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 » Try not to spend your five cent raise all in one place [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Officer who killed Terence Crutcher pleads not guilty, claims she had to shoot him because she was temporarily deaf [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » "Excuse me store owner, how much for the dead people?" [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » Most Distinctive Last Names by State
The results reflect each state’s demographics and immigration history. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New reports reveal MH370 should never have flown, increasing CNN's news boner to such lengths they can't even report on it [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » It's the largest prison strike in history and likely the first you're hearing about it [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » We've been over this many times before, but once again let us remind you that if you're going to pretend to be a police officer, you may not want to try and pull over a real cop [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this red light district [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » The Double Down begat the Zest Citrus Wings which begat the Doritos Locos Taco which begat the hot dog-stuffed pizza crust [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » With ISIS contained and drugs eradicated, the government wages its newest war. On pudding. Fark: Not America [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Audience member asks a question of speaker, and then attempts to reply to the speaker. Armed guards haul off the audience member and arrest an intervening librarian. Librarian? Yes, this happened at a public library [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Monument dedicated to the Staten Island Ferry giant octopus attack [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Man steals a dozen cars to impress meth addicted son. What a meth-take [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Shut up and take my money, dude…and do you happen to have any munchies? [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » The police fulfill a 102-year-old woman's fantasy of being arrested [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Today NOAA Adds Solar Storms to the Weather Forecast
The Space Weather Prediction Center can give a heads-up of about 45 minutes that a solar storm will affect some specific place on Earth. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How can a missing 55-gallon barrel be worth $1,565,000? Simple – it contains 86 pounds of gold [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Get the Weekend's Best Amazon Deals While You Can
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, October 1. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Missing your mail in Tennessee? You might want to check your postal worker's house [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Take away my legroom, charge me for carry-ons, but don't you dare run out of free booze inside your exclusive airport lounge [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » My jingle has a first name, it's R-I-C-H-A-R-D. My jingle has a second name it's T-R-E-N-T-L-A-G-E [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 10 Famous Birthdays to Celebrate in October
You might share a birthday with one of these famous folk. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Saturday Morning Book Club is looking for some advice on a good "how to" book. Which one(s) helped you the most? [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Cora Gated
The Box Vox blog offers a detailed history of Cora Gated, who was the corporate mascot adopted by Hinde & Dauch (a box maker) in the 1950s. She was a woman wearing only a corrugated box. Or was she somehow supposed to be a box that had become a woman?
Gastonia Gazette – Aug 23, 1955
It turns out that Cora … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The good news is you can still settle on unclaimed land not ruled by a government. The bad news is the land exists on a strip of desert between Egypt and Sudan [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » Eventually Bruce Willis Realized They Couldn't Hear Him
Coworker #1 to coworkers #2 and #3, about their attire: You guys are opposites today. Actually, you cancel each other out. You're, like, invisible! (looks around) Wh… Wh… Where'd they go? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Overheard by: what a spectacle… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Could internet pranksters be behind all the creepy clown sightings? [Obvious]
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Futility Closet » Size Matters
In June 1917, the California Olive Association adopted the following rather terrifying size designations: Olives counting 120-135 olives per pound: Standard
Olives counting 105-120 olives per pound: Medium
Olives counting 90-105 olives per pound: Large
Olives counting 75-90 olives per pound: Extra Large
Olives counting 65-75 olives per pound: Mammoth
Olives counting 55-65 olives per pound: Colossal
Olives counting 45-55 … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this room with a view [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Student manhandled, arrested over stealing "free" milk [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » NYC police finally catch the yodeling suspect who made death threats on police radios and some police-impersonating robbers in an unrelated case …all with just one arrest. That's some fine police work, Lou [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Not so good: four tiny kittens experience a rough and tumble introduction to life after being born in an industrial dryer. Better: they are safely rescued. Best: being reunited with their mother in time for Caturday [Caturday]
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Fark.com RSS » Hurricane Matthew is a Category 5 storm, will wreak havoc on Caribbean. Will the U.S. be next? [Scary]
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Weird Universe » LSD for Housewives
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Mental Floss » Simple Kits Let You Make Your Own Smart Camera, Speaker, or Light Show
Kano's kits are easy enough for kids—or adults—to use without any help. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dear Deidre, my best friend got me to sleep with her fella just for fun, but now the joke's on her because I'm falling for him for the fabulous sex [Giggity]
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GraphJam » Stroke Harder! We Have to Get This Canoe Back Before Dinner!
Graph by: Kittyrah Tagged: boy scouts , dirty jokes , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Choose Wisely
Graph by: hornbill-guy Tagged: eating , food , money , obesity , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » An Hour of Matthew McConaughey Watching Rain, Sipping Coffee
This is the "slow video" you've been looking for. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Is your dog's Halloween costume sexist? [Silly]
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Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: The Tide Turns Against Romania
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 251st installment in the series. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark-ready headline: "Mad Frenchman dumps a load from his heavy balls all over Apple store's iPhone 7s" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman calls Pasadena(CA) Police to report bi-polar African American boyfriend is acting erratically, cops find him with knife & fire extinguisher. Can you guess what happend next? Level Of Difficulty: not crowned Rose Queen [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Hacker gives commuters a thrill with porn video on digital billboard. That commute is so long and hard, it's always slow down and speed up, until you finally finish on the offramp [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » The Czech Church Saved by Spirits
The village of Lukova is proud of their ghosts. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ohio resident wasn't expecting pulp in her orange juice. She didn't get it either [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Forget the Paris climate agreement, scientists now say the only way to stay below 2 degrees is a far more 'radical change' before 2050 [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » California's Chances of Having a Major Earthquake Next Week Just Went Up
Local seismologists might feel their hearts racing. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Forget Noah's Ark. This park has everything, including Confederates fighting dinosaurs [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 15 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate in October
Between your Pumpkin Spice Latte runs and horror movie marathons, see if you can squeeze in a few of these unconventional celebrations. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Great Dane who ate girl's pants among 11 finalists for 'Hambone' insurance award [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Scientists have just documented the first case of Zika spreading through physical contact. Lather, rinse, repeat [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Over 8% of the population of Norway eats tacos every Friday; meanwhile, Mexico reports no plans to engage in reciprocal lutefisk consumption [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » India attacks across the Line of Control, 2 Pakistan soldiers killed, 1000 villages evacuated, but hey, it's not like they are going to start a war [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who punched 5 day-old baby in the face, then claimed he thought it was a doll, was in court today. Says, I'm a family man and I was horrified that I'd punched a real baby. Ok, it was weird that I'd still want to punch some stