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 » Man from Belarus kills and dismembers man from USA who insulted Belarus President Lukashenko. He also steals expensive alcohol from the victim's apartment [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Urban Planner Transforms Public Transit Maps Into Art
Neil Freeman's poster depicts 140 metro systems from around the world. [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Too Many Parking Lots Are Bad for Cities
An animated primer on how parking regulations shape the look and feel of cities. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police arrest 17-year-old after they catch him choking the chicken at a local campground. Literally. Also, several pigeons [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » We understand if you feel the need to light a stick of incense after using your workplace's bathroom. Just don't put it on a cardboard box [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Hiding Your Battery Percentage Could Make You More Zen
Does it really matter if your phone's battery is 65 percent or 50 percent full? [Link]
FMyLife » I'm out says FML
Today, I found a thong at my boyfriend's house. When I confronted him about it, he panicked and claimed it was his mom's. Right. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, at the hardware store, I had to physically restrain my senile grandpa from trying to take a crap in one of the display toilets. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you see a lot of cats and dogs out shopping for apartments together today, this is why [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » 10 Uncomfortable Facts About ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’
Poor Dawn Wiener. Even her name spells trouble. The put-upon 12-year-old played so memorably by Heather Matarazzo in Welcome to the Dollhouse has been an icon of outcasts since the day in September 1995 that audiences first laid eyes on her. And so has the film’s auteur, Todd Solondz, whose subsequent brutal comedies like Happiness (1998) and Storytelling (2001) have … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Drunk naked woman caught performing a lewd act with another woman outside Wawa? Well, Hoagiefest is clearly over for another year [Giggity]
[link] [65 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The 10 Most Stressful Jobs in the United States
Business Insider has identified the most stressful jobs in America. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hope your end-of-the-world insurance is paid up because Nate Silver has picked the Cubs to win the World Series. This is happening people [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Introducing a 'Healthy' Twist on Soda: Carbonated Milk
Scandinavian dairy company Arla hopes its unusual new offering will help triple sales. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How much you drink is in your genes [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who had a vasectomy knows for a fact his wife is pregnant before she does [Sappy]
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Mental Floss » Netflix Doesn’t Know the Difference Between a Rom-Com and a Slasher Flick
“Go home, Netflix you’re drunk.” [Link]
Mental Floss » The World’s Longest Recreational Trail Is Set for Completion Next Year
The Canada-based project has been a quarter-century in the making. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The trouble with measuring and tracking accidental gun deaths is no one agrees on what constitutes an accident [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Thomas Covenant returns from The Land. (Stephen R. Donaldson already submitted this link, but the words were too long and he ran out of characters) [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Bacon-filled tractor-trailer burns for hours in what is perhaps the best-smelling accident you will read about today [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Massachusetts Man Paddles Eight Miles in a 1200-Pound Pumpkin 'Boat'
Todd Sandstrum is trying to set a world record, and drum up support for local agricultural efforts. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » World's Brightest Man steals cop car for four-block ride, lights blazing, and asks arresting officers "This a felony?" With screaming cop-cam goodness [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Article on "Fifteen things a Frenchwoman can do to feel more British". Pulling a few teeth out and dying the leftovers brownish-yellow surprisingly not listed [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 7 Must-Haves for a Comfortable, Easy Flight
Travel like a pro with these gadgets and accessories that frequent fliers swear by. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman lets a man cut her arm to fill a shot glass with blood then things get weird [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Fox News pays $20 million to keep Roger Ailes from facing Gretchen Carlson in court. Greta quits. Fox needs women [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this honey [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » App Invites Users to Request New Emojis
The emojis with the most votes will be submitted for review. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 40 Years ago, the West got its first glimpse at the until-then-unknown MIG-25, when one crashed-landed at a provincial Japanese airport piloted by a Soviet defector [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida officials to vote on no longer allowing people to pick up venomous snakes [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Why Do We Crave Greasy Food When We’re Hungover?
