John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons

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Whittle It a Little, It’ll Fit

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]

Tuesday 5 July 23:51:37 UTC 2016

Repeat [link] [54 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Spice before crack, random hotel attack. Crack before spice, random chokehold and tasering [Dumbass]

Tuesday 5 July 23:50:52 UTC 2016

Dumbass [link] [12 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Man Builds a Room-Sized ‘Megaprocessor’ for Playing Tetris

Tuesday 5 July 23:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 23:28:41 UTC 2016

Asinine [link] [22 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Just how bad an optician are you if a patient dies after an eye exam? [Sad]

Tuesday 5 July 23:24:21 UTC 2016

Sad [link] [40 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Texas Town Fires—Then Rehires—Its Library Cat

Tuesday 5 July 23:15:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 23:11:37 UTC 2016

Live [link] [42 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » The Next iPhone Update Will Help Users Become Organ Donors

Tuesday 5 July 23:00:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 22:59:00 UTC 2016

Scary [link] [75 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » How many requests for Federal wiretaps were turned down last year? Go ahead, guess [Murica]

Tuesday 5 July 22:57:58 UTC 2016

Murica [link] [72 comments] [Link]

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

Tuesday 5 July 22:54:04 UTC 2016

Facepalm [link] [101 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Top Chipotle executive arrested over his coping mechanism [Followup]

Tuesday 5 July 22:48:51 UTC 2016

Followup [link] [2 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Just another reason to avoid salad [Obvious]

Tuesday 5 July 22:47:01 UTC 2016

Obvious [link] [16 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 10 Saucy Facts About ‘Attack of the Killer Tomatoes’

Tuesday 5 July 22:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 22:28:02 UTC 2016

Unlikely [link] [26 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 22:27:53 UTC 2016

Cool [link] [21 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 22:26:56 UTC 2016

Fail [link] [237 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 22:12:51 UTC 2016

Followup [link] [39 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Juno Is the First Solar-Powered Spacecraft in the Outer Solar System

Tuesday 5 July 22:00:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 21:56:57 UTC 2016

Giggity [link] [117 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "Take a dive into the bizarrely captivating world of Trump erotic fan fiction." NNNNNNNNOPE [Scary]

Tuesday 5 July 21:45:54 UTC 2016

Scary [link] [53 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Erie Canal opens after repairs. This is not a repeat from 1825 [Spiffy]

Tuesday 5 July 21:36:50 UTC 2016

Spiffy [link] [12 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 'Opus Clavicembalisticum': The Longest Piece of Piano Music Ever Performed

Tuesday 5 July 21:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 21:07:56 UTC 2016

Facepalm [link] [216 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » The Easy Way To Become a Better Schmoozer

Tuesday 5 July 21:00:00 UTC 2016

Just focus on the qualities you share with your future pal. [Link]

Mental Floss » 8 Helpful Tricks To Be a Better Public Speaker

Tuesday 5 July 20:48:04 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 20:43:01 UTC 2016

Spiffy [link] [25 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » The Sunscreen Campaign Featuring a Controversial Pooping Robotic Seagull

Tuesday 5 July 20:30:00 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 20:15:00 UTC 2016

Pasta consumption is actually associated with a lower BMI overall. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this large-eyed woman [Photoshop]

Tuesday 5 July 20:00:01 UTC 2016

Photoshop [link] [23 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » How Does Blood Pressure Work?

Tuesday 5 July 20:00:00 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 19:54:31 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 19:54:30 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 19:40:53 UTC 2016

Scary [link] [79 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Jupiter is today's big news story, but Jupiter Island, Fla., is making headlines, too, for an entirely Florida reason [Florida]

Tuesday 5 July 19:38:54 UTC 2016

Florida [link] [36 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Job Alert: Become a UK Hedgehog Officer

Tuesday 5 July 19:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 19:28:54 UTC 2016

Weird [link] [32 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Watch Director Abbas Kiarostami's Debut Short Film

Tuesday 5 July 19:15:00 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 19:08:26 UTC 2016

Scary [link] [54 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 12 Impatient Facts About Waiting in Line

Tuesday 5 July 19:00:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 18:55:53 UTC 2016

