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 » 28 page report on Saudi ties to 9/11 to be released just before the RNC starts [Obvious]
[link] [38 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Two Litters of Mountain Lion Kittens Discovered Near Los Angeles
Biologist Jeffrey Sikich makes an important, adorable discovery in the Santa Susana Mountains outside of Los Angeles. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Billboard reminds Florida dads: "She's your daughter. Not your date" [Florida]
[link] [164 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Dada, the Early 20th Century Avant-Garde Art Movement, Turns 100 Today
Learn more about the bizarre—and highly influential—cultural movement. [Link]
Mental Floss » This Smart Alarm Will Help You Beat Traffic and Get to Work on Time
Early birds, rejoice. [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Movies That Were Banned in China
China is the world’s second largest movie market, but it has strict guidelines about what it will and will not allow in theaters. [Link]
Mental Floss » Funky Coffeemaker Lets You Grow Mushrooms From Old Grounds
Putting those leftover coffee grounds to good use. [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Some Doctors Are Live-Streaming Surgeries
It's not just because they want to gross out their Facebook friends. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Horror and panic as truck plows into Bastille Day crowd in Nice. Gunfire reported [NewsFlash]
[link] [1303 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » How to Create Your Own Fluorescent Flowers
Grab your pliers and some highlighters. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "A warning has been issued after a gang of squirrels attacked a boy in Cornwall" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » 86 86 86 [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » DNA evidence brings in suspect in 2000 rape case. Man, that must have been a lot of DNA [Sick]
[link] [25 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Israeli military asks soldiers to stop giving away their positions with Pokemon Go [Amusing]
[link] [31 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Senate Just Approved the New Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden is both the first woman and the first African-American to assume the role. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Ever witness a disaster waiting to happen that was averted with basic food safety considerations? Share your stories and how best to keep your cooking environments/meals safe [Interesting]
[link] [117 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 43) Across: "Person who mistakenly ruins a museum piece." M _ R O N [Stupid]
[link] [48 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hillary Clinton says "I'm trying to figure out how we get them to have Pokemon Go to the polls", rocketing Donald Trump to an insurmountable 95-5% lead [Fail]
[link] [139 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » From the "Stuff you just assumed had died out a thousand years ago" file: Romanian authorities free more than a dozen men and boys who'd been kidnapped and forced to fight each other for the amusement of local crime lords [Sick]
[link] [46 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Luzon: The Island of Many Rodents
A scientific survey of the island doubled the number of known native mammal species. [Link]
Mental Floss » 14 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Olympic Athletes
The secret to winning gold: hundreds of Chicken McNuggets. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Face-Kinis hit the beach in China (pics) [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Russian having sex by the train tracks ends up getting head [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » And in today's Pokemon Go coverage: "I don't think Mom thought it was so funny" [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » American parents worry if Denmark is dangerous. To be fair, we have heard from high authority that something is rotten over there [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » And now for today's morning forecast let's go to Justin in our Eye in the sky. . .free candy van? [Creepy]
[link] [16 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NYC moves forward to turn old phone booths into Wi-Fi hotspots, which is a better than their current use as public urinals [Followup]
[link] [18 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » David Bowie's Private Art Collection to Go on Tour Before Being Sold at Auction
More than 400 pieces from the late rock icon's private inventory will be on display. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this mirror image [Photoshop]
[link] [23 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Do Men Have a Monthly Hormone Cycle?
