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 » Are we not doing "phrasing" anymore? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Isn't life blissful when you're a self-made billionaire and you don't know what you're worth? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » So you think Aussies have been taking the piss out of you bloody Yanks with stories about Drop Bears? [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » A group of white high school students wore black shirts with gold letters that spelled out a "sanitized" racial slur. Just another senior class picture day in Arizona [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 15 Uncensored Facts About ‘Midnight Cowboy’
The first and only X-rated movie to win a Best Picture Oscar could have looked a lot different. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Days Since a School Shooting: 0. Fark: In Canada [Scary]
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Mental Floss » A Rare Ottoman Atlas Was Rediscovered in Norway's National Library
With a little help from Reddit, the librarian who unearthed the work identified it as a copy of the rare Cedid Atlas. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Iraqi freedom fighter accused of liberating hundreds of thousands of dollars [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » If your drinking binge doesn't include buying £35,000 worth of fresh fish, 'vast' quantities of booze and a private jet, it wasn't a binge [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » CDC has updated their list of countries to avoid: Barbados, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Guyana; Cape Verde; Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti-look, just stay home, OK? [Scary]
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Mental Floss » What's the Right Way to Make a Ward 8?
Technically, there's no right way to make this Boston beverage, but we have some suggestions. [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Athletes Ski a Mountain at Night—Using Only Flares for Light
An activity that you should probably never attempt. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Things that can get you caught if you are a burglar can now include locking your keys in your get-away car [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » Snowpocalypse 2016 Has Begun
The storm will likely land in the record books by the end of this weekend. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oh, so you thought a snow day meant your kids could go outside and play? Think again: "In Arlington, we really are moving towards 24/7 learning" [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 25 Facts About Oklahoma (Where the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Plain)
21. The governor's mansion has an Oklahoma-shaped swimming pool. [Link]
The Onion » News in Photos: Scalia Bundles Up In Fur Robe In Preparation For D.C. Blizzard
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Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Strange news from all over. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » After having crews busy making snow in Central Park all week, NYC Parks Department cancels winter festival due to impending snowstorm [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » 82-year-old man found naked in bushes with condoms, pheromone wipes, and a roll of paper towels tells police he was sun bathing and testing insect repellent. Um, yeah [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this display of military might [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Q-Tips are Weird
Q-Tips are a lot weirder than you would think. * This might very well be the most horrible alarm clock available. It certainly gives these a run for their money. * Using one of these super creepy vintage Valentine’s Day cards won’t win you a date—but it may get you a restraining order. * The Nerdist blog took a really, … [Link]
The Onion » Graphic: Strongside/Weakside: Rob Gronkowski
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Fark.com RSS » Want to avoid a winter cold? Doctors say get sufficient sleep, eat sensibly, have sex once or twice a week [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » Sea Slugs Store the Toxins They Eat to Poison Their Enemies
They can survive eating the toxic Latrunculin A, but their predators may not. [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: East Coast Braces For Blizzard
Thousands of flights have been canceled and several government agencies have shuttered in anticipation of a massive snowstorm making its way to the East Coast, a blizzard that could affect as many as 75 million people in a dozen states. What do you think?
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Mental Floss » The Surprising Story Behind George Washington's Inaugural Bible
His Bible, which is now a cherished relic of the United States, was originally nothing more than an afterthought. [Link]
Weird Universe » GUINEA PIG WHAT?
