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 easy to mix up the words "new" and "American." Happens all the time [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » A Forgotten Novelty Singer's High-Profile Wedding on 'The Tonight Show'
The couple who had the most-watched wedding in America is probably not who you'd think. [Link]
FMyLife » mississpissi says FML
Today, the waste disposal truck managed to tip over a portapotty on our work site, causing the contents to overflow and run down the bank towards my portakabin office, where someone had left the door open. All my money, ID and my car keys are now shut off to me by a river of shit. FML [Link]
FMyLife » sarahxHx says FML
Today, the guy I've been dating for 3 weeks showed up at my house at 7 AM. I was about to give him a kiss when he said, "Good morning, is Sarah here?" I was confused until I realized he didn't recognize me because I had no make up on. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Five anti-bike arguments you've been making that are totally wrong, and why you should feel bad for having made them. Now admit it: Bicyclists are better than you [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Regional Breakdown of "Firefly" Vs. "Lightning Bug"
A visual breakdown of the use of "firefly" versus "lightning bug." [Link]
The Onion » Article: Federal League Once Again Snubbed By MLB All-Star Game
CINCINNATI—Saying that the annual event feels incomplete without them, baseball fans across the nation expressed their outrage Tuesday after the Federal League was once again snubbed by the MLB All-Star Game. “To be perfectly frank, it is indefensible that another All-Star Game is going to take place without a single player from the Federal League,” said ESPN baseball analyst Tim … [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Evil Dead’
As ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ prepares to hit the small screen, we’re looking back at the cult horror-comedy that started it all. [Link]
Mental Floss » Waiting for Pluto Pics from 'New Horizons'? Watch This!
Watch the New Horizons mission specialists explain what they've been up to since 2006…and what we're about to see. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New graphic showing countries resized to match their online populations demonstrates the difficulty of giving an IP address to a moose [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Enjoy your $3 gas because now that Iran has inked a nuclear deal with the West, gas prices are expected to surge to $2 later this year. Wait, WHAT?? [Cool]
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FMyLife » ow my kidneys says FML
Today, I went down a water slide. Halfway through, I got stuck behind some kids who were blocking the tube. Seconds later, a big-boned lady crashed into my back. Her solution to break the blockade was to start kicking my back repeatedly as hard as she could. The kids still wouldn't move. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Gchat Rants Don't Actually Make You Feel Better
Feeling heated? Step away from the chat window. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I said a tick hops, the tickie the tickie to the tick tick hop and you don't stop the rock it to the bang bang buggie say up jump the buggie to the rhythm spreading lyme disease [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Making Out Isn’t as Popular as You Think It Is
Less than half of the world’s cultures kiss their romantic partners. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » MIT lecturer who claimed to have robbed a bank as a piece of 'performance art' will now be performing behind bars [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Cell Phones Distract You Even On Vibrate, Study Says
Even if you don’t pick up, your buzzing phone is still detracting from your focus. [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: Walmart Announces Sales To Rival Amazon Prime Day
After Amazon announced it would celebrate its 20th anniversary on July 15 with a massive sales event called Prime Day, Walmart has responded that it too will launch an online sale this Wednesday, complete with “special atomic deals” and expanded free shipping options. What do you think?
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Overheard In The Office » It’s Not Uncommon for an Entire Office to Be Staffed With Drama Queens
Sales girl: Oh my god… David* is back there cleaning his office and the smell is making my head hurt.Office manager: What’s he cleaning it with?Sales girl: The same Fantastic crap under the sink that we all use. I’ve used it on my own desk and never been so overwhelmed by the fumes. Don’t go back there.Office manager: Why is he … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Is Anything Sadder Than an Uneaten Muffin? Discuss.
