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 » Britain's longest road tunnel to be decorated with palm trees and fake clouds in plan to cause total cognitive meltdown among British drivers [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Italian TV chef sparks outrage by tirade against vegans, says he would 'kill them all,' prompting terror from those who remember Rachel Ray's campaign of slaughter against the Bolivians [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » It is done. Hail Satan. Now let's balance that budget [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Got an extra €1billion hanging around you want to spend? The world's most expensive house has just gone up for sale in the south of France and it's fit for a king [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Employee at Indian ad firm has to endure being touched by the rest of the office staff [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » What's the bigger crime here: two women stealing $1,411.97 worth of Gillette razor cartridges, or that 1 Gillette razor cartridge costs 40 farking dollars? [Silly]
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Mental Floss » Millennial Employees Are Ruining Vacations for Everyone Else
"Work martyrdom" is spreading through the American workforce. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man robs bank with hog leg, smoke wagon, thumb buster, big-assed gun [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Zika means the Florida tag will be seeing increased use on Fark soon [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 15 Facts About 'An American Werewolf in London'
John Landis' groundbreaking horror comedy was released 35 years ago. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Half of UK parents allow children to drink alcohol at home. The other half prefer their kids drink down to the pub [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » US has 38,000 employees in Afghanistan: 29,000 defense contractors, almost 9,000 U.S. troops [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » In international news, Vladimir Putin's new chief of staff is apparently the Time Cube guy [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Subby hates list posts. What's that? You have one about the best US vacation destinations for hooking up with a stranger? CLICK [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Malia Obama 'attends wild party in Martha's Vineyard and is rushed out by the Secret Service as cops shut it down'. It seems she is trying to outdo the Bush twins [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Gov, of Louisiana: Mr. Trump we are a bit too busy saving people right now to have time to deal with a campaign photo-op; If you want to help how about writing a check to a relief charity? Trump: We're on our way, do you have valet jet parking? [
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Fark.com RSS » And The Winner Is: Map reveals the average size of erect penises around the world …. Sorry, India [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Swimmers attacked by shar… make that otters [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Man beat an 8-year-old boy and threatened to feed him to alligators, then told deputies he was only joking. Ah, the old Trump defense [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Big Questions: How One Millennial Expert Turns Clients Into Credit Success Stories
Presented by Chase Slate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » For sale: one wedding dress. Great condition, may need dry cleaning to get rid of the stench of betrayal [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Appropriately enough, there is a conspiracy theory making the rounds that the reason Trump brought Roger Ailes and Brietbart Editor Steve Bannon on board was not to win the election but to lay the groundwork for a new right wing news network [Interes
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Fark.com RSS » If your funeral wishes were to be cremated and spread across the Everglades, this funeral home hopes you'll accept the consolation prize of being left out in the Florida heat until you spoil [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Hot, Humid Weather May Have Helped Shape Human Noses
The nose is part of our body’s climate control system, helping us warm up or shed heat as necessary. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Truck driver arrested for being 80 pounds overweight [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Paul Manafort likely resigned to spend more time with the DOJ after breaking the The Foreign Agents Registration Act [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these birds [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Show
A 19th century fad for deer tooth jewelry was imported into England by Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Clear your desks, it's time for the Fark Weird News Quiz. Now 100% sobriety free [Survey]
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Mental Floss » 5 Tasty Snacks to Fuel Your Workouts
Ditch the trail mix. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A look at how Gawker justifiably died [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » 'This text has no meaning except to scare people who don't understand it.' Cue totes panic [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Alaskan Village Votes to Relocate Due to Threat of Rising Sea Levels
Shishmaref, Alaska is on the front lines of climate change. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Was there an angel over Mississippi last night? The state that ranks last in almost everything positive needs all the help it can get [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Exxon-Mobil behind the worst mass coral bleaching in history. BLEACHING, CORAL [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Texas girl gets prosthetic arm from library. It's due back in two weeks, but can be renewed twice [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Hamburgers used to be awesome until scientists came along and started adding seaweed to it [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » 'Drug resistant super lice' have invaded forty-eight states. Of course, they're not really all that super, but that's just nit-picking [Scary]
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Futility Closet » Expecting
Image: Wikimedia Commons During a visit to the Colt firearms factory in Connecticut in 1995, English sculptor Cornelia Parker was captivated by the recognizably gun-shaped casts of metal produced early in the manufacturing process. As blank casts they had none of the capacities of working weapons, but “in one further step, a hole drilled, a surface filed, they would technically become … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » CEO fines 200 employees for not commenting on his social media posts. Spokesperson says "the purpose was to improve morale, especially among young people who needed mentoring" [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » 22 Irish Travelers indicted under Federal RICO Laws. Thanks, O'bama [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » "Dock that worker a day's pay for napping on the job" [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Why Do Clowns Wear Red Noses?