The horror that is haggis has been rendered , if you can believe it, even more horrifying. A Scottish Chef, consulting with a Peruvian Chef, has doubled down on how gross haggis is already by making it using guinea pigs. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Since a lot of you in the northeast are dealing with Snowmageddon 2016 and are just sitting around thinking about who to eat if it comes down to cannibalism, take your mind off that with the Fark Weird News Quiz [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » UVA student vacationing in North Korea arrested for being the sort of dumbass who vacations in North Korea [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 11 Campaign Slogans For Fictional Politicians
Take a break from the real candidates with a sampling of some fictional politicking. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's important to remember the old adage "righty tighty, lefty loosey." Especially when you put a screw in your penis [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Because haggis wasn't disgusting enough already, the Scots have figured out how to make it with ground-up guinea pigs [Sick]
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The Onion » News in Brief: Man Figured Drug Addiction Would Take Up A Lot More Free Time
NEW YORK—Explaining that his afternoons and evenings were still pretty much wide open, local man Eric Lang told reporters Friday that he had figured drug addiction would take up a lot more of his free time. “When I first started using heroin, I thought it would consume my every waking moment, but it hasn’t really filled that much of my … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » DC area officials apologize for being completely unprepared to deal with one inch of snow on Wednesday, but swear they've got this impending 3 foot blizzard thing well in hand so no worries at all [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » Take a Tour of an Early 20th Century Facial Prosthetics Studio
At her Studio for Portrait Masks in Paris, Anna Coleman Ladd created metal masks for soldiers who had been wounded in World War I. [Link]
The Onion » Sunday Magazine: Our 25th Annual Most Dressed Issue
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Fark.com RSS » Parents upset that teens turned an anti-bullying workshop into a bullying workshop [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » What do you get when you honor Mark Wahlberg with a burger of the month? A letter from his legal team, hold the irony [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Why Spider-Man Wouldn’t Actually Be Able to Climb Walls
A new study calculates that almost half his body would have to be covered in adhesive pads to allow him to scale a building. [Link]
Mental Floss » A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How 70mm Projection Works
See what 'The Hateful Eight' looks like from the projection room. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hello. Police? Yeah, I'm going out on the pull tonight. Might get lucky. Thought it best to let you know just in case [Strange]
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The Onion » News in Brief: Report: Mom Saw Car That Slid Off Road Into Ditch
ROCKVILLE, MD—Warning that it’s really getting nasty out there right now, local mother Diane Burchill, 56, reported Friday that she saw a car that slid off the road and into a ditch. “I was driving home on Route 28 and passed a minivan that had gone right off the road and down into a ditch,” said Burchill, further confirming that … [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Facts You Might Not Know About Taco Bell
Grab a chalupa. [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Obama Gently Guides Michelle’s Hand As She Maneuvers Drone Joystick
WASHINGTON—Leaning in close behind the first lady and softly whispering into her ear, President Obama gently guided Michelle’s hand as she maneuvered a Predator drone joystick control to acquire a high-value overseas target, White House sources confirmed Friday. “Now keep your eyes on the digital-terrain data feed on this monitor as you slowly pull up on the stick—wow, you’re such … [Link]
FMyLife » whattheactualfuck says FML
Today, my new girlfriend's father made good on his "What you do to her I do to you" threat when he took me out for drinks and then drunkenly hit on me. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Guy makes Iron Man suit in his back yard for sick kids in hospital. Oh look, another one of these thrHOLY CRAP [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Shine a laser pointer at a police helicopter, they said. It will be fun, they said [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » To help everyone weather the storm, caption this meteorologist & his gesture [Caption]
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Mental Floss » Be Prepared With Sriracha To-Go Packets
Finally, you get to leave your bottle at home. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Local residents upset when local nursing home cuts out the middle man and just starts chucking dead bodies into the dumpster out back [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Have a confederate flag tattoo? No Marines for you [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Eating rare steak every day could help you lose a LOT of weight [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » California has seen a 2.5 percent increase in autism in the past year [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » 366 Chinese cities do not have safe air quality. Which answers the question: "How many cities are in China?" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Drunk driver manages to crash right into a state trooper's car [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 10 Sweet and Colorful Facts About Mike and Ike
So much drama for a couple of candy-loving bros. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Time New York Banned Women From Smoking
At least one woman was arrested during this law’s short two-week life. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Policeman in Florida responds to complaint involving unarmed black teenagers, starts shooting within seconds after arriving [Video]
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Mental Floss » Take the Plunge with the World’s Oldest Master Free Diver
Seventy-six-year-old Aharon Solomons is a world record-holder in the competitive sport of free diving. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New Zealand police now deploying flocks of sheep instead of spike strips to end pursuits [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » DC Metro guarantees no problems will be reported during historic blizzard [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Book containing sexual innuendo and indecent images removed from school. Fark: Snow White [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Once-conjoined twins and hospital part ways [Sappy]
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Mental Floss » Winter Storm "Jonas"
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Mental Floss » 12 Abandoned Movie Sets You Can Actually Visit
There are pieces of cinematic history in every corner of the world—if you know where to look. [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: World’s Largest Known Prime Number Found
A global initiative to discover previously unknown large prime numbers has deduced the largest one ever discovered, a 22-million-digit figure known as 2^74,207,281-1 that was found at the University of Central Missouri. What do you think?
