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.”
Mental Floss » Newly Discovered Stone Blocks Depict the Pharoah Hatshepsut as a Woman
This discovery might provide new knowledge into the early years of the ruler’s 22-year reign. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Teen electrocuted performing Jacob's Ladder experiment he saw on YouTube, leaves behind family, friends, a lingering smell [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Airbnb's New Feature Helps Travelers Live Like Locals
The app now features restaurant and attraction recommendations from hosts. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Inspiring Harriet Tubman quote that went viral turns out to be fake. "The trouble with quotes you find on the internet is that you never know if they are genuine," as Mark Twain so famously said [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Think payday lenders' practices couldn't get any sketchier? They're now triggering multiple overdrafts on your bank account if you don't pay them back [Asinine]
[link] [109 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Drop in Dementia Rates May Be Linked to Healthier Lifestyles, Study Finds
Over the last two decades, the UK has seen a 20 percent drop in dementia rates, and scientists believe healthier lifestyles may be the cause. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Newly released documents show the things that Bin Laden was afraid of. Surprisingly, a midnight helicopter raid by Seal Team 6 was not among them [Dumbass]
[link] [54 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » How a 700-Pound Elk Shrieks Like a Ringwraith
Researchers have determined that male elk whistle through their throats to produce their signature high-pitched calls. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man connected to organized crime killed by sni [Ironic]
[link] [59 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Elderly black man on the train quietly endures 15 minutes of abuse from a drunken racist before opening up the biggest can of whoopass in Chicago [Hero]
[link] [338 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Movies That Were Supposed to Be Sequels to Other Movies
Imagine a world where ‘Predator’ was actually ‘Rocky V.’ [Link]
Mental Floss » What Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury Thought About Television
TV is “like a rotten teacher in high school, except it’s everybody’s teacher.” [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Do Sour Things Make Me Pucker?
It could be your body's way of saying "watch out!" [Link]
FMyLife » not jacked says FML
Today, my friend spotted for me while I was lifting a barbell. He thought it would be hilarious to tickle my armpits as I lifted it all the way up. I can still taste vomit in my mouth and it hurts to breathe. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I ran into a new guy at work who told me the regional manager was visiting today to evaluate the staff. I scoffed and said that everything I'd heard about the manager made him seem like a total prick. His reply? "Maybe, but I'm a prick who can FIRE people." FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Lord Byron's Obsession with Dieting
Byron was terrified of becoming fat, believing that it would result in lethargy and stupidity. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dr. Heiney guilty of not being an ass man [Creepy]
[link] [34 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Here's one." "Ninepence." "I'm not dead" "What?" "Nothing Here's your ninepence." "I'm not dead" "'Ere 'E says 'e's not dead" "Yes he is." "I'm n
[link] [65 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » A London Restaurant Will Soon Offer a 3-Course Pop-Up Brunch for Dogs
Wash down that "Barkenberg loaf" with a glass of "pooch hooch." [Link]
Mental Floss » This Portable Battery Can Charge Your Phone for Over a Month
This generator alternative will keep you untethered from the wall for much longer. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Student" pretends to attend college while spending tuition money on drugs and partying. Who hasn't done that? Hello? Where'd everybody go? [Stupid]
[link] [60 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oldest Man in America title up for grabs once more [Interesting]
[link] [23 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Swinging Facts About Fenway Park
Winners at the oldest stadium in baseball include the Harlem Globetrotters. Losers include pigeons. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When you say you saw someone "petting a bison", you really mean that they were in fact, petting a bison. (And surviving, with video) [Dumbass]
[link] [72 comments] [Link]
Futility Closet » In a Word
Image: Wikimedia Commons stirious
adj. like an icicle [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this amateur firefighter [Photoshop]
[link] [19 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Missing Links: A Street Fight Between Bulldozers
This is simply the greatest huge bulldozer battle you’re sure to see all day (and possibly ever). * Don’t expect insects to take your feelings into account, because they’re really egocentric. * Here’s how society would be broken down if there were only 100 people in the world. * If you spend any time at all on the internet you’ve … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tubman once marched into the New York office of abolitionist Oliver Johnson and demanded 20 bucks to free her slave parents. NOW SHE GETS ALL THE $20s [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida, AKA "America's Australia" has a serious dragon problem [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Key West club to pay strippers $1.2 million to settle wage case, more if they want them to cry [Florida]
[link] [70 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Best Way to Cook Different Cuts of Beef
Barbecue season is coming. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Because what could be more natural than swimming with the dolphins in the middle of the Arizona desert? [Strange]
[link] [68 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 4 year olds in England sent survey asking what gender they identify with. Possible answers included genderqueer, tri-gender, and gender fluid. Subby wanted to be a astronaut [Asinine]
[link] [269 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Netflix Is Finally Open to the Idea of Offline Viewing
The company is keeping an "open mind" about adding the feature. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Don't think of your food as being genetically modified. Think of it as being genetically edited [Strange]
[link] [45 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Delightful Picnic Traditions From Around The World
Cultures across the world have added their own spin on dining alfresco. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » GET *cough* OFF *code* MY LAWN [Unlikely]
