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.”
Mental Floss » If You Want to Succeed, Don’t Bother With a Backup Plan
Having a Plan B could stand in the way of Plan A. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Joseph Goebbels' 105-year-old secretary describes the Fark Party that took place in the final days of Hitler's bunker [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my mom admitted she threw out my insulin. She honestly thought it'd give my pancreas no choice but to start working properly. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my brother showed my wife a Craigslist ad by someone seeking casual sex. It had very specific details that made it seem like I wrote it. My brother later admitted in private that he made the post as revenge for me not loaning him $500 last month. Meanwhile, my wife still thinks I'm unfaithful. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » DEA: "Marijuana has no medical use" HHS: "Marijuana has antioxidant properties. Here, check out our patent" [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » PSA: After being stopped for suspected DWI it's not a good idea to crack open another cold one in front of officers [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » Advice to Hiring Managers: Don't Prolong the Interview Process
Companies risk losing their best candidates if they wait too long to make a decision. [Link]
Mental Floss » Vienna Zoo's Giant Panda Gives Birth to Surprise Second Cub
If only all shocking events could be so adorable… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » China is realizing that most American movies suck [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Just a reminder everyone: air conditioning is still sexist [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Man posts ad offering homeless women free accommodation in exchange for sex [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » 12-year-old girl faces online backlash for photos of her hunting trip. "Is that you Geoffrey, dear God no" [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » The Etymology of 16 Weird and Wonderful Olympic Words
A look at some winning Olympic words, and their origins, taking the podium at Rio 2016. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » That awkward moment when your face spazzes out right when the police take your mugshot and book you for arson [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » In news NO ONE could POSSIBLY have foreseen, hackers have successfully hacked the NSA and are now making their software and intrusion tools available online to the highest bidder [Facepalm]
[link] [70 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Are There High and Low Tides?
Have you ever been to the beach and built a sand castle, then watched it wash away when the water came in? [Link]
Mental Floss » How Rich Could You Be If You Bought '90s Apple Stock Instead of Having Kids?
Very rich! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Australian Senator makes push to outlaw the most dangerous creatures in Australia: elderly people on mobility scooters [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Barnes and Noble clerk: This meth-head has returned the same copy of "The Old Man and the Sea" 16 times… I think something's up [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » RIP Monster, the Beloved Sloth Who Inspired a Scientist
A star of our story and video about zoologist Sam Trull's work with sloths, Monster was recently killed by an ocelot. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Debt Collector: "Your Honor, this lawsuit about illegally seizing a debt should be dismissed as we also seized the pending legal claim against us." Judge: "I'll allow it, case dismissed" [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Murderer disguises himself by shaving his head and face while on the run but is eventually given away by his weird teeth. Steve Buscemi unavailable for comment [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme – Cereal box characters running for president [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 6 Foolproof Tips for Decorating With Bold Colors and Textures
Color and bold patterns are nothing to be afraid of. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fed up with waiting for official instructions on how to help flood victims, bayou country residents assemble their boats and deploy the Cajun Navy. "Get in the boat now. This is not Uber" [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » The summer Amusement Park assault on children continues as six children get a jolt from The Scrambler [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Ivanka Trump orders gold-plated ear cuff from luxury jewelry designer. Designer ships ear cuff to Ivanka along with note explaining profits were donated to American Immigration Council, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Hillary Clinton campaign [Spif
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Fark.com RSS » Bill Cosby's lawyer just woke up [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Dog dies while shielding 8-month-old baby from house fire. Heaven will welcome him with a big juicy steak. (GoFundMe link at the bottom of the page to help mom and baby who lost everything.) [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't tell me local journalism is dead [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » The bigger question is how does one 'accidentally' get hemorrhoid surgery while waiting for one's wife to give birth at the hospital? [Weird]
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Mental Floss » New York Farmer Creates 'Super Mario Bros.'-Inspired Corn Maze
The labyrinth features images of Mario, Luigi, Princess, Toad, and Yoshi. [Link]
Mental Floss » Television Questions of Escalating Difficulty
Take the quiz! [Link]
Mental Floss » Research Sheds Light on the Connection Between Fingers and Fins
The two have more in common than we previously thought. [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Do Olympic Swimmers Wear Two Caps?
There's a reason why two caps are better than one. [Link]
Mental Floss » Wednesday'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, August 17. [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Do We Procrastinate—And Can We Stop?