Is “manstruation” real? [Link]
Futility Closet » A Square Triangle
Image: Wikimedia Commons The product of the six numbers surrounding any interior number in Pascal’s triangle is a perfect square. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NYC is a disgusting hellscape in the summer….and the rest of the year [Obvious]
[link] [94 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Need some extra money? Able to produce semen? Infected with Zika? If you answered "yes" to all these questions, then the CDC has the perfect earning opportunity for you [Sick]
[link] [51 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Retrobituary: Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA
In his day, treating animals humanely was a revolutionary concept. [Link]
Mental Floss » Block Everything Pokemon Go-Related With This Google Chrome Extension
If you're tired of reading about gyms and pokéstops, there's a way out. [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Beloved Animals From Ancient History
These horses, eels, elephants, and more were deeply loved in life and immortalized by history after death. [Link]
Mental Floss » How Members Only Dressed Up the '80s
Using Adolf Hitler in ads is usually a bad idea. It made Members Only even bigger. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're a registered sex offender it's never easy putting the past behind you when everyone in the neighborhood calls you 'Michael Jackson' [Strange]
[link] [53 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Solve a Murder Mystery (and Eat Cheesecake) with 'The Golden Girls'
Nothing this bad happened back in St. Olaf! [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I fell off the top of my bunk bed in my sleep onto a running fan. FML [Link]
FMyLife » lastinclass says FML
Today at camp, we were choosing teams for capture the flag. It's embarrassing to be chosen last, but today I learnt it's even more embarrassing to not be chosen at all. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Heknowsnothing says FML
Today, I got my giant Game of Thrones tattoo finished. Despite the fact that I had spelt it out for him, the artist wrote 'You no nothing John Snow'. It's the focal part of the tattoo. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NATO promises to consider Russia's "Why don't you just tell us where your planes are all the time" suggestion [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Angry orange man to pick angry white man as running mate according to angry white mainstream media outlets [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Three words you do not want to hear in a headline: "Amateur testicle surgery" [Scary]
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Mental Floss » All the Amazon Deals You'll Want to See Today
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 14. [Link]
Mental Floss » Albert Einstein's Leather Jacket Sold for Just Under $150,000
The vintage jacket was described as "incredibly worn" and "pungent." [Link]
Mental Floss » A New Polaroid App Lets You Create Photos That Move
The company is hoping their 60 fps mini-movie will become your new photo app of choice. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Ice Cream Cronut Cone Is Real—and Available in London
London's Dum Dum Donutterie is pushing the Cronut envelope right off the table and into the sugary stratosphere. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "If tradition holds, in her first hours as the United Kingdom's new prime minister Theresa May will meet with the British defense leadership and receive an eye-opening briefing about nuclear armageddon" [Scary]
[link] [115 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Swallowing a thumbtack to win a 200 RMB bet and getting it stuck in your rectum means you lose in the end. Bonus: This bright one also stuck three ballpoint pen tips through his navel into his abdominal cavity [Dumbass]
[link] [46 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Young women's tubing trip on Muskegon River turns into nightmare after "they were informed that the river goes in a circle and if they put in there they would come back to their car. Not knowing anything, they set off on their little adventur
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Getflix – easier access to subscription streaming services outside of the U.S. Advantages / disadvantages to just using a VPN? (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Mental Floss » It Could Take Another 300 Years to Identify All the Trees in the Amazon
Scientists tallied 11,676 known species, but believe that there are at least another 4,000 out there, waiting to be discovered. [Link]
Mental Floss » Nintendo to Release a Miniature NES This November
If Pokemon Go got you outside, this might bring you right back in. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Computer Program That Helped NASA Land on the Moon Is Full of Jokes
"BURN_BABY_BURN" [Link]
Mental Floss » Simulation Recreates the Frustration of Using a Typewriter
OverType not only mimics the look and sound of typewriter print, but recreates the device’s flaws. [Link]
FMyLife » SadDaenerys says FML
Today, my boyfriend of two years broke up with me because I finished the Game of Thrones books before he could finish the TV show. FML [Link]
FMyLife » IcedTaco says FML
Today, the guy I was dating told me he thought I was a good person. His reasoning? I'm not ugly enough to be a bad person, but I'm not pretty enough, either. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Stand By Me turns 30 Brownsville, Oregon (the filming location) will celebrate the iconic movie with the Ray Brower Memorial 5K Fun Run [Creepy]
[link] [22 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pokemon Go released in the UK, leaving voters disgusted that more strange-looking foreigners are loose in their great country [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Northlandz is 52,000 Square Feet of Model Trains and Miniatures
