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 » If you've always wanted to own your own Hell's Angels clubhouse, this is your lucky day. Needs some TLC [Misc]
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Mental Floss » 14 Fascinating Facts About 'Sling Blade'
John Ritter's backstory for his gay convenience store manger involved the 'Happy Days' gang. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's fear mongering article: Wearing hair ties on your wrist can kill you [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » This Sprinkler Saves Water By Analyzing the Weather Forecast
ETwater learns from the data it collects about your lawn and climate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Come for the vegan from the suburbs who decides to become a pig farmer, stay for the glowing pigs existential experience [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » George Barris' funeral procession was everything it was promised to be, right down to the plastic Marge Simpson figure. You have to do more than that to upstage a "Spanish gold" coffin complete with pinstripes and plastic fins, though [Fo
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this historical etching [Photoshop]
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FMyLife » aj513 says FML
Today, my girlfriend and I got caught doing it in her parent's bed by her mom. Instead of making me leave, they forced me to stay for dinner. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Scenic Facts About Central Park
The urban park is one of America's most well-known attractions—but it still holds a few secrets. [Link]
Futility Closet » Heel!
In walking through a park and observing the signs, ‘All dogs found on these grounds without their owners, will be shot,’ a friend of mine exclaimed, ‘That’s a hard case for dogs that can’t read.’ — Irving Browne, Humorous Phases of the Law, 1876 Please support Futility Closet on Patreon! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Archaeologists toiled and troubled, find where Shakespeare's cauldron bubbled [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Some people donate gold coins, some donate cars, and then there are the ones that donate live grenades [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Edison Showed Off the Phonograph 138 Years Ago Today
He hollered "Mary Had a Little Lamb" into it. And it hollered back! [Link]
FMyLife » ohgodwhyfml says FML
Today, a girl I'd been talking to all night actually wanted to come home with me. Stopped to buy condoms. Got home, clothes came off, took out a condom. "Sorry, I'm allergic to latex". She left in a cab. I'm a 27-year old virgin for another night and now have a box of condoms to remind me. FML [Link]
FMyLife » xmelissadavisx says FML
Today, the man sitting next to me on the train looked like he was about to be sick. I quickly handed him the nearest bag I could find, a bag full of my lunch for that day. Safe to say he held nothing back. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Were Medieval Books Written on Uteruses?
Researchers found a clever way to test centuries-old manuscripts without damaging them: eraser crumbs. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You are at a restaurant and the kid in the next booth is screaming. You write a note thanking them for ruining your meal. Who gets asked to leave A) The couple with screaming child, B) Both tables, C) The note writer ? [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 30 Facts About Your Favorite Steven Spielberg Movies
1. Daniel Day-Lewis is the first actor to win an Oscar for one of Spielberg’s movies. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Monster killer giant brussel sprouts the size of golf balls to attack England, bring the stench of elderberries along with their human killing gasses [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "For three family members to receive consecutive offers of admission indicates how tremendously talented all three of them must be" [Cool]
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Weird Universe » Best Apple Butter in Oklahoma
The judges probably thought it was a bold new take on apple butter.
The Plain Speaker (Hazelton, Pa. — Oct 24, 1956) [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this bait [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Awkward bathroom moments [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Obviously this kid didn't draw a firetruck that needed a shave. F [Strange]
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Weird Universe » Greatest Shoplifter Ever?
