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 » Mr. Draper, should we run with the "In Canada lesbians are considered hot" campaign? Great, no problem then [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » People are upset with Michael Jordan's anti-violence statement and two $1 million dollar donations because of course they are [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Responsible gun owner shoots teen dead while responsibly cleaning his gun. Here's the thing, no one has ever died while cleaning their knife. Not the cleaner, not some poor unfortunate nearby [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Better parenting through tasers [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » "Police have confirmed they are investigating after the pair were reported outraging public decency." WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN? [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Pokémoan sex toys–collect them all. But for God's sake, take them out of the box once in a while (Not safe for work) [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » 14 Big Facts About ‘Little Miss Sunshine’
Arnold Schwarzenegger inspired the unexpected indie hit, which hit theaters 10 years ago. [Link]
Mental Floss » The @AskTSA Twitter Account Will Answer Pretty Much Anything
The airport security agency's account can advise you on traveling with liquids, animals, and mummified remains. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Now Starbucks baristas can wear colored clothing under their aprons. But they still don't have to learn how to spell your name [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Mega Drive is Sega's Answer to Nintendo's Miniature NES
The great Nintendo vs. Sega war is back on. [Link]
FMyLife » Jaraxxus says FML
Today, my girlfriend accused me of cheating because I've been buying generic groceries instead of name brand to save money. Apparently, I must be using the extra money on another woman. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Elderly Chinese Couple Poses for Their First Wedding Photos
The photo shoot honored their 80th anniversary. [Link]
Mental Floss » More Than 100 Wild Ponies Still Roam the Trails of Virginia
The herds are rounded up once a year for health checks and photo ops. [Link]
FMyLife » InsanityShard says FML
Today, my budgie learned to fly, having finally outgrown his clipped wings. He flew straight over the gate, out the door and into my dogs jaws. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » As the Royal Navy prohibits Facebook on subs and loses recruits, the U.S. Navy uses Pokémon Go to lure new recruits to become Pokémon masters. "This is somewhat different from the official mission of the Navy" [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » No Pokemon at the Olympic village? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Racist waitress Snapchats about having to serve "N*****s." Customer responds with full-on grace and beauty. Manager responds with pink slip [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Much like his salad, Dennis Hastert wants his victim's lawsuit tossed [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » "Leave my (expletive) pizza rolls alone,' he said, drawing his sword [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » A woman is told that her mother is too fat to be cremated because of the danger of a grease fire or something like that [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Humans have always hated change, including the introduction of coffee, refrigeration, and alterations to the Fark layout [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 21 Pulpy Pieces of Lumberjack Lingo
It pays to know your timber beasts from your savages. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You want a realistic free-fall? You got it (w/ video) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Will the Sanders holdouts disrupt the roll call? Will Bill woo the crowd as only he can? Can the Democrats stand united? THIS is the DNC Day 2 thread. (Coverage officially kicks off at 4:30pm) [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » So Germany is finding out that not everyone goes for their clothing-optional swimming habit [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » TV psychic Miss Cleo dead at 53 from a battle with cancer. Funny, I didn't think astrology was her thing [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently, "Bork bork bork" translates to "Swedish children's condom haggis" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » #Neverforget [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these BFFs [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Here's How 500 American Workers Spend Their Lunch Breaks
Hint: We do way more than just eat. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What did the boner say to the sciatica? "I've got your back" [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » New Yorkers really REALLY love their Cronuts. "One customer did duck out of the line – briefly – to inform the bakery of "the dead guy" spotted on a wooden sidewalk bench some 40 feet from the store" [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Since you probably missed it but are dying to know how it went, here is a wrap up of The 2016 Gathering of the Juggalos [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Does Safely Ejecting From a USB Port Actually Do Anything?
