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 ever lusted for reading the words "loudly fornicating" in the news, wait no further [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » A $60 Smart Plug Will Restart Your WiFi Router for You
Have you tried turning it off and on again? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Princeton University professor posts resume of "failures" during his academic career, much to the delight of the internets [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Shooting at New Jersey frat injures one. But the keg was okay [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Study Suggests Retiring Later Might Help You Live Longer
Don’t ditch your cubicle for a catamaran just yet. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In preparation for Un's upcoming coronation and nuclear brag fest, Best Korea places Pyongyang on lockdown and bans all weddings and funerals due to security concerns [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Heidi Cruz finally denounces the allegations that her husband is the Zodiac Killer. Which is exactly what the wife of the Zodiac Killer would say [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Name the TV Show in One Clue
Take the quiz! [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Scholarly Facts About 'PCU'
A decade before 'Entourage' made him a mega-star, the director of this cult comedy had to fight to cast Jeremy Piven. [Link]
Mental Floss » The FBI Is Offering $25,000 for Andy Warhol's Stolen Soup Art
Seven of his soup-centric prints went missing from the Springfield Art Museum last month. [Link]
FMyLife » Pee.H.D says FML
Today, since I always fall asleep in class, I decided not to go to the bathroom beforehand, hoping the sensation to pee would keep me awake. I ended up falling asleep and wetting myself in the middle of the lecture. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Alex White says FML
Today, my husband was using the microwave when we suddenly hear a huge 'POP'. The good news is we found our daughter's missing hamster. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Pupluv183 says FML
Today, my now fully vaccinated puppy went to a restaurant for the first time. They allow clean, well-behaved dogs. He threw up everywhere from excitement. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » How Do Owls Fly So Silently?
A group of researchers investigates in a short video by BBC Earth. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The music industry just logged the largest growth year of the 21st century, which is strange because I was told that they were on the verge of being killed by piracy [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Rescuing a dog from a hot car? That's a beatin' (with pics) [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Motorcycles join guns as things impossible to get licenses for in DC [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Haywood Jablowme hits new personal record [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Norway figures out how to use the F-16 for something other than running rings around the F-35 [Cool]
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Mental Floss » LEGO-Style Braille Bricks Help Visually Impaired Children Learn to Read
This project flips the familiar toys into learning tools for the visually impaired. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You know that nightmare where you can't move, you can't speak, you can't breathe but you're fully aware of everything about you? Meet one Brisa Alfaro who actually lived it [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » 54 weeks ago, they sat at the bottom of the Barclays Premier League table, facing almost certain relegation. In August, bookmakers put their odds of winning the League at 5000-1. Today, Leicester City did just that. Tag doesn't begin to cover it
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Fark.com RSS » Bonjour, student-os [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » "Northern California authorities have arrested a 31-year-old Alabama man for allegedly wielding a machete after an argument over dog feces" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Okay, killing Osama bin Laden now [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » US Supreme Court decides to hear case on if cheerleader uniforms can be copyrighted, dream of seeing Supreme Court justices form pyramid one step closer [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » School in Scotland has 220 students who don't speak a word of comprehensible English. And not a single student is Scottish, that's why it's weird [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 11 Tips from Chefs for Cooking Perfect Eggs
Heat the spatula and heat the plate, but don't overcook your eggs. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Everything Wrong With 'The Force Awakens'
YouTube channel CinemaSins has turned their “Everything Wrong With…” lens on the most recent Star Wars film. * Science Explains: Why you’re grossed out by the word moist. * Go out in style, right? After he died, this monk was mummified and covered in gold. * In this interesting TED Talk, cyber security expert Keren Elazari explores how hackers can … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » UK nuclear power plant to be most expensive object on Earth, thus dethroning subby's ex-wife [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 7 Alternative Grains and Seeds to Incorporate into Your Diet
Add these nutritious rice substitutes to your dinner rotation. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man sues employer for trying to bore him to death [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Lesser miracles. Link goes to example [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Archaeologists May Have Found Captain Cook's Ship off Rhode Island's Coast
