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 » Oops, I crapped my pants Just kidding, it's a gun [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Bikini clad Swedish police officer arrests… and you have already clicked [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Baguette vending machine is the greatest invention since … aw, that's too easy [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » How to win Mother of the Year: step 1 – take your 2 year-old to a bar, step 2 – punch a cop, step 3 – punch your 2-year-old [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » The FCC is really sick of Jenny from Card Services [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Four cow protection vigilantes arrested for beating up two buffalo-meat-hauling Muslim women, who themselves were arrested on suspicion of selling cow meat [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Drug addicted paranoid lunatic has over a dozen homes burned down because he thought the owners were police narcs. Also, police satellites were "zapping his brain" [Scary]
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Mental Floss » How a Dutch Designer Turns Cow Poop Into Biodegradable Fabric
The extraction process creates material that can be made into plastic, paper, or textiles. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Foreign exchange students were supposed to spend a summer learning about American culture, and instead learned about how U.S. businesses like to exploit the poor for cheap labor and skate on paying taxes [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 5 Tips Picking a Personal Trainer
The right personal trainer can help you reach your health and fitness goals. The wrong one could spell disaster. [Link]
Mental Floss » Four Seasons Restaurant's Furnishings Fetch More Than $4 Million at Auction
Someone even paid $10,000 for a set of ashtrays. [Link]
Mental Floss » Ice Bucket Challenge Helps Fund Discovery of a New Gene Linked to ALS
With the help of 80 researchers in 11 countries, the study authors were able to determine that NEK1 was linked to ALS. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Scientists find cancer in million-year-old fossil. Larry King to seek second opinion [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Zoo elephants are apparently getting sick of our shiat [Sad]
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Mental Floss » How Olympic Sprinter Stella Walsh Nearly Lost Her Medals Because of Her Autopsy
The woman once regarded as the world's greatest female athlete spent her life—and death—trapped between identities. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » After 9/11, Col Rob Maness always wondered what happened to the man burned beyond recognition who needed him to hold his leaky IV line and pray for his survival. A chance encounter at the RNC in a dusty room confirmed LTC Brian Bidwell survived [Sapp
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Fark.com RSS » The Delta Aquarid meteor shower is tonight. Here's how to watch [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Dead whale carcass found In Hudson River near Jersey City. Gun left behind. Box of canoli missing [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » One more delegate for Darwin: Dumbass sets herself on fire trying to light a U.S. flag on fire outside the DNC convention [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Stop me if you've heard this one: A Shetland pony broke into pub, got drunk and had to be coaxed out with bar snacks [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Man headed to prison for Venus Flytrap theft, Johnny Fever unavailable for comment [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » "A new study from researchers at Western University in London, Ont. suggests there is nothing that terrifies British badgers more than the sounds of CBC News programming" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Cat wanders away for nine months, owner blames extra testicle [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Is the Heat Index Real?
A hot and humid day can have a dramatic effect on both your comfort and your health. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The man convicted of Chandra Levy's murder has been exonerated. Gary Condit seen throwing away his BDSM goodies [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Johnson to gently insert himself into DNC today. Feel the Johnson [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Tasty as they are, Middle Eastern cuisine offers up fantastic options that go well beyond hummus and kebab. What are some of your favorites? [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 15 Jobs That Didn't Exist 30 Years Ago
There was a time we had no Zumba instructors. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Just a friendly reminder: The world ends tomorrow after the earth's magnetic poles flip and massive earthquakes are triggered. Subby is getting two hookers at the same time, just in case [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Finally you can get something to eat at a funeral in New York State [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The Lingerie Fighting Championships is making a serious push to sign Ronda Rousey. She would likely become their biggest star, eclipsing "Vicki the Part Time Stripper." (possibly Not safe for work) [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » Are You Ready to Make a Big Purchase?