Northlandz in New Jersey is more than a model train installation. It’s an entire miniature world. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Stay Classy, Lass
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Fark.com RSS » New report says that having frequent sex helps people stay slim. And vice versa [Spiffy]
[link] [165 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Popeye the Rescue Dog Is Instagram’s Newest Foodie Celebrity
Popeye follows his humans to restaurants around Los Angeles. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New York City passes law requiring access to tampons and pads in jail. Which raises the question: what was used before this? [Strange]
[link] [77 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Even racism is bigger in Texas (warning: racist language in video) [Murica]
[link] [397 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Computer Program That Helped Land NASA on the Moon Is Full of Jokes
"BURN_BABY_BURN" [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man with AK-47 goes to Waffle House to do one of the only two things that happen at Waffle House [Dumbass]
[link] [356 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this bike racer [Photoshop]
[link] [13 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Questionable Decisions People Have Made to Keep Playing Pokémon Go
Is the game really worth dying for? Some people seem to think so. [Link]
Mental Floss » Simulation Re-Creates the Frustration of Using a Typewriter
OverType not only mimics the look and sound of typewriter print, but re-creates the device’s flaws. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fresno police release body-cam footage showing that, see? They shoot unarmed white guys, too [Followup]
[link] [342 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » An open letter to Tiny House Hunters [Amusing]
[link] [187 comments] [Link]
Weird Universe » Mother-In-Law Beneath Bed
There's in-law problems, and then there's this:
The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware) – Sep 18, 1956
Wife Complains In-Law Under Bed
SINGAPORE, Sept. 17 — A young Chinese wife complained in court today that her mother-in-law always slept under the bed she shared with her husband.
Them Kim Kow said she had left her husband but would go back to him … [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Develop Underwater Microscope For Peering Into Coral
The new tech allows researchers to view organisms that are as small as one-hundredth the width of a human hair. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ever wonder why jet lag is so much worse when you fly east? Wake up, here comes the physical science [Interesting]
[link] [74 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » These Shark-Shaped Tea Bags Ooze Blood Red Tea
Start a feeding frenzy in your mug. [Link]
Weird Universe » Mystery Illustration 25
Which male vocalist rocked this splendiferous jacket in 1978?
The answer is here. [Link]
Mental Floss » When People Thought Sharks Were Harmless
Before the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, many assumed the deaths were the work of sea turtles or perhaps a large mackerel. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Absent a search warrant, the government may not turn a citizen's cell phone into a tracking device," writes a U.S. District Judge who throws out the DEA's Stingray-collected evidence. Still no ruling on Pokemon Go [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » French fishermen go fishing off the Cornish coast, catch 2,000-ton Portuguese submarine in their fish nets [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Summer Road Trip Movies
Get your hot links right here! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » So, Disney's firefighters were feeding the alligators [Followup]
[link] [108 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Weird Baby Strollers Guaranteed to Get Attention
Whether they're sleek, inventive, or just plain weird, these modern baby strollers will certainly turn some heads. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Venezuela further downgraded to "military-organized nationwide garage sale" [Followup]
[link] [125 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » Really? says FML
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me right after we made love. Apparently he saw nothing wrong with waiting till afterwards, because he knew I'd be "weird" about it if he asked for breakup sex. FML [Link]
FMyLife » LunaMyst says FML
Today, I realized my stepfather is old enough to be my brother. FML [Link]
FMyLife » MATTY2512 says FML
Today, I went into the house, only to hear my mother shouting "DON'T PINCH MY NIPPLE" at the top of her lungs in the shower. FML [Link]
FMyLife » PizzaNIF says FML
Today, I was woken up by the sound of my dad blasting porn on his computer. FML [Link]
GraphJam » How time is spent at a Port-a-John
Graph by: ten-eight-cious Tagged: Bar Graph , bathroom , breath , cleaning , holding , pants , porta potty , port-a-john , seat , standing , touching Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » This Election Season, Sip Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump-Inspired Sodas
"Trump Tonic" is grape-flavored, while "Hillary Hooch" has "classified" ingredients. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 10 predictions about the future. Can even ONE of these lists be positive? [Scary]
[link] [139 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch This Futuristic Hallway Installation React as People Walk By
The media installation uses infrared cameras to detect movement through the building's lobby. [Link]
Futility Closet » “On the Question of Choice”
A leaf was riven from a tree,
“I mean to fall to earth,” said he. The west wind, rising, made him veer.