The ship was likely scuttled before the 1778 Battle of Rhode Island. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Florida man arrested for DUI on I-75. Minutes later, Florida man's sister arrives to make it a twofer [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman chases convicted video voyeur out of Target. Florida: He accidentally picked a repeat victim [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Tired of lonely nights in empty fields? Boredom in the barn? This tall, dark, and handsome stud is hot to trot and ready to treat you, and your flank, like the royalty he is. Professional and discreet; in calls preferred, out calls negotiable [Giggit
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Fark.com RSS » Deputy Police Chief: I apologize if my racist, sexist emails and demands for profiling offended anyone. But, in fairness to me, they weren't supposed to be seen by the public [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Test company hired by Tennessee to test school kids failed tests to create test but still allowed to try to administer test and fails [Fail]
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Mental Floss » The Best Amazon Deals We Could Find Today, May 2
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, May 2. Mental Floss has affiliate relationships with certain retailers and may receive a small percentage of any sale. But we only get commission on items you buy and don’t return, so we’re only happy if … [Link]
Futility Closet » Black and White
By Paul Helweg Mikkelsen. White to mate in two. Click for solution … [Link]
Mental Floss » This Newly Discovered Beetle Is Named After Chewbacca
We see the resemblance. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Who's better at throwing shade… [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Selfie Taking 101: When posing with a pistol, do not confuse the button on your camera phone with the trigger on your gun [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » A Plate Designed to Drain Grease Away From Your Dinner
A design concept created by a Thai health agency aims to make meals healthier without affecting the taste. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Del Taco manager who brags about being the owner's son during obscenity-filled tirade about overlooked hot sauce packets and the likelihood of cellphone footage "going viral" finds out the answer is no on 1, yes on 2 [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » University: "We should not have paid $17,570 for a dining hall table. It was a mistake" [Obvious]
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FMyLife » Incompetent says FML
Today, my boss admitted that he seriously regrets hiring me, but can't really do anything about it because that would make the senior management question his judgment, making him look bad. So he's just 'putting up' with me. FML [Link]
FMyLife » shrek says FML
Today, my brother dyed my white work shirt bright green because I beat him to the shower this morning. As it's my only shirt, I had to wear it to work, where there was a surprise audit and I was fired for incorrect uniform. FML [Link]
FMyLife » send the army please says FML
Today, I broke up with my girlfriend, because her military father, who doesn't like me, continuously threatened my safety for dating her. Now he's threatening to kill me for dumping her. I can't win. FML [Link]
FMyLife » oh gee says FML
Today, my boyfriend keeps requesting that I make eye contact when I give him blowjobs. He won't let up about it. I don't know how to break it to him that his penis is too small for me to suck and look upward at the same time. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Oops says FML
Today, I turned on my ceiling fan for the first time in months. I then watched as hundreds of furry spiders were flung across the room at high speed, in a circular pattern. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my mom called me in a panic because someone had hacked my phone and was sending her evil faces. They were emojis I'd accidentally butt-dialed. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Refreshing Facts About Coca-Cola
In 1990, the company filled up over 700,000 cans with a foul-smelling and horrible-tasting water—on purpose. [Link]
Mental Floss » The 9 Best Parts of a Legal Brief on Behalf of Klingon Speakers
The plaintiffs in this case should have known better than to mess with the Klingons. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Wacky Way Disney Celebrated America’s Bicentennial in 1976
The parade featured all of the textbook highlights you’d expect, like Christopher Columbus on a ship and the first Thanksgiving. But there were also some rather unexpected elements. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mom, you sacrificed for me, gave up countless hours raising me, and abandoned your youth on my behalf. And to repay you this Mother's Day, I've giving you…this crap [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Man gets 32 years for multiple burglaries and a lack of imagination [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Sharks are interrupted by photographers while trying to enjoy a dugong in Brisbane. Sharks warn that the next interloper will become dessert. Subby's too lazy to find out what a dugong is [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » If the lines at your local gas station seem a bit longer today, it has nothing to do with gas prices. It's just been 17 drawings since anyone won the Powerball, and the jackpot has climbed to a third of billion dollars [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Shouldn't have taken his stapler [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Toast Your Favorite Selfie for Breakfast
"The toaster removes any question as to the ownership of the next two slices." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Kit-Kat launches what is already being hailed as most disgusting flavor of all time [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Legendary pizza maker Burt Katz dies at 78. Pizza war threads declare truce in mourning [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Too much ice and too little coffee in your Starbucks Iced Coffee? That's a $5 million lawsuit [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: SuperNova 3G/4G LTE Hotspot & Free LTE Internet from FreedomPop. Oh my. I can't get past the '80s flashbacks. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Mental Floss » Why Do Fraternal Twins Run in Families?
