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 » Google patents electronic device that would be injected into your freaking eyeball. Yeah, sure… people will be lined up around the block for that [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » If Congress passes HB 2031, "Swatting" will cost you 20 years in prison. Because misusing law enforcement agencies to cause accidental deaths is something Congress wants no one but Congress to do [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » What's the Right Way to Make a Mojito?
Its fresh ingredients are what make it special (and the bane of a few bartenders). [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Churchgoer gets into an argument over saving seats with Bibles. Asks "What are you going to do? Shoot me?" [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Drunken driver goes rogue, crashes into Alaska governor's mansion, then into Alaska Capitol; lipstick and pig missing from scene [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » See Vintage Pictures of the Opening of the Bronx Zoo's African Plains Exhibit
Watch a news reporter hide in a box while lions steal his camera. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Some times when you a have a yearning to sink your teeth into a bearded seal, nothing else will satisfy you. This is not a euphemism for oral sex [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Britain celebrates five years of tweeting about Balls [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Russian jet fighter pays back the U.S. for Tom Cruise's "Top Gun" fiasco, does barrel roll over U.S. reconnaissance plane [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Oh my god, they killed Kenny! You bastards! [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 10 Hospitable Facts About ‘Troll 2’
You’d assume that a film called ‘Troll 2’ would include at least one troll. It does not. [Link]
Mental Floss » Before PlayStation, Sony Tinkered With a "Prototype TV Game Machine"
Sony's interest in video game consoles dates back to the 1970s. [Link]
Mental Floss » Researchers Discovered a Bizarre, Neon Jellyfish Near the Mariana Trench
It was spotted 2.3 miles below the surface. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » First you get sucker-punched for looking like Shia LaBeouf, then you get a loving voicemail from the man himself [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Contrary to what the NRA says, you can get a gun license in New York City. You just have to pay a big fee, another for fingerprints, hire a few lawyers, oh, and bribing cops apparently helps, too [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Time for Some Mental Hygiene: It's the mental_floss Weekly Puzzle
Cat videos are cool and all, but the next time you’re in need of a mid-day pick-me-up, consider something slightly more stimulating: our weekly brain teaser, created by the late, great mathematician and puzzle master Martin Gardner. This week, it’s up to you to figure out how to evenly divide a cake. Once you've worked out a solution, scroll down … [Link]
Mental Floss » Celebrate the Frappuccino's 21st Birthday With a Festive, Cake-Flavored Drink
Eat your birthday cake—and drink it, too. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There are unsafe nuclear plants, then there are plants so unsafe the country issues iodine pills to all citizens [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Belgium's Government to Hand Out Iodine Pills In Case of Nuclear Attack
Iodine reduces radiation buildup in the thyroid. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Iowa Man charged with animal neglect by keeping 62 ducks in the back of a van to complete the Florida Man challenge trifecta [Sick]
[link] [27 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Pentagon has decided that its 2015 airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital was not a war crime. Also, the F-35 is a smashing success, its budget should be increased 50 percent, and it's not sexual harassment if you thought she wante
[link] [65 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Show
Political campaigns used to hold late-night parades, when this helmet with a wick would have come in handy. [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Reasons to Take a Train This Summer
Just as slow food and slow living movements are becoming the trend, it may be time to decelerate travel too. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What Canada considers worthy of a constitutional crisis: 14 cases of beer [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Charlie Sheen's attorney says a restraining order requested by his ex-fiancee is a publicity stunt. Almost as much of a publicity stunt as becoming engaged to Charlie Sheen [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » In what could be a preview of a Trump election victory headline, gigantic cock moving to Pennsylvania Avenue [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this learning moment [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Map of the Word for ‘Plastic Bag’ in the Dialects of France
Mathieu Avanzi, Français de Nos Régions We Americans love looking at dialect maps that show us how our language varies from region to region, for example, maps that show the soda/pop/Coke divide, or how crayon is pronounced. But we aren’t the only country with regional differences. Français de Nos Regions (francaisdenosregions.com) brings together research on regional variation in France (as … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fisherman: Nope, nope, NOPE… why don't you keep swimming alien sea monster and get off my line [Weird]
[link] [65 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch This Homemade Hoverbike Take Flight
See how this YouTuber designed and built a flying machine from scratch. [Link]
Mental Floss » A Weasel May Have Shut Down the Large Hadron Collider
No opponent is too big for a tenacious weasel. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Odd news stories from all over. [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Makeup Tips You Should Know If You Wear Glasses
Helpful tips for the sliding and staining that occurs when you're a farsighted fashionista. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Scientists say it was "probably" a "weasel" that sabotaged the Large Hadron Collider, and not some creature the collider transported to this dimension, with plans to kill us all. Probably [Scary]
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Mental Floss » President James Monroe Lived in a Mansion—Not a Humble Cottage
Archaeologists had to re-think much of what they knew about Monroe's life when they uncovered a large stone house on his estate's grounds. [Link]
Mental Floss » Australian Brewers Made Beer With Their Belly Button Lint
Craft beer gets personal. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Japan: "Welcome to our wonderful country." *looks directly at China* "Please don't fart while you are here" [Weird]
[link] [67 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hi I'm producing a documentary to heroize the man that murdered your husband in cold blood, would you like to be in it? [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » Insect Brains Are Conscious, Study Argues
A pair of Australian researchers suggest that insects have something of a sense of self. [Link]
Mental Floss » We're Looking for an Intern!