A procrastination psychology expert gives you the low-down on everyone's favorite activity. [Link]
Futility Closet » Company
What it’s like to be attacked by the Red Baron: Richthofen dove down out of the sun and took Dunn by surprise. The first notice I had of the attack was when I heard Dunn from his seat behind me shout something at me, and at the same time a spray of bullets went over my shoulder from behind and … [Link]
Mental Floss » An Extravagant 'The Lord of the Rings' Box Set Is Coming Soon (Maybe)
We hope you have a comfortable couch, because you're going to be sitting there for a long time. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Oh, and watch out for the firenados while in Oregon" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Convicted cake kicker indicted in ice-cream incident [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 10 Trailblazing U.S. Law Women
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the idea of a woman in law enforcement was unheard of. At least until these women came along. [Link]
FMyLife » ArtistBlock says FML
Today, I spent nearly seven hours clearing out our storage room in order to transform it into my art studio. Things were going great until I tweaked my back. At least from my stationary position in bed I have a perfect view of the table I can't work at for the next 2 to 4 weeks. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » To make room for all the political prisoners Erdogan is arresting on his post coup purge fest, Turkey is releasing tens of thousands of criminals who were arrested before the coup [Scary]
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Mental Floss » This All-Nickelodeon Store Just Popped Up in NYC
A 'Double Dare' Rolex can now be yours. [Link]
Mental Floss » 'Frozen' Has Generated Too Much Tourism for Norway to Handle
The sudden popularity has caused some problems. [Link]
Mental Floss » Genetic Study of More Than 60,000 People Reveals a Surprising Diversity of Mutations
The findings suggest that many genetic mutations thought to be responsible for a range of diseases may not be to blame after all. [Link]
Mental Floss » Hunter S. Thompson’s Widow Returned the Antlers He Stole From Hemingway
Anita Thompson returned the trophy on his behalf. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Why were you floating down the river naked, sir?" "Don't know, but can I have a towel?" [Strange]
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Mental Floss » New Harry Potter Books Magically Appearing This Year
This is not a drill! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In a rare moment of clarity, New York Times editor admits they totally screwed the pooch with its coverage–or lack thereof–of Louisiana flooding, would have required redirecting resources from 24/7 coverage of Trump utterances [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » An Iconic Detroit Outdoor Art Project Is Being Dismantled
After 30 years, the founder of the Heidelberg Project has decided to move on. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Attention courtesans register outrage, demand laudanum [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » You can now add "Capybara" to the growing list of Florida's problems. "We want to keep them from spreading, but can we please not kill them all so I can study them?" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Here's how you can help the relief effort for the Louisiana floods.Tag is for anyone who can help. LGT the Cajun Navy [Hero]
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Mental Floss » Pick the Members of the 1992 Olympic Basketball Dream Team
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Remember that Simpson's episode where Homer puts the all you can eat seafood restaurant out of business? The Olympic athletes are pretty much doing that to McDonald's [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Fruit Filling
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Mental Floss » 12 Ingredients You’ll Want to Add to Your Next Lemonade
The basic lemonade recipe is so simple, it's practically begging for an upgrade. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Spa that offers 'breast milk' treatments vandalized. Suspects to be motorboated [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Glass coated kite strings leave three dead in India [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 13 Facts About the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Long overshadowed by its more famous neighbor, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is, in actuality, a lengthy set of bridges that spans San Francisco Bay and connects the two cities. 1. THE BRIDGE WAS CONCEIVED DURING THE GOLD RUSH. The California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century swelled San Francisco’s population to more than 30,000 in just a few years … [Link]
FMyLife » FriendlessLoser says FML
Today, it's again one of many times my mom dropped me off at the mall to hang out with friends. Since I have no friends, I shop by myself and always tell her I had "so much fun". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Remember that Baltimore mom who told her son to stop rioting and come home? Let's see how things are working out for that awesome person. Really? Dammit, kid [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Self-Checkout Kiosks Might Encourage Shoplifting, Report Argues