Female employee #1: I saw your muffin and I was tempted to eat it.Female employee #2: I thought somebody already ate my muffin.Female employee #1: No, it's still there… See? Uneaten.Female employee #3, laughing: Yeah, I think she'd know if somebody ate her muffin.Marlborough, Massachusetts [Link]
Overheard In The Office » And No Time for Breeder Drama
Large lesbo on cell: What’s new with me? Oh, nothing too much. Oh wait — yeah, I got a new dog! Yeah, another one. Well, my neighbor was killed in a murder-suicide with her boyfriend, so the dog had post-traumatic stress disorder. Oh, it’s a Irish Settler. It’s pretty cute… A little overweight, though. Besides that, not too much. You know … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Theme: Since everyone else is running for President, create your own campaign poster [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » How to celebrate the Texas takeover by Obama the secret muslin with Jade Helm [Stupid]
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FMyLife » wintersoldier says FML
Today, while trying to comfort my little brother who just injured his leg, I tripped and sprained my ankle. At least he was amused. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Lukey1028 says FML
Today, my co-worker handed me the phone and said it was my boyfriend calling, so I answered "Hello, Love!" It was my boss. FML [Link]
FMyLife » ramherr says FML
Today, while walking alone through a sketchy neighbourhood after a party, I learned that I look too broke to even rob and "not worth the bother". Overhead from a guy waiting for me in a bush with a flashlight and his equally charming friend. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Restaurant's crap, but loads of bars [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: A Domino 'Dr. Who' Tribute
Watch a 34,000-domino tribute to Dr. Who. * Enjoy these 21 wacky historical details from Muppets Take Manhattan. * You don’t have to be a comic book superhero to wield super powers. You can gain them all on your own. * If the terrible secretly-filmed version wasn't enough, you can now check out the HD trailer of the forthcoming film … [Link]
The Onion » Infographic: What We’ve Learned About Pluto
Nearly 10 years after its launch, the New Horizons space probe made a flyby 7,750 miles from Pluto, marking the first time in history a spacecraft has examined the dwarf planet up close, and NASA has begun to release data and images transmitted from the approach. Here’s what we’ve learned about Pluto so far:Has really let itself go since reclassification … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Calgary breaks out the "Giant Destroyer" to combat its gopher hole problem. Citizens looking forward to safer public green spaces, receiving total consciousness. Which is nice [Strange]
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Mental Floss » What Makes Your Feet So Smelly
Find out the science behind why sweaty feet smell so terrible. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "No sir, nominating a dead man as the driver will not get you out of prosecution for speeding in this court" [Facepalm]
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The Onion » News in Brief: U.S. Soothes Upset Netanyahu With Shipment Of Ballistic Missiles
WASHINGTON—Following Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s heated objections to the nuclear deal struck between the United States and Iran, American officials announced Tuesday that they were calming the upset head of government by treating him to a nice, big shipment of ballistic missiles. “Bibi always gets a little cranky when he sees us talking to Iran, but a few dozen … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The 2015 James O'Keefe award for video editing goes to: "Planned Parenthood sells fetus parts on the black market" [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » The Farkcast is back to cover coincidental computer crashes, revision to police seizure laws and…Golden Corral? [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Boston bids goodbye to its "winter nightmare" as last pile of snow melts [Followup]
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Overheard In The Office » Sometimes Customer Service Is Difficult to Stomach
Sales clerk on phone: So the reason I lost the baby was because he punched me in the stomach. Yes, girl! The police don't just investigate innocent people like that. (looks at coming customer) I'll call you back. (slams phone) Can I help you?Tallahassee, FloridaOverheard by: AP [Link]
Fark.com RSS » PETA claims they've been infiltrated by a deep-cover special operative from SeaWorld, as the shadow war heats up, loyalties are tested and no one really knows who Shamu works for [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Pluto discovered on Pluto [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Nightingales Who Sing Well Make the Best Fathers
Males who sing more complicated, orderly songs feed their children more often. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Uncle Vlad signals his approval of the new Iran nuclear deal. Uh, maybe we should go back and read the fine print [Strange]
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The Onion » Infographic: The Case For And Against The Iranian Nuclear Deal
After 20 months of negotiations, the United States and five other nations reached a historic, though controversial, agreement with Iran yesterday that will remove sanctions against the Middle Eastern nation in exchange for limits on the country’s production of nuclear material. Here are the leading arguments for and against the deal: FOR
Creates room for some fresh new up-and-coming state sponsors … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Where can you get all the supplies you'll need for a shotgun wedding including the beer? Why at Hussey's General Store in Windsor, Maine where you can buy a wedding dress and a gun to go with that beer [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Dingaling von Attentionseeker is back on Facebook [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » The truth about 'Britain's Roswell' is time travellers from the year 8100 trying to learn about their past says former UK Defense employee and two US Army veterans who were in charge of nuclear weapons during the Cold War [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » What police assumed was a hoax abduction turned out to be quite real [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » 15 Toe-Tapping Facts About ‘Singin’ in the Rain’
The Oscar-nominated musical is also a history lesson about Hollywood in the late 1920s, when silent pictures were giving way to talkies. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Teachers share some of the most unusual end of year presents pupils have handed them over the years. And you guessed it, pigs' eyeballs as an end of year gift goes straight to the top of the strange list [Weird]
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Overheard In The Office » Oh, Here It Is, Over by the Copier!
