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 » Doctor: Your IUD is dislodged, causing internal bleeding and should be removed right away. Patient: Can you do it? Doctor: LOL no. I'm Catholic [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » "I think you people are stone cold silent about this flood, because really, there's no agenda to push. There's no side to take. There's nobody to blame" [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » A One-Day Art Show Dedicated to Kurt Russell Is Opening in San Francisco
“Kurt Russell Deep Cuts" is the first-ever exhibition dedicated exclusively to the actor's career. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You really think someone would do that? Just write a newspaper op-ed piece and tell lies? (bonus: evisceration in comments) [Facepalm]
[link] [70 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Baby Simulators Linked to Higher Risk of Teen Pregnancy
“The cure for teen pregnancy is more difficult than a magic doll,” says one expert. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Everybody loves boobs – here comes the science (possibly not safe for work) [Giggity]
[link] [115 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Krispy Creme Creates Reese's Peanut Butter Doughnuts
Sadly, they're only available in Australia for now. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pastor who claimed Orlando nightclub shooting victims got what they deserved also, allegedly, has strong opinions about what children deserve [Sick]
[link] [60 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Deep Facts About Pearl Jam's 'Ten'
Part of the album's appeal might just be a fire extinguisher and a pepper shaker. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » #5: Don't use eHarmony [Interesting]
[link] [59 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Don’t Blame the Weather: Airline Issues Are Behind Most Flight Delays
Clear skies don't necessarily indicate a smooth trip. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Lagging years behind MTV, Syrian rebels finally give up on Daraya [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » You're not really on vacation until you're drunk enough that getting a tattoo reading ''Gary Lineker shags crisps' tattooed on your chest seems like a great idea [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Meanwhile, in Canada: "THESE ARE ACTIVE FIRING RANGES. NO POKEMON ACTIVITY BEYOND THIS POINT" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » The woman who fell 40 feet to her death from a zip line platform had disconnected herself from the safety system, a spokesman for Go Ape Tree Top Adventure said Thursday [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Police are still searching for clues in the murder of two elderly nuns in Mississippi who worked at a free clinic that helped poor children, say they may just wait till the next lightning storm and charge any charred remains they find [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Bored? Stroll around the Red Roof Inn nude [Weeners]
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Fark.com RSS » Possibly the most British headline ever written: "ASBO yob gets town centre ban overturned so he can still tuck into his favourite kebab" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » That moment when your $100,000 whale vomit turns out to be just worthless fat (pics) [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » 'Bus surfing' is such a problem in England that they're having to refit vehicles with bars to stop idiots taking joyrides (w/ vid of bus surfing) [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Show
Fashion, hygiene, and medical ideas of the day all blended together in this object. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Judge Aaron Persky, who gave Brock Turner six months for rape, has requested to be transferred to civil court only. Well that'll show them [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge: Fix up this partially destroyed clock tower [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 7 Amazon Prime Perks You Might Be Missing Out On
Amazon Prime gives you a lot more than just free shipping. [Link]
Futility Closet » Flip-Floppers
The leaders of Russia have been alternately bald and hairy since 1881. And monarchs’ profiles on British coins have faced alternately left and right since 1653. (The exception is Edward VIII, who stares obstinately at the back of George V’s head.) 
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Fark.com RSS » "At first, the woman ran across rooftops. Then, she decided to strip naked so she wouldn't be noticed" [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Ready to see how you did this week? This is the Fark Weird News Quiz. And remember, we were GMO-free and gluten-free before it was uncool [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » Your fireworks may be a little too powerful if your fingers are found in another state [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Cars Stuck in Traffic Are Filled With Polluted Air
Yet another reason those long commutes aren't good for you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Advertising Standards Canada demonstrates it has no sense of humour after reprimanding national realtor ad showing home buyers who didn't use a realtor being forced to join a biker gang [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Why Is an Informant Called a “Stool Pigeon”?