[link] [39 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Contemporary journalist tries to match booze legend Winston Churchill drink for drink for one day. Tag is for the man who could drink every Farker under the table with half his liver tied behind his back [Hero]
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Mental Floss » 10 Facts About Poets Laureate for National Poetry Month
They're carrying on an ancient tradition. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not news: Prisoner files lawsuit claiming the "inhuman" conditions he's being held in violate his human rights News: Norwegian white supremacist and mass-murderer Anders Breivik. Who killed 77 people. Fark: This being Norway, he WON [Foll
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Fark.com RSS » Oh, you're celebrating 4/20 today by getting stoned? That's cool. I was into 4/20 back before it got so mainstream. Now I celebrate other stoner holidays, you probably haven't heard of them [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » 52% of Americans say they won't date someone who smokes weed [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » The Best Amazon Deals We Could Find Today, April 20
As a recurring feature, our team combs the Web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, April 20. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Guggenheim Is Installing a Solid Gold Toilet by Artist Maurizio Cattelan
Starting May 4, you can poop on the art. Well, some of it. [Link]
Mental Floss » Buy Salvador Dalí’s Diary for Just $50,000
The artist’s daily notebook is being auctioned off next week. [Link]
FMyLife » fucktheearth says FML
Today, I was sitting at my desk when out of nowhere I had a "silent sneeze attack". Someone in the office called the paramedics because they thought I was having a seizure. This is the third time this has happened this week. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my husband's ex girlfriend is getting a restraining order on him. Turns out, for the past 2 years of our marriage he has been trying to contact her and ditching work to stalk her. To top it all off, he told me not to come to court with him because he doesn't want her to see he downgraded. FML [Link]
FMyLife » anonymous says FML
Today, I asked a short girl to prom by making a "you must be this tall to say no" sign. She grabbed a chair, stood on it, and then said no. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In honor of 4/20 day, here's how many people have fatally overdosed on marijuana, a rate which has held steady over the years [Obvious]
[link] [121 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Harriet Tubman to be placed on the $15.40 bill [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Why Is the Room Where Talent Waits Called the 'Green Room'?
If you have ever harbored dreams of fame and glamor, you may have imagined kicking back in the “green room”—perhaps along with a few tipsy celebrity friends and a bottle of fine champagne—awaiting your call to stage or screen. In this talk-show era, we hear much about that revered chamber, but where did the term "green room" come from? As … [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Items You Have at Home That Are Worth More Than You Think
Keep an eye out for these things that might be taking up space when they could be making you money. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Wanted: Social media manager for HM Queen Elizabeth II. Successful candidate will receive competitive salary, free lunches, title of the Duke of Face and the Earl of Tweet [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey, did you notice how much the IRS improved its customer service this year? No? All right then [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Ah crap, we have a little over a month to go before the Fark Book Fair and you still haven't finished your book? Did you write your short story for the anthology yet? No? *Facepalm* Time to give us your excuses in this week's Fark Writers Thr
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Fark.com RSS » "Honey, did you find anything scuba diving today?" "We found this awesome 400-year-old silk dress" [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Inside the strange, retro world of Russian "womanhood schools" where they are teaching women to be happy by finding a man to support them. Сделать меня бут
[link] [121 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » First we had Boaty McBoatFace, then we had Horsey McHorseFace, And now the city located in the suburbs of Sydney want to name their City Council Beachy McBeachFace [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » "Well, allow us to re-torte" [Followup]
[link] [129 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Geography Questions of Escalating Difficulty
They start easy. Can you answer them all? [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Swordsmiths Forge the Sword From 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
These guys have a talent for recreating weapons from pop culture. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Barbie, Friends & Accessories
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » A venerable Brit magazine / Is hoping to make quite a scene / 'bout a man who blows goats / When he's not farking stoats / So y'all need to enter this, because subby's really bad at it and you can win like $1400 or something [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Educators: Win Free Wildflower Seed Bombs for Your Class
Seedles is giving away 100 “Classroom Superhero” kits to help spread the word about the plight of our bees. [Link]
FMyLife » Coco says FML
Today, I invited my sister to my wedding. She is not coming, because I didn't reply to her email three years ago. The one she sent to my whole family, saying that I was a dangerous psychopath. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Gimmie a spare says FML
Today, as usual I went to pick up my brother and sister from school in the rain. When we got to my truck I realized I had locked us out. So we had to walk home in the rain, only to find the spare house key had not been put back in its spot since the last time it was … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Michigan attorney general announces that after much investigation and searching in the wake of the lead-tainted water crisis, they've identified the three patsies who will be taking Rick Snyder's fall [Facepalm]
[link] [93 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Expert" explains how to recover from a sleepless night. If you guessed the "expert" advice was go back to bed and get some more sleep, you win a No-Prize [Obvious]
[link] [41 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 13 Classic Facts About ‘Citizen Kane’
Roger Ebert called Orson Welles’ masterpiece “the official answer” to the question “What’s the greatest film of all time?” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Target doesn't care if you can aim at a urinal or not [Spiffy]
[link] [209 comments] [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Fat Gene Linked to Responsibility– More Details to Follow
Female CSR #1: Did you get a brownie?