Is your computer just being overly dramatic when it warns you not to just yank out your flash drive? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman stabs husband because he A: Hit her? B: Had an affair? or C: Brought home the wrong doughnuts? [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » 68 year old man arrested for having sex with a cow. Really? 68 year olds still have sex? [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis is going to need to pack his ass-kicking boots for his visit to Poland, where the Clerical hierarchy is none too pleased with his reforms and deeply entwined with anti-immigrant right-wing nationalists currently running the country [Inte
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Fark.com RSS » If you're going to crash a regatta – you might as well be drunk, sloppy, and bare chested while doing it (w/ video) [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Toronto Is Getting a Poop-Themed Dessert Bar
Pudding and other themed desserts will be served in toilet-shaped dishes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bad Lip Reading covers Ted Cruz's RNC speech, making it the most comprehensible part of last week's convention [Silly]
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Mental Floss » 4 Ways to Get Through a Power Outage on a Budget
Summer storms can leave you in the dark. Here's how to get ready without spending a lot of money. [Link]
Futility Closet » Sperner’s Lemma
Image: Wikimedia Commons Draw a triangle and color its vertices red, green, and blue. Then divide it into as many smaller triangles as you like (the smaller triangles must meet edge to edge and vertex to vertex). Now color the vertices of these smaller triangles using the same three colors. You can do this however you like, with one proviso: The … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Rich kid's parents let him play with their money. Kid buys popular stocks, gets lucky, and still does a worse than a total market index fund. Of course CNN is amazed [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Marriage didn't work out? No problem, this house was designed to be split in half [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Stroh's beer returning to Detroit. If you've been holding out for the taste of sadness in a can, you're in luck [Misc]
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Mental Floss » City Purchases Man's Home for $4 Million, Lets Him Stay Rent-Free
The house is surrounded by the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, a protected desert habitat. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Small business dos and don'ts: DO announce your wares to increase revenue. DON'T use a loudspeaker to broadcast you have illegal drugs for sale. BONUS: At the gathering of the Juggalos [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Like getting kicked out of an all you can eat buffet, Verizon to cut off unlimited data users who use too much unlimited data [Asinine]
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FMyLife » notapetkiller says FML
Today, while in the car with my mom, we accidentally ran over a dog that had sprinted into the road. Instead of stopping, my mom continued to drive as if nothing happened. Every time I tried to bring it up, she merely talked loudly over me. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's major issue at the DNC that threatens to implode the party: bacon shortage [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Makeup Artist Channels the Manliness of Ron Swanson
Nick Offerman would be proud of this spot-on transformation. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Mobicip Family Premium: Lifetime License. 5 device Parental control for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows, Galaxy Nook. Finally stop what your kids are doing. Who is this Jack Septiceye anyway? (Sponsored Link) [
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: If Walmart mails you a $1900 check, it's actually a scam. Fark: People are actually cashing the checks [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Lawyer is given five days in jail for: A) farting; B) interrupting court to capture a pikkachu; or C) wearing a small Black Lives Matters pin under her jacket [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » App helps you determine if the bar you are at is a sausage fest or a…um, what is the female version of that? [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Up and Down
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Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: Battle of Pozières, Romania Agrees to Join Allies
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You know who else killed himself in Berlin after getting bad news? [Sad]
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FMyLife » BodyElectric says FML
Today, I was checking my kitten's neutering stitches when he farted so hard that a stray piece of cat shit shot out and hit me in the eye. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police getting a call about a naked guy wandering around find a second body at the scene [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Production company pleads guilty to breaking Harrison Ford's leg on the set of The Force Awakens. Wait till they find out what Kylo Ren did to him [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 10 Dystopian Facts about Aldous Huxley
His grandfather coined the term "agnostic." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Longdong discovered in South China Sea; USS Your Mom said to be en route, may return with your new stepdad [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Wife vs. Cats
The Crazy Cat Lady is the cultural stereotype (Archie McPhee even sells a Crazy Cat Lady action figure). But this story demonstrates that there are definitely Crazy Cat Men as well.
The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa) — Jan 8, 1954
Mate Preferred Cats, She Left Him With Them
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 8 — Mrs. Joseph Gazik got a divorce in Superior … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Does your dog bite? No. "RAAWRR" *chomp* I thought you said your dog did not bite! That is not my dog…ha ha, I lied, that's totally my dog [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Returns to Its Retro Roots for 25th Anniversary
The Blue Blur is turning 25 years old. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Netflix and Kill [Scary]
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Mental Floss » The Science of Sweet and Sour Cherries
Plus: why you really shouldn’t swallow the pits. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man who knifed 19 people to death kept pausing to tweet, about world peace and Japan's beauty [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 50 American Beers To Try This Summer
Toss any of these U.S. beers in your cooler to stave off this heatwave. [Link]
Overheard In The Office » What's More Fun Than a Slow Day at Work?
Developer: They took the Gubernator off the forklift to see how fast they could drive it.