Do you see a big purchase, such as a car or home, on the horizon? Before you make one, be sure you’re in the right financial shape to take the plunge. Figure out where you stand, 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 … [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Things You Might Not Know About Cartoonist Jim Davis
He named Garfield the cat after his grandfather. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Alberta man have pile of potato. How much to give to Latvian? None of it [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » House for sale, goes from a two-room flat to a 15-room mansion depending on how vigorously you rub it [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this lake [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The Castles, and Mysteries, of the Thousand Islands
Yes, the Thousand Islands is a real place. And they've got some great castles. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I've had it with these microhole-fighting spiders on this Monday to Friday blimp [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Looks like lobster's back on the menu [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » In upstate New York, it's so hot that manure is starting to catch on fire [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » D.B. Cooper was a newspaper reporter's typo [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Muslims outraged over apparent insult on kids tv show. Yes, again. No, not that one [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » One would think cops would know doughnut glaze when they see it [Florida]
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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 28. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Will there be peace and love in the convention hall tonight? Will Hillary come out swinging? Will Trump live tweet the burns? Does someone hear glass shattering? THIS is your DNC Day 4 thread. "She's got this" edition. (Coverage starts at
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Fark.com RSS » Best Korea warns the U.S. to back off or the Sea of Japan beatings will continue [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » My pool is ruining my social life. Thanks, Obama [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » GOP tweets popular "This is fine" meme. Artist who made meme reveals he made alternate version of meme with elephant for DNC, tells person running account "You can eat me" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple buys a lot near SeaTac airport, files to build a parking garage. SeaTac city council puts a moratorium on parking garages. Couple forced to sell at a loss to "phantom buyer" that is really the city. PO'ed judge gives couple $18 mil
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Fark.com RSS » I'm not saying that these 2,000-year-old elongated Paracas skulls found in Peru are aliens ….but they're probably aliens [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 8 Of Our Favorite Bob, Gordon, and Luis Moments from 'Sesame Street'
Bob, Gordon, and Luis have left Sesame Street. Let's celebrate our neighbors! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Most peaceful state in the US: Maine. Most violent? We'd say it here, but they'd probably stab us and leave our corpse in the trunk of our own car. Then burn it [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » This probably won't bother anyone, Nope, not at all. Navy to name ship after gay activist Harvey Milk [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » Amazon Announces Midnight Delivery for 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’
The latest addition to the 'Harry Potter' franchise comes out this weekend. [Link]
Futility Closet » One Way
“‘Tis further from London to Highgate than from Highgate to London.” — James Howell, Proverbs, 1659 In his 1991 Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, Alan L. Mackay calls this “an example of a non-commutative metric.” Highgate is at the top of a hill. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Do you own a solitary gold fish? You MONSTER [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 1996: Kerri Strug Makes Olympic History
The Russian women's gymnastics team hadn't been defeated in 48 years. To do it, Kerri Strug had to jump with a torn ankle. [Link]
Mental Floss » Air Canada Will Help Crowdfund Your Vacation
Canadians can now post travel campaigns in the hopes of getting family and friends to subsidize their trips. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Cat in the Hat Is Running for President
The campaign coincides with the launch of a new Random House book, "One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Blue Apron 3 meals for 2 people. Recipes and pre-measured ingredients to prepare high-quality meals, delivered right to your door. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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FMyLife » sweet says FML
Today, I discovered that despite locking the bathroom door of an airplane, a man is still fully capable of walking in on you changing your tampon. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Wellthen says FML
Today, I was fired from my job. Not because I don't do a good job but because my boss didn't feel it was appropriate to have an affair with my wife and have to face me everyday. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Kremlin to U.S.: Tell the oompa loopa we don't work for him and he can go find the missing emails himself [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Snooker player holds on to win, despite suffering injuries after savage attack by a worm [Scary]
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FMyLife » jettison17 says FML
