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 » Italian study claims pasta will not make you fat. In other news, new NRA report suggests gunfire can reduce tooth decay and Monsanto research claims RoundUp is basically a condiment [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » Spice before crack, random hotel attack. Crack before spice, random chokehold and tasering [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Man Builds a Room-Sized ‘Megaprocessor’ for Playing Tetris
The blown-up microprocessor is 33 feet wide. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And rerun rockets red glare, last year's bombs bursting in air [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Just how bad an optician are you if a patient dies after an eye exam? [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Texas Town Fires—Then Rehires—Its Library Cat
White Settlement, Texas, is currently embroiled in a political fight over Browser, the local library cat. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hey Drew's on The Internet – live [Live]
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Mental Floss » The Next iPhone Update Will Help Users Become Organ Donors
Apple's upcoming iOS 10 upgrade for iPhone will allow users to become organ donors at the press of a button. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Arizona man exercises his 2nd Amendment rights at a Fourth of July party at a mobile home park [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » How many requests for Federal wiretaps were turned down last year? Go ahead, guess [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Indiana man participates in Fourth of July parade by driving golf cart with caricature of President Obama being flushed down a toilet above a "lying African" banner. "What is racist about it?" he asks, "What was racist? Obama is a
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Fark.com RSS » Top Chipotle executive arrested over his coping mechanism [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Just another reason to avoid salad [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 10 Saucy Facts About ‘Attack of the Killer Tomatoes’
What began as a student film soon blossomed into one of the most iconic cult movies of all time. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Best workout based on your astrology sign. Science and journalism at its best [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » There have been 10 new islands formed in the last 20 years, making it a buyer's market for evil supervillains [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Paul Ryan doesn't understand how the FBI can decide not to indict Clinton. I can't understand how Eddie Munster became Speaker of the House, but here we are [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Peter Thiel's lawyer now demanding Gawker remove factual reporting. Surely, no one thought a whiny billionaire would stop after defending a racist and proclaiming women's suffrage a bad idea [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Juno Is the First Solar-Powered Spacecraft in the Outer Solar System
From an engineering standpoint, Juno's July 4 arrival at Jupiter is fitting, as the endeavor is a sort of declaration of independence from the required use of nuclear power in missions to outer planets. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Happy National Bikini Day everyone. Let the festivities commence… to the right [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » "Take a dive into the bizarrely captivating world of Trump erotic fan fiction." NNNNNNNNOPE [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Erie Canal opens after repairs. This is not a repeat from 1825 [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 'Opus Clavicembalisticum': The Longest Piece of Piano Music Ever Performed
In 1930, Kaikhosru Sorabji's piano composition was thought to be the longest and most difficult piece of solo music ever conceived. Not much has changed. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Reality: Intoxicated man furiously pursues another car, gets out at a red light, and beats the driver through his open window. News Headline: Off-duty NYPD cop shoots unarmed motorist to death [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » The Easy Way To Become a Better Schmoozer
Just focus on the qualities you share with your future pal. [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Helpful Tricks To Be a Better Public Speaker
We’ve all heard the basic public speaking advice to speak slowly, take deep breaths, and make eye contact with members of the audience. But what else can you do to become a better public speaker? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Happy Tynwald day, on which the Manx celebrate the 1013th anniversary of the world's oldest continuous parliament. Sit down, Iceland, I said "continuous" [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » The Sunscreen Campaign Featuring a Controversial Pooping Robotic Seagull
The funny commercial has been called "idiotic" by figures in the advertising community. [Link]
Mental Floss » Eating Pasta Isn't Linked to Obesity, Italian Study Finds
Pasta consumption is actually associated with a lower BMI overall. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this large-eyed woman [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » How Does Blood Pressure Work?