After all, pigeons aren’t known to be particularly talkative birds. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bonnie and Clyde didn't just rob banks, they wrote really mean letters, too [Interesting]
[link] [22 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Check This Database of Airline Food Reviews Before Your Next Flight
Not all in-flight meals are created equal. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Odd news from all over. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman says "mysterious, evil goblins" took her hostage for a week [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 5 Exotic Facts About Havana Brown Cats
The kitty looks kind of like a Siamese, but with a unique twist—its fur is solid brown. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Look, you can't just walk around breaking into homes, whipping out your junk and demanding that elderly women perform sex acts on you. Police are not cool with that [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Thrilled with recent press coverage, white supremacists are playing saxophones, posing for photos, and holding videoconferences. Stormfront's even giving away black garden gnomes that will totally respect white culture [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 900 Copies of the World’s Most Baffling Manuscript Will Soon Be for Sale
Amateur cryptologists can try deciphering the Voynich Manuscript at home. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Thursday checklist: take drugs, strip down to boxers, drive pickup onto airport grounds, crash into a passenger jet. Check, check, check, aaaaaand check [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » New device could have British women limping for days [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Cop stops black guy for traffic violation, said guy's daughter cries and is scared the cop will hurt her dad. But then… [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Friday'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 26. [Link]
Mental Floss » Disposable Sheets Allow College Kids to Avoid Laundry Forever
Just throw them in the compost bin and buy another set. [Link]
Mental Floss » Introducing Japan's Prettiest New Food Trend: Mosaic Sushi
It's almost too aesthetically pleasing to eat. Almost. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bra company boss forces male employees to experience E-cup boobs by hanging weights around their neck [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » A big hearty thank you to all Whatsapp users for so kindly agreeing to give Facebook your phone number and all that other personal data. Oh, you didn't agree? Hm. Well, thanks anyway [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Check out Mike Pence's law-school comic strip if you're in the mood not to laugh [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Today's Fark-ready headline: "Sheriff orders tutu-clad sex toy dangler to be of good behaviour" [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Gimme Some Pepper
[Link]
Mental Floss » This Running App Will Guide You Through Unfamiliar Cities
RunGo can make sure you're taking the most scenic route while running on vacation. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Astronaut Jeff Williams sets a record for the most days in space at 521, breaking the previous record held by Dennis Rodman [Spiffy]
[link] [38 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » HellCat44 says FML
Today, my dad is obsessed with making sure that I am not in any way 'bare' in front of the windows of our house. Which is surrounded by tall trees, five metres worth of tall trees. I'm not sure whether to be creeped out that someone might see me or that my dad is unhealthily obsessed about this. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Lawmakers to UVA: Can you explain why you're sitting on more than $2.2 billion in cash but still keep raising tuition? UVA: Um…infastructure…er, inflation…uh, diversity…uh…*smokebomb* [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Volunteering to dive into an outhouse shiatter to find his buddy's lost cell phone appears to be one of the LEAST idiotic decisions this particular Norwegian guy has made. With photo evidence [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » France's highest court issues ruling on burkini ban. Rough paraphrase: WTF were you idiots thinking? [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Come for the story about a high-speed car chase in England, stay for the phrase "…embedding itself in St Clair's groin" [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Retrobituary: Mary Katherine Horony, Independent Woman of the Wild West
She’s usually a footnote in stories about Doc Holliday and his friend Wyatt Earp, but the duo might never have even met if it weren’t for this woman. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Private prisons are crowded, understaffed, and deadly for inmates, according to researchers who just finally got around to watching Season 1 of 'Orange is the New Black' [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Egyptian police using Grindr to find and arrest LGBT citizens [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Minneapolis Community Education now offers three chemtrails classes. Instructor will supply tinfoil for free [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Dr. Drew's TV show cancelled after daring to question Hillary Clinton's health issues [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » New Technology Uncovers Hidden Pictures on ‘Blank’ Pages of 16th-Century Book