No, it's not to make them more terrifying. [Link]
FMyLife » AlexB says FML
Today, in an effort to try and get fit, I was doing yoga on my carpet when my foot slipped. It went under my radiator, which peeled the skin off my heel like peeling a potato. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Some Restaurants in Germany Fine Customers Who Fail to Finish Food
A good reason to join the clean-plate club. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Educators continue to fail all basic logic tests, expanding zero tolerance….Just kidding, these guys said "We have not seen zero tolerance be very effective" and they are actually citing evidence and softening policies that remove kids from
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Fark.com RSS » Australian man in Dubai shares a Facebook post about how to help refugees, winds up getting detained by security forces [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Self-stirring camera lens mug. For World Photography Day, and the photographer in your life who knows what an f-stop is and how to take a photo without the autofocus engaged. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Strange stories you might not see on the front page of your paper. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Officials unsure who is dumber; the police chief who tipped off his friend prior to a raid, or the friend who hid the stolen goods but left the meth and guns lying around [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » The pros and cons to including your pet in your wedding ceremony. Pros: Everybody thinks your pet looks adorable dressed in human clothes. Cons: Your dog decides to mark his territory while walking down the aisle [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » NASA now says a large earthquake is 99.9% likely to hit Los Angeles within the next two years. And if any agency is qualified to know when disaster is imminent, it's NASA [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 11 Misconceptions About Ancient Rome, Debunked
5. Most gladiator fights were not to the death. [Link]
Mental Floss » Slurpee's BYO-Cup Day Is Back at 7-Eleven
It's the perfect time of year to enjoy an overflowing, icy drink for $1.50. [Link]
Mental Floss » Bad Contact Lens Habits Can Cause Serious Eye Infections
Stop sleeping in your lenses! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You may want to rethink your criteria for choosing friends when your best man fails to book flights and accommodation for the stag party, pockets the money and pretends to have terminal cancer. Bonus, you don't find out until you are at the airpo
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Fark.com RSS » Man pulled over by cop, cop points gun at him and daughter, threatens to shoot dad in the back twice. Cop spokesman calls it a "teachable moment" [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Marvel-Themed Harleys Roll Out in Australia and New Zealand
The line of custom motorcycles depict the iconography of Captain America, the Punisher, Black Widow, Thor, Groot, the Wasp, and, naturally, Ghost Rider. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How could you even think something sinister was afoot? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Gothic tag recoils in horror; Bela Lugosi's still dead [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 12 Satisfying Soft Serve Stops in the U.S.
What's summer without some soft serve? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Zoo shocked to discover that female Komodo dragon who died a month ago had hidden a nest of eggs, only realizes when two babies hatch and crawl into the exhibit [Sappy]
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Mental Floss » A French Museum Is Selling Off Its D-Day Tanks
You could leave Normandy’s Tank Museum with your very own armored vehicle from the '40s. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Asshat caught on video kicking girlfriend unconscious in parking lot says he's the victim [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Patients in Welsh hospital now able to choose natural lube option for colonoscopy [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Friday's Amazon Deals You Have to See
As a recurring feature, our team combs the Web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, August 19. [Link]
Mental Floss » Go to Sleep: Your Dreams May Help You Prepare for Disaster
Here's yet another reason to make a good night's sleep a priority: You're missing a potentially vital opportunity to practice essential survival skills. [Link]
Mental Floss » Mouse Gut Microbes May Be Messing With Study Results
Gut bacteria joins the ever-growing list of overlooked but significant variables in scientific experiments. [Link]
Weird Universe » Are you an extraterrestrial?