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Fark.com RSS » Just another winter day in NYC – the pedestrians, the taxis, the runaway cow on 175th St [Strange]
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The Onion » News in Brief: Study Finds Girls Outperforming Future Employers In School
NASHVILLE, TN—The results of a comprehensive multiyear study charting the educational achievement of children throughout the United States were released Friday, revealing that the nation’s girls are increasingly outperforming their future employers in all subjects. “We looked at test scores from all 50 states and found that, across every demographic group, girls are consistently outscoring those who will someday have … [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Everyone In Coffee Shop Can Tell Trainee A Goner
KIRKLAND, WA—Shaking their heads as they watched the man struggle to make correct change and overheard him botch back-to-back orders, every customer at local coffee shop The Daily Bean confided to reporters Friday they could tell the store’s newest trainee was a definite goner. “Yikes, this guy’s steamed milk technique is all over the place—that’s not going to fly,” said … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » As a Psychiatrist, recommending exorcism for patients might just cost you your job [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Why Does Snow Squeak When You Step On It?
Why is snow, which is so quiet when it’s falling out of the sky, so loud on the ground beneath your feet? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There are places with higher lead-poisoning numbers than Flint – so don't look so smug there, Pennsylvania, Alabama, New York, Illinois, and all you states that haven't measured lead at all [Followup]
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Mental Floss » This Glove Calms Tremors in Parkinson’s Patients
The technology behind it was inspired by a children's toy. [Link]
FMyLife » swag papi says FML
Today, my pubic hairs were poking into my wang, I went to scratch it. Something bit my hand. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Protip: If you're a cop and you're going to lie about whether your drug dog alerted, make sure the guy whose assets you're trying to forfeit isn't a Federal police officer at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this soldier boy [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Half of NASA's New Astronaut Class Are Women (and Their Sights Are Set on Mars)
Jessica Meir, Anne McClain, Christina Hammock Koch, and Nicole Aunapu Mann were selected from more than 6000 candidates for the astronaut program. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mental health CEO spends $500k on psychic who doesn't foresee Medicaid not covering fraud [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Man given 24 years for repeatedly raping a 3-month-old baby has had sentence reduced to time served [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Winter Storm "Jonas"
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Fark.com RSS » President finally declares Missouri a disaster [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » Elvis in Latin
Finnish academic Jukka Ammondt made a name for himself by singing Elvis songs in Latin.
In the video below, he starts out with a Dire Straits song, "Calling Elvis" (in Latin), and then transitions to two Elvis songs — "Don't Be Cruel" and "It's Impossible."
I like the thrilled reaction of the high school students forced to listen to him. … [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Easy Tips to Help You Improve Your Workspace
Work is work, but don't let it become a chore. [Link]
Mental Floss » Retrace Mulder and Scully's Footsteps With an Interactive 'X-Files' Map
The interactive map reveals every location Mulder and Scully visited throughout 'The X-Files.' [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my 17 year old told me he wanted to pursue a career in art. Knowing he's extremely talented at drawing, I congratulated him and told him to pursue that dream. A few hours later I learn that he's been arrested for spray painting graffiti dicks all over a school wall. Well, he's famous now. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Environmental Protection Agency official who warned about lead in Flint's water 7 months ago was stunned the water wasn't being treated to make it less corrosive. "In my head, I didn't believe that. I thought: That can't be true..
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Fark.com RSS » Over 75 MILLION Americans are cowering before wrath of winter storm Jonas, reports Daily Mail while copying and pasting everyone's weather maps, Twitter pics and Instagrams into "article" [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Watch Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Bring the 'Temple Run' Monkey to Life
Go behind-the-scenes to see how the intricate costume was made. [Link]
Weird Universe » Shirley Dinsdale and Judy Splinters
Female ventriloquists are pretty rare. So it's always weird to find a forgotten one, especially one who might be remembered for garnering the first Emmy award ever given. Shirley Dinsdale might have been talented, but Judy Splinters was surely ugly as all get-out.
