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 » Daily Mail with shock news that some roads are not level. Unbelievable news about the pope's faith and what bears do in woods next [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Look, this whole "Police officer shooting the Black therapist who was laying on the ground with his hands in the air" thing is just a big misunderstanding. The cop was TRYING to shoot his unarmed, autistic patient and missed is all. Feel bett
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Mental Floss » Plant-Based ‘Shrimp’ Is Vegan, Kosher, and Surprisingly Convincing
The faux shrimp, made of red algae, offers a delicious alternative for foodies concerned about the ethical implications of buying the real stuff. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Searchers leading underwater hunt for flight MH370 say they believe they know why the plane hasn't been found. They've been looking in the wrong place [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » That homeless person you just helped might actually be a robot. Suck it, Turing [Weird]
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Mental Floss » '90s Babies, Rejoice: Lisa Frank Has a New Clothing Line
That rainbow-colored, tiger-striped crop top has your name written all over it. [Link]
Mental Floss » Go Inside Rocky Mountain National Park With Virtual Reality From NPR
The sounds of chirping birds and running streams make this the perfect midday break. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » American Muslims at the RNC laugh to keep from crying/screaming/hiding under a pillow fort for the next four months [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Will Trump unify the party? Will he go off the rails and call for the arrest of non-believers? Will anyone care if he does? *drops balloons* Congrats. You survived 4 days of this convention. THIS is your RNC (Day 4) Thread. Coverage starts at 7:30pm
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Mental Floss » 8 Tips for Creating a Great Scavenger Hunt
'Supernatural' star Misha Collins has some very serious advice for soliciting sculptures made of boogers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man claiming to be Jesus Christ stabs man he says is the devil. "The role of mental illness could be key in this situation" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » I mean, who wouldn't want to live inside a giant whiskey barrel? [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Male escorts are making crazy money at the RNC [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Elmo Can Now Help Track Your Child's Illness
The little red monster could make your child more cooperative when you need to take their temperature. [Link]
Mental Floss » Are You and Your Partner In Sync Financially?
Money isn’t everything in a relationship … but it is pretty important. Take our quiz to find out whether you and your partner are on the same page, then see what Farnoosh Torabi—Chase Slate financial education partner and host of the award-winning podcast, So Money—has to say about mastering the art of money management. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NASA has given the Curiosity Rover the autonomy to choose its own laser targets. The next image sent back was simply the word "SOON" burned into the Martian landscape [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Get your California beachfront property for only $99 down. Don't mind the fact that it's a cesspool of pesticides, it's constantly over 100 degrees, and it will be first to be swallowed up during the next earthquake [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » The latest odds on Trump's speech tonight, including if he will mention China at least twice (6-to-5 he will), if he'll discuss 'Black Lives Matter' (2-to-5 he won't) and if he'll talk about Bernie Sanders before Hillary Clint
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Fark.com RSS » Comedian forced to pay $35K to someone he made fun of. That's the joke [Silly]
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Mental Floss » New Sensing Device Alerts Farmers When a Cow Goes Into Labor
Cattle owners can now sleep with a newfound peace of mind. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark-ready headline: "These guys are why NYC's single women are screwed" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Kids can be fickle eaters.. what are some of their recipe favorites that they don't turn their noses up at? [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Walk All Over Your Reading List With This Bookworm Rug
Go ahead and put your love of books on every surface of your apartment. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pikachu now has to go into hiding with Salman Rushdie [Interesting]
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Futility Closet » In a Word
synodite
n. a traveling companion dépaysé
adj. removed from one’s usual surroundings credenda
n. things to be believed; matters of faith David Livingstone reaches the Atlantic, May 31, 1854: The plains adjacent to Loanda are somewhat elevated and comparatively sterile. On coming across these we first beheld the sea: my companions looked upon the boundless ocean with awe. On describing … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Erdogan checks off "allow human rights violations" on his Evil Dictator Checklist [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Ailes out. Murdoch in. Hannibal, Face, and B.A. nowhere to be found [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » NBA pulls out of North Carolina over bathroom legislation [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » 4 Proven Ways to Stay Cool During Hot Summer Workouts
From slushies to ice packs, these strategies are backed by scientific research. [Link]
Mental Floss » Compare Property Tax Rates in Each State
How does your state stack up? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What would Jesus do? Probably not this. (Bonus: classic mugshot) [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Mae Cynmru am swyddfeydd post [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this water lilly [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » A Brief Primer for Selecting the Right Kitchen Knife
The blades in your starter kit all serve a purpose. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » {name a color} {name an alcoholic beverage} from {name a country} will be coming to the U.S. this October [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Thursday's Amazon Deals You Can't 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 21. [Link]
Mental Floss » Who's Responsible for Self-Driving Car Accidents?
