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 » Digital kidnapping is now a thing [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » If you bought a lottery ticket in a Brooklyn deli on July 24, you may want to check the numbers [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » I'm so pot for teacher [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Greece isn't the only country going under. The Maldives need to buy a whole new country [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Japan could teach the West a thing or two about sleeping on the job, aka urban napping. "If carried out correctly an inemuri is an honourable kind of minor failure, like having no time to eat lunch, or 200 unanswered emails" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » 46-year-old woman injures her hand while playing musical chairs, re-injures it weeks later while helping someone move, so of course the state of Arkansas owes her $75,000 [Asinine]
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Futility Closet » Taber Bills
In 1799, Massachusetts passed a law restricting private banking companies from issuing their own currency notes without the consent of the legislature. This was well intended: If unlimited paper money were allowed to circulate, the resulting inflation would play havoc with the finances of ordinary people. Unfortunately, the result was that legitimate currency became harder and harder to find. In … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this televised address [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 15 Snappy Facts About 'Legally Blonde'
Test audiences were so invested in the tale of Elle Woods that they got the ending changed. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's all fun and games 'til you start swinging a sword at people [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » In today's annual repeat: four gored in Pamplona bull run [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently, sharks have learned to make IEDs [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "Yes, hello, 911? I'd like to report some suspicious teenagers selling $10 boxes of candy for an undisclosed nonprofit" [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Strange Geographies: Portugal's Bone Chapel
"We bones here, for yours await." Nice and creepy. [Link]
FMyLife » don't get paid enough for this says FML
Today, while at my shitty, minimum wage job at McDonalds, a guy walked out of the bathroom. He said "Good luck in there." worriedly, then left. I don't know if it was his handiwork, but it looked like a shit grenade had detonated. It was even on the walls. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my wife was in seemingly never-ending labor. It got so bad, I overheard a nurse in the doorway mutter to a coworker that she hoped my baby would just die or something, so she could finally go take a smoke break. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Don't you hate it when they knock at your door, refuse to leave you alone, park in front of your house until you submit to their demands? Census workers in Dallas refuse "no comment" [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 11 Post-Apocalyptic Words and Phrases from 'Beyond Thunderdome'
ere are 11 post-apocalyptic words Max learns from the Thunderdome and beyond. [Link]
Mental Floss » 6 Quirky Clubs You Should Probably Join Today
If you're sick of being a subordinate Claus, maybe the Santa Claus Group is for you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The most common cause of car accidents in Canada is still "hit by møøse" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Three years of probation and 100 hours of community service seems about right for stealing four guns from a police evidence room and trying to sell one, if you're a sheriff's deputy [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Passengers now being kicked off planes after being deemed "too ginger to fly" [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Passing Place: A Hike Through Skye, Scotland (Part 1)
A visit to the ruined city of Boreraig. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Court orders Sikh mailman be allowed to deliver mail to Disney World, proving once again though the mountains divide, and the oceans are wide, it's a small world after all [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Passing Place: A Hike Through Skye, Scotland (Part 2)
Here's Part 2 of a rather long (10-mile) hike on the Isle of Skye. If you haven't seen it yet, check out Part 1 for background and the first half of the hike. As we ascended a mountain ridge, the sheep seemed to care much less about us. These are semi-wild sheep, living off the fertile grass of the area … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The legendary Texas prosecutor and television host of Cold Case Files, Kelly Siegler, who brought down a fellow prosecutor for failing to turn over evidence to the defense, has herself been found to have withheld favorable evidence 35+ times [Ironic]
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Weird Universe » Windows 10 approaching RTM
MS has released the latest build to us on the insider testing fast track (Build 10166). It is do for public release to market on July 29th. Those of us testing will get a free one use RTM PC copy.
While this is not weird news it is something we will all choose or not to upgrade to. So far … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Why you should always buy the biggest pie a pizza place makes, because math [Interesting]
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FMyLife » ThatOneChick856 says FML
Today, I received a break-up text while in a cramped car with my whole family. I had to choke back tears as we got stuck in traffic with the radio playing one love song after another. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, it's my birthday. What did I get? A 12-hour work shift, after spending an almost sleepless night in a computer chair because my bed is infested with bed bugs. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Things You Might Not Know About 'The Monkees'
A brief history of the ultimate made-for-TV band. [Link]
Mental Floss » 25 Things You Should Know About Atlanta
Impress the locals during your next visit to the City in a Forest. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NYC sanitation department says the World Cup ticker tape parade was a sweeping success. Here's how they did it [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » After reading this, you won't think sunburn tattoos are so cool. In other news, there is a such thing as a sunburn tattoo [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 41 Eerie Photos of Abandoned Soviet Buildings
Rebecca Litchfield stepped into her first abandoned building, a Victorian asylum, in 2005. Today she travels the world, taking pictures of broken and forgotten places. For her latest project, she explored the remains of the crumbled Soviet Union and satellite states. The result was the breathtaking collection found in her new book, Soviet Ghosts. “My aim with the book was … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Some guy wears twelve layers of clothing on flight to avoid baggage fee, with predictable results (w/pics) [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this polite indication [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Strange Geographies: The Fjords of New Zealand
New Zealand boasts some of the world's most beautiful fjords… within an enormous and mostly unpopulated wilderness known as Fjordland. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you must eat meat, all Moby asks is that you skip 26 showers for every 4-ounce hamburger you consume [Unlikely]
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Weird Universe » Creepy 1948 ad for electro-shock therapy
Back in the 1940s, electro-shock therapy (or "electro-tonic therapy") was promoted as a breakthrough treatment for depression. But it never managed to live up to the hype and was eventually mostly replaced by chemical treatments (popping pills). Though, from what I understand, it's still used in certain situations.
