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 » How Mayor McCheese Helps Explain a Plausible Theory of Time Travel
And what "The Hustle" has to do with Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan, and the Mayor of McDonaldland. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fall in number of guards is turning prison into a 'toxic cocktail', which also happens to be prison slang for ketchup wine brewed in a toilet [Scary]
[link] [53 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Your 'Best' Hours Might Not Be Your Most Productive
Morning people are no better off; come daybreak, their risk of making self-sabotaging excuses increases. [Link]
Mental Floss » Johnny Cash's Tennessee Ranch Has Been Turned Into a Museum
Cash called the retreat “the center of my universe.” [Link]
Mental Floss » Take a Writer's Retreat in Canada with Margaret Atwood
The retreat is located on Pelee Island in Lake Erie, where Atwood is a longtime seasonal resident. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Two words, guys: 'Dudeoir photos' for your SO. Christmas is SUCH a lock this year [Amusing]
[link] [122 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Seal Poop Keeps Shutting Down a Cape Cod Beach
The beach is finally cleared for swimming—for now. [Link]
Mental Floss » 13 Vicious Facts About 'Sid and Nancy'
The title was chosen to remind people of Romeo and Juliet, but the star-crossed lovers in Alex Cox's punk drama had worse problems than those teens from Verona. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Best Korea reportedly executes Deputy Premier because of "disrespectful posture" towards Kim Jong Un, which could be anything from grovelling an inch too high to failing to nail the Asian Cartman impersonation just right [Scary]
[link] [89 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Yes the termination has begun: America finally gets its orders from Skynet to 'immediately' build KILLER ROBOTS that could fight wars against humanity [Weird]
[link] [48 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Yeah it's a living, but someone has to test the sex toys [Giggity]
[link] [61 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Gimīburēku wa, gimī wa kyūkei, sono o' wa sakuhin o watashi o ori. Kittokattobā [Obvious]
[link] [54 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Do I Get Cavities?
Your mouth is a busy place. There are hundreds of different kinds of bacteria living on your teeth, tongue and gums. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Remains of log boat older than the pyramids proves that 5,000 years ago, Wales ruled the seas [Cool]
[link] [38 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » First Cuban Starbucks set to open in about 11 seconds [Stupid]
[link] [51 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You probably can't get into the Ivy League, but try the Ivy League of Budweiser [Interesting]
[link] [15 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Olympian Publicly Thanks First Grader for Returning Stolen Gold Medal
Being a Good Samaritan pays off. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » School officials say person in clown mask, armed with a knife, chased student at bus stop; which raises the question, how do you arm a clown mask? [Scary]
[link] [32 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » State of emergency declared as depression nears, Prozac recommended [Florida]
[link] [34 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Haunted pub's owner outraged after his possessed toilet ghost is 'stolen and bottled up by artist.' So much outrage [Weird]
[link] [27 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Kenyan Olympian Claims Gold, Wins Electricity for Her Village
Faith Kipyegon's family can finally watch her race. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Spain's annual tomato fight begins with 150,000 kilos of ammunition [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » I went to the bathroom this morning myself, but I didn't make it to the front page of the Washington Post [Murica]
[link] [96 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these shadow walkers [Photoshop]
[link] [15 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 14 Sacred Facts About Machu Picchu
3. Spanish conquistadors never found Machu Picchu. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Vanity plates rejected by California DMV. Why? Fog you, that's why (possibly not safe for work) [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » North Korea deploys nuclear backpacks on soldiers who will mercilessly spray their foes with radiation. Kind of like nuclear skunks but with fewer pork chops [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » PSA: If you are using a cruise for a drug run, even if you are two hot chicks, try not posting your adventure on Instagram [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Maine's Governor Paul Lepage announces "I will no longer speak to the press ever again after today," but gives a refreshingly honest reason for taking this step: "I am tired of being caught" [Followup]
[link] [110 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Classic Soviet Sci-Fi Films for Free Online
Don't worry. There are subtitles. [Link]
Mental Floss » Tuesday's Amazon Deals You Won't Want to 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 31. [Link]
Mental Floss » Survivors of the Aurora Shooting Have to Pay at Least $700,000 to Theater Chain
The failed settlement and financial repercussions were laid out Tuesday. [Link]
Mental Floss » How Do You Handcuff a One-Armed Person?
