Chimps not only love wine, they fashion their own goblets out of leaves to drink it. No amateurs here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Rich Marin County, CA residents upset over George Lucas' plan to build affordable housing on Grady Ranch. "Basically you've volunteered us for the ghetto" [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » That data breach that allowed hackers to obtain personnel records of millions of government employees…you know, the one the Feds say they caught because of their new enhanced security? It was really found by vendor doing a product demo [Facepalm]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was studying for a big test I have next Tuesday in my room. I heard a creak in my ceiling but assumed it was nothing as my house is old. Thirty seconds later something fell from my air vent directly onto my head. It was a giant cockroach. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Has Russia nuked one of its own cities to try and start World War III? Does everyone have enough tin-foil for the coming Armageddon? [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » "Dear Prudence: My wife and I are Harry Potter fans; we were our colleges' Quidditch teams. My wife is reading the books to our 7 year-old daughter, but calling it Harriet Potter. This is worse than changing her religion without telling me. W
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Mental Floss » A Teenager's Assassination Attempt on Queen Elizabeth II
Her rule has spanned 63 years—but it could have all been undone by one 17-year-old. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Teenager fleeing the scene of an accident gets caught anyway after crashing straight into a swimming pool, which he insists came out of nowhere [Florida]
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Mental Floss » June 12, 1970: An MLB Pitcher Throws a No-Hitter While Tripping on Acid
He threw wild, beaned batters, and lost all sense of time, but Dock Ellis still pitched a no-hitter while high on LSD. [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: North American Children Begin Summer Migration To Dad’s
NEW YORK—With the increasingly warm weather signaling the commencement of their age-old journey, millions of children across the North American continent began their annual summer migration to their fathers’ homes this week, sources confirmed. “At this moment, in every corner of the country, children are setting out from their normal wintering grounds en route to their dad’s place,” said Duke … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » O-o [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » "We decided that we would go around the solar system with a spaceship driven by nuclear bombs, so we would launch the ship into space. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb. Going up at about four bombs per second all the way to Mars" [Scary]
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The Onion » American Voices: Billionaire: I Was Happier When I Made $12 A Month
Jack Ma, the founder of the Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba, who is reportedly worth $25 billion, reportedly told attendees at a luncheon that he was happiest when he was making $12 a month teaching college English. What do you think? 
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Mental Floss » Some Srs Bsns: Are Words Without Vowels Rlly More Efficient?
How is language evolving on the internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication. Vowel-less words, like srsly, thx, k, pls, rlly, srs bsns, and o rly, are a well-known feature of internet language. They save time and space in typing, but are they really more efficient? Why do we use … [Link]
FMyLife » Bigbaby says FML
Today, I decided to be the "cool aunt" and take my nephew to a horror movie. I ended up being so scared, I burst into tears. Nothing says "cool" like having an 11-year-old walk a sobbing, grown woman from a theatre. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 21 Crave-Worthy Facts About White Castle
At nearly 100 years old, White Castle is the original fast-food restaurant. [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Embarrassed Snake Can’t Believe Documentary Crew Caught It Whiffing While Lunging At Toad
LENOX, GA—Cringing at the thought of the embarrassing blunder being forever preserved on film, a local garter snake was reportedly humiliated Friday after a documentary crew caught footage of it completely whiffing while lunging at a toad. “Dammit, I almost never miss, but of course as soon as the cameras are rolling I totally botch it,” said the snake, bemoaning … [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Man Forced To Come Up With 45 Seconds Of Facial Expressions While Waitress Lists Off Specials
CHICAGO—Racking his brain to come up with what he felt were the most natural and appropriate reactions, local man Jeff Stadler was reportedly forced to come up with 45 seconds’ worth of varied facial expressions Friday as his server at Superior Seafood Grill listed off the restaurant’s daily specials. “We have a seared yellowfin tuna, which is served on a … [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Detective Behind Two-Way Mirror Nervously Crosses Arms As Criminal Addresses Him Directly
PHILADELPHIA—Bracing himself as he monitored an ongoing interrogation from behind a two-way mirror, Detective James Harpin of the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit nervously crossed his arms as Julian Calandra, the suspect in a recent string of disappearances, slowly swiveled his chair in his direction and began addressing him directly. “Let’s dispense with the formalities, shall we?” the suspect said as … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » And Then He Solved Me
Coworker #1: So how did you meet your boyfriend?Coworker #2: On match.com.Coworker #1: Oh, really?Coworker #2: Yeah, he did a search for Rubik's cube, and I was the only name who came up!Hudson St
New York City, New YorkOverheard by: Harriet Vane [Link]
Overheard In The Office » You Have to Keep Your Pinky Extended
Customer: I have not ordered this product.Service person: But we have a contract that you have signed.Customer: How do you think it feels if I rape you in your ass every month?Service person: I’m sorry?Customer: How do you think it feels if I rape you in your ass every month?Service person: Would you do it like a gentleman?Potsdam, Germany [Link]
Overheard In The Office » I Blame the Asparagus
Admin to another: It's not life or death or anything. My water's just a little stinky, that's all.Eugene, Oregon [Link]
Overheard In The Office » He's Only Authorized Girl-on-Girl Affairs.