Working off the theory that millions of years ago extraterrestrials spliced alien code into our DNA, the NY Daily News offers a list of 11 signs that suggest you might be part extraterrestrial (because apparently some of us have more of the alien code than others).
Have had paranormal experiences Feeling homesick Believing you have a mission Highly sensitive Don't … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » I Was Cold, but Now I Want Only to Hit You
Worker #1: Is anyone else in here cold?
Worker #2: Well I'm not warm…If that's what you mean. Renton, Washington [Link]
Mental Floss » 16 Clever Quips from Ogden Nash
Happy birthday to poet Ogden Nash, known for his ability to turn a witty verse on everything from politics to celery. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman finds out the hard way that it's illegal to happily stab a gila monster in the head with a screwdriver (warning: disturbing pic of dead lizard) [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » The 1907 Version of ‘Ben-Hur’ That Changed the Movie Business Forever
The 1907 short had little impact on movies as an art form, but the lawsuit it inspired changed the business forever. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Baton Rouge has seen more rainfall in just the last seven days than Phoenix has gotten in over the last two-and-a-half years" [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently, George Lucas has entered into his second career as professional wedding photographer [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this failing Olympian [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » John Turturro is Shooting a ‘Big Lebowski’ Spinoff
It may not have received the Coen brothers' stamp of approval. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mom with an autistic daughter makes a simple request on her Facebook page for help in finding a discontinued t-shirt that her daughter loves. 78 shirts later she is overwhelmed with the kindness of strangers [Sappy]
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Mental Floss » How Cyanobacteria Created (and Nearly Destroyed) Life on Earth
A good reminder that not every life form is a fan of oxygen. [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Revealing Secrets of Dermatologists
They do a lot more than remind you to wear sunscreen—they just might detect brain cancer. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not to freak you out, but there are monkeys out there who will steal your hair and use it to floss their teeth [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Watch What It's Like to Fight in a Suit of Armor
Paris's Musée national du Moyen Âge collaborated with The University of Geneva to show what it was like to wear 15th century armor. [Link]
Mental Floss » How a Professor Turned Henry David Thoreau's Retreat Into a Video Game
In short, players will spend their time in Walden Woods just as Thoreau did. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Apples and Oranges
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Mental Floss » Coffee Tables Create the Illusion of Animals in Water
Have coffee while surrounded by duck butts. [Link]
Weird Universe » Keep Your Funky Side Out
Original ad here.
A band so forgotten, they do not even have a Wikipedia entry or any songs on YouTube. I had to go to Archive.Org for this file. And yet they offer such eternally good advice: keep your funky side out!
[Link]
FMyLife » Innocent says FML
Today, someone drove into my car at an intersection and drove off. Luckily, I got the car's registration plate and called the cops on them. Turns out, it was my boyfriend's brother's girlfriend, who was illegally driving without a license. Now everyone's mad at me for getting her in trouble. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Some Common Colds May Have Come From Camels
Camels might be partially to blame for your sniffles. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » For the record, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is not officially yet done investigating President Obama's birth certificate [Facepalm]
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FMyLife » codizzy says FML
Today, while working at my job at a lumber/hardware store, my coworker told me he was taking an hour break instead of the usual half-hour. Not only did he leave me with a store packed with customers on Customer Appreciation Day, but he never came back until closing time. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Meet Scorpius Malfoy
A Tribute to Scorpius Malfoy, Your New Favorite Harry Potter Character. He is the heart of the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
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Here’s How Ryan Lochte’s Robbery Story Turned Into An International Incident. Oh, what a tangled web we weave.
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Beetlejuice is headed to Broadway. The new musical will be directed by Alex Timbers and open during … [Link]
GraphJam » You Guys Are the Best!