Apply now! [Link]
Mental Floss » The Best Amazon Deals We Could Find Today, April 29
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 29. [Link]
Mental Floss » New College Grad? Here Are 10 of the Best Cities For You
Analytics have determined where you're most likely to find work, have fun, and spend less. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Self-professed time-traveler pretty sure he'll win U.S. presidency [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Outbreak of mumps confirmed at Harvard University. It's still the least harmful disease that you can get after a night at a Law Review mixer [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Montana county looking to dispose Cold War-era commode kits, since they have no reason to go on keeping those things [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 8 Oven-Ready Facts about DiGiorno
It's not what? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In its latest USAF tests, only one of six F-35s made it into the air. The others had software glitches. At this point, the enemy could be flying WWI Fokkers and we'd be in trouble [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Dozen police trapped in elevator need to call arch enemies to rescue them [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » How Madeline Sayet is Transforming the Way We Think About Shakespeare
As resident director of the arts organization Amerinda, 26-year-old Madeline Sayet is building a better future for Native American performers, helping them land more diverse and complex roles. Her latest endeavor: creating indigenous and feminist retellings of Shakespeare. Here’s how she’s banishing stereotypes while breathing new life into the Bard. [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my husband and his best mate got drunk and decided it would be a good idea to try hitchhike naked for a joke. Although no one was willing to pick up two naked 28 year old-men off the side of the main road, someone did call the cops. They are being held overnight. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Stalked says FML
Today, I found a love letter in my mail. It was from a girl I met at a bar few weeks ago. I never gave her my address or last name. I guess I have a stalker now. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ginger gene found to make those that have it appear younger, mainly by feeding off the souls from those around them [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Small But Mighty
Watch this little bee pull a long nail out of brick. Pretty impressive, I doubt I could have removed it with a claw hammer and pliers! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The internet hasn't yet killed the library. The question is, why hasn't it? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Yachts are passe: For $10M you can now own your private seven carriage luxury train [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Idaho man sues state for $5M because he only follows Mosaic law, and there's nothing in the Ten Commandments that requires a license plate on his car [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Brown in Texas? Speaking another language on a bus? All while wearing a turban? That's a 30 hour detention [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » Why Do We Eat Junk Food When We’re Bored?
Scientists say the discomfort of being bored drives us to seek out dopamine-stimulating sweet or fatty foods. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Happy "Ann"iversary
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Fark.com RSS » Pittsburgh Man drives a stolen car, jumps into the Ohio River, and after going to the hospital he runs away naked from there. Police think he may be now looking for a duel with Florida Man [Strange]
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FMyLife » Michael978 says FML
Today, I was teaching a friend to squat. While I was spotting him, he decided it would be a great idea to turn around. This wouldn't have been a problem, if he hadn't hit me in the face with the bar. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » The Original 'Ghostbusters' Will Return to Theaters This Summer
The classic film will return to select screens for two nights in June. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man parks his car behind police van, raises his trunk to block the speed camera, celebrates by walking to the pub [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 11 Actors Who Asked for Their Characters to Be Killed Off
Spoiler: They didn’t always get their wish. [Link]
Weird Universe » Cable Car Nymphomaniac
In my latest article over at About.com, I tell the story of the 1970 Cable Car Nymphomaniac lawsuit — which is still one of the most infamous legal cases in SF's history (and was recently made into a musical).
