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 » Need to protest? What better way than to get your 12 friends together and shut down I-95 South during rush hour? Article complete with "they look like I expected" mugshots [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Please stop tweeting your disagreement with the Republican National Convention to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Billboard in Muncie, Indiana goes up just before anti-police demonstrations. "Hate cops? The next time you need help call a crackhead" [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Abomination wins nomination [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Today's college campus OUTRAGE comes to us from the Colorado School of Mines and the naming of the athletic facility by the student body [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Erdogan purges 15,000 terrorist coup-plotters from Education Ministry. Kansas would take note if there was anyone left there who could read [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Surprising no one, Cleveland has turned into a hotbed of hot 'n' dirty man-on-man buttseks at the RNC [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Stop comparing the RNC with My Little Pony or bronies. One's a group of creepy isolated adult children that get together and live in an alternate reality bubble, and the other group likes colorful cartoon horses [Repeat]
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Mental Floss » Beat the Heat This Summer With a Sweet and Savory Meat Popsicle
Springbone Kitchen in New York City is now serving up refreshing icy popsicles made with beef bone broth. [Link]
Mental Floss » 13 Excellent Facts About 'Bill
Like 'The Godfather: Part II,' some fans prefer this sequel to the original. Whoa! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Moon and the Sun's gravity forces are in a tug of war to throw California into the Pacific Ocean [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Australia Will Be Home to the World's First 'Tesla Town'
The suburb will feature Tesla Powerwalls in every household. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The 37 counties in the United States where people die young. Doesn't sound right, I live in one of these counties and I feel f [Strange]
[link] [94 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Court Rules the Navy Must Reduce Use of Marine Life-Disturbing Sonar
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the regulation allowing the Navy to use its long-range sonar violates the Marine Protection Act. [Link]
Mental Floss » ‘Mom Jeans’ and ‘Ghosting’ Among New Terms Added to Dictionary.com
Finally! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The best way to get a hospital to improve its food is to make the managers eat it for an entire week. "Yellow pucks of sadness" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » "Police said there is no reason to believe the glass was intentionally placed in the sandwich" [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman, three daughters stabbed for not dressing conservatively in Pakistan. And by "Pakistan" I mean "France" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Global temperatures break record for 14th consecutive month. Maybe we should build a wall or something. I mean, sticking our heads in the sand for 40 years hasn't worked, so try something new [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Four wounded in Fukushima library by knife-wielding crazy who couldn't borrow any books. ISIS likely to claim this guy too [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Philadelphia Museum Displays Snippets of Presidential Hair
Visitors can view the tresses of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and more. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It appears that the guy who set off a series of explosive devices in Panaca, AZ was less of a suicide bomber, and more of a bomber who committed suicide, according to the coroner's report [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 10 Travel Apps for Trotting the Globe on a Budget
These apps will help you get the most bang for your travel buck and stick to your budget. (Best of all, they're free!) [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 'Black Olives Matter'. Maybe, but only if they're Kalamata. All the other ones suck [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Here are 10 proofs that the Earth is flat … and by "proofs," I mean arguments that a 10-year-old could debunk [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » While a Koala may be one Australian animal that won't kill you it will break into your house to pole dance [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Some karma for those who send dick pics via Snapchat [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this beach bonfire [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Anthony Bourdain Is Performing a Live Show in New York
"The Hunger" is coming to Brooklyn in November. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Many at Fox News have anonymously criticized Megyn Kelly for not joining the women publicly coming to boss Roger Ailes' defense when former anchor Gretchen Carlson accused him of sexual harassment. Turns there's a good reason for that [Obviou
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Fark.com RSS » Google takes down artists' website, erasing fourteen years of work because apparently backups are just things that other people do [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Norway police involved in rare shooting, firing twice and equaling the total number of shots fired by Norwegian police in all of 2014 or by Baltimore police in about .032 seconds [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Why Am I So Hungry After Swimming?