Manager: My cramps are killing me. I think I just dropped an egg.Atlanta, GeorgiaOverheard by: glad i'm a guy [Link]
Mental Floss » Rats Can Save Lives by Sniffing Out Land Mines
Rats are helping to save lives in Cambodia [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There are "good reasons" not to shut down pro-anorexia websites [Facepalm]
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The Onion » News in Brief: Harper Lee Announces Third Novel, ‘My Excellent Caretaker Deserves My Entire Fortune’
NEW YORK—Shocking the literary world once again, acclaimed author Harper Lee announced through her publisher Tuesday the surprise release of her third novel, My Excellent Caretaker Deserves My Entire Fortune. “On behalf of Ms. Lee, we’re delighted to bring the public this moving new story, which follows the heartwarming relationship between a deaf and nearly blind author in the small-town … [Link]
Mental Floss » Pick the Capital for Each State
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Mental Floss » The Many Fires That Plagued P.T. Barnum
150 years ago, P.T. Barnum's museum of curiosities burned down—over and over again. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Action figure of Princess Leia in her slave outfit from "Return of the Jedi" that has been sold for the past 32 years has some New Jersey parents furious as they deem it inappropriate for children [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » CERN scientists have found new particles, are they dots or are they specks? When they are underwater do they get wet? Or does the water get them instead? Nobody knows, these new particles, man [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » "So, is this a coup? Has the Greek government surrendered its national sovereignty to a group of foreign politicians? The short answer is yes" [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Google finding out the hard way that once you get into the Maps business, you are also necessarily hip deep in nearly every political, ethnic and international border dispute in the world [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Scientists discover the mechanism by which cancer metastasizes. Holy cancer vaccine, Batman [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » "The family is pleading for the person responsible to stop shaving their cat" [Weird]
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Mental Floss » World's Oldest Manatee Recognized By Guinness World Records
Snooty's turning 67! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Harvard-educated man with three advanced degrees now homeless and living on the streets of Washington, D.C. Wait, I think I saw this movie [Sad]
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Overheard In The Office » So Many Wonderful Things Come in Plain, Brown Wrappers
Sales guy: Remember when you were a kid and got crabs? The medicine would come in a plain brown box like that.Asbury Park, New JerseyOverheard by: (to the) [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Anonymizing Wi-Fi device set to be sold for about $200 has gone the way of the 100 mpg engine, or the water-powered car [Scary]
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The Onion » Commentary: I Will Drink Every Last Drop Of Water On Earth
I have a great thirst. An all-encompassing, unimaginable thirst. A thirst so deep and so strong it can never be quenched. But that does not mean I will not do everything in my power to slake my immense, insatiable craving.No, I will drink it all. I will drink every last drop of water on earth.