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Fark.com RSS » I did it to teach my son right from wrong. And also to try and move up in the world ranking for a chance at the title this fall (w/ video) [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Call somebody a fat-bellied codhead? That's a £500 fine (with helpful picture of what a cod might look like) [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Teen birth rates are at an all-time low, and no one knows why [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't you just hate it when you spend so much time and money looking for a prom dress and then go to the event just to be asked to leave because it is 'too revealing'? [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Korean-American gets ten years of hard labor after North Korean court finds him guilty of something or other [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Utah mom does Crossfit until day before she delivers her baby. Resulting posts fill up two thirds of Facebook's server farms [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » Happy "Ann"iversary
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FMyLife » filipkm says FML
Today, I learned that you should always check the inside of your guitar to avoid a snake bite. Nope, strings don't help. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » State Police would like to thank you for documenting and sharing evidence of your reckless driving [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » heymacie says FML
Today, it was my second day at my new job as a bank teller. I got locked in the vault while alarms were being tested. I was in there for an hour and none of my coworkers had even noticed that I'd gone missing. Gee, thanks. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police-We totally shouted to him to drop his weapon before shooting him. Video-Na ah. No you didn't. Nope. Difficulty-They shot the hostage, not the kidnapper [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » DeepFriedLettuce says FML
Today, I had to explain to my seventeen year-old daughter that deep frying food doesn't "melt the calories." FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Step-Counting App Tracks Your Progress in the World of 'Super Mario Bros.'
See how close your daily walking habits get you to rescuing the princess. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man in Panda or hedgehog suit with chocolate bomb, arrives at TV station. Cops eat donuts, shoot, leave [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: 10 years of Netflix premium subscription – enter to win contest. What's your favorite Netflix show that no one else seems to be watching? (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Hi. I understand you have the equipment to test the purity of my cocaine…..officer [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » kittywings says FML
Today, as I was taking a shower, I felt something run down my back. Assuming it was water, I lathered up my loofah and scrubbed my back with it, only to hear a gross crunching sound. I pulled back my loofah to see a smushed, twitching cockroach that I had smeared on my back. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Arkansas, Mississippi, and New Mexico are some of the most religious states in the nation. Curiously, they also have the highest teen birth rates in the nation [Obvious]
[link] [65 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch an iPad-Tapping Robot Shatter the 'Piano Tiles' Record
This mechanism puts human fingers to shame. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » School cop who obviously doesn't read Fark investigates 13-year-old for counterfeiting after she tries to pay for lunch with a $2 bill [Dumbass]
[link] [120 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police announce that Prince's death is now a criminal investigation [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Music Streaming Might Actually Be Helping Vinyl Sales
A new poll suggests that online streaming services might be helping record sales, but that doesn't mean consumers are actually listening. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this forlorn piano [Photoshop]
[link] [20 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Ways to Upgrade your Tabletop Games
Toss the cardboard tiles and plastic tokens and add a little extra realism to your game night. [Link]
FMyLife » welcome to the neighborhood says FML
Today, I met my new neighbors. The first thing they did was build a fence. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Use This Inflatable Furniture to Build a Floating Island
Each piece works solo, but they can also be connected to others to form floating islands for the ultimate pool party. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Trump rally in Orange County offers a chance for peaceful discourse between two opposing sides… and by "peaceful discourse", I mean one squad car is totaled and bloody pro-Trump supporters are being peeled off the street [Sick]
[link] [448 comments] [Link]
Weird Universe » App for Body Odor
Nivea has developed a smartphone app (called Nivea Men Nose) that will let men know if they have stinky body odor. The app also requires you use a special phone case that has sensors to detect body odor chemicals. To find out your B.O. level, you just hold the phone close to your armpit.