There's a good reason for why you want to hit the snack bar upon leaving the pool. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » While everyone is focused on Melania Trump's plagiarism of Michelle Obama, they're overlooking her plagiarism of one of the truly great orators of our time – Rick Astley [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Neil deGrasse Tyson Gets Animated For Disney's 'Future-Worm!' Series
The astrophysicist plays himself in a show about a boy, a worm, and a lunchbox time machine. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's the middle of summer, so retailers promptly roll out their Halloween merchandise. Next up: Christmas specials in August [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 10 Reasons to Exercise That Go Beyond Weight Loss
Being active has countless benefits that can't be measured by a scale. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Doctors starving to death after pharmaceutical industry no longer allowed to buy them lunch, hookers [Sad]
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Futility Closet » First Person
When Elizabeth Thompson married Maj. Sir William Butler in 1877, she was already a respected painter of military subjects. But becoming Lady Butler gave her a unique opportunity: She could now watch maneuvers in person and even stand in front of charging cavalry to study the momentum of the horses. The startling result, Scotland for Ever, depicts a head-on charge … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Manhattan may soon get its first underground park, much to the delight of rat colonies, sewer gators, and the Morlocks [Cool]
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Mental Floss » An Intense Heat Wave Will Blanket Much of the U.S. This Week
It's being called a "heat dome." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Your daily woman in a bikini taking a stroll on the Interstate, finally brought to you by not Florida [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » GOP Convention now a literal shiatshow [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who shot at Pokemon Go players may face charges. Well, I should hope so [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 'Making a Murderer' Will Get a Second Season at Netflix
Netflix is reopening Steven Avery's case. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Know what I could go for right now? A cupcake that looks like a huge pimple [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Watch Rapidly Cooled Glass Explode in Super Slow Motion
The Slow Mo Guys demonstrate the science of thermal shock by—how else?—destroying measuring cups. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Japan has come up with an effective way of dealing with door-to-door religious solicitors. Sadly, it is not flipping out like a ninja [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Tuesday's Amazon Deals You Have to See
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 19. [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Michael J. Fox and Coldplay Go 'Back to the Future'
"Earth angel, earth angel/Will you be mine?" [Link]
Mental Floss » 'He-Man and the Masters of the Universe' Is Back
By the power of Greyskull, the show's first new episode in nearly 15 years will premiere at San Diego Comic-Con. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's crane season in New York again [News]
[link] [63 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » The_Unlucky1 says FML
Today, I was going to bed when a cockroach crawled out from under my pillow. I wasn't too afraid of it, until I looked away. It's hour two, and I still can't find it. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Mr_GryllsWood says FML
Today, while on pornhub for personal reasons, I found a video of my parents. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bad: Your car gets stolen. Good: The cops get it back for you the very next day, still in good shape. Fark: Except the front seat's covered in blood from the guy they shot twice in it [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » Insulated Tents Could Protect the Homeless From the Elements
A Singapore-based charity is creating an easy-to-assemble tent to protect people on the streets from extreme heat and cold. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Great Debate Over the Origin of the Ice Cream Sundae
"Everybody knows Two Rivers invented it," one resident said. "That’s why we’re all so fat here. We eat a lot of them." [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Regional Twists on the Root Beer Float
Not all locales stick to root beer and vanilla ice cream. [Link]
FMyLife » Katsura says FML
Today, my boyfriend wanted to get into an open relationship. He has no romantic feelings for me anymore, but he didn't want to separate from my cat. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » This Bartending App Will Help You Mix Drinks Like a Pro
The Liquor Cabinet is your handheld guide to the basics of bartending. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Best Korea opens a second front in its relentless war against large bodies of water [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Day 2 of the RNC is here, featuring keynote speeches from Tiffany Trump, though it's unclear who she'll plagiarize. And Ben Carson is scheduled to introduce the noon nap. It's your Official RNC Discussion Thread. The insanity starts at 12
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Mental Floss » Gender-Equal Emojis Are Here
In addition to brides and princesses, we now have women doctors, scientists, teachers, and farmers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good news, everyone. It wasn't really an earthquake off the coast of Florida. It was just one of the Navy's secret doomsday devices. Relax [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Car crash mangles "Welcome to Downtown Las Vegas" sign [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » Saving Gorgeous Butterflies, One Egg at a Time