If the medical industry was promoting electro-shock therapy today, I imagine they'd … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » That most august of holidays … okay that most July of holidays, Free Slurpee Day is here again [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Little Mews is moving to a bigger, better home, just in time for Caturday [Caturday]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't you just hate when you find out that the cause of your five-day leg pain is an embedded bullet? [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 11 Facts About 7-Eleven on 7/11
Before you head out for your free Slurpee, read up on the world's most popular convenience store. [Link]
Weird Universe » The Astounding She-Monster
Doesn't the narrator at the start of the full film sound like Troy McClure from THE SIMPSONS?
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Mental Floss » 10 Refreshing Facts About Mojitos
In honor of National Mojito Day, kick back with these facts about the beloved cocktail—as you sip one, of course. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Why are so many adults buying coloring books? [Stupid]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I finally finished downloading a 60GB TV series after two weeks of waiting. Every single "episode" turned out to be Rick Astley singing Never Gonna Give You Up, on constant repeat. I almost respect the prankster's effort enough to not want to gut him like a fish. Almost. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Bard Chart
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GraphJam » How I Obtain Knowledge
LoL by: pasi Tagged: albert einstein , college , knowledge , mythbusters , wikipedia Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Chances of doing a really cool trick
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GraphJam » Oh Please Don't Be Zombies
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GraphJam » How People React When I Say I Have Asperger's.
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GraphJam » Where Are the Tubes?
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GraphJam » You Just Agreed to Give Your First-Born to Steve Jobs
Graph by: Meleneteleio Tagged: license agreements , Pie Chart , software , technology , terms and conditions Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Structural Analysis of Hummed Batman-Theme
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GraphJam » Contents of a DVD
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Fark.com RSS » "Go Set a Watchman" portrays a now-72-year-old Atticus Finch as a pro-segregation racist who goes to Klan meetings. I hate sequels [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Well great, now we broke the sun. Thanks, climate change deniers [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Judge who sentenced kids to juvie in divorce case has change of heart, sends them to Camp Wunnakeepmajerb instead [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Portland International Airport now allows passengers to carry marijuana on in-state flights [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 5 Bonkers 'Archie Comics' Crossovers
Archie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica are versatile enough to go anywhere: from the gritty world of a vigilante to an alternate universe. [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my phone kept beeping, so I put it on silent and went back to sleep. When I woke up later, I found the guy I went on a date with last night had sent dozens of messages. The first was "Good morning! :)" and the last was "Answer me u fuckin cunt!!!!" I think I'm staying single. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Target store accidentally broadcasts porn over their PA system. "Expect More … More … MORE" [Awkward]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was having computer problems, so I let my friend have remote access to fix them. We were video-chatting on Skype at the time, and so he thought it'd be hilarious to load hardcore porn in my browser the moment he saw my mom enter the room from behind me. I'm now grounded. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » The Whale that Started the Green Movement
In 1966, a beluga whale swam the wrong way up the Rhine—and wound up paving the way for environmental reform in Germany. [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, as always, I have a type of eczema that flares up when I'm stressed out or anxious. And today, the girl I've been in love with for 4 years asked me out on a date. We meet up in a few hours, and right now I look like I have smallpox. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Sharp Facts About Gastonia
Sorry, North Carolina: Today’s dinosaur has nothing to do with your charming city of the same name. It is, however, a very important animal—as any armored dinosaur expert can attest. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Melbourne, Australia gave all city trees ID numbers and email addresses so citizens could report problems like dangerous branches. Naturally, dendrophiliac Aussies used them to write pining love letters to their favourite elms [Sappy]
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FMyLife » wantmeasandwich says FML
Today, I stayed over at my boyfriend's house for the first time. He soon found out about my sleep-talking habit. I started ranting about "electron shaming" and I apparently passionately support their "sub-atomic lifestyle". Yes, he managed to get it on video. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I had to explain to several young children why asking the new blind girl to play hide and seek with them is inappropriate. FML [Link]
Weird Universe » Spocking The 5
Its not illegal to deface money in Canada. The banks do not like it but the trekkies up north don't care! Live long and prosper ay. [Link]
Mental Floss » Male Strippers Are in It for the Self-Esteem Boost, Study Says
A sociological study of male strippers finds that dancing for women enhances positive feelings of self-worth. [Link]
FMyLife » Stevarious says FML
Today, I was finally starting to relax after a stressful and expensive move, where I had to give up half my belongings and furniture, as well as my cat. All the stress came rushing back as my new landlord told me that he's selling the building and I've got 30 days to vacate. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » With New Technology, Hypoallergenic Peanuts Are Possible
The USDA Tech Transfer Report includes and innovation that removes 98 percent of allergens from peanuts. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California prison officials want to know who sawed an inmate in half after prison riot in May [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » 15 Secrets of Apple Store Employees
They see lots of naked pictures. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tl;dr [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman gets upset after learning Taco Bell doesn't have Wi-Fi, dumps water on teenage employees. Then the knife comes out [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 10 Vacation Destinations that Ended Up in the Dictionary
Thinking of getting away from it all this summer? How about France? Italy? The Mediterranean? Or what about somewhere more exotic, like north Africa or southeast Asia? Well, no need to pop down your local travel agent to find out more, because all of these can be found much closer to home in the pages of a dictionary… 1. GENOA, ITALY … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this friendly wave [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Yosemite’s Iconic Half Dome Just Lost 5 Million Pounds of Granite
During a run of stormy days last week, a 2,500 ton slab of granite rock face fell from Yosemite’s famed Half Dome cliff and went crashing into the valley below. We’ll never know if it made a sound, because no one was around to see it and the seismic event went undetected for days. It wasn’t until July 5th that … [Link]
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