Adaptability comes in handy. So does a belt. [Link]
Mental Floss » Hosting Through Airbnb May Make it Hard to Refinance Your Loans
Renting out rooms for extra cash could come back to haunt you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In a preview of 2018's top news, Senate ousts the country's first female president after her impeachment [News]
[link] [135 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Hurricanes Close In on Hawaii
Each could affect the island chain with dangerous wind, waves, and flooding. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Women tear apart garbage advice on talking to women wearing headphones [Obvious]
[link] [500 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 4 Reasons You Might Need a Financial Advisor
Financial advisors aren't only for the super wealthy. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Smoking pot, taking Xanax, and shopping naked at Kroger is no way to go through life, son. (with "yep, pretty much what I expected" mugshot) [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Since You've Been "-gon"
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Fark.com RSS » Coke returns to their original formula [Followup]
[link] [46 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In the competition between ISIS and White Right Wing Extremists for Most Dead Americans Since 2002, the winner is… [Murica]
[link] [313 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Pick the Six States That Border Pennsylvania
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Navy's new littoral combat ship literally breaks down for the fourth time in one year [Asinine]
[link] [89 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Things which should not be in your microwave: #1 – Flames [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » American Airlines has studied the horrors of modern air travel and found the problem: you [Fail]
[link] [192 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Phallus-shaped mushroom can instantly trigger an intense female orgasm [Obvious]
[link] [63 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » Dizzie Rascal says FML
Today, I made spaghetti bolognese for three people. Of those three people, only one got food poisoning. Me. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » New Video Gets Up-Close With a Giant Black Sea Slug
The California black sea hare is the size of a cat—and totally slimy. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man upset by 13-year prison sentence, upgrades it to death by indoor skydiving [Strange]
[link] [40 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Think Beiber was the worst thing to come from Canada? You haven't tried our coffee [PSA]
[link] [68 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » A Finnish Hotel Is Hiring a Northern Lights Monitor
Job requirements include staying up late and a high tolerance for cold. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There once was a man from Fark, he wrote a story on a lark. It wasn't very great, and brought about much hate. Now he submits headlines 'cause fark you. THIS is your Fark Writers Thread [CSB]
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Fark.com RSS » Kayakers vs. New York ferry. Advantage: ferry [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Now You Can Buy Adorable Wigs For Your Pets
Now anyone can have a perfectly coiffed companion. [Link]
Mental Floss » Want to Live in Buckingham Palace? Queen Elizabeth is Hiring a Housekeeper
The gig comes with some pretty nice side perks. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not content with placing people in prison for an ounce of weed, DEA decides that it's time to make possession of Kratom And Mitragynine a felony too [Asinine]
[link] [146 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 of History's Craziest Cat People
Many illustrious historical personages had a beloved cat or two, but some of them were full-on cat-crazy. [Link]
Mental Floss » Acer Launches World's Thinnest and Fattest Laptops
The Swift 7 is nearly half the size of the MacBook Air. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Go on with with your daily routine, no need to panic now that a massive asteroid has already zoomed terrifyingly close to the Earth that we didn't know about [Scary]
[link] [117 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "I don't let friends eat meat in my presence" says vegan who claims to have not lost any friends [Unlikely]
[link] [293 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Qualifications?" "Cattle rustling." "That's not much of a crime." "500 of them?" "Kinky" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » PSA: If you live-trap a skunk you'll be stuck with it for the rest of its natural life [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Science learns what college students have known all along. Pizza makes you more productive and should be part of your healthy work day. Also, beer makes you smarter [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't taze me, moo [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Breakfast ramen, vegetarian ramen, peanut butter chicken ramen, and other unusual ways to eat ramen that you wish you knew about in college [Spiffy]
[link] [48 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chicago to install up to 500 computers around the city to measure air quality and traffic. Authorities hope that by the end of the first week there will still be three or four of them that will not have been shot to pieces [Interesting]
[link] [27 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Innori virtual reality headset. NOW we're starting to look like the 1980s set in Disneyland's Carousel of Progress. What's your favorite VR content / app / website? Difficulty: no porn. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » France education minister wants Pokemon Go out of their schools, says it's tough enough to get kids to concentrate on their studies after a lunch of crepes and a bottle of wine [Unlikely]
[link] [19 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » You Betcha: 14 Polite Facts About TV's 'Fargo'
It's not the first time 'Fargo' has been adapted for television. That happened back in 1997. [Link]
Mental Floss » FYI: 12 Facts About 'Murphy Brown'
The sitcom is still influencing the world today. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Massachusetts prosecutor says shooting a burglar breaking into your house is first degree murder. Grand jury disagrees [Interesting]
[link] [252 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what this dog is really chasing [Photoshop]
[link] [16 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Just your average 1,469-pound pumpkin [Cool]
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Weird Universe » Shakespeare and Psalm 46
In 1902, a person identified only as "a learned correspondent in West Hackney" brought to the attention of the world a curious fact about Psalm 46 of the King James Version of the Bible. The name "Shakespeare" seems to be coded into it.