Get ready for non-driver's insurance. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Without access to a river of cheap and available handguns, British residents forced to settle personal disagreements with chainsaws [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Portland, Maine Is Tearing Down its Love Locks Wall
The symbols of true love have created a public safety issue in the city. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Lena Dunham to speak at DNC. Follow her up with talks by a local Pokemon Go champion, Ariana Grande, and the crying face emoji and the millennial vote will be all locked up [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 18 Pokemon Products to Catch Online
Let everyone know where your team loyalties lie. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » For today's nightmare fuel, we have an artist's rendering of the human body if it evolved to survive car crashes. Warning: the nipples are belligerent and numerous [Creepy]
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FMyLife » kvb81295 says FML
Today, my new girlfriend took me on a double date with her, her best friend and her best friend's new girlfriend. Which would have been fine, if her best friend's girlfriend wasn't my recent ex. The small world of a lesbian. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It is the 107th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's birth, so let's reflect on how Papa Hemingway taught us all how to drink properly and show that it was possible to be a functional alcoholic [Hero]
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Mental Floss » Red vs. Blu: How Sony Won the HD DVD Format Wars
They lost the Betamax battle, but they refused to lose the war. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dog hooked on heroin and meth is now clean, wants steak (w/ pics of what a dog on meth probably looks like) [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Woman Finds Koala Bear Pole Dancing In Her Living Room
Installing a pole in an Australian home may sometimes attract curious guests. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New for the evil genius on a budget: Share a private island with 20 other owners and receive all the prestige but pay only a fraction of the upkeep [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Retrobituary: Forensic Science Pioneer Frances Glessner Lee
She crafted tiny, intricate dioramas known as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Thistle Make You Listen
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Mental Floss » 15 Travel Hacks to Help You Through Wedding Season
There's no reason not to send wedding gifts ahead of time. [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Places Amelia Earhart Flew That Are Worth a Visit
A worldwide tour guide from Lady Lindy's travels. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "India's sophisticated laws and progressive policies fail with startling regularity. A new study locates a possible reason as to why in the convoluted bureaucratic system of the Indian state and its obsession with paper" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Milo Yiannopoulos time-travels from 2012 to urge the internet to ban present-day Milo Yiannopoulos [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 17 Species Named After 'Star Wars' Characters
There are Star Wars fans everywhere, including among the scientists who study life on Earth. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman tries to exact revenge on her ex-boyfriend by pretending to be pregnant and then paying men to beat her so she can scare away his current girlfriend. And then things get weird [Creepy]
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FMyLife » feebae says FML
Today, my boyfriend informed me that he had licked another girl after she had licked him. He said this so I don't "get confused after watching the video on snapchat." FML [Link]
FMyLife » rnw says FML
Today, I thought my knee hurt because of over exercising in the gym. Then I remembered it was because I smacked it against my chair so hard I crumbled down and couldn't move for 5 minutes. And how I remembered? I did it again. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Male-Killing Microbe Meddles With Butterfly Mating
In time, two closely related populations of African Queen butterflies may become entirely different species. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Psycho terror swan sinks the British fleet, ducks and geese too [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Mind Vector mind mapping app for Mac, iOs, and Android. What is your favorite mind mapping software? (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Mental Floss » Why This Social Media Startup Made All of its Salaries Public
A social media company called Buffer is trying to encourage transparency by making all its employees' salaries public. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dane Cook is immortal [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » Sometimes you just can't improve on the original headline: "Sandwich-hauling squirrel steals spotlight from one-legged seagull" (w/video of both) [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Why Turtles Have Shells (It’s Not What We Thought)
New evidence suggests that prehistoric turtle shells served a different purpose than we originally believed. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » FBI seeks to recover $1 billion in largest kleptocracy case to date [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Nuclear submarine suffers costly damages after they let Troi take the helm [Fail]
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Mental Floss » 5 Bizarre Comic-Con News Stories from Years Past
Next to these headlines, even cosplay seems boring. [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Discover 7 Flamboyant New Peacock Spiders
The males of these Australian spiders know how to show off. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Headline: "Mysterious daily booms have small town in California looking to the sky, spawn alien theories." Geologist: Aliens? Nobody here said anything about aliens. We think it's old munitions. ABC: There you have it, aliens [Fail]
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Overheard In The Office » Isn't That, Like, a Tittie Club?