Your doctor may tell you that your BP is “120 over 80.” You may very well not know what that means. [Link]
FMyLife » ZeldaovaPeach says FML
Today, I received an envelope with my name written in beautiful writing in my mailbox. I just moved in the day before and hadn't given the address to anyone or met my neighbors yet so I was a bit surprised by it, even more surprised to find nothing but a dick pic inside. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Finn says FML
Today, I went to grab a coffee at a new café in town. While sipping my coffee, I noticed a man staring at me through the window. I thought he was browsing the menu before I looked up mid-sip to him staring at me in the eye, sucking on his finger. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Please note: the difference between "homemade cannon" and "bomb" is less than you might think [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Jupiter is today's big news story, but Jupiter Island, Fla., is making headlines, too, for an entirely Florida reason [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Job Alert: Become a UK Hedgehog Officer
You'd be tasked with helping Ipswich, England become the UK's most hedgehog-friendly town. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Secretive group conspires to convince world that man who conned them has died repeatedly in terror attacks. "You're just ruining it for the rest of us," says spokesreptile for the Lizard People [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Watch Director Abbas Kiarostami's Debut Short Film
The 10-minute short follows a little boy who encounters a stray dog in an alley. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » To make sure your information is not stolen when you pump gas should you a) shake the card reader b) check for a security sticker c) use cash, wear a dark hoodie and sunglasses, send an identical car to a different gas station or d) all of the above
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Mental Floss » 12 Impatient Facts About Waiting in Line
Theme parks intend to keep you waiting. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nudity is great. Except when it's a bunch of old nudists at a nudist resort celebrating Nude Recreation Week. Bonus: One of the games they're playing is cornhole [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » Today's Amazon Deals You Won't Want to Miss
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, July 5. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Thanks to a long dead drug lord, Colombia now boasts the world's largest herd of wild hippos outside of Africa. Officials have tried to keep them from reproducing, but castrating wild hippos is remarkably hard, because they're farking wild hi
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Fark.com RSS » 100 drivers ticketed for driving too slow in Indiana during the first year of the 'slowpoke laws' [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » What are you in for? Rape. What are you in for? Murder. What are you in for? Riding a horse while intoxicated [Strange]
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Mental Floss » New Zealand Town Recruiting New Residents With Land and Home Deals
Currently, the town doesn't have enough residents to fill its more than 1000 open jobs. [Link]
Mental Floss » Board Games Outpace Video Games on Kickstarter
Board games are alive, well, and raking in crowdfunded money. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Coal CEO announces plans to lay off 80 percent of his workers due to "the ongoing destruction of the United States coal industry by President Barack Obama" [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » The Animated Movie Brad Bird Couldn't Get Off the Ground
Bird's sci-fi noir was a little too edgy for executives. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman wearing a Trump hat and a Trump button walks into a Mexican restaurant and is shocked, SHOCKED, at how she's treated [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » The Pound hits new low. This is not a repeat [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » USS Purple Kush? USS Northern Lights? USS Panama Red? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Another special Fark event is coming up [FarkBlog]
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Mental Floss » 14 Tart Facts About Lemonade
That old proverb about turning lemons to lemonade was popularized by an actor's obituary over 100 years ago. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Your Fark-Ready Headline Of The Day: VR porn event forced to shut down after too many came early [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » It wouldn't be a Fourth of July celebration without some idiots taking out their guns and shooting them into the air to "celebrate" and then run when gravity takes over and someone gets hit in the head by a bullet. Difficulty: Ohio [Muric