Only when the last remaining droplet … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Girl grabs giant hogweed. Ends up with hogwarts (NSFL/graphic image) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Live in the city? Look older than your friends in the country? Blame diesel cars [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Whether it's a beep, a ring or a quiet vibration, just receiving a text alert on your phone can be as distracting as actually using it to make a call or send a message, according to a new study [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Neatly circular bloody bitten missing portion of left ear leads to easy identification of suspect on grounds of assault, robbery, and cruelty to animals [Dumbass]
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Weird Universe » Displayed In Pairs
Someone in Portland, Oregon must have gotten a deal on a large quantity of orange and white dildos. They are turning up around town tied in pairs and thrown over the power lines. No reason has been given and no one has claimed responsibility yet. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dear US Congress. Best Korea would like to cordially invite you all to visit its shiny new anthrax factory. Lots of love, Kim XOXO [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 13 Secrets of Nurses
From the ER to the ICU, here are a few insights from caregivers from different arms of the nursing profession. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Teen who survived plane crash and trek across wilderness being hailed as "Miracle Child", soon to burdened with lightning bolt-shaped scar, social stigma, and oppressive foster parents [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Take a Nostalgia Trip With a Massive '90s Playlist
A '90s kid has created an 800 track chronological playlist of indie and alternative music from the Gen X decade. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tennis shoes hanging from power lines means it's gang territory. Sex toys hanging from power lines means… something else [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » The third storm of the Atlantic hurricane system formed Monday off the US east coast and is on course to hit … Canada? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "Hello, 911? My wife is dead because I killed her. Will I get in trouble for this?" [Florida]
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FMyLife » EternalBlossom says FML
Today, I had decided that I was ready to have sex with my boyfriend. So, I called him and told him how naughty I felt, only to realize that I had called my dad. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Albert Einstein's "Horrendously Strenuous" First Visit to the U.S.
"I had to let myself be shown around like a prize ox…it's a miracle I endured it." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » CNN and Jeopardy together again. How did you do on their test – Genius or Blitzer? [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » "Dear Prudence: My wife and I have a 20 month old son. My wife is insanely jealous because my son prefers me, he is calm for me, and he will often ignore her for me. Should I sprinkle formula on my wife so my son smells it? Or tell her to calm do
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Mental Floss » 17 Creative Resumes Designed to Stand Out
It's safe to say most people with jobs did not get them by creating toy versions of themselves, but some of these alternative resumes are pretty great: [Link]
Mental Floss » Birds that Sleep In Get Stuck Raising Others’ Kids
Besides catching the proverbial worm, there’s another good reason for birds to get up and going early in the morning: Sleeping in can give their mates an opportunity to step out on them, leaving them to care for another bird’s chicks. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ISIL confirms their chief singer-songwriter killed in airstrike; Fark thoughtfully offers Sam Smith as a replacement [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Charging your smartphone on a train? That's an arrestin' [Asinine]
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The Onion » Horoscope: Your Horoscopes — Week Of July 14, 2015
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Mental Floss » 10 of Voltaire's Favorite Bon Mots for Bastille Day
Celebrate Bastille Day by sprinkling a few of Voltaire's choicest bon mots into your conversations. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mother of the year candidate accused of doing heaving narcotics with some of her children and neglecting others [Sick]
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The Onion » American Voices: CDC: Cuddling Chickens Leads To Salmonella
With nearly 200 people in 40 states currently affected by a salmonella outbreak, the CDC is attributing the spread of the illness to people kissing and cuddling with live poultry like chickens and ducklings, actions that greatly increase the risk of infection in humans. What do you think?
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The Onion » News: Palestinian Man Marvels At How Much Childhood Refugee Camp Has Changed
AL-SHATI, GAZA STRIP—Saying he hardly recognized some of the makeshift buildings and piles of rubble he played in as a child, Gaza native Ramzy Abu-Dhubah told reporters Tuesday he was struck by how much the refugee camp he grew up in has changed over the years.As he walked through his “old stomping grounds” in Al-Shati, a 0.3-square-mile camp currently home … [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Do Some Guitarists’ Fingers Smell Like Garlic?
Playing out of key may not be the most embarrassing thing a guitarist has to endure after all. [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Report: Mom Would Rather Sit Here And Watch You Guys Have Fun
CROWN POINT, IN—Saying she was happy to find a nice shady spot to sit while everyone else went on the ride, local mother Molly Costello announced Tuesday that she would rather just stay right here and watch her family have fun. “Oh, go, go, go, I just like to see you guys having a good time,” said Costello, waving off … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The person who won the Academy Award as producer of Snowden documentary is trying to find out why she is detained at airports so often [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this nice walk in the woods [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 7 Scientific Instruments 'New Horizons' Uses to Study Pluto
The closest encounter in the historic flyby just happened a few minutes ago. Here are the instruments New Horizons used to capture scientific data. [Link]
Weird Universe » Exploding Beaches
Another danger you need to worry about if you go to the beach: random, unexplained beach explosions.