Hyperspectral scans of seemingly empty pages revealed stories and characters never before seen in Mixtec manuscripts. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » FEMA tells Governor Scott algae is not an emergency request [Florida]
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FMyLife » raquelcita says FML
Today, I went to my boss with concerns that my manager is dumping her responsibilities on me. He agreed and told me to just do whatever she wants. She gets paid twice as much as me to talk on her cellphone all day. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Rats Use Their Whiskers to Follow the Wind
Researchers say the rodents sense airflow through the movement of their whiskers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nearly 5% of Utah students opted out of vaccination, tag is for all of them [Sick]
[link] [134 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mom charged in death of malnourished son found in closet. She figured if she kept him in the closet, he wouldn't need any food. That's the way closets work. I'm sorry, I'm her defense lawyer and I'm working on her case [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 10 Cool Facts About 'Body Heat'
The movie was steamy; the set was freezing cold. [Link]
Overheard In The Office » You Should Read My Blog
Male manager: You can't imagine all the different things I've had in my mouth over the last 40 years. Logan Airport
Boston, Massachusetts Overheard by: That's what she said [Link]
Mental Floss » Couple Buys Lost Willem de Kooning Painting for $500
Talk about a bargain. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this giant engine [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Mini Wooden Arcade Brings Retro Gaming to Your Desktop
Introducing the most stylish way to play arcade games at home. [Link]
Weird Universe » Mailed herself to the Beatles
June 1966: 12-year-old Beatles superfan Carol Dryden of Sunderland, England came up with an ingenious scheme to meet the Fab Four. She packaged herself inside a box and arranged to have a friend mail her to them — addressed "to the Beatles, care their fan club, London." Shipping cost $8.47.
But Carol only got as far as the railway station, … [Link]
Weird Universe » Adolph Heilborn’s Theories on Women
I can learn little personally about Adolf Heilborn (1873-1941). But his book THE OPPOSITE SEXES caused a bit of a stir when it appeared in 1927, given that he described the female human as the missing link between ape and male human. Naturally, there was, um, a little pushback.
Original article here.
Here is the bio of his opponent.
But … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: E-learning computer security courses. CISSP certification training, VoIP, ethical hacking certification, Java Cryptography Architecture, TCP For computer networks, Mobile Application penetration testing. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Mental Floss » Experience the Eerie Silence of Space
Inside a vacuum chamber, no one can hear you scream. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Trump made his Apprentice contestants agree to appear nude in front of him [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » 9 Clever Products That Will Protect Your Lunch From Food Thieves
Keep hungry office scoundrels at bay! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What do you do when you discover javelinas living in your yard? Well, after you look up the word javelina, you call animal control, the police, and more with the answer being, "you deal with it." Looks like you have some pet javelinas [Cool]
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FMyLife » anon… says FML
Today, I broke up with my boyfriend of almost 4 months. He was always worried I would cheat on him, so he cheated on me. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Burkini ban II: Electric Bugaloo. Bigots double-down as French official threatens people who spread the Burkini ban picture on social media with legal action [Followup]
[link] [247 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Play Tic-Tac-Toe and Solitaire Right in Your Google Browser
Google just provided a new way to waste time. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Caption this image [Caption]
[link] [59 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Mailman Writes Letter For Dog Who Loves Picking Up the Mail
Australian mailman Martin Studer wrote a very special letter for a pup named Pippa who loves picking up the mail. [Link]
Mental Floss » Gimme Some Pepper
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's FARK-ready headline: '"Extremely intoxicated' Fort Lauderdale officer brawls with hotel security while holding baby" [Florida]
[link] [25 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Artist Designs LEGO Models That Create Shadow Designs When They Spin
Almost as impressive as Peter Pan's shadow. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're a female realtor in Houston and some guy calls inquiring about a house for sale and then starts asking you what kind of shoes you have on and to take off your shoes to improve cell reception, just hang up on him [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Tattoo Repairs
Links to get your morning going right! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Arkansas cop wants $75,000 from Glock for not warning him that his pistol was capable of shooting him in the foot, especially if he tried to mount a tactical light on it while it was loaded [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Drunken Christmas goat burner faces four years in jail. This word salad headline comes to you from Gävle, Sweden [Strange]