Genes, genes, and more genes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Kirk Cameron says, the reason why he has no more to say to his wife, who already had two black eyes, was because he already told her twice. This did not go over well on Twitter [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » That awkward moment when one of the leading spokesmen for sex offenders' civil rights is caught texting an underage boy [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » ISIS has released a hit list of 3,000 New Yorkers whose names they seemingly pulled at random from the phone book [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » So, you're on a flight and you see a mobile hotspot named "Mobile Detonation Device" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Join us all in wishing a happy 45th birthday to AMTRAK, the paste-eating second-grader of the train transportation world [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » aianmoo16 says FML
Today, I was at a mini arcade and accidentally put a hundred dollar bill through the quarter machine. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 16 Accelerated Facts About ‘Quantum Leap’
Though it wasn’t a ratings juggernaut, the time travel sci-fi adventure series still maintains a dedicated cult following. [Link]
Mental Floss » Types of Tartan
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Mental Floss » Charge Your Phone With a House Plant? This Pot Promises a Green Solution
Charge your devices with the power of photosynthesis. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Turns out that the playground really IS trying to kill your children. EVERYBODY PANIC [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Man mistakenly informs his new employer he's 17 cm tall [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Inmates buying tiny cell phones by the buttload, Nixon's Waterloo, and Cmen from a Dmen: some of Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week for 4/24 – 4/30 [FarkBlog]
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Mental Floss » The Getty is Recapping 'Game of Thrones' With Medieval Manuscripts
Proof that the show owes a lot to the art of the Middle Ages. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In other words, "When the F-35 can handle unpaved runways and multiple attack runs in bad weather with low ceilings while staying in visual contact with troops, THEN it can replace the Warthog" [Cool]
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FMyLife » anonymous says FML
Today, I had to deal with a snobby rich woman who asked me to cure her daughter's "unhealthy obsession" with playing outside instead of watching TV with the rest of the family. She called me a liar when I said playing outside is a normal thing for a 6 year-old child to do. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this New York City icon [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 11 Things You Might Not Know About Eggs
They’re incredible, they’re edible, and you eat approximately 250 of them a year. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Small Nebraska town does not want 1,100 new jobs there, because it would be a disturbance to their way of life [Murica]
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Weird Universe » News of the Weird (May 1, 2016)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M473, May 1, 2016
Copyright 2016 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
Lead Story
One notably hypersuccessful YouTube channel (700,000 subscribers) features Mr. Lauri Vuohensilta of Finland pulverizing various objects (such as a bowling ball) in a 100-ton hydraulic press. (Said Vuohensilta, “I think it’s built into every person–the need to destroy something.”) That channel is … [Link]
Weird Universe » Simca Fulgur—Dream Car of the Future
In 1959, the French automaker Simca showed a prototype of the Simca Fulgur (aka "Dream Car of the Future") at various auto shows. It was a concept car designed to demonstrate "the advanced thinking of Simca engineers."
The final car was supposed to incorporate the following not-yet-invented technologies (according to this Dec 1959 article):
controlled by an electronic brain fed … [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Researchers Safely Evict a Family of Raccoons From an Attic
Researchers in Washington D.C. are developing a new, more humane method of evicting freeloading raccoons from human dwellings. [Link]
Weird Universe » Miniature Grand Prix
This is what we did before video games. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There have been 23 toddler shootings this year with top five pre-K gun club states being Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Michigan, and Florida [Murica]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I went on a camping trip. I already had a bad back, and then the guy in charge took us on a hike. My shoes were too small, and now I'm hobbling around with a bad back and foot. Every time I limp, it hurts my back, but if I walk normally, it hurts my foot. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Damn I Wish I Had My Phone Out So That I Could Record That says FML
Today, my friends and I decided we'd do that thing where we put our phones in a pile in a restaurant so that we actually stay off them for once and socialize with one another. It went pretty well until a stranger was able to grab most of them and sprint out the door with them. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 25 Adorable Facts about Babies
It’s scientifically proven that they smell amazing. [Link]
Mental Floss » Types of Tartan
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Mental Floss » Watch This Cotton Candy Rapidly Melt Into a Syrupy Puddle
Melts in your mouth, and under a blow torch. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In Alaska people fly their own planes, build their own homes, grow their own vegetables, fix their own engines, catch their own fish, cut down their own trees, hunt their own meat and can their own jam. So why not school their own children? [Interest
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Fark.com RSS » Taking a trip to Ibiza this summer? Bad news – They've just banned drinking in the street … and that includes water [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 13 May Festivals and Events Around the World
Here are some great excuses for a trip! [Link]
FMyLife » pierced says FML
Today, I have an infected piercing because I'm allergic to the metal. My ear is so swollen that I can't remove the jewelry. It won't get better until I'm able to remove the jewelry. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good luck explaining to your insurance company that you crashed your car on the highway because you were startled by a life-or-death struggle between a marten and a chicken [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're the man sprinkling an unknown liquid on the food carts inside a Whole Foods Store, the FBI really wants to have a word with you [Scary]
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FMyLife » Mrmz07 says FML
Today, I was called in to work on my day off to cover for a co-worker because she was busy getting it on with my brother. FML [Link]
GraphJam » What little kids do around teenagers
Graph by: Tagged: act , annoy , cool , kids , Pie Chart , quiet , sit , teenagers , video games Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Climbers Alex Lowe and David Bridges declared the 1999-2016 tag-team hide-n-seek champions [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Watch a Baby Puffin See the World for the First Time
The birds spend most of their lives at sea, but return to land and lay eggs underground. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Teen who recently made it as a firefighter continues overachieving by setting 18 arson fires in 2 weeks [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Footage of Best Korea conducting air combat training is…you know what? Screw it. No headline would ever be as funny as the video itself [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » 25 Facts About the Science of Music
So that's why Mambo No. 5 is still stuck in your head. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Unlikely way to die: Riding a scooter in downtown Boston and being hit by a boat [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » But I don't understand. We just had the exterminator in to spray the apartment for bears about a week ago [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Plankton Get Drunk and Do Stupid Stuff, Too
A new study finds that plankton become intoxicated after eating a certain type of algae, leading them to take more risks. [Link]
Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 104: The Harvey’s Casino Bombing
In August 1980, an extortionist planted a thousand-pound bomb in Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino in western Nevada. Unless the owners paid him $3 million within 24 hours, he said, the bomb would go off and destroy the casino. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll describe the tense drama that followed and the FBI’s efforts to catch … [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Products Where Generic Is Just as Good as Name Brand
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » These baby squirrels hand-reared by volunteers after being made homeless when their tree was cut down will meet 110 percent of your cuteness quotient for the day [Sappy]
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Mental Floss » How a Tape Recorder Mishap Helped Create Johnny Cash's 'I Walk the Line'
The ghostly reason behind why the classic song sounds the way it does. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And the 'tough ass old man' award goes to the 72 year old who survived being trapped in earthquake rubble for 2 weeks [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » How to budget for a wedding … that's not your own [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem
Computers are rad. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this passion from within [Photoshop]
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