Slightly-larger female CSR: No, I can’t leave my desk and work to get a brownie. That would be brushing off my duties.
Female CSR #1: Well, I’m not a fat person. I wouldn’t know. 473 Ridge Road
Dayton, New Jersey Overheard by: office peon [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Here are 3 secrets about the $1 bill. Strangely absent is why we still have a $1 bill [Interesting]
[link] [174 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Rap video shooting interrupts rap video shooting [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this warrior prince [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » These “Orange” and “Purple” Hearts Are Actually the Same Color
Proof that we can't always trust what we see. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Is Hillary angling to be the first black female president?" asked a stupid person [Dumbass]
[link] [51 comments] [Link]
Weird Universe » Only man never to have seen a woman
October 1938: 82-year-old Mihailo Tolotos died. He had lived his entire life in Greece's Mt. Athos monastery, which women were (are) not allowed to enter, and he was therefore believed to have been the only man in the world never to have seen a woman — or rather, the only man never to have been in the presence of a … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If the current campaign season is driving you to drink, just remember that Nixon enjoyed premier wines, Lyndon Johnson liked Cutty Sark, and Abraham Lincoln's vice-president showed up to inauguration day completely wasted [Interesting]
[link] [30 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Party DJs
Here's what to know before you hire them—and the three things they never want to see. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Bondic® Pro Kit. Like welding, but with liquid plastic and the same kind of UV activator that your dentist uses. Works better than super glue in a lot of circumstances. Now hold my beer while I try this. (Sponsored Link) [
[link] [7 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's prom controversy season. Come on down, lesbian prom princess couple [Murica]
[link] [99 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » KaityK says FML
Today, I let my little sister play a game using my Facebook account. She then decided to accept all of the people that had sent me a friend request. Among them included my boyfriend's crazy ex, and 3 people I've never met. Now I'm getting strange messages from all of them. FML [Link]
FMyLife » ScratchCatPower says FML
Today, on the bus, my friends and I gorged ourselves on a ton of candy. When it was my stop, I began to walk to the front of the bus. Upon getting off the bus, I tried to thank the driver with a mouth full of candy. It sounded like I said "Fuck you". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Well, that escalated quickly [Facepalm]
[link] [53 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 100 of The Most Iconic Shots In Film History
One perfect shot from each year since 1915. [Link]
Weird Universe » Diet Yourself to Death
So this is kind of a "good news/bad news" story then?