[link] [19 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Amazing Dog Parks
Your dog will thank you for a lovely day at one of these parks. [Link]
FMyLife » cullenthegreat says FML
Today, on my second morning at college, I tried to make coffee using my Keurig. I realized after I got back from my shower that I hadn't put a cup under the machine. All 3 drawers of my dresser are now filled with coffee. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Where I Learn Engrish Too
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: english , internet , lyrics , Pie Chart , school , speaking Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » With the Pulse Nightclub massacre still fresh in everyone's mind, now's not a good time to hold a balloon-popping contest inside an Orlando mall [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Family gets food poisoning from dinner held to celebrate surviving food poisoning [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » British government cuts recommended weekly alcohol allowance to what you might expect to drink at a single lunch [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Traveling Soon? Here's Which Plug You Should Pack
Don't get stranded in a foreign country with wet hair or a dead phone. [Link]
Futility Closet » The Absent-Minded Driver’s Paradox
A driver is sitting in a pub planning his trip home. In order to get there he must take the highway and get off at the second exit. Unfortunately, the two exits look the same. If he mistakenly takes the first exit he’ll have to drive on a very hazardous road, and if he misses both exits then he’ll reach … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Parents in Texas six months behind on child support payments will not be able to renew their vehicle registration, which will make it even that much harder for them to get a job to pay their child support [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » Commemorate Your Favorite Concert With a Custom Doormat
Lakeside Photoworks will convert your favorite ticket stub into doorstep art. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Thirteen pains that are worse than childbirth – according to mothers and scientists. DO NOT WANT [Scary]
[link] [242 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » An Axe-Throwing Range Is Coming to Chicago
It’s BYOB. [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Ways Your Online Data Is Being Used Right Now
Presented by Adam Ruins Everything. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Kill it with fire" is just an expression, people [PSA]
[link] [24 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What killed the ancient bear? Veganism. Just sayin' [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The results you have all been waiting for are finally in. The definitive rankings of NJ Turnpike rest stops. MOLLY PITCHER WAS ROBBED [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Crazed woman releases crickets and worms into a NY subway train car at rush hour after being bullied by teens. Then things get weird [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Can't get a date? Maybe it's because of your credit score [Awkward]
[link] [104 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Sea Snakes May Surf Thousands of Miles on Ocean Waves
The yellow-bellied sea snake may be capable of traveling great distances by drifting along ocean currents. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Why 'verbing' is so bad speak [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Robots are getting teenagers pregnant. Skynet seems to have been learning from the wrong sites [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » New Technology Uncovers Hidden Pictures in ‘Blank’ 16th-Century Book
Hyperspectral scans of seemingly empty pages revealed stories and characters never before seen in Mixtec manuscripts. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Before ISIS retreated from Manbij in northern Syria they literally booby-trapped the entire city: "Mines were found inside staircases, refrigerators, baskets, teapots and even normal-looking rocks across the fields" [Scary]
[link] [67 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » LennyLemon says FML
Today, I was taking a shower in a hostel when the girl in the cubicle next to mine decided to blow her nose onto the shower floor. The water from her cubicle was flowing into mine and I ended up standing in a puddle of fresh watery snot. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Auction House to Sell Angry Bonnie
The note was written to Raymond Hamilton, a former member of their gang. [Link]
FMyLife » Caqtusmonkey says FML
Today, I heard my dog chewing on something. I called her over, held out my hand, and told her to drop it. She dropped it into my hand, and I was proud of her. That was until I realized it was cat poop. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Florida man arrested for performing oral sex on woman laying on beach boardwalk at 1 PM. Told cops he was an "emergency responder and had to assist the female as it was his duty" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this perky panda [Photoshop]
[link] [19 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Kind-hearted Chaos of NYC’s Only Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
The Wild Bird Fund cares for thousands of avian patients every year. [Link]
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