Woman testing cologne to daughter: Oh, no, if I go home smelling like a man, dad will know what I've been doing.Roosevelt Field Mall
East Garden City, New YorkOverheard by: T-Dizzle [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this drugstore farmboy from Medford, Oregon 1939 [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » Protest over plastic dog
From 1959. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals protested inclusion of a plastic dog in a toy rocket ship.
I assume the plastic dog must have been inspired by Laika, the Soviet space dog, who was sent on a one-way ticket into space. Once people figured out that the Soviets hadn't bothered to plan any way for … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nobody expects the reversal of the Spanish Inquisition [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Sometimes the people in the pet shop lie [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Hotmail is in the news for the first time since 2011 [Strange]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I had to use the bathroom really badly in a drug store. After I did a #2, just as I realized the handle on the toilet was broken, a knock came at the door. I tried fixing it for ten minutes, before slipping out the door, to come face to face with two employees coming to fix the toilet. … [Link]
Mental Floss » Late "Fee"
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Weird Universe » Mystery Gadget 29
Gadget with closeup.
Different model.
What is this thing intended for? Hint: even though it would have had more widespread use a century ago, it could still be useful today.
The answer is here. [Link]
Overheard In The Office » …Maybe Move This Ocean Over Here
Engineer: Thing about this global warming is that it's all about where the water is. You have a big enough pipe and you can pump it in the desert, where it's needed…Hopkinton, Massachusetts [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch This Peaceful Footage of Jellyfish Floating By
Photographer Alex Soloviev tells us how he captured his jellyfish subjects without getting a drop of water on him. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sgt. Stedenko and the Narcs bust a pot shop in Santa Ana, are captured on video eating edibles and playing darts [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Spokane NAACP President is white, or so say her white parents [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » "Dear Coleen: My boyfriend squeaks when we have sex." Hmm … maybe try some lube? [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Hell hath no fury like pissed off R. Kelly fans upset that he refused to take the stage at a concert they paid good money to attend [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Malaysian Airways flight reports fire on board and makes emergency landing in Australia, which is better than their usual 'lets put it out with sea water' method [Live]
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Overheard In The Office » …Just Like It Says on the Sign Over the Front Door.
Security guard: Rule of thumb: if someone pulls out a sword or a knife, run.Ontario
Canadia [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: How 'E.T.' Came to Be
How Steven Spielberg's Night Skies became E.T. The sequel to Close Encounters changed into something completely different and even more magical.
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The 100 Best Instagram Accounts. Exploring them all will fill your weekend with delight.
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What if mosquitoes went extinct? It sounds lovely, but the possible effects on the food chain might surprise you.
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Male Dinosaurs Are Not Capable … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New anti-bullying 'Dick Tracy' comic strip will feature Dick Tracy's young granddaughter Honeymoon, a mother-son duo acting as comic as advisers to Tracy, Little Orphan Annie and The Cardinal. No LSD was used in the making of this headlin
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Fark.com RSS » Man uses his Ford truck to run over bald eagles at the dump [Murica]
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FMyLife » Badhairday says FML
Today, I arrived at the salon to get my hair done for prom. The lady at the front desk insisted I didn't have an appointment. After looking back on my recent calls, it turned out I called the wrong number and whatever asshole was on the other line played along. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Director of the No Duh Center at the Captain Obvious Institute deduces that those who dislike spicy food are the ones who are most sensitive to the burning sensation [Obvious]
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Overheard In The Office » Probably Easier for Everyone If I Just Die at My Desk
Sales manager: Sometimes I think I’m having a panic attack. And then I realize I just have to poop.Nashville, Tennessee [Link]
FMyLife » what says FML
Today, the man who stole my laptop at the train station yesterday used the contact information I had written on it to call me and ask for the password. FML [Link]
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GraphJam » The Spy Who Forgot Me
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GraphJam » Your Ticket to Hilarity
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GraphJam » He's a Mini-Boss
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GraphJam » Obama V.S. Bob the Builder
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GraphJam » The amount of jerks you befriend in Junior High
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GraphJam » Graphjam Is Only Seventh!?