I don't know why it's for … [Link]
Mental Floss » The Lighthouse Featured on Connecticut License Plates Can Be (Partially) Yours
The buyer of this home will share ownership of the lighthouse with the Coast Guard. [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Smart Gifts for the Teacher in Your Life
May 3 is National Teacher Appreciation Day, so celebrate by getting a gift for the educator in your life. [Link]
Weird Universe » Detroit 9000
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Fark.com RSS » Writer decides to literally follow her horoscope advice for a week and at the end of the experiment she had a newly created piece of art for her home, fresh henna on her arm, and enjoyed a meaningful encounter with her harmonica [Strange]
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GraphJam » Colors my 3 year old likes
Graph by: Harold J. Phillips Tagged: child , color , like , pink Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Oh nothing, just a bee pulling a nail out of a brick wall [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Watch a POV Video of a LEGO Train Move Around a House and Garden
Choo choo! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Graffiti discovered at Utah's Arches National Park may be irreparable. If only it had been done 5,000 years ago and then we'd all be celebrating the discovery of petroglyphs [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Remembering Deadpool’s Replacement
Get your day started with these great links! [Link]
FMyLife » Anon says FML
Today, I went on a first date with my crush. Turns out we only have one thing in common: we would both bang Hillary Clinton. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's never easy to leave a cult [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » American Airlines pilot refuses to let concert violinist bring her 1742 Guarneri violin on board "because I say so." Sad trombone [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » damndaniel says FML
Today, I threw up in class and the professor sent me home. When I left the college I realized I hadn't checked something important so I texted a classmate. He said he couldn't get it for me because class was over he had gone home. I went back, in pain, and saw him still there, reading my text. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Imagine being attacked by chickens? Better yet imagine being a baby echidna and being attacked by chickens…by the way: WTF is an ECHIDNA? [Sappy]
[link] [54 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Infographic Gives a Brief History of Literary Pseudonyms
Find out which of your favorite authors adopted a nom de plume—and in some cases, why they did it. [Link]
FMyLife » AintEasyBeinWheezy says FML
Today, while driving me to the hospital because I was having an asthma attack, my mother lit a cigarette. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chicken wings. Serious business [Dumbass]
[link] [74 comments] [Link]
Futility Closet » Clear Purpose
In 1944, manager Maury Maverick sent this memo to the workers at his government agency: 
This is the first known usage of gobbledygook to refer to obscure jargon. It wouldn’t be the last. (From the National Archives.) [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Wichita police looking for a thief who stole $1,000 worth of Blue Man Suits. Includes helpful surveillance photo of suspect carrying Blue Man Laundry Basket [Silly]
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Mental Floss » You Can Buy the Midcentury Furniture From the Four Seasons This Summer
The landmarked interior space, established in 1959, will be getting a new restaurant, but you can take home pieces of the old one. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The founder of K-Tel, a company that brought you the Miracle Brush, the Dial-o-Matic, the Mini Pop Kids, and a bazillion compilation albums has died. But wait, there's more…actually no, there is no more. Goodnight sales guy [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 11 Simple Budgeting Rules That Work
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Wait, you got your Tinder in my Facebook. No, you got your Facebook in my Tinder. Ewwwwww [Sick]
[link] [25 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 30 brands you're pronouncing wrong you New-tell-uh [Silly]
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Mental Floss » How Irina Margareta Nistor Introduced Sylvester Stallone to Communist Romania
She was the most famous woman in Romania during the 1980s, but no one had ever seen her face. [Link]
Mental Floss » Underwater Robot Lets Researchers Virtually Explore Shipwrecks
The mermaid-like droid could forever change the way we explore shipwrecks. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Apparently it's good to be a top military official in North Korea under Kim Jong-un, what with the Pleasure Squad of 2000 North Korean girls servicing them [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested for shooting 16-year old over toilet paper. Maybe next time the teen will remember to replace the roll going over instead of under [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Judge rules the city of Seattle cannot rummage around in your garbage anymore [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » This 'Digital Scent Speaker' Releases Aromas to Fit Your Mood
Different "scent playlists" pump out smells in 35-second increments. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's "naked man running through traffic" story is brought to us by San Antonio, Texas [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Woman In New Zealand Returns Library Book That Was 68 Years Overdue
Better late than never? [Link]
Mental Floss » Retrobituaries: Jesse Applegate, Who Found a Safer Route on the Oregon Trail
He established the Applegate Trail, a less dangerous route for settlers to take from the Midwest into Oregon. [Link]
Mental Floss » Winners of This Small Town's Silly Rubber Duck Race Are Awarded a Serious Prize
The annual “Ducky Wucky River Race” in Harvard, Massachusetts offers the victor a dinner of their choice, anywhere in the world. [Link]
Mental Floss » Peacocks Use Vibrating Feathers to Attract the Ladies
Their iridescent eyespots stay still while other parts of the feather oscillate, creating a captivating display for peahens. [Link]
Mental Floss » Layla in Real Life: 10 Songs Written About Pattie Boyd
The ex-wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton made music history by asking two questions: "Prisoners?' and "Do I look alright?" [Link]
FMyLife » tingleballs says FML
Today, I put some of my wife's eucalyptus oil in my bath to make it relaxing. I soon found out the amount I used was about 100 times more than you're supposed to use. It took an hour of burning agony to find out the only way to get even a hint of relief was to cover my nuts in … [Link]
FMyLife » Gloomzz says FML
Today, my mum is on a week-long trip. Everything was fine, until I realised she forgot to leave me any money. Now I'm out of food. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Infographic: How Ancient Egypt Shaped the Modern World
We owe a lot to our innovative forebears. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » North Carolina Senate sends HB2 repeal bill to a committee that meets as often as transgender people actually commit assault in bathrooms [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this lonely lakehouse [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » These Baby Products Use NASA-Inspired Fabric to Keep Infants Warm
Little Lotus's temperature-controlled swaddles and blankets keep babies at a perfect 98.6 degrees. [Link]
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