Awkward [link] [70 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Today's Amazon Deals You Won't Want to Miss

Tuesday 5 July 18:29:56 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 18:26:17 UTC 2016

Strange [link] [95 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » 100 drivers ticketed for driving too slow in Indiana during the first year of the 'slowpoke laws' [Spiffy]

Tuesday 5 July 18:16:35 UTC 2016

Spiffy [link] [143 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 18:04:53 UTC 2016

Strange [link] [36 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » New Zealand Town Recruiting New Residents With Land and Home Deals

Tuesday 5 July 18:00:00 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 17:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 17:22:54 UTC 2016

Unlikely [link] [233 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » The Animated Movie Brad Bird Couldn't Get Off the Ground

Tuesday 5 July 17:00:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 16:44:53 UTC 2016

Stupid [link] [405 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The Pound hits new low. This is not a repeat [Followup]

Tuesday 5 July 16:34:18 UTC 2016

Followup [link] [88 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » USS Purple Kush? USS Northern Lights? USS Panama Red? [Interesting]

Tuesday 5 July 16:33:17 UTC 2016

Interesting [link] [25 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Another special Fark event is coming up [FarkBlog]

Tuesday 5 July 16:33:02 UTC 2016

FarkBlog [link] [41 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 14 Tart Facts About Lemonade

Tuesday 5 July 16:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 16:29:37 UTC 2016

Obvious [link] [23 comments] [Link]

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

Tuesday 5 July 16:26:16 UTC 2016

Murica [link] [64 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The couple charged with assaulting each other with pizza rolls looks exactly like you'd expect [Obvious]

Tuesday 5 July 16:18:15 UTC 2016

Obvious [link] [42 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 16:15:17 UTC 2016

Fail [link] [20 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 16:15:16 UTC 2016

PSA [link] [31 comments] [Link]

Futility Closet » Love and Laureates

Tuesday 5 July 16:10:20 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 15:56:17 UTC 2016

Amusing [link] [35 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Any. Day. Now…oh goddammitsomuch [NewsFlash]

Tuesday 5 July 15:36:39 UTC 2016

NewsFlash [link] [1693 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Matthew McConaughey Will Teach a Film Class at UT Austin

Tuesday 5 July 15:24:38 UTC 2016

Alright, alright, alright. [Link]

Mental Floss » Telling Yourself 'I Think I Can' May Help Your Performance

Tuesday 5 July 15:24:37 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 15:17:57 UTC 2016

Florida [link] [41 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: AtmosRX Vaporizer and e-liquid adapter. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]

Tuesday 5 July 14:47:44 UTC 2016

Plug [link] [21 comments] [Link]

FMyLife » wowbuddy says FML

Tuesday 5 July 14:21:42 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 14:04:29 UTC 2016

Lip impressions are like snowflakes and fingerprints. [Link]

Mental Floss » 15 Not-So-Simple Facts About ‘Blood Simple’

Tuesday 5 July 14:04:28 UTC 2016

The Coen brothers’ first film is making its way back into theaters. [Link]

Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Be "Hand"y

Tuesday 5 July 14:04:21 UTC 2016

[Link]

Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Crime-Fighting Superhero Animals

Tuesday 5 July 14:04:18 UTC 2016

Start your work week with some great links! [Link]

Mental Floss » 9 Kissing Customs From Around the World in Honor of International Kissing Day

Tuesday 5 July 14:04:15 UTC 2016

Kissing under the mistletoe has roots in Nordic mythology. [Link]

Mental Floss » From Wafel Wafers to Belgian Breakfasts: A Brief History of Waffles

Tuesday 5 July 14:00:00 UTC 2016

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.

Tuesday 5 July 13:53:47 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 13:44:53 UTC 2016

Facepalm [link] [60 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 13:33:53 UTC 2016

Obvious [link] [63 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Fulfill Your Dreams of Becoming a Burrito With This Tortilla Towel

Tuesday 5 July 13:30:00 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 13:07:53 UTC 2016

Obvious [link] [84 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this French magazine cover [Photoshop]

Tuesday 5 July 13:00:01 UTC 2016

Photoshop [link] [10 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Just How Old Are Our Bodies?