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GraphJam » Plenty of Undateable Fish
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GraphJam » That's Life
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GraphJam » Cheetos, Yummy
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GraphJam » How cool you are if you own a Snuggie
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Fark.com RSS » "You cannot tell me that your business model relies on paying people below the poverty line," says restaurant owner who abolished tipping, pays a decent salary plus bonus, and has obviously never … uh … ok so he quadrupled his profits [In
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Fark.com RSS » Can you reach behind your back around your waist and touch your belly button? Congratulations, you have just completed the newest internet craze: The Belly Button Challenge [PSA]
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Mental Floss » 7 Lights-Out Facts About Baseball's First Perfect Game
On this day in 1880, Lee Richmond of the Worcester Ruby Legs twirled baseball's first-ever perfect game. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Colorado collects $10 million in pot taxes for schools in four months, compared to $13 million from all of 2014: "It's really good to see the excise tax increasing and providing needed money for the public school construction fund" [Spiff
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Fark.com RSS » ♫ Shave and a haircut, (I cut you) to bits ♫ [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » 25 Famous Paintings Improved by Avocados (ad free slideshow) [Cool]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was talking to an old man I met at a store. He just wanted to know a few things, and he asked about my day. I explained a few bad things that'd happened, then I thanked him for listening. He then asked, "So, how are we gonna do this?" He thought we were gonna fuck. FML [Link]
FMyLife » DUFF says FML
Today, I found out I wasn't invited to my neighbor's funeral, with whom I had been good friends with for a long time. When I asked her husband why, he said, "We have a small amount of money and can't afford for you to eat all of the refreshments." FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cleveland judge finds probable cause to charge two police officers in Tamir Rice shooting, suggests prosecutors consider it pretty please. National media news flashes the non-binding opinion [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » Q
The genetic-hybrid dinosaur Jack Horner created for 'Jurassic World' is lot more terrifying than his own (still hypothetical) dino-chicken. [Link]
FMyLife » lolatmylovelife says FML
Today, I walked in on my husband going down on another woman. Instead of speaking, he looked at me, got up, and slammed the door. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » Practical Politics
On May 22, 1856, South Carolina representative Preston Brooks approached Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner as he sat writing at his desk in the U.S. Senate chamber. “Mr. Sumner,” he said, “I have read your speech twice over carefully. It is a libel on South Carolina, and Mr. Butler, who is a relative of mine.” Then he began to beat Sumner … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fun: bringing your pet to show and tell. Not so much: it's a bat, and 100 of your classmates might need rabies shots [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » Eating Brains Helped a Tribe Evolve a Genetic Resistance to Some Brain Diseases
Eating brains killed some tribe members, but it helped others evolve a genetic resistance to a prion disease that could be the key to unlocking the mysteries of dementia. [Link]
FMyLife » varunet2004 says FML
Today, I confronted my boss for his inadequate contribution in our work. He accepted his inadequacy and apologized for not doing enough. He now expects me to work on everything singlehandedly since he has already clarified his inadequacy. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Things You Should Know About 'The Death of Marat'
Learn more about Jacques-Louis David's morbid masterpiece. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » For most people, shooting yourself in the foot is a metaphor to describe doing something stupid that keeps you from accomplishing something. Then there's this guy [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey Zimbabwe, we'll give you $5 for 175 quadrillion dollars. Zimbabwe: Deal [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Your Health Could be Connected to Your Birth Month
Your birth month might affect more than just your daily horoscope. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Follow up to the OPM breech last week. Turns out the hackers stole the Social Security numbers of EVERY Federal employee [Followup]
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Mental Floss » How Much DNA Is There in the World?
Storing all the genetic information on Earth would require 1 sextillion of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tim Horton's surprises customers with coffee for a buck (pic) [Scary]
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FMyLife » awkward says FML
Today, I had to endure the most mortifying ambulance ride of my life after my fiancé's cock ring got stuck on my tongue piercing. As I was trying not to choke or vomit, he actually high-fived one of the EMTs and tried to get him to take a picture on his phone. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dorking man charged with Assault with Pastry [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Make Strange Stories from Your Pictures with Word Camera
Is a picture really worth 1000 words? Taking pictures has gotten easier than ever, knocking the word/picture exchange rate way out of balance. But Ross Goodwin, an NYU graduate student, recently made it a lot easier to get your picture’s worth, by automatically generating long, wordy, and sometimes eerily strange descriptions of your photos. Goodwin created word.camera, an app that … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » That awkward moment when you realize the wheelchair-bound man you just killed in a hit and run accident is one of your relatives [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » The surviving sharks from the I-95 wreck are recuperating at SeaWorld. Here's hoping they haven't seen "Blackfish" [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » After having an x-ray, 94-year-old badass war veteran discovers he was shot in his ass 60 years ago [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Check Out This LEGO-Themed Wedding Cake
One LEGO-loving couple was lucky enough to have this impressive cake at their wedding. The custom dessert was made by the London-based bakery Cupcakes by SJ. The company has also made beautiful Rubik's Cube cupcakes and a Mike Wazowski cake. If you're looking for your own specially-made LEGO cake, you may have to seek out a different place. The little … [Link]
FMyLife » 4lphab3t4 says FML
Today, the main file and backups of the book I've been writing for 2 and a half years mysteriously vanished. It turned out my mum decided that me spending so much time in my room must mean I'm watching porn, and so she trashed everything. FML [Link]
FMyLife » anonymous says FML
Today, my boyfriend and I were downtown when he pointed to a girl and said he wished I dressed more like she did. She was obviously a hooker. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Wonderfully Wise Quotes From Judy Blume
Just a few of our favorite thoughts about books, writing, and life from the iconic author. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "He got my money, and I want my drugs," Heller told a 911 dispatcher [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Man breaks his leg. Sick news: While attempting sex with a horse. Fark: For the THIRD time [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this shell [Photoshop]
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