Biologist Tim Wong is singlehandedly conserving San Francisco’s pipevine swallowtails…in his free time. [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Addictive Facts About ‘Trainspotting’
Twenty years ago, a young Scottish actor named Ewan McGregor careened onto the screen and dared viewers to “Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f***ing big television.” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Baton Rouge cop-killer "was not a Muslim and he hated Christianity," but he was a hell of a gamer. "He would make a fool of people. He'll run around and kill four or five different people and he was just ultra farking smart" [Foll
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Dale is So Pale
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FMyLife » rejectedprobably says FML
Today, I asked one of my teachers to write me a letter of recommendation for my top school. Even though I did fairly well in their class, I found out that they don't think that I'm very intelligent, but my "strong, work ethic" makes up for it. They mentioned it in the letter and submitted it. FML [Link]
Overheard In The Office » The New Summer's Eve Commercials Dare to Be Explicit
Female coworker holding wooden box: My box smells a lot like smoked fish. Parnell
Auckland
New Zealand Overheard by: Gus [Link]
FMyLife » Looking4ajob says FML
Today, I asked my manager what NSFW stands for. FML [Link]
FMyLife » budadepressed says FML
Today, due to a scheduling error, I spent an entire day and night in an airport, over 30 hours in total. Just as I arrived at the gate, I was informed that my flight had been delayed for another 2 hours. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pooty Poot warns that Russia will make its own Olympics if Russians aren't allowed to cheat [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Basics wallet. Wallet for the minimalist in your life. Basically the tiny house of wallet design. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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FMyLife » jeremyr5678 says FML
Today, I was at a really big party and everyone was showing off by flipping into the pool one by one. When it was my go, I attempted a back flip, cracked my head open on the side of the pool, and was rushed to hospital. Now everyone hates me cause the party was forced to shut down. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Is There An Ancient Celtic Queen Buried at Platform 9 3/4?
If Harry Potter had decided to do a little digging while he was waiting for the Hogwarts Express to show up, he might have found more than mandrakes. [Link]
Mental Floss » Introducing a Portable, Wood-Burning Hot Tub
This tub can go wherever the party is. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chris Christie: 93 percent of Melania Trump's speech not plagiarized. That's an A+ at Trump University [Followup]
[link] [472 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch a Darling Scottish Wildcat Kitten Emerge For the First Time
…and feel the wrath of its protective parent. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bi-partisan Photoshop Challenge: Create brand new logos for the presidential campaigns [Photoshop]
[link] [37 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Flight crew detained after planning to fly from Glasgow to Toronto via waypoints Whiskey, Scotch and Rye [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » The Story of Disney's Abandoned American History Theme Park
Once upon a time, Disney CEO Michael Eisner dreamed of building a new kind of Disney theme park. [Link]
Weird Universe » Name That List, #31
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.
Horse Flies of the Ethiopian RegionThe Measurement of Small Holes (translated from Russian)Illustrated Catalogue of FleasSex Life of the Elephant SealAerodynamic Forces on Biconvex Aerofoils Oscillating in a Supersonic SlipstreamThe Gas Examiner's Working NotesThe Highway CodeThe Rent Act and YouSeats for Female Shop Assistants [Link]
Mental Floss » Designer Creates Biodegradable Containers Out of Cow's Milk
Before plastic was a petroleum-based synthetic material, it was made with totally natural proteins. [Link]
Mental Floss » Dale is So Pale
[Link]
Mental Floss » House Your Plant in a Pokemon-Shaped Pot
Bulbasaur is perfect for housing your succulent. [Link]
Weird Universe » The Case of Officer Hallibrand
"Driving while dictating." The automobile texting problem of its era. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 2-4-6-8 who we gonna litigate? [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » You're a special kind of a jerk if you harass a mountain goat so badly, it flees into the harbor to escape you, and then you won't let him climb back onto shore so he drowns [Sad]
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FMyLife » Jesstanothergurl says FML
Today, I had to visit a new office building for a meeting. Halfway through the meeting, I got really nauseous and needed to throw up. I ran to find a bathroom, but got lost and ended up in a printing room. With no other option, I was forced to puke into a large envelope. FML [Link]
FMyLife » mattlikesfunions says FML
Today, I told my parents that I was going on a diet to lose weight and I wanted their support. They brought home donuts and pizza for dinner. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Salem Witch Trials
Start your day right with these great links! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Take a picture of something in or at your home [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 12 Uses for Pickle Juice
If you love pickles—whether sweet, dill, garlic, or bread-and-butter—you should be using that delicious leftover pickle juice for other things once they're gone. Here are a few suggestions. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Baton Rouge PD: "This attack is proof we need to militarize our police even more" [Followup]