This 1945 radio show (not embeddable) features her act in its prime, starting after the 3-minute mark. … [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, from the living room, I heard the front door open. After carefully investigating, I found a complete stranger asleep in my bed. He didn't respond to any amount of poking and shaking but looked very comfortable while I phoned the police. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Cool Posters Reimagine NES Video Game Worlds as Subway Maps
Now you know what a subway in Hyrule might look like. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When a double barreled shotgun just won't cut it [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Someone went all Bundy on a fence around a game preserve [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » 7 Antique Forgeries Made in Antiquity
Forgery of art and antiquities is far from a modern phenomenon. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There are two types of people in this world: Those who would use an extra hour in their day to exercise, and those who would use it to sleep [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis supports Catholic foot fetishists of all genders [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Bomb We Know
Great links for the weekend, snowbound or not! [Link]
FMyLife » anonymous says FML
Today, I met up with my dad for the first time in 7 years. We planned to go to a nice restaurant but he changed the place we were going to, to Chuck E. Cheese. I'm 18 years old. I waited an hour for him to show up. I then ended up babysitting his daughter the whole time. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Kimel says FML
Today, my eldest daughter announced she was getting divorced. She never even told me she was married. FML [Link]
FMyLife » AkiAnime says FML
Today, I found out that the huge project I've been working on for the past week is actually a group project. Everyone in my group knew. They were just letting me do the entire thing by myself because I'm "smart". FML [Link]
GraphJam » HULK STUDY!
Graph by: Ace_of_memes Tagged: engineer , hulk , major , nuclear , Pie Chart , study , truancy story Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Stay Safe, Or Stay Dead
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: crashes , dead , driving , infographic , safety Share on Facebook
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GraphJam »
Graph by: degren Tagged: family , guests , insults , jokes , moms , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Expect Nothing Less From The Comments Below
Graph by: Steelsammy Tagged: C-C-C-COMBO , comments , flow chart , grammar nazi , self referential Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » If You Move Fast Enough Maybe No One Will See
Graph by: (via xkcd) Tagged: front door , Line Graph , night time , paranoid , running , xckd Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Clothes I Pack Clothes I Wear Vacation
Graph by: floatinghobbit Tagged: clothes , clothing , holiday , packing , vacation , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Refreshingly Affordable
I could definitely go for a green tea or an Arnold Palmer right now, how about you? Graph by: Unknown Tagged: arizona , arizona tea , cheap , delicious , Pie Chart , tea Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » It's More Fun With the Danger of Getting Caught
Graph by: tabaco Tagged: home , NSFW , Pie Chart , work Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » American Marine imprisoned by Iran receives death sentence as local authorities prepare to fill him full of lead [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Is it snowing where you live? Do you have power? Do you have lots of milk, bread, toilet paper, etc.? Here is your Mid-Atlantic winter storm thread, or as the people at the Weather Channel call it, Winter Storm Jonas [Live]
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Mental Floss » The 4 Most Interesting Comics of the Week
'Living Level-3,' 'American Monster,' and more. [Link]
Mental Floss » 'Extinct' Indian Tree Frog Is Actually a New Genus
Lost for nearly 150 years, the tiny animals likely hid away in tree holes far above ground. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Working theories: 1. Ninja Turtles are real; 2. See theory 1" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman accidentally shot at showing of 13 Hours. Surely this is Michael Bay's Benghazi [Murica]
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FMyLife » Septy says FML
Today, my sick semi-delusional boyfriend, whom I've been taking care of for days, accused me of trying to poison him so that I could play World of Warcraft. FML [Link]
FMyLife » automotive glass tech says FML
Today, while I was working replacing a windshield, some jerk off hit my truck. A truck carrying 2 grand in glass. Including the windshield I was about to install. The driver gets out and says, "Sorry man, I had to text my girlfriend." FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Revealing Things About Seurat's 'Bathers at Asnières'
The oil on canvas painting was the first of French Neo-Impressionist Georges Seurat's large-scale compositions. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ladies and gentlemen, it's only January but we already have the most ridiculous exercise regimen of 2016 [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Fast food worker beaten over slow service. Where's your giant creepy plastic head king now? [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » What have you created today? This teenager has created waterproof and fireproof sleeping bags for the homeless which are already 'saving lives' [Hero]
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Mental Floss » Anxious People Lean Left, Study Finds
An experiment with blindfolded participants shows that anxious individuals tend to walk leftward. [Link]
Futility Closet » The Qattara Depression Project