Today, despite my best efforts to keep my new apartment clean and weeks of denying the complex has a bug problem, I came face to face with a roach in my cupboard. I swear the little bastard waved at me. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's okay to start having crazy sex with South Americans again [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » Real-Life LEGO Minifigure Made a Terrifying Appearance at Comic-Con
The "CreepyFig" is one toy your kids probably won't be putting on their wish lists. [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 of the Oldest Books in the World and Where to See Them
Some of these books are well over a thousand years old. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Clinton allies put a million dollar bounty on Trump's tax return [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » "Cloaked in secrecy, spy satellite launches into space." So secret, in fact, the media knows it was a secret spy satellite. And it's been secretly launched. Into secret space [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Church musician busted after putting his penis through a glory hole in a public bathroom. But in fairness, he IS an organist [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Sure, you've been drunk, but have you ever been, "left all your clothes and underpants at the bar as collateral" drunk? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » "Eating too much cheese left me in a wheelchair." Here come the unvaccinated foreign goats [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » It really is a fine line between "adorable duck" and "filthy sex toy" (Not safe for work images in article) [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis is not infallible [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Senior IRS officials knew about the illegal targeting of the 'Tea Party' and other conservative groups years before the information was revealed. This is going to be a heck of a mess for whomever President Trump appoints [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 15 Delicious Cheesecake Destinations Worth the Drive
From traditional favorites to unconventional creations, these cheesecakes are worth the extra mileage. [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Study the Complex Roles of Gases in Our Bodies
Researchers say these gases “affect our brain, mind, and behavior.” [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Fascinating Facts About 'Tron'
Disney picked its original July 1982 release date just to mess with an ex-employee. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Here and Now
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Weird Universe » The 1948 Democratic Convention Doves
Image source: Life – July 5, 1968
The Democratic National Convention is currently underway in Philadelphia. The last time the Democrats held their convention in that city was back in 1948, when they nominated Harry S. Truman as the Democratic candidate.
It was a memorable convention in a number of ways (the first televised one, for instance), but among weird-news types … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police confirmed in a tweet that the suspect was not Batman [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Scientists Find Solid Evidence for Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity
The research supports the existence of a condition that some previously called imaginary. [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, when the power went out, my wife said it was too bad we couldn't have sex by candlelight since she had just started her period. The only time she brings up sex is when we can't do it. FML [Link]
FMyLife » ssenmodnaR says FML
Today, I learned that I'm in that special kind of relationship where my ex thinks we're still married, no matter how many times I tell him that we were divorced over a year ago. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » The Most Popular Frozen Treats Around the World
Ice cream shouldn't be the only frozen dessert on your radar. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The aptly named town of Erie, Illinois is on the lookout for a missing pet wallaby [Strange]
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Overheard In The Office » 2PM Long-term Planning
Employee #1: I just don’t understand the point of Martin Luther King Day.
Emoloyee #2: Come on! It’s a big day! It celebrates when Martin Luther King freed the slaves.
Employee #1: That was Abraham Lincoln.
Employee #2: Oh. Well, it celebrates when Martin Luther King gave the Emancipation Proclamation.
Employee #1: That was also Abraham Lincoln.
Employee #2: Oh. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this old-timey armored car [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » See How Jane Austen Edited Her Abandoned Novel Using Pins
The author's unfinished manuscript contains many odd characteristics, including a kind of precursor to the paperclip. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Pokémon Baby Names
The Pokémon Go baby-name boom has arrived. Your little Eevee or Onix will never be able to lie about her age.
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The 14-Year-Old Olympic Gymnast Who Scored The First Perfect 10. The scoreboard couldn’t handle Nadia Comăneci's perfection.
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The Week Jimi Hendrix Toured with the Monkees. It didn’t go over all that well.
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15 facts about relationships … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Proving nobody knows how to say goodbye quite like the Danish, Copenhagen artists install a giant kaleidoscope inside an abandoned lighthouse that's about to be swallowed up by the sea [Cool]
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Weird Universe » Pinocchio In Africa
Not expecting Disney to film this sequel any time soon.