Original article here. [Link]
Mental Floss » Wear Your 'Simpsons' Fandom on Your Lapel With These Cool Pins
This pin company digs deep with its pop culture references. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Protip: When planting evidence to frame an acquaintance, do not use your own easily recognizable sunglass case to stash the meth [Fail]
[link] [14 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Barbie, Friends & Accessories
[Link]
Mental Floss » Rainbow Lattes are the Latest Thing in Coffee Art
They're beautiful and practical. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dedication to helping stray dogs destined for the slaughterhouse by founding a sanctuary for them is one thing, spending your entire fortune on it is REAL dedication. Good for this lover of dogs [Hero]
[link] [34 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police arrived at an elementary school to charge and arrest 5 students, ranging from 6 to 11 years old, for not intervening and stopping a fight that happened off school grounds [Asinine]
[link] [218 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Fast-Talking Auctioneering Terms
You might not know what exactly goes on at the likes of Sotheby's and Christie's, what with all the paddle waving and the torrential verbiage that pours from auctioneers’ mouths. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Pulitzer Prize Winners
Great links to start a great day! [Link]
GraphJam » the internet
LoL by: Unknown Tagged: internet , porn , technology Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » United Stats of America
Graph by: Asciicodeplus (via ilovedoodle.com) Tagged: flag , national , Pie Chart , stats , usa Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » It's your annual 4/20 thread. Smoke 'em if you got 'em [Murica]
[link] [228 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » This Smart Chair Keeps You Warm (or Cool) at Your Office Desk
No need to fight with your co-workers over the thermostat. [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was at a party. A guy kept looking at me, so I tried to strike up a conversation with him. I realized he was drunk when he slurred, "Ya know, you're the only girl I've met that's fat AND flat chested!" There goes my self-esteem. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was told I've been flagged for getting too many pain meds and am being cut off from the doctors who've been writing the prescriptions. The reason for the meds is because I have a painful bowel condition they can't figure out how to properly treat. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » The Outer Limits
In January 2007, inspired by this article by computer scientist Scott Aaronson, philosophers Agustín Rayo of MIT and Adam Elga of Princeton joined in the “large number duel” to come up with the largest finite number ever written on an ordinary-sized chalkboard. The rules were simple. The two would take turns writing down expressions denoting natural numbers, and whoever could … [Link]
Mental Floss » How Jasmine Twitty is Making History as a 25-Year-Old Judge
Jasmine Twitty is the youngest person ever to be sworn in as a judge in Easley, South Carolina. [Link]
FMyLife » Jim says FML
Today, my son is having housing issues, so I let him stay at my place for a while. Today, he found out that the quiet, dorky-looking professor who lives next door is an MMA fighter. He tried to break into the guy's house in the middle of the night and is now in the hospital. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You get caught trying to steal 19 boxes of topical flea medication for dogs. Do you: c) drink it [Stupid]
[link] [24 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Militant moms now on a tear against people outraged at them not breast-feeding infants in public [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Super High-Def Images of Earth From the ISS
Check out what astronauts see from the International Space Station. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Farking aliens continue to harass the International Space Station [Silly]
[link] [70 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Places You Might Be Leaving Money on the Table
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You're going to need an attorney if you're pulled over with a BAC three times the legal limit and an open bottle of vodka and three children in your car. Especially if you ARE an attorney [Asinine]
[link] [28 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Four ugly-ass meerkat babies start exploring zoo, negotiating reality show contracts [Sappy]
[link] [12 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » A Replica of the Destroyed Palmyra Arch Is on Display in London
A replica of the Palmyra arch, which was destroyed by Isil in 2015, is now on display at London's Trafalgar Square. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 7/11, Benghazi declared winners in NY primary [News]
[link] [947 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » People being shot in Butte by pellet gun sniper. People also being shot in leg [Scary]
[link] [31 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Victorian Parlor Games That Sparked Romance
In the tightly corseted Victorian era, parlor games helped relax strict rules of courtship. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The countries that love marijuana the most. Fark: The Netherlands and Jamaica aren't even in the top 15 [Interesting]
[link] [54 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Would you lie on your credit card application? More importantly, what's a credit card? [Interesting]
[link] [48 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » chuffberry says FML
Today, I finally saw a dermatologist due to my unusually severe acne. Now I know I actually have a rare disorder that makes me allergic to my own acne. FML [Link]
FMyLife » sociallyanxiousroomie says FML
Today, my roommates had a party while I stayed in my room, and that was fine by me. What was not fine was when a stranger broke into my room, asked to lay next to me, and then just went ahead and did it. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » KKK "Grand Wizard" proved he had magical powers to see into the future as he warned GA police during an 8-hour armed stand-off that "somebody's gonna die today" and damnned if he wasn't right [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Mysterious Startup Releases a Sneak Peak of Their 'Mixed Reality' Tech
The future of augmented reality is on its way. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This crisis is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S [Followup]
[link] [44 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 1986 in pictures. Cher you're thinking of red-lighting this, but I pity the fool that doesn't do the right thing. It may be Challenging but I think we can reach a Concorde-ance and look at the past that Woz [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » We've investigated ourselves and found ourselves not guilty [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Ah, yes, the old 'Cheetos hidden in the groin' trick. Dangerously cheesy [Florida]
[link] [28 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » New Study Identifies the Most Effective Way to Wash Your Hands
Just running your soapy hands under the faucet isn’t good enough. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The good news is HIV patients are living longer, the bad news is they may forget that they have it [Ironic]
[link] [15 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 24 year old flips out figuratively, tries to impersonate a Price Chopper manager. Police arrive, he flips out literally. He does not stick the landing [Fail]
[link] [11 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » Singleagain says FML
Today, I learned that not texting my girlfriend for two days is considered dumping her, and is ample reason to screw other men. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Explore The Great Barrier Reef With David Attenborough In Virtual Reality
For the first time, fans of David Attenborough can join the documentarian and naturalist on a virtual reality adventure under the sea. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this rebellious baby [Photoshop]
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