The answer may have something to do with your brain's chemistry. [Link]
Futility Closet » Sky-High
A memory of Lewis Carroll by Lionel A. Tollemache: He was, indeed, addicted to mathematical and sometimes to ethical paradoxes. The following specimen was propounded by him in my presence. Suppose that I toss up a coin on the condition that, if I throw heads once, I am to receive 1d.; if twice in succession, 2d.; if thrice, 4d.; and … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Clumsy family that keeps losing pocketknife regards it as miracle [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Jason Vorhees chases off It near NC apartment complex [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Putin says he will visit Uzbekistan on Tuesday to "pay his respects" following the death of its leader, and while he's there he may do a little sight-seeing, check out the furniture in the presidential palace, maybe take some window measu
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Mental Floss » The Bold Van Buren Sisters, Who Blazed a Trail Across America
One hundred years ago, two sisters ditched their gilded cages for a cross-country motorcycle adventure they hoped would change the nation for the better. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bad team leads everywhere said to be devastated as their alma mater ITT Tech decides to shutter operations [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Disney to start scanning fingers of children between ages of three and nine to combat fraud. I always knew that people that short can't be trusted [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Someone farked with Fark [FarkBlog]
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Mental Floss » Name the TV Comedies From Two-Word Clues
Take the quiz! [Link]
Mental Floss » You Have to See Tuesday's Best Amazon Deals
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, September 6. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nothing says love like feeding your girlfriend shakes through a funnel to help her become the world's fattest woman [Sick]
[link] [130 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Science Museums You Should Follow on Instagram
If you can't make the trip, visit these museums online. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Father of Biodiversity" fears two things. Nuclear war and yellow-haired, carrot-skinned, Presidential candidates [Obvious]
[link] [44 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Asteroid Named After Freddie Mercury in Honor of His 70th Birthday
'Freddiemercury' is leaping through the sky 200 million miles from Earth. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » China plans massive sea lab 10,000 feet underwater, presumably to battle Galactor with Dr. Nambu and the Science Ninja Team [Interesting]
[link] [84 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » U.S. Navy Files Patent for Ships Powered by Bacteria Farts
It proposes using gas-producing microorganisms to propel ships through the water. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Licensed elephant trainer becomes second "haafu" woman in succession to win the Miss Japan pageant. No word if elephant training was her talent for the competition [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Rolo travel bag. Organization luggage for minimalist packing geniuses. Dungeon Master approved portable hole sadly not available for the rest of us. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Mental Floss » The FDA Is Banning Useless (and Harmful) Antibacterial Soaps
It's a win for your skin's microbiome. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » German woman helping migrants is targeted by 'Neo-Nazis' eating ice cream cones while on bicycles [Scary]
[link] [58 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dabney Montgomery, whose life should have already been turned in to a biopic as he was a Tuskegee airman in WWII, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s bodyguard from Selma onward, and a lifelong civil rights activist passes away at age 93 [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » We've come full circle here people, now the burqa is banned by ISIS [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » You are right. No normal forest would glow like that [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 10 Facts You Might Not Know about Lean Cuisine
When Lean Cuisine was introduced in 1981, it was an instant success. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Fingerspelled Alphabet in 10 Different Sign Languages
This video, from Calvin Young's Seek the World, gives a brief, clear example of the various ways different sign languages represent the fingerspelled alphabet. [Link]
FMyLife » Rosie says FML
Today, my boyfriend of over a year said that being in a relationship is pointless. When I responded that I couldn't picture my life without him, he said he couldn't picture his life without our cat. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Asshole Parker says FML
Today, I went to work early and saw my crush's car in the parking lot, so I parked next to her. After that, I looked over at her car to see her staring at me with a weird look and her saying, "Really?" Then she gestured around the lot; I looked around to find it completely empty. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Religion sometimes literally, not just metaphorically, asphyxiates you [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » You are never too young to learn how to solicit a prostitute. Thanks, Dad [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Market Disrupted: How Piggly Wiggly Revolutionized Grocery Shopping
Walking the aisles of your local supermarket may feel like a pretty mundane task. But 100 years ago, it was downright revolutionary. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pentagon finally got around to watching WarGames and Terminator [Scary]
[link] [76 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Many Americans Still Consider Themselves Too Cool for Seat Belts
"Don’t tell me what to do!" [Link]
Overheard In The Office » When All Else Fails, Read the Directions
Coworker #1: How did you get that to work? I couldn't…
Coworker #2, interrupting: I was following orders.
Coworker #1: Oh… I was following “lazy.”