Kathleen Danise, 60, was sitting in a chair on Salty Brine Beach in New Jersey, minding her own business, when suddenly the sand beneath her erupted, throwing her, as if shot out of a cannon, 10 feet into the air. She landed on … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Lawyer mocks client's penis and challenges him to a duel [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Boston police captain turned his son in for plotting Boston style bombing in support of ISIS [Hero]
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Weird Universe » Mystery Gadget 30
I've deliberately blotted out the product name here, so you can't google the device. After you register your guess, visit here for the answer [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: It's "My" Party
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Futility Closet » Close Dosage
You’re on a drug regimen that requires you to take one pill a day from each of two bottles, A and B. One day you tap one pill into your palm from the A bottle and, inadvertently, two pills from the B bottle. Unfortunately the A and B pills are indistinguishable, and taking more than one B pill per day … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » According to FEMA, if you live in the Pacific NW, and west of I-5, you "will be toast" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » In less than a week, the four children who lost their mother in the ice cave collapse in Washington have now lost their father in a shooting outside a bar in San Bernardino [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Super Soakers: When the Dutch Used Floods as Weapons
A new study has an important lesson for would-be conquerors eyeing up the Netherlands: Bring your swimmies, because you might be welcomed with a flood. After examining historical maps and other documents from the southwestern Netherlands, geographer Adriaan de Kraker found that one-third of the floods that occurred in the region between the years 1500 and 2000 were deliberately and … [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Cities on the Edge
Kris De Curtis via Wikipedia // CC BY 2.0 Livin' On The Edge: The Precarious Architecture of 7 European Cliff Cities. So beautiful, so historical, so much nope.
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How to make a good action film: 11 lessons from modern movies. The best of them involve taking risks and going big with them.
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata died on … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » German attempts to break down barriers for deaf in North Korea. I said, GERMAN ATTEMPTS TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS FOR DEAF IN NORTH KOREA [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Washington group opposed to legal marijuana forces Colorado pot shop to close citing the RICO Act: "We're putting a bounty on the heads of anyone doing business with the industry. Just because you see this unstoppable growth of pot, we disagr
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FMyLife » anonymous says FML
Today, at work, I was screamed at and slapped by a customer because I said "Hello Ma'am, how may I help you?" and they identify as a man. I would understand their language and slapping if not for the fact that they came into my store in a dress and full on makeup. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Yes, you can be found guilty of assault with an inflatable shark [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Bad: Your SUV breaks down so you abandon it on the side of the highway. Worse: Thieves steal it. Awesome: In order to steal it, the thieves make all the necessary repairs free of charge before getting caught by police [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » ISIS blows up a baby. That's it, I'm outta here [Sick]
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FMyLife » FartOnMe says FML
Today, I went out on a first date. I tried to impress her by paying a buff waiter to come and challenge me to arm wrestle, and let me win. We arm wrestled, he won, and my date left with him when his shift ended. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Nigel says FML
Today, most of my family was out of the house, so I took the opportunity to go to the bathroom and browse some porn. Five minutes later my sister comes and asks me to disconnect from bluetooth and that my "dinosaur noises" were blocking her and her friend's music. I'm currently hiding in shame. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » See a Summer's Worth of Fireflies In Under Two Minutes
This compilation of photos featuring fireflies is from 2011, but there's nothing dated about a field full of bioluminescent beetles (they're not really flies). As summer turns sweltering, these lightning bugs break out their flashy mating dances each dusk. Viewed in one sitting, it's the perfect dose of summer escapism at your desk. [h/t The Kids Should See This] [Link]
GraphJam » Zipper Positions and Their Meanings
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: coat , cold , infographic , metrosexual , what does it mean , your zipper and you , zipper Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » "I'm With Stupid" Shirts
Graph by: chezzxpert101 Tagged: clothing , left , Pie Chart , point , right , stupid , T.Shirt , up Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Amount of times my boss uses the F word
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GraphJam » self-evaluation of competence vs time in med school
self-evaluation of competence vs time in med school Graph by: Ratlet Tagged: graduation , medical school , medicine , school-doctor , skills , students Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Ohio