Retailers might be eager to replace cashiers with robots, but it could come at a price. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Researchers set up an experiment to see if dogs will pick treats over praise from their owners. Your dog wants a lawyer present before he answers any questions [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Here's What Happens When You Scan Sting’s Brain for Science
fMRIs taken while the singer listened to music revealed previously overlooked connections between disparate works of music. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » President Obama issues a disaster declaration for Louisiana, then finds out they just had a major flood [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » It's officially ten years since Samuel L Jackson fought those motherfarking snakes on that motherfarking plane [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Baking Luggage May Be the Next Big Thing in Bedbug Control
Researchers say a brief blast of high heat can kill all the bugs on the surface of luggage without harming the contents within. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Recently, the tide has turned on Trump with the media: "if Trump isn't going to even pretend to be vetting his sources and fact-checking his arguments, then the press isn't going to pretend to believe what he's saying" [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't like the Judge's parental visitation order? Step 1: File to personally replace the Judge by running as a write-in candidate for his job. Step 2: File to have the Judge removed from the case due to the conflict of interest you just creat
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Mental Floss » 9 Movies That Are Remakes of Remakes
Nine movies so nice, Hollywood had already made them twice. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's been a long time, now I'm…writing this tome. I've been away now, oh how, I've missed this home. Wait…THIS is the Fark Writer's Thread "Antici-" [CSB]
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Mental Floss » The Secret to Solving a Rubik's Cube in Under Two Minutes
Make your 12-year-old self proud by beating the puzzle that's stymied you since middle school. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "We've switched this real baby with a lifelike doll (valued at over $2000) and left it inside a car on a hot day. Let's see if anyone notices" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Ray-Ban Camo Aviator Classic Sunglasses. I went looking for a joke about wearing sunglasses in winter but it turns out it's actually a good idea. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this mini-blimp [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » This Shark Costume Is a Fast Way to Ruin a Pool Party
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » For some, tequila makes their clothes fall off. For others it causes them to start a fight with their wife who then proceeds to "rip open husband's scrotum and attack him with umbrella" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Still bummed out about the DEA's ruling on medical pot last week? Just mellow, dude. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is here to help you chill out [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Canadian Couple Lives on Their Own Floating Island
Catherine King and Wayne Adams have built a self-sustaining water bungalow in what they call "Freedom Cove." [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Odd Beauty Standards in Turn-of-the-Century Photographs
Cheekbones on women used to be considered "too masculine." [Link]
Weird Universe » Da-Dum… Da-Dum… Da-Dum
Researchers at UC San Diego (my grad school alma mater) have published research documenting that the "ominous background music that often accompanies shark footage" can cause people to view sharks in a negative light, whereas the same footage set to "uplifting background music" doesn't have this effect.
They note that their study is the first "to demonstrate empirically that the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Shiat's on fire, yo. No travel between LA and Vegas on the 15, and the Summit Inn at the top of the pass is gone [Scary]
[link] [86 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » London strip club bids a fond farewell as it's forced out of its home of 38 years due to rising rent: "It's a weird, sexy family" (great, but probably Not safe for work pics) [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Political Facebook Posts Don't Change Minds, Study Says
94 percent of Republicans, 92 percent of Democrats, and 85 percent of Independents said they’d never changed their view of an issue based on a Facebook post. [Link]
Mental Floss » Audi’s New Cars Will Feature a Traffic Light Countdown
Sitting at red lights is about to get a lot less frustrating for some drivers. [Link]
Mental Floss » Fruit Filling
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Mental Floss » A Swimming Pool of Orbeez Is All Kinds of Scientific Fun
Anyone have a spare bag of 25 million Orbeez? [Link]
Weird Universe » Happy
Wikipedia article here.