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Fark.com RSS » The couple charged with assaulting each other with pizza rolls looks exactly like you'd expect [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Yeah, yeah, you saw some good fireworks, but did you watch an entire barge full of them go up at once? And then leap to the second barge full of explosives? [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Scientists claim that pasta is not fattening and can, in fact, help you lose weight. Sure, Italian scientists conducted the study, but what would they have to gain by telling us this? [PSA]
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Futility Closet » Love and Laureates
Image: Wikimedia Commons George Hitchings, who won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1988, proposed to his wife by saying “Incidentally, you’re my fiancée now” as they drove to an event. John Bardeen, who won the prize in physics in both 1956 and 1972, told his fiancée, “You can be married in the church if you want to, but not to … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You didn't climb Everest, I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Any. Day. Now…oh goddammitsomuch [NewsFlash]
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Mental Floss » Matthew McConaughey Will Teach a Film Class at UT Austin
Alright, alright, alright. [Link]
Mental Floss » Telling Yourself 'I Think I Can' May Help Your Performance
A large online study found that motivational self-talk and visualizations improved people’s scores in a video game. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Florida mother uses Florida baby to batter Florida man [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: AtmosRX Vaporizer and e-liquid adapter. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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FMyLife » wowbuddy says FML
Today, I felt the tag of my shirt bunch up in my skirt. As I reached into my skirt to rearrange it, it started moving. It was a four-inch cockroach. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Random Facts About Kissing
Lip impressions are like snowflakes and fingerprints. [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Not-So-Simple Facts About ‘Blood Simple’
The Coen brothers’ first film is making its way back into theaters. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Be "Hand"y
[Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Crime-Fighting Superhero Animals
Start your work week with some great links! [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Kissing Customs From Around the World in Honor of International Kissing Day
Kissing under the mistletoe has roots in Nordic mythology. [Link]
Mental Floss » From Wafel Wafers to Belgian Breakfasts: A Brief History of Waffles
How a simple religious wafer took on new life as a decadent, topping-covered breakfast treat. [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Oddly, Standing Outside Of Their Building Screaming Does Nothing.
Coworker on phone: So, I'm trying to get on MTV, and I keep getting rejected. San Carlos, California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I've been working on the railroad. Just to pass by full stations today. I've been working on the railroad. Engineers' fingers raised on the right of way [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Phoenix fire department uses 'Big Wheel' to rescue disoriented heat-stricken hiker on South Mountain. The Hot Wheels definitely were not called for [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Fulfill Your Dreams of Becoming a Burrito With This Tortilla Towel
Being comfy has never looked so delicious. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fussy-eating guru advises veg parents to chill out when feeding tricky food to kids, offers example of Bedouin feast offering you anything from sheep's eyes to monkey's brains. "Would you be worried and scared? Would you lose your appetit
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this French magazine cover [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Just How Old Are Our Bodies?
There's a different answer for every body part. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » British Islamic State jihadist goes "Nutella," blows himself up in Iraq [Followup]
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Weird Universe » 9 Beet Super Stretch
Back in 2002, Scandinavian sound artist Leif Inge created a version of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony that was digitally stretched to be 24 hours long. Which is to say that the music played very, very slowly, but Inge somehow processed the sound to eliminate distortion and pitch shifting. He called his creation "9 Beet Stretch."
There used to be streaming versions … [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Unusual Experiences to Have in Iceland
Welcome to the land of fire, ice, Northern Lights, and cheap flights. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Black Lives Matter Toronto halts Canada's biggest pride parade to demand gay police officers be banned from future parades, which is strange because it's not like black culture has traditionally had a problem with gays [Awkward]
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Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #287
Click to enlarge.