Graph by: (via Afternoon Snooze Button) Tagged: america , distance , map , Maps , meh , ohio Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » He's a Ninja
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GraphJam » ROFLrazzi: Know Your Vampire Hunter
Check out more celebs at Roflrazzi Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: best of the week , best of week , funny , Hall of Fame , infographic , monster , original content , summer blockbuster , vampire Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Jaws Theme Goes Here
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GraphJam » When somebody says "Bless you" after you sneeze
Graph by: HTMLguy Tagged: baby bear , bless you , Line Graph , sneezing Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Society's Tolerance of Sexism
LoL by: quietus6 Tagged: beer , commercials , politics , sexism , sitcoms , society , tolerance , work Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Damn, I Actually Liked Them, Too
Graph by: Astrid42 Tagged: Pie Chart , relationships , socially awkward penguin Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Your You're Your friends' grammar skills Frequency of correct usage in Facebook posts. (Note: "Your" is the possessive, as in "it's your computer." "You're is the contraction for "you are," as in &qu
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GraphJam » Acceptance of Velcro Shoes by Age
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Fark.com RSS » Formal deal reached on Iranian nuclear program [News]
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Mental Floss » The Invention of Jaywalking
We’ve all done it. You’re standing at an intersection waiting anxiously for the orange hand to change to a white person so you can cross the street. The stream of cars has thinned, so you look both ways, note that no vehicles are approaching, and simply walk across the street—and break a handful of laws in the process. In the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The latest social media stupidity? The shotgun challenge [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 15 Things You Might Not Know About 'Stranger in a Strange Land'
While Robert A. Heinlein had put together a healthy bibliography throughout the 1940s and ’50s, he broke new ground with the publication of his 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. The apex of Heinlein’s career and a cornerstone of its genre, the sociopolitical allegory is now recognized as a landmark of American literature. Despite the novel’s prominence, there … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Minor league ballpark hosts ADA night, fails to have handicapped access [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » 11 Ways You Can Heighten Your Appreciation of Music This Summer
While people generally know what kind of music they like—and what they don’t—it’s possible to expand your appreciation by learning new ways to listen. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New York has settled with Eric Garner's family for $5.9 million [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Seeing Trees Can Make You Feel Healthier
A Canadian study finds that 10 extra trees per city block made people feel as healthy as if they were seven years younger. [Link]
Mental Floss » How to Start Enjoying Silent Movies
Silent movies may not have spoken dialogue, but the best ones are so engrossing you won't even notice. On this week's episode of the mental_floss podcast An Even Better You, host Jeff Rubin chats with Ben Model, a silent film historian and one of the country's leading silent film accompanists. Ben tells us why the films are way more fun … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man upset over neighborhood fireworks fires gun at ground. BOOM. Hedge shot [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » See Amazing Sculptures of Everyday Objects Carved From Wood
Artist Randall Rosenthal carves his masterpieces using a single block of wood. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Original LEGO Patent
See the 1961 patent that would change playtime forever. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chicagoland's Brookfield Zoo closes its stingray exhibit for the season after an oxygen malfunction kills all of the stingrays. *Crikey* [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 11 Things You Might Not Know About the Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard has a unique job in the military, with a role in law enforcement and a role in war. [Link]
FMyLife » carl_carl_ says FML
Today, I was on a roller coaster behind a boy who vomited in front of me as the cart shot down. It splattered all over my arm, and a little on my cheek. FML [Link]
FMyLife » distracted says FML
Today, I woke up early and took my medication to help me focus while catching up on lectures. I ended up spending the whole day focused on fixing my drawer for no apparent reason. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » On the upside, hey–free cake on your way to hell [Weird]
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Mental Floss » 3 (Scientifically Proven) Ways to Learn a New Language
In 2014, Penn State researchers found that adults who successfully tackled a new language strengthened their neural pathways, benefiting overall brain function and slowing deterioration. We scoured some recent research for tips for mastering a second tongue in your spare time. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Boy Scouts of America finally earn the Equality Badge [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this runway romance [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The Lincoln Administration Turned Down a Chance to Populate the United States With Elephants
We blew it. [Link]
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