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: annoying friend , best , best of week , friends , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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FMyLife » PlsForget says FML
Today, I was volunteering at a neighborhood house tutoring a bunch of kids. Everything was going fine until one of them jumped on the table I was at, which broke and hit my knee. I swore in front of all the kids and my volunteer coordinator. FML [Link]
FMyLife » inappropes says FML
Today, at work I did inventory with my boss. He did the top shelves and I did the bottom ones. By the end, my knees were dirty and sore. I went home and my roommate asked me how my day went. I absent-mindedly said, "My boss had me on my knees all day." He hasn't stopped laughing. FML [Link]
FMyLife » fuckingcool says FML
Today, while at a baseball game, I was telling my friends about my underaged drinking experience at my sister's bachelorette party. It wasn't until I was done telling the story that I realized the Dean of my college was right behind us, looking right at me. So much for a good first impression. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » TV presenter was in a coma, now not in a coma [Followup]
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FMyLife » sangoskywalker says FML
Today, I woke up from an erotic fantasy about my boss. Today was also the day he wanted to have a nice long chat about my future with the company. I couldn't even look him in the eye. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Ways We Trick Ourselves Into Bad Financial Habits
Despite our good intentions, we overspend, bust our budgets, or derail our debt payoff goals—and we only have ourselves to blame. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Training Diets of 10 Famous Olympic Athletes
Elite sports champions burn so many calories that they need to constantly refuel. [Link]
Futility Closet » The Paulding Light
Image: Wikimedia Commons In 1966, a group of teenagers in the town of Paulding, on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, reported seeing a ghostly light in a valley nearby. Locals claimed that the light, which appears every night when viewed from a precise location, was the lantern of a ghostly railroad brakeman who had been killed trying to warn an oncoming train of … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I'm better than you because I sweat like a pig [Stupid]
[link] [130 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » How Can I Use Credit to Help Me Reach a Goal?
Presented by Chase Slate. [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Some Concert Halls Sound Better Than Others
In some concert halls, the cheap seats might actually give you a more moving philharmonic experience. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » TV presenter in a coma, I know, I know, it's serious. TV presenter in a coma, I know, I know, it's really serious [Sad]
[link] [55 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 'Green' Habits (That Aren't Actually Green at All)
Presented by Adam Ruins Everything. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » CNN launches UAS with FAA promoting CNN AIR. UFIA by POS CNN [Creepy]
[link] [36 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: The Tide Turns At Verdun
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 247th installment in the series. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Meet the guy who cleans up after Mexico's worst murders: "Forensic cleaning does not exist in Mexico" (great read) [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » You'd think a disease that can kill 95% of its victims would be on everyone's radar, but not in this case [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Time-Lapse Video Reveals the Process of Coral Bleaching
Scientists now know more about the destructive phenomenon. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Student pilot gets a crash course in what to do if your propeller falls off [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » You can't make all your problems go away by having your husband phone people and tell them you just got killed in a car wreck, particularly if one of your problems is that you're going to prison [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Jessie Pinkham arrested for armed robbery, biatch [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » That time you got arrested for prostitution on the day your son was sentenced for murder [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman turning 105 knows exactly what she wants for her birthday, and what she wants is a hot fireman with tattoos to bring her cake [Cool]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, while driving to a client's home, I received a text. Since I loathe those who text and drive, I pulled into a convenience store's parking lot. While I was texting, a car sped into the lot, rear-ending my car. FML [Link]
FMyLife » LoveStinks says FML
Today, I asked a girl what time she'd like me to pick her up for our date tonight. She didn't know what I was talking about. It seems like, after months of sweaty palms, nervous smiles, and awkward sentences, I only dreamed she said yes to going out. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Handlers allow tourist to sit on six-foot long alligator's back and hold its head. What could possibly go wrong? [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Who the hell robs an ice cream truck with an assault rifle? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » How to get 1,000,000 frequent flyer miles? Have your baby in-flight [Advice]
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Mental Floss » The SPF Rating on Your Sunscreen Bottle May Be Misleading
Scientists and consumer advocates say sunscreen companies have been inflating their products’ SPF ratings. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this extreme security [Photoshop]
[link] [23 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » A New Database Tracks 160 Years of Walrus Hot Spots
Walruses take a break from hunting to chill out on beaches in massive groups, but scientists have a hard time figuring out why they choose the locations they do. [Link]
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