In 1957 the CIA proposed a novel way to bring peace to the Middle East: Flood Egypt’s Qattara Depression with seawater from the Mediterranean. The depression is below sea level and currently an arid waste; connecting it to the sea with giant tunnels or canals would transform it into a lagoon that would be renewed perpetually as the water evaporated, … [Link]
Mental Floss » How 11 Legendary Outdoor Destinations Formed
Hardcore adventurers will really go the distance in order to ski, surf, swim, or soar in Earth’s most incredible landscapes, but the places themselves have come a long way, too. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New study claims that driving wards off dementia and is good for your health. (Warning: Not applicable in Boston) [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » See What the Northern Lights Look Like From Space
British astronaut Tim Peake snapped a series of stunning aurora borealis photos from the International Space Station. [Link]
Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: Turks Defeat Brits at Hanna
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 221st installment in the series. January 21, 1916: Turks Defeat Brits at Hanna While trench warfare ground on in Europe with little to show for either side, in other theatres, where the “war of movement” still prevailed, the tide of battle could … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Air New Zealand PR department becomes early front runner for best understatement of the year award saying turbulence "caused some catering items to fall from service carts." Why yes, that is a picture of wine splattered on the ceiling [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Need bail money for yesterday's drug charges? Let's sell some moonshine on Facebook. What could possibly go wrong? [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » $2,750 'hands free' baby buggy allows parents to run behind it. What could possibly go wrong? [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Watch This 'Labyrinth' Tribute From the Film's Youngest Actor
The "babe with the power" pays tribute to David Bowie. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Florida man axes his tenant to leave [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Police on the scene of a double homicide for an hour before realizing it was a single homicide [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » That time a crocodile took a dip in the pool [Florida]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I realised what kind of man I married when I finally shelved his book, "Getting Things Done", still untouched 3 months after buying it. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Men arrested for dancing may have been "spinning" their "rifles." That's probably not a euphemism. Probably [Strange]
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Mental Floss » In The Future We Might Be Able To Travel Via 700 MPH Hyperloop Pod
In just a few years, we might be traveling around California in 700 mph hyperloop pods, claims a company called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man, I knew that ride to the Bellagio shouldn't have cost me $47 million [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Obama really did seize a record number of guns last year [Scary]
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Mental Floss » This Prosthetic Arm Can Be Controlled With the Mind
An armband designed for gesture-based computing could also revolutionize prosthetics. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 4 cop cars, 3 fire trucks, 1 boat (with divers), 9 firefighters, 7 cops, a K-9 unit, and 23 volunteers called out to find a missing watch [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Show
Grave-robbers, beware! [Link]
Mental Floss » 18 Rock and Rolling Facts About Led Zeppelin
Nearly 50 years after their founding, there's still a whole lotta love for the legendary English rock band. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In Brooklyn, they walk among us. Not always obvious, but they're there, blending into the crowds and trying to look inconspicuous while they bring the sensibilities of their native country with them. Of course, I'm talking about the French [I
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this man and his record player [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » This Eco-Friendly Home in the UK Costs Just $21 to Run for a Year
The four-bedroom family home features insulated masonry, triple glazed windows, an air source heat pump, and large solar panels on the roof. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Gothenburg Snow Penis rubbed out. Workers blow a new, much much bigger one and give the Nazca Lines penis envy [Followup]
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FMyLife » Sunflora219 says FML
Today, I absentmindedly smiled and told my grandfather to "have fun" before closing the door behind him. He was leaving to go to his chemotherapy session for lung cancer. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hardline Saudi cleric pushes a "purity" and marriage training program for 11-year-old girls called "Wake up Sleeping Beauty, worship at his feet." I'm sorry, did I say "Saudi cleric"? I meant "Colorado PUBLIC School Di
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Mental Floss » One of the Biggest Dinosaurs Ever Discovered Is Now on Display in New York
This species of Titanosaur is estimated to have weighed as much as 10 African elephants. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Courts rule that following North Korea on Twitter is not grounds for treason [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, two teen girls got into a shouting match at the table next to mine at the food court. Sensing a fight brewing, I got up to leave. I stood up just in time for one of the girls to throw her tray, which missed her target and hit me in the head. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch These Mountain Cedar Trees 'Sneeze' Pollen
The allergy-inducing mountain cedar may be the most hated tree in Texas. [Link]
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