Employee #1: I am trying to find Egypt on the map.
Employee #2: Me too, I thought it was in Cairo.
Manager: Come on, guys, it is not in Cairo, it is part of the Gaza strip! Las Vegas Office building [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nice lone wolf terrorist linked to five other lone wolf conspirators who have been arrested, now preparing to appear on a t-shirt [Followup]
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Mental Floss » A City-Wide Bike Lane May Soon Stretch Across Berlin
It's being described as “a piece of Copenhagen in Berlin.” [Link]
Weird Universe » 18 years beneath a dung heap
A Ukrainian man, Grigori Sikalenko, spent 18 years hiding under a dung heap in order to avoid serving in the Red Army. He went into hiding in June 1941, at the urging of his mother, who secreted him away "under the manure pile at the back of the family goat shed."
He spent 18 years in hiding, until finally, in … [Link]
FMyLife » slaughterteddy says FML
Today, I spent two hours trying to catch a urine sample whilst at urgent care due to my inability to pee in public restrooms. I finally managed one, and was so excited by my success that I fumbled it and spilled it on my pants. FML [Link]
FMyLife » GyroUpgraded says FML
Today, after driving to three drug testing clinics that were approved for my job, each one declined me saying they dont do testing anymore. Now I have to drive another 25 miles to see if someone will say, "You're clean." FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Family takes selfies with dead polar bear, asks "Was that wrong? Should we not have done that?" [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these Pop-Stars' prop [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » A Brief History of the Heart Symbol
We heart the heart emblem. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Wait, tell me that this rare white lion cub that was just born won't make the children cry? [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Odor in the court [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 7 Once Fictional Games That You Can Now Play in the Real World
Harry Potter fans aren’t the only ones who’ve pulled a game or two from their favorite stories. [Link]
Mental Floss » How the Margaret Herrick Library Preserves Film History
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’s Margaret Herrick Library in Los Angeles is a cinephile’s dream. [Link]
Weird Universe » Swinging Little Government
Now, THIS is a great campaign song AND party platform. "Our secret weapon will be the Rolling Stones!" [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch a DeLorean Transform Into a Custom Hot Tub
"Are you telling me that you built a hot tub … out of a DeLorean?" [Link]
Mental Floss » Thistle Make You Listen
[Link]
Mental Floss » General Mills Wants You to Show Off Your Bunny's Athletic Chops
Grab a tiny sweatband and a camera because there's cereal on the line! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » We're all one step closer to paying for porn [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » A rape victim is too traumatized to testify so the judge decides to a) postpone, b) release her, c) throw her in jail. Bonus: When she arrives in jail she is a) released, b) released, c) mistaken for the rapist [Sick]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I went to a new doctor. While filling out charts she looked up and said, "I'm assuming you are single." FML [Link]
GraphJam » Move Along
Graph by: Smart1dude Tagged: Line Graph , obi wan , star wars , stormtrooper Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Languages Upon Which Arnold Schwarzenneger's Acting Career Was Built
LoL by: erik.mogan Tagged: actors , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Governor , language , languages , politics , republican Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Photobombing by Photoshop
Great links for great people! [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Dr. Bronner And His Magic Soap
You've undoubtedly used Dr. Bronner's, the top-selling organic liquid and bar soap brand in North America. But how much do you know about the man behind the company? [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my religious mother found out I work at Planned Parenthood. Now everytime she sees me, she prays until I leave the room. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Want to Write a Bestseller? Consult This Infographic First
To sell a book, you need a lot more than just good writing. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Is July really the most deadly month to go to hospital? Let's have a look [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Farm to Table: The 6 Stages of Getting Meat Onto Your Plate
Presented by Applegate. [Link]
Futility Closet » Wild Life
The author of Bambi wrote a pornographic novel. Josephine Mutzenbacher: The Life Story of a Viennese Whore was published anonymously in Vienna in 1906, shortly after Felix Salten moved there. Salten’s authorship has never been proven conclusively, but the consensus of scholars and even the Austrian government supports it. The book is the fictional memoir of a 50-year-old Viennese prostitute, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Travel to Indonesia to eat out of a toilet, or do it for free in New Jersey [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » NASA Sent a Stamp 3 Billion Miles to Pluto on New Horizons