Another, lesser-known, candidate for "Worst TV Show Ever." As a critic said at the time:
[Link]
Mental Floss » Retrobituaries: Alice Guy-Blaché, Forgotten Film Pioneer
She made hundreds of movies and owned and operated her own studio. So why has she been all but ignored? [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The First Archaeologist
Here's some links for you and everyone else! [Link]
FMyLife » Noah says FML
Today, I was at a bar with my girlfriend, and I noticed an obnoxious guy from college I used to hang out with. I tried to avoid eye contact, but all of a sudden he shouted, "There's the guy who puked his margarita back into the glass!" Everyone stared. Yup, that was me, just last week. FML [Link]
FMyLife » DuckyDew says FML
Today, my boyfriend came home from a trip early without telling me. When I got to his house and saw his car there, I texted him and said, "Oh you asshole". About five minutes later, I got a text from my boss asking if that text was for him. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my boyfriend crashed our car into the car ahead. He was trying to pull away from the traffic lights faster than the person next to us, a ten-year-old kid on a bicycle. FML [Link]
GraphJam » AT&T Wireless signal
Graph by: Superdupermexican Tagged: att , cell phones , good , hell , highway , home , perfect , school , school work , signals , wireless , work Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » One Time I Tried, I Got Hit by a Slinky Going Down at Double Speed
Graph by: qwerty42 (via xkcd) Tagged: childish , escalator , Line Graph , running , slinky Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » A Little Love Venn Diagram Set
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: happiness , love , sappy , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Smurf the Whole Day Long
Graph by: (via Bite) Tagged: Bar Graph , discussion , minds , smartness , smurfs Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » 8 Times Sculptors Made Typos
Some mistakes really are set in stone (bronze, or some other hard material). [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Want to know what the Earth will look like in 100 years? If we're lucky, it will only be this bad [Interesting]
[link] [192 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Spice Up Your Vocabulary With These Scandalous Victorian Vulgarities
Contemporary curse words are just so passé. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mum-of-five who 'urinated on war memorial' was on bail for urinating on war memorial [Sick]
[link] [78 comments] [Link]
Futility Closet » Going Nowhere
A thousand miles off the coast of West Africa, where the equator crosses the prime meridian, lies a nonexistent point of land known as Null Island. It was invented by GIS analysts to help trap errors: When software converts misspelled street names, bad building numbers, and other faulty data into coordinates of latitude and longitude, the result is often 0°N … [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Is the Flooding in Louisiana So Bad?
A certain combination of weather events came together just right over the past week to create the devastating flooding. [Link]
Mental Floss » A Michigan Frank Lloyd Wright House Is on the Market
Only $510,000! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » No need to panic, Upstate New Yorkers. That radiation leak that's been going unfixed for four years at FitzPatrick nuclear plant is only minor [Scary]
[link] [83 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Last female OB/GYN in bombed-out, rebel-held Aleppo explains why she keeps working. Besieged, threatened each day by government forces, she says: "I love my job" [Hero]
[link] [53 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Unromantic Origins of 11 Wedding Traditions
Presented by Adam Ruins Everything. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Very cool pictures of Detroit's Fisher Theater from when it first opened, well before Detroit started to look like a post-apocalyptic hellhole [Cool]
[link] [51 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Wife asks if anyone can kill husband. Police send fake hit man to meet wife. Wife pays hit man to kill husband. Husband fakes death with police. Wife arrested for soliciting murder. Husband now wants wife's bail reduced because he loves her [Dumb
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Fark.com RSS » If we ever need another Berlin Airlift, be sure to only send over vegan food, as over 80,000 Berliners are vegans. "Being vegan is no longer an abstemious practice for a few fundamentalist animal-lovers, but part of hedonistic event culture"
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Fark.com RSS » Giant image of penis erased prior to Putin's arrival [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » North Korea simultaneously solves the problems of stray dogs and food shortages while enjoying Springfield's favorite activity, Whacking Day [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » "Not if you were the last rhino on earth." Yeah, about that [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » It takes a special kind of asshole to ruin an airshow with a helicopter. Meet that asshole [Fail]
[link] [31 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 24 Facts About Wine
Who know whether you prefer red or white, but did you know that vino has been around for more than 9000 years? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Suspected bath salts user arrested after deadly face-off [Repeat]
[link] [56 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » German man assaults car with jumbo sausage [Weeners]
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Fark.com RSS » Justin Bieber deletes Instagram, making it harder for authorities to locate him and drag him back to Canada for reprogramming and a maple syrup injection [Amusing]
[link] [38 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Health emergency declared in Puerto Rico because of the Zika virus. It will be given priority right behind the emergencies declared for the economy, crime, food supply, drinking water [Scary]
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Mental Floss » A Robot Lawyer Will Give Free Legal Advice to the Homeless
The robot lawyer provides free legal advice for people in the UK facing eviction. [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Analyze the DNA of Elusive 'Living Fossil' Jungle Squirrel
Researchers have finally been able to place the mysterious, scaly tailed squirrel on the evolutionary family tree. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » John McLaughlin is alive and well. WRONG [Sad]
[link] [110 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Vandals spray-paint along Uranus Drive [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Understatement of the day: "Giant 55-foot statue of naked woman being installed on California tech campus is upsetting residents" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this berry good pic [Photoshop]
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