“Eastward,” said he, “I now shall steer.” The east wind rose with greater force.
Said he, “‘Twere wise to change my course.” With equal power they contend.
He said, “My judgment I suspend.” Down died the winds; the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Let's take a break from American politics for a moment and look at the political showdown from across the pond: Larry the Downing Street Cat vs Palmerston the Foreign Office Cat (w/video) [Amusing]
[link] [35 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Marines find new Pokémon AttemptusMurderi, herd him back into the Pokéy [Creepy]
[link] [16 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » How Much Paper Congressional Bills Produce, Charted
It would take 229 workdays to read every bill introduced to Congress this session. The 2016 Congressional calendar is only 111 days long. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » On second thought trying to impress your girlfriend by taking her to the local police station and pretending to be the police chief maybe wasn't the smartest idea [Dumbass]
[link] [13 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Cage-Free? Free Range? 5 Egg Terms, Decoded
Presented by Nellie's. [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Ways Eating Eggs Can Make You Healthier
Presented by Nellie's. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Most Americans still have no idea how much interest their credit cards actually charge them [Facepalm]
[link] [203 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Due to the demand for "perfect" fruits and vegetables, the U.S. throws away half the produce it grows [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 584: "Go With the Flow 2". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
[link] [42 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Introducing England's Newest Pop-Up 3D-Printing Restaurant
It's fittingly called Food Ink. [Link]
Mental Floss » Experience Dinner Rush With Gordon Ramsay in This New Mobile Game
Fight for Ramsey’s praise at the risk of getting called a donkey. [Link]
Mental Floss » Robotic Moving Furniture Turns Compact Living Spaces Into Multiple Rooms
The founder hopes to make a 350-square-foot living space feel like one that’s two or three times as big. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Italy's last prince is now making a pretty penne [Strange]
[link] [50 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Scrotal compression – the silent killer [Scary]
[link] [81 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Restaurant in Singapore Serves Up a $2 Million Dining Experience
It lasts for eight hours and includes a helicopter ride and diamonds. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oh, sure, but when subby did it he got kicked out of the zoo [Amusing]
[link] [28 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Survey Finds Many Americans Are Not Saving for the Long Term
If you needed to come up with $2000 in 30 days to cover the costs of an emergency, could you do it? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Meanwhile in Australia, vegan 'smurf' lattes are latest trend among those smug smurfing coffee hipsters. What the smurf, smurf those smurfbags [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Suspected overdose from synthetic marijuana sends 33 to hospital. IF ONLY there were a benign non toxic plant material people could smoke with no chance whatsoever in history of adverse side effects…if only [Advice]
[link] [101 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Artist Creates Giant Hive Sculpture Controlled by Bees
The installation has found a new home at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London. [Link]
Mental Floss » This Beer Was Designed by Artificial Intelligence
IntelligentX uses machine learning to incorporate customer feedback into its evolving brews. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not news: bicyclist finds baby alligator along trail. Fark: in northern Minnesota [Interesting]
[link] [22 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Multiple explosions, fires reported to be sprouting in Brussels [Scary]
[link] [62 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Group Seeks Federal Protection For New England's Undersea Paradise
With the President's blessing, the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts area may become the first National Marine Monument in the Atlantic. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "What's your address?" "1600 Pennsylvania Ave." "Oh, OK, right, Obama." "No S.E. It's the other one" [Facepalm]
[link] [33 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Tips for First-Time Furniture Arrangers
Turning all those empty rooms into showroom-worthy tableaus of tasteful interior decor can be daunting. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NBC executive detained and deported by Russia, Putin said to have told him "No more Heroes" [Scary]
[link] [35 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » How The Girl Scouts Are Helping to Save the Environment
Today’s Girl Scouts are doing more than earning badges and selling cookies: They’re helping to save the environment. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this alone angler [Photoshop]
[link] [23 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Artist Creates Tiny Food Sculptures Out of Clay
These micro masterpieces aren't for eating. [Link]
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