Tuesday 5 July 13:00:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 12:45:35 UTC 2016

Followup [link] [47 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » 9 Beet Super Stretch

Tuesday 5 July 12:35:33 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 12:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 12:13:30 UTC 2016

Awkward [link] [389 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #287

Tuesday 5 July 12:03:38 UTC 2016

Click to enlarge.

Original images here. (Pages 10 & 11.) [Link]

Mental Floss » Retiree Builds Machine That Prepares Breakfast and Hands Him the Morning Newspaper

Tuesday 5 July 12:00:00 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 11:42:00 UTC 2016

Watch as the seal is broken and the chilled beverage turns to slush in seconds. [Link]

Mental Floss » Be "Hand"y

Tuesday 5 July 11:41:59 UTC 2016

[Link]

Fark.com RSS » It must be hard, living in a town called Dildo [Amusing]

Tuesday 5 July 11:34:00 UTC 2016

Amusing [link] [74 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Hong Kong Disneyland Serves Up Dim Sum Shaped Like Disney Characters

Tuesday 5 July 11:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 11:14:31 UTC 2016

Dumbass [link] [39 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 10:47:30 UTC 2016

Fail [link] [99 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 9:36:49 UTC 2016

Scary [link] [31 comments] [Link]

FMyLife » Bacon0426 says FML

Tuesday 5 July 9:05:59 UTC 2016

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

Tuesday 5 July 9:05:58 UTC 2016

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!

Tuesday 5 July 9:05:57 UTC 2016

Why I go to Ikea Graph by: AngelicaMassacure Tagged: ikea , narnia , wardrobes Share on Facebook [Link]

FMyLife » swervelol says FML

Tuesday 5 July 9:05:57 UTC 2016

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!

Tuesday 5 July 9:05:46 UTC 2016

computer game creepers minecraft Pie Chart Spawn Graph by: Unknown Tagged: computer game , creepers , minecraft , Pie Chart , Spawn Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » My Life

Tuesday 5 July 9:05:39 UTC 2016

best of week,clock,internet,life Submitted by: nicole Tagged: best of week , clock , internet , life Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Re-Replotted: That's Racist!

Tuesday 5 July 9:05:32 UTC 2016

best of week China india international mexico replotted thats-racist - 5595880192 Graph by: TheTrainerH Tagged: best of week , China , india , international , mexico , replotted , thats-racist Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » W

Tuesday 5 July 9:05:23 UTC 2016

pants,Pie Chart,problems,skirt,spring,wind,winter 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

Tuesday 5 July 9:00:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 8:37:31 UTC 2016

Followup [link] [17 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 8:20:00 UTC 2016

Cool [link] [37 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Fireworks

Tuesday 5 July 7:07:40 UTC 2016

[Link]

Fark.com RSS » This just in from Bizarro World: Florida governor Rick Scott is receiving an award for being a great environmentalist [Florida]

Tuesday 5 July 6:39:00 UTC 2016

Florida [link] [60 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Thanks to Adult Coloring Books, There’s a Global Pencil Shortage

Tuesday 5 July 6:30:00 UTC 2016

Pencil manufacturers are struggling to meet demand. [Link]

Futility Closet » Fenceposts

Tuesday 5 July 6:09:09 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 5:44:32 UTC 2016

Live [link] [289 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Therapy Dogs Are Helping Olympic Swimmers Stay Calm

Tuesday 5 July 5:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 5:17:00 UTC 2016

Dumbass [link] [109 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 4:32:00 UTC 2016

Scary [link] [38 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 9 Questions to Ask Before Moving

Tuesday 5 July 4:30:00 UTC 2016

Presented by Allstate. [Link]

Mental Floss » England’s Tea-Caused Power Surges

Tuesday 5 July 2:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 1:53:42 UTC 2016

Cool [link] [36 comments] [Link]

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]

Tuesday 5 July 1:40:33 UTC 2016

Facepalm [link] [38 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 11 Complicated Facts About ‘Shaft’

Tuesday 5 July 0:30:00 UTC 2016

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]

Tuesday 5 July 0:19:40 UTC 2016

Sick [link] [112 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this seriously intent drinker [Photoshop]

Tuesday 5 July 0:00:01 UTC 2016

Photoshop [link] [17 comments] [Link]

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