Sys admin, in Austrian accent: Slow down if you want to live! Manchester, New Hampshire [Link]
Mental Floss » A New App Works Like a Translation Tool for Emojis
Dango suggests the perfect emojis for any situation. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This is the link with the egress / Yes, it my friend goes out and deserts / Some people started linking it not knowing what it was / And they'll continue vanishing forever just because [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » Why Getting a Perfect Score in 'Pac-Man' Is Pretty Disappointing
Here's what happens when you hit 3,333,360 points. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop only one of the states [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » 1960s Portable Record Player
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Mental Floss » 10 Royal Facts About Babar the Elephant
All hail the French pachyderm king. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Islamic leader accused of raping a US airman released on his own recognizance, outraging the local community. What's that? It's actually a priest? Nevermind, community totally cool with it [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » A Breathtaking Time-Lapse of Lava Flowing From Kilauea Volcano
Oregon-based time-lapse photographer Tyler Hulett traveled to Hawaii recently to capture the otherworldly beauty of the volcano. [Link]
Mental Floss » Nintendo Stocks Drop as Investors Realize It Doesn't Own 'Pokemon Go'
In recent weeks, the phenomenal success of 'Pokemon Go' has helped Nintendo’s stocks more than double—which is odd because Nintendo doesn’t actually own Pokémon Go. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A suggestion for you disgruntled cleaning contractors inclined to express your grievances by hiding fecal matter in the ceiling of the office you're cleaning: when doing so, including your utility bill in the mix is a bit of a giveaway [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » Up and Down
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FMyLife » jailey says FML
Today, my friend decided that we should go clubbing together to "catch up". Her version of catching up is me standing beside her making out with some random dude in the parking lot. FML [Link]
FMyLife » benjamin03 says FML
Today, I learned that lightning and flash flooding are the best motivatiors. I learned this while on a run and 2 miles away from school. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Not to be To be Shakespeare in a Minute Tomorrow Tomorrow Denmark Something rotten MADNESS! Method Villain Smile Idiots Blinkers Full Circle Sorrow Anger
Graph by: llamadude98 Tagged: anger , denmark , full circle , hamlet , macbeth , madness , method , rotten , smile , sorrow , the merchant of venice , venn diagram , villain , william shakespeare Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » World Cup Mistakes
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Mental Floss » Why Martha Washington Called a Visit From Thomas Jefferson One of the Worst Experiences of Her Life
George Washington was guarded about what he publicly said about Jefferson. His wife was a little more forthcoming. [Link]
Mental Floss » Glasses-Free 3D Movies Could Be Coming to a Theater Near You
Same in-your-face images, none of the eyewear. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hostage situation in French church. Jesus Christ [News]
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Fark.com RSS » If you need money, you could just ask Mom…or stage this phony kidnapping which ends with you falling out of a moving vehicle on the interstate. With "about what you'd expect" picture [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Supervolcanoes
Get your hot links right here! [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I sent a Snapchat the girl I've been flirting with all week. Her response was the back of her Coke Zero, which had the quote "You've Got a Friend in Me." I got rejected by a soda can. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Watch a Walmart shoplifter make a low-speed getaway in a motorized scooter [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » The 13 Most Interesting Comics of July
Each month, we’ll round up the most interesting comics, graphic novels, manga, webcomics, digital comics and comic-related Kickstarters that we think you should check out. [Link]
FMyLife » spaaaarta says FML
Today, I was washing my car, I decided to be kind and to wash my elderly neighbor's car. As it turns out, her sunroof was open. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » A Device That Lets You Drag Your Suitcase Using Your Butt
As you walk between flight gates, the bag trails behind you, freeing your hands for more important things. [Link]
Weird Universe » The Bone House
What to do when you run out of room in the local grave yard? In Hallstatt, Austria they built a Bone House with the remains. It no longer gets new additions but many of the skulls in there already have their names on them. RIP [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch This Stylish Supercut of the Greatest T-Shirts in Movies
Travis Greenwood has created a stylish supercut of some of the greatest t-shirts in film. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Meanwhile, in Portland, people are outraged that a restaurant owner doesn't want to hire vegans [Hero]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“Every honest researcher I know admits he’s just a professional amateur. He’s doing whatever he’s doing for the first time. That makes him an amateur. He has enough sense to know that he’s going to have a lot of trouble, so that makes him a professional.” — Charles F. Kettering [Link]
Mental Floss » Want to Motivate Yourself to Change? Ask Yourself, ‘Will I?’
If you want to change your habits, interrogate—don't instruct—yourself. [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 World War II Diaries You Can Read
Many important diaries kept by political leaders and ordinary people during World War II have been digitized or otherwise preserved. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You can stay in bed, Oregon. There will be no Wake Up sale today. RIP Tom Peterson 1930-2016 [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » "Is that red fire retardant dropped from planes during wildfires safe for humans and the environment?" hmm…question mark in the title [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Article on what to look for to tell if a medical GoFundMe is a scam. In related news please help Subby to collect funds for his service unicorn "Diggeroy" to treat his chronic diarrhea before it's too late [PSA]
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Mental Floss » Pick the Missing Words From 1991 Movie Titles
These movies are all turning 25 this year. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Perfect Two-Part Recipe for Getting Stuff Done
Need some motivation? Charles Duhigg explains his simple, effective philosophy for boosting your drive. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Syrian refugees now living in Scotland discover what the locals have known for years [Obvious]
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FMyLife » mog907 says FML
Today, I got fired from my first job because of the herpes on my lip. It was actually a 2nd degree burn from soup that splashed on to my lips when I was serving it but my manager doesn't believe me. FML [Link]
FMyLife » BlueMacaw says FML
Today, at church, I sneezed suddenly and messily into my hand just as the priest asked us to stand and greet our neighbors with a handshake. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Now with extra special bridge building, part 3 of tonight's DNC Day 1 thread. Part 1,2, just too darned long [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Five myths about leaving kids in cars. #6: I'm not dumb enough to ignore this list [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » "Algorithm accident" caused Facebook to block links to Wikipedia/DNC email dump. According to Facebook, …. may have incorrectly determined the links to be malicious or spam. Which raises the question, what on FB isn't spammy or maliciou
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Fark.com RSS » Kansas woman's body found very near landing spot after skydiving in Oklahoma [Sad]
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Mental Floss » The Later-Day Lives of 8 Fad Inventors
Whatever happened to the guy who invented the Slinky? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this frigid florist [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Listen to Sir David Attenborough Narrate Pokemon Go
This is the nature documentary you didn't know you needed. [Link]
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