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FMyLife » loserman67 says FML
Today, I was told that the $8,500 bill for my new water well grew to $11,000 because of a fair amount of overtime. I learned that the men I hired to drill the new well at our home were spending the overtime drilling my daughter as well. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Coupons
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: coupons , easy , find , groceries , money , need , save , shopping Share on Facebook
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FMyLife » ApplePie1994 says FML
Today, my father came downstairs, wearing my mother's dressing gown. It didn't fit. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Meet the Flapper Who Introduced Giant Pandas to the World
In 1936, socialite Ruth Harkness became the first person to bring a live giant panda from China to the U.S. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How to raise awareness about environmental conservation and combat deforestation? Simple – get 800,000 volunteers and plant 50 million trees in 24 hours [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Workmen asphalt around disabled woman protesting street paving, creating a new road island [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Saturday, there was one flying B-29 left in the world. Today, after a 16-year restoration, there are two [Spiffy]
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Futility Closet » A Separate Peace
After 30 years of searching, acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton thinks he’s found the “quietest square inch in the United States.” It’s marked by a red pebble that he placed on a log at 47°51’57.5″N, 123°52’13.3″W, in a corner of the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park in western Washington state. The area is actually full of sounds, but the sounds … [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Say These (Mostly Wild) Mammals Make the Best Pets
If you're trying to choose between a ferret and a hedgehog, go ferret. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » All that scary-looking body armor the cops in Cleveland are wearing for the convention? You can get your own, right next to the Schwinns and Huffys down at K-Mart [Facepalm]
[link] [81 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » How 18th- and 19th-Century Babies Contributed to Science
Researchers say the bodies of infants and fetuses were a ‘prized source of knowledge’ for British anatomists. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You know what word doesn't appear in obituaries nearly often enough? "Laxatives" [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Ryan Bundy was just practicing his ranching skills by braiding those bed sheets together [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » 8 (Mostly) Caffeine-Free Habits to Energize You in the Morning
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Mental Floss » Hear The Most Popular 7 Seconds of Drumming Ever Recorded
The one 1969 drum sample you've heard time and time and time again… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Burglar shot in Great Bend… oh, that's the town's name [Obvious]
[link] [23 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Mathematicians Have Developed an Equation for the Perfect Climbing Rope
The theoretical cord wouldn't just break a climber's fall—it would also brake it. [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch a Powerful Electromagnet Shrink a Quarter to Half Its Size
Don't try this experiment at home. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Rudest Place on Earth [Fail]
[link] [139 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Russian Explorer Embarks on a Solo Round-The-World Trip in a Hot Air Balloon
Fedor Konyukhov, 64, hopes to set a new Guinness World Record. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Philadelphia police believe that two women found dead in a Rhawnhurst motel room Sunday, with their heads covered with plastic bags and their hands tied behind their backs, committed suicide together [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » A Seattle Man Purchased an Extremely Rare Nintendo 64DD Off Craigslist
The 1999 Nintendo add-on was such a failure in Japan that it was never released in U.S. markets. Which makes it even more valuable. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » As if things weren't bad enough, now we've got goddamned sea boars to contend with [Scary]
[link] [55 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » You Can Take an Exclusive Tour of the Russian Space Program for $14,500
The price tag includes a look at a live rocket launch. [Link]
Mental Floss » NASA Launches DNA Sequencer Into Space for the First Time
Now astronauts can test samples in space instead of sending them back to Earth. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Don't call Turkish president's crackdown a crackdown or he'll crackdown a libel lawsuit on you [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » China finally realizes the folly of ghost cities with empty business buildings, decides to build tons of extra empty housing so it looks better [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 9 Things You Can Get for Free on Your Birthday
Money-saving experts give us the scoop on birthday freebies worth celebrating. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New study finds residents of red light district enjoy living there, say 'it's better than daytime TV' [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Two drunk drivers try to blame Pokémon Go for crashing their cars, phones [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this tasty summertime treat [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » City Birds May Be More Aggressive Than Rural Birds, Study Finds
Urban birds may also be more territorial and aggressive than their more laid back rural counterparts. [Link]
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