Full text here. [Link]
Mental Floss » 50 Verbose Verbs To Drop Into Everyday Conversation
If you’re grandiloquent, then you like to use extravagant, high-flown words—precisely like the 50 verbs listed here, which either refer to everyday activities or else can be used in place of everyday words. [Link]
Mental Floss » 45 Minutes of Scary Stories, Courtesy of Freddy Krueger
Back in the 1980s, you could call a 1-900 number to talk to Freddy Krueger. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Freddie Gray case prosecutor sued after failing to convict a single officer- by officers she failed to convict [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Save Trips to the Bookstore With Book of the Month Club
Every month, the subscription service sends you picks from a curated list. [Link]
Mental Floss » Here and Now
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Mental Floss » Sideways Swimming Is More Efficient for Hammerhead Sharks
It may look silly, but it serves an important purpose. [Link]
FMyLife » JustShutUp says FML
Today, my neighbour was singing in the shower so loud that I could understand every word. He was singing "Purple Rain", which wouldn't have been so bad if he only knew a bit more of the lyrics. He has been singing those same two words for half an hour now. FML [Link]
FMyLife » csgocockblock says FML
Today, when I got home from work I was pretty "in the mood" so I put on some cute undies and a tank top and went to get my boyfriends attention, he was so into his new computer game all I got was a half smile and a pat on the head. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Most people laugh after they get squirted with water by a toy at a hibachi restaurant. Not this couple. "It was a sexual-style assault on my wife" [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 12 Facts About the Election of 1800
The Broadway musical Hamilton will soon open in Chicago—so now is the perfect time to talk about one of Act II's most pivotal songs: "The Election of 1800." The actual event was even more vitriolic than its onstage dramatization (which is plenty dramatic). [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I found out my dog is allergic to all forms of animal. His new vegetarian food is $90 a bag, and he refuses to eat it. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Broke says FML
Today, my boyfriend and I are looking at places to stay to meet for the first time. I figured renting a small vacation apartment would be ideal because he's not able to help pay because he isn't working and I'm not rich. He's telling me he can only be comfortable in 4 star hotels. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Venezuela: "Eh. Zoo animals don't really need food, right?" [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Police investigating after 11 female mannequins stolen from boutiques in small Ontario town: "It's creepy" [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » How to Pick the Perfect Pair of Glasses for Your Face Shape
See the world clearly—and look stylish, too. [Link]
Futility Closet » Three Exclusive Clubs
The Caterpillar Club is an international association of people who have saved their lives by using a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft. It was founded in 1922 by Leslie Irvin, inventor of the first free-fall parachute. The name pays tribute to the silkworm, whose contribution made the canopies possible; the club’s motto is “Life depends on a … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Farker works for a food bank, gets interviewed on the Tee-Vee after Target employees scramble to save perishable food items after power outage [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » The History of 3D Technology
This post is sponsored by the New York Lottery. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Does farting burn calories? And how many? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 586: "By the Numbers 2". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Mental Floss » Supercut Shows 'Stranger Things' Side by Side With Its Inspirations
If you love the many cinematic references in the Netflix series, you'll love seeing just how loyal some of the shots really are. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » DNC thread 3: Time to let the big dog hunt [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » You know the thing about a human Lego minifigure, he's got… lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » Picture Book 'Women in Science' Captures Little-Known Stories of Pioneers
Rachel Ignotofsky’s illustrations and stories aim to turn pioneering women like Katherine Johnson and Mary Anning into household names. [Link]
Mental Floss » Here’s How to Make a Latte Without Milk or an Espresso Machine
A frothy latte can be yours with coffee beans and a bit of xanthan gum. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 8 years ago, Hillary Clinton spoke on behalf of Barack Obama to unify the Party. Tonight he returns the favor. This is YOUR DNC Night 3 Part 2 [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Thanks to its profusion of single-location coffee shops and microbreweries, Seattle has defeated Portland to become America's most hipster city in 2016 [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » This Pocket-Sized Gadget Shows If You've Evenly Applied Sunscreen
Goodbye, painful (and awkward) sunburns. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I for one welcome our new super-amoeba overlords [Followup]
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Mental Floss » This Colorful Ingredient Turns Cocktails Into Litmus Tests
All it takes is a little acid. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Three whiskeys, one hour and a violent end to a Kentucky-to-Charlotte flight. In related news has anyone heard from Drew lately? No reason [Murica]
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Mental Floss » An Orangutan in Indianapolis Has Learned to Ape Human Speech
Rocky’s ability to reproduce human-like noises contradicts the idea that apes can only ever use the sounds they’ve always used. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this woman and her umbrella [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to Hire a Beer Historian
We'll raise our glasses to this initiative. [Link]
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