(laughter) Government Military Office
Southern California Overheard by: Soybean [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Back to "Work"
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FMyLife » bigbro says FML
Today, I was babysitting my 6-year-old brother and was playing Mario. When I won, he called me a cunt. I was in shock and asked him where he learnt the word. He said from me when I was driving. He then told my mum that I taught him a new word. Easy to say, I'm in big trouble. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Fun Facts About 'Salute Your Shorts'
A look back at the early '90s Nickelodeon cult hit. [Link]
Weird Universe » Zateeva Smokes
Florida Today – Apr 20, 1974
In 1974, a cigarette named Zateeva Smokes began to be sold in America. It was advertised on its label as having the aroma and taste of marijuana, but it contained no marijuana and produced no high whatsoever. Therefore, it was entirely legal. The name was a play on the Latin name for marijuana, Cannabis sativa. … [Link]
Weird Universe » Sleeping Betty
Sleeping Betty by Claude Cloutier, National Film Board of Canada
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently if you have the love of the spud you have a sixth sense. Now dig down and say 'potato' to your new overlords. POTATO [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this flying fuzzy butt [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » VR Game Lets Players Compete as Professional Lumberjacks
Sharpen up you logging skills from the comfort of your living room. [Link]
FMyLife » SuperShy says FML
Today, I realized just how shy and awkward I really am when I averted my eyes to avoid making eye contact with someone who turned out to be a cardboard cut-out. FML [Link]
FMyLife » anonymous says FML
Today, my girlfriend told me that she didn't know we were actually dating. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Don't fark around with Pokemon Go in a Russian church or you could wind up in prison where Pikachu takes on a whole new meaning [Fail]
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Mental Floss » How The ’Ghostbusters' Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Was Made
Cinefix tells the story of Mr. Stay Puft. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Using fishing tackle to snag discarded drugs from the police drop box was the clever half of his cunning plan [Fail]
[link] [33 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Back to "Work"
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Mental Floss » You Can Now Pre-Order a Coffee Alarm Clock
The Barisieur promises to get the day started without requiring you to even get out of bed. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What 80 million unexploded American bombs can do to a country. Jesus Christ, why don't they hate us more? [Sad]
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FMyLife » ginger_trelf says FML
Today, I found out that my grandfather is in the hospital. This would be a little easier to process if I hadn't found out through my sister's Instagram account. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, discovered that all the viruses I have gotten on my computer at work haven't been from anything I've done, but because my boss has secretly been using it after hours to download or watch porn so he wouldn't risk getting a virus on his own computer. I've lost 3 major projects due to this. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I entered a raffle at a local fashion designer event; the prize was $400 credit at the store that was hosting it (which was just enough for one of their dresses). Good news: I won! Bad news: they don't carry a single thing above a women's size 5. I'm 6'2" and 180 lbs. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's evidence that suggests climate change is real is **spins wheel** Wheat may be the next big crop for farmers in Alaska [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » I'll tumble for ya, Coke returns to its original formula, and Huma cuts of Weiner: a few of Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week for 8/28 – 9/3 [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » The Dog of Peace is about to be outlawed by the City of Tolerance [Asinine]
[link] [95 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Highly Unconventional Guard Animals
Got a radiator warehouse that needs protecting? Consider a skunk. [Link]
GraphJam » Profanity
LoL by: Unknown Tagged: auto repair , children , cursing , language , video games , work Share on Facebook
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FMyLife » Ihatemyfamily says FML
Today, my brother's high school was having a soccer game against mine, and as a sign of good luck, I told him to "break a leg". He broke mine. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » THIS is why you don't take parenting advice from old people (awesome pics) [Amusing]
[link] [67 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » These Bunny-Shaped Storage Bags Make Clutter Cute
You can use them to adorably store toiletries, snacks, desk supplies, and other items. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In America, the dream of retiring in your 60s is quickly becoming more of a fantasy than a realistic goal [Scary]
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FMyLife » R says FML
Today, my teacher called a friend and me out of class and told us we had been reported for plagiarism because our answers to a problem were nearly identical, and he said that I shouldn't have shared my work. This for an assignment where significant marks were awarded for collaborating with peers. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're still not convinced Australian spiders are gargantuan monsters made of pure evil and nope, one just managed to flip a whole car into the ocean [Scary]
[link] [56 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » At Aloft Hotels, Siri Can Control Your AC and Lights
Sorry to all those Android users out there. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It would take a lot for a San Francisco 49er's player to incur more umbrage than Colin Kaepernick. Punching a 70-year-old is one way to go about it [Dumbass]
[link] [38 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 14 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Sports Mascots
Yes, they can get fleas. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Looks like Dani Mathers will not be able to "unsee" charges brought against her by LAPD [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman, who'd been missing for forty years, found in attic of a man's home. She's just fine if you count a pile of bones as just fine [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » We now know what percentage of the population does work they find meaningful and owns noise cancelling headphones [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Batman vs. Superman cake-kicker arraigned in previous ice cream parlor assault. Unknown if she'll be sent into The Phantom Zone or committed to Arkham Asylum [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Young new radicals gain a foothold in Hong Kong elections. I guess you get what you give [Followup]
[link] [19 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » A Thrilling Disney Design: The Mary Poppins Ride That Could Have Been
The concept involved a toe-tapping, supercalifragilistic sing-a-long. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Calorie counting could crush certain cozy breweries [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » You might want to see if your state recognizes common law marriage, or you'll be writing a big check after breaking up with your overly-attached girlfriend/boyfriend [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » What the hell is a Lego therapist? [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Phyllis Schlafly has information that will lead to Hillary Clinton's arrest [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Fun: Use one of these cartoon sketches in a real world setting [Photoshop]
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