As explained in a brief notice that ran in The Publishers' Circular (Jan 11, 1902):
DID SHAKESPEAR WRITE … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In 2019, Russia is going to land on the south pole of the Moon for the first time in history to prove that the Americans have never been on the Moon before [Cool]
[link] [71 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » A Praying Mantis Has Become the Kansas City Royals' Good Luck Charm
Rally Mantis Jr. has turned the team's slump into a streak. [Link]
Mental Floss » 23 Slang Terms You Only Understand if You Work in Antarctica
Antarctica has developed a lingo all its own. [Link]
FMyLife » BiteMe says FML
Today, my dentist told me I have a cavity and blamed it on the "subpar" toothpaste I've been using – the same toothpaste he recommended six months ago at my last appointment. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Peter Parker says FML
Today, after a few days of getting what seemed like an odd, scattered rash every time I showered, I finally figured out the problem. It turns out I wasn't just allergic to all the different soap I tried. Apparently a family of very angry spiders have decided to make my loofah their new home. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oklahoma woman arrested for forcing religion down her daughter's throat [Sad]
[link] [225 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Story of 1995's Hippest Internet Cafe
Back then, no one knew what the @ symbol meant in the cafe's name. [Link]
Mental Floss » Since You've Been "-gon"
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » You might want to put down that coffee and sit down for this: over 2,000 Seattle Police dash cam videos have been deleted due to a "glitch" [Fail]
[link] [79 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Artist Creates Landscapes From Cut Up Postcards
These combinations of postcards create new worlds that we definitely want to visit. [Link]
Weird Universe » The Kate Bush Dance Troupe
The Kate Bush Dance Troupe – Babooshka at The Sculpture Center from Kate Bush Dance Troupe on Vimeo.
In case you needed visuals to accompany your Kate Bush songs, these folks will gladly provide them.
More videos here. [Link]
FMyLife » lkvetched says FML
Today, I got food poisoning in the middle of the wilderness while hiking in a state park with my husband. I had to tend to nature several times before we reached our car. The only supplies I had was a bottle of water and a laminated trail map. It was part of an anniversary trip. How romantic. FML [Link]
FMyLife » J says FML
Today, I heard from multiple people that my girlfriend called me a dumbass because I apparently sent her "Good Morning" twice. We aren't even three full days into the relationship. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Xtrafresh says FML
Today, after missing my flight and being stuck on the other side of the globe, I received a call telling me that the "male, neutered" kitten I adopted 7 months ago is now pregnant. FML [Link]
FMyLife » QuietGirlSucks says FML
Today, I tried talking to the very quiet girl in my grade. We were having a conversation when a very hot guy walked into the cafeteria. I said to the girl, "The things I would do for him…" She looked at me dead in the eye and said, "That's my boyfriend." FML [Link]
GraphJam » Amount of makeup a female wears by age.
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: adult , child , cosmetics , Line Graph , makeup , orange , teenage Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Bonus Post: The Most Elusive Of Them All
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: frankenstein , monster , mythology , religion , vampire , venn diagram , zombie Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Want to avoid catching ebola? Throw out those 'special' gym socks now [Scary]
[link] [38 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Hurricanes A-Coming
Start the day with the best links right here! [Link]
FMyLife » NintyStar says FML
Today, I found out that my college textbooks, which I spent nearly $200 dollars on for the two of them, did not come with the codes they were advertised with. The codes are needed for online classwork that is required to pass the course. Each new code is $90 a piece. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good: Finding a worm at the bottom of your tequila. Bad: Finding a worm at the bottom of your Diet Coke [Sick]
[link] [32 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » kafreen says FML
Today, I arrived at work early. I noticed the plants on the side of my classroom could use some water so I went out to do so. On the way, I found a beer can. Not wanting the kids to see it, I picked it up but some spilled on my dress. I quickly noticed a familiar smell. No, not … [Link]
Futility Closet » Extremities
In 1626, Dutch artist Roelandt Savery composed this historic portrait of a dodo, one of the few painted from a live specimen. Unfortunately, he gave it two left feet. 
Likewise, in Johann Tischbein’s 1787 portrait of Goethe in the Roman Campagna, the poet’s right leg bears a left foot. 
And what has happened to Thomas Jefferson’s left foot on the … [Link]
Mental Floss » Infographic: The Ins and Outs of Dog Parenting
Thinking of adopting a furry friend? Read this list of tips, stats, and advice first. [Link]
FMyLife » anon says FML
Today, I texted my girlfriend a long, heartfelt message this morning. Her response? "What do you need? Or is this even really you?" FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 13 Smart Facts About 'The Big Bang Theory'
Should you have additional questions, refer to The Roommate Agreement. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're going to get busted for DWI, the headline might as well read "Vomit-covered drunk man" [Dumbass]
[link] [26 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » How Modern Animators Use Incredible Visual Effects to Make Films Come to Life
Behind the scenes of animation magic. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chris Brown taken into custody after all-day standoff, says he'll beat the charges [Followup]
[link] [94 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The 13 Most Interesting Comics of August
Each month, we’ll round up the most interesting comics, graphic novels, webcomics, digital comics and comic-related Kickstarters that we think you should check out. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Why not turn an old church into a swingers club? I mean, it is Daytona Beach [Florida]
[link] [73 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Answer These Trivia Questions From 15 Different Categories
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Forget the Zika virus, here come the cannibal spiders [Scary]
[link] [87 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "The customer told employees that she saw a man put a nail gun down the front of his pants and walk out of the store, hopefully very slow" [Facepalm]
[link] [51 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Better get your square hogs ready [Weird]
[link] [30 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Serial flasher on motorcycle torments Florida city [Florida]
[link] [55 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this building scene [Photoshop]
[link] [19 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Tips for Cleaning Dirty Jewelry (Even That $5 Necklace)
Bring the sparkle back to your accessories. [Link]
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