It’s officially the farthest a stamp has ever traveled from Earth. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Turkey declares three-month state of emergency "to eliminate the threat of democracy". Correction: threat AGAINST democracy. Easy mistake to make [Facepalm]
[link] [57 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Ways to Get the Promotion You Deserve
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Black? ✓ Unarmed? ✓ Lay on ground when ordered? ✓ Raise hands when ordered ? ✓ Shot by police? ✓ (with video) [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » United Nations report declares that saving the environment requires people to work shorter hours. Your boss still wants you to respond to emails at night and on weekends [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 585: "Panoramics 2". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » "Better make sure the old owners left behind what we agreed on. Stove: ✓, fridge: ✓, body: ✓. Hey, wait a minute" [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Census data reveals America's weird marriage habits. Married people are the weird ones. And you'd be surprised how many Americans get married at 15 [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Author hangs around in supermarkets, waiting for people to buy a bottle of vodka. He follows five different bottles out to wherever they were going. These are their stories [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Police show up for a 5-year-old's birthday, wind up shooting his dog. SURPRISE [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Today's dumbass way of getting caught commiting a crime [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Not too many murder-suicides involve walking into traffic [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Pastor rebrands church by: a) meeting attendees before services b) installing new signs c) pretending he's Evel Knievel [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Pictures of the blast damage that killed the Dallas shooter [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » My week stripping in Cleveland during the RNC [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Dubai, one of the hottest high rise real estate markets in the world [Scary]
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Mental Floss » The Perfect Crime May Be Possible in Yellowstone Park
The park's "Zone of Death" could, in theory, allow a murderer to go free. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man pulls out his gun and fires after his stepson A) Steals from him B) Lies to him C) Brings home a hermit crab [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Welcome to Iceland. Please refrain from taking a dump in public. Thank you [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » First section of new UK/EU border completed in record time, and you bet someone has a problem with this [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Plane hits hangar at Pennsylvania airport. Thank you for flying Darwin AIrlines [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Israeli Whisky Coming to America. Plans to pose as a poor foreign student, work at a local fast food restaurant, and find a commoner who is the girl of its dreams [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » Letter From Studio Ghibli Explains the Mysteries of 'Spirited Away'
We finally know why Chihiro's parents turned into pigs. [Link]
Mental Floss » Could Chickens Be the Mosquito Repellents of the Future?
Scientists found that malaria-carrying mosquitoes avoided chickens and the smell of chickens, which might make the birds (or even just their odor) an effective repellent. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Wife of "Officer of the Year" just would not stop resisting [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 7 Spacecraft NASA Has Landed on Mars
The Viking I lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976. It was just the first of many NASA missions to the red planet. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Five classic beer garden mistakes we're all making, such as not fertilizing the IPAs, tilling the soil for porters, or keeping rabbits away from the lagers [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Much like its namesake,the USS Gerald R. Ford keeps stumbling out of the starting block [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Church gives woman a check to help pay her electric bill. She uses check information to steal nearly twenty grand [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » J.K. Rowling May Have Saved the Time Train from 'Back to the Future Part III'
When Harry met Marty… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this feather [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » New Service Notifies You When Your Social Security Number Is Used
A new startup called Civic wants to make identity theft a thing of the past. [Link]
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