Original article here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Brazilian Santa Claus makes the naughty list after stealing a helicopter [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » This is why you never abruptly try to leave the log ride when it's in motion 30-feet above the ground. "He hit his head on every bar on the way down" [Scary]
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FMyLife » aloneagainnaturally says FML
Today, we were all put in groups to make a presentation together. And by "together" I mean I pulled an all nighter to finish it by myself. My group criticized my work. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Rainbow_Rhinos says FML
Today, I realised there's a reason that no one talks to the weird guy from choir practice. I was nice to him a couple weeks ago and now he won't stop following me around the school and watching my group at lunch from behind a pole. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » A Quest to Document Northeast India's Amazing Root Bridges
Pliable, strong overpasses are fashioned from trees—but they've never been documented in full. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Huge wall of tumbleweeds miss route to Pismo Beach, take left toin at Albuquerque. HASSAN CHOP [Weird]
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GraphJam » What I do while waiting for my toast to pop up
Graph by: lolover Tagged: butter , clean , Hall of Fame , kitchen , Pie Chart , stare , toaster , utensils , waiting Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » They Didn't Hurt Until Now
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: cuts , hands , paper cuts , Pie Chart , sanitizer , small Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » Enos the Chimp, First Chimp in Orbit, 54 Years Ago Today
The story of Enos, second "space chimp," who launched 54 years ago today. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman who entered Omaha zoo while intoxicated and got bitten by a tiger hit with new charges, including criminal mischief, which basically means she caused between $1,500 and $5,000 worth of damages to the zoo [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Happy Meat Day! And Other Japanese Pun Holidays You Didn’t Know You Were Missing
Happy Good Meat Day! In case you missed it, November 29 is Ii Niku no Hi, or Good Meat Day, in Japan. But why? The first thing you need to know is that the Japanese language has a relatively small sound inventory, a whole lot of homophones, and a mostly non-phonetic writing style that allows for multiple pronunciations of the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "I definitely feel for our landlord's family and what they are dealing with, but at the same time I have two children and myself to worry about long term. Where are we going to live?" [Sad]
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Futility Closet » Chernoff’s Faces
Humans are bad at evaluating complex data, but we’re good at reading faces. So in 1973 Stanford statistician Herman Chernoff proposed using cartoon faces to encode information. He found that up to 18 different data dimensions can be represented in a computer-drawn face, mapping one variable to the length of the nose, another to the space between the eyes or … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Air Force to defend the frontier against Xur and the ISIS armada [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Black Friday almost turns in to Burnt Friday after a Toys R Us store catches fire with shoppers inside [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » NY Times figures enough people have forgotten the '70s that they can run a fawning profile of Werner Erhard and nobody will collapse in howls of derisive laughter at the undiluted beads-n-baloney Californian hippy horseshiat on display [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Coming up at the top of the hour it's Livingston Stapler Company Presents. Two hours of music hosted live by a farker in Juneau, Alaska. (9PM AKST/10PM PT) [Live]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my spineless shitwhip of a boss made me go fire a notoriously abusive employee. I had to act like firing him was my decision, even though I'm the secretary. Now I get to live in constant fear that the guy was serious when he threatened to find out where I live and kill me. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I went on my first date in six years. The guy was unbelievably creepy, and I couldn't wait for it to be over. Right after we finished eating, he told me he loved me, then tried to lean in for a kiss. He looked like he was going to cry when I turned him down. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » A Look at a Brewery's Assembly Line From the Beer's Point of View
Ever wonder what it's like to be a can of beer? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cops seize saw after saw thieves seen [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » The Most Interesting Comics of the Week
'The Dark Knight,' 'The Eternaut,' and 'Apartment 3G.' [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Egypt now 90% sure that King Tut's tomb contains hidden chambers, Al Capone's vault [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman beholds the power of Bark [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » "I've lived by the tracks my whole life, and I've never seen anyone get stuck like that before. We had a minute to get this old man off the tracks and hide between two trucks, and I turned around, and just boom! It was pretty crazy" [
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently at least one other person saw the videos Carly Fiorina was talking about [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Over 38% of Americans won't get flu vaccinations this year because they believe it will give them flu, just like polio vaccinations left them paralyzed [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » The Two Men Walking Every Block in NYC
What do you learn, ambling down thousands of miles of sidewalk? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this rather fine find [Photoshop]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I learned not to take sex tips from virgins seriously. "Have sex in the shower", they said. "It'll be fun", they said. Well they didn't take slippage into account. One busted nose and concussion later, I'm not seeing the "fun" part at all. FML [Link]
FMyLife » single and hatless says FML
Today, my 2 year relationship ended when my boyfriend accused me of stealing his beanie hat. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 22 Fun Facts About ‘Scrooged’
Of the many adaptations of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' only Richard Donner's big-screen version has got Bill Murray. [Link]
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