Original images here. (Pages 10 & 11.) [Link]
Mental Floss » Retiree Builds Machine That Prepares Breakfast and Hands Him the Morning Newspaper
69-year-old retiree Peter Browne built a device he calls the “Sunday Morning Breakfast Machine.” [Link]
Mental Floss » Vending Machines in Japan Now Offer Self-Freezing Coca-Cola
Watch as the seal is broken and the chilled beverage turns to slush in seconds. [Link]
Mental Floss » Be "Hand"y
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » It must be hard, living in a town called Dildo [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Hong Kong Disneyland Serves Up Dim Sum Shaped Like Disney Characters
Almost too cute to eat. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You mean you couldn't bed Megan Fox or Angelababy all by yourself, Mr. Chinese businessman? That's no reason to sue an Australian escort agency for your failure in life [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Those "moderate" Syrian rebels the US is backing? Amnesty International says they're responsible for abductions, torture and summary killings in parts of Syria [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Over 200 dead or missing in widespread China flooding caused by extended torrential rain. Authorities warn of landslides, flooding and "other geological disasters" to come, perhaps an hour later [Scary]
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FMyLife » Bacon0426 says FML
Today, in honor of America's birthday, my 50-year-old father decided to light off homemade bombs without telling anyone. The screams of me and my family members were louder than the bombs. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Mr_Jah says FML
Today, I got offered a free $80 salon haircut by a girl I've liked for awhile. Thinking this was my chance to get close to her, I accepted, only to find out it was for a class her boyfriend was teaching. He was the one cutting my hair. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Surprise!
Graph by: AngelicaMassacure Tagged: ikea , narnia , wardrobes Share on Facebook [Link]
FMyLife » swervelol says FML
Today, my parents are forcing me to take my brother with me when I hang out with my friends. This wouldn't be that weird if my brother wasn't 26. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Damn You Creepers!
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: computer game , creepers , minecraft , Pie Chart , Spawn Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » My Life
Submitted by: nicole Tagged: best of week , clock , internet , life Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Re-Replotted: That's Racist!
Graph by: TheTrainerH Tagged: best of week , China , india , international , mexico , replotted , thats-racist Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » W
Graph by: ramdomdeviant Tagged: pants , Pie Chart , problems , skirt , spring , wind , winter Share on Facebook [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Quirky Families That Still Rule the World
You’d never confuse them for the Rockefellers. But you also wouldn’t have curling without ’em. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chuck E. Cheese job interviewer / attempted robber may have successfully robbed Dollar General later that evening. The man has ambition, no doubt [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » LA Dodgers game featured an eagle flying around the stadium. Nifty. But as he approached his handler he had second thoughts and flew out of the stadium. Independence Day [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Fireworks
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Fark.com RSS » This just in from Bizarro World: Florida governor Rick Scott is receiving an award for being a great environmentalist [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Thanks to Adult Coloring Books, There’s a Global Pencil Shortage
Pencil manufacturers are struggling to meet demand. [Link]
Futility Closet » Fenceposts
To show that Gothic script could be fatiguing to read, medieval scribes invented this joke sentence: mimi numinum niuium minimi munium nimium uini muniminum imminui uiui minimum uolunt The snow gods’ smallest mimes do not wish in any way in their lives for the great duty of the defenses of wine to be diminished. In Ancient Writing and Its Influence … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Later today, NASA will attempt to slow down the Juno spacecraft from 165,000 mph in order to insert it into orbit around Jupiter. You can watch the action at NASA's control room live beginning 10:30 ET at link in story [Live]
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Mental Floss » Therapy Dogs Are Helping Olympic Swimmers Stay Calm
A pack of 30 therapy dogs are making a splash at the Olympic swimming trials in Omaha. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sparklers are usually safe for kids to use. Key word being "usually" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Bad: A horse kicks you in the face. Worse: The ambulance runs over and breaks your leg. Fark: Your father teaches people how to drive ambulances [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 9 Questions to Ask Before Moving
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Mental Floss » England’s Tea-Caused Power Surges
The lengths taken to ensure tea time goes off without a hitch. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Baby owl rides tiny horse. Slow news day [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » A mother is racked with mental anguish after her son is killed in a head on collision so she sues: A) the other driver; B) the car maker; C) her dead son [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » 11 Complicated Facts About ‘Shaft’
Moviegoers caught their first glimpse of John Shaft 45 years ago. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's a dress made of pubes, in case you ever wondered what a dress made of pubes looks like: "I wanted to beat Lady Gaga for the title of most disgusting dress so I asked for people's pubic hair on Twitter" [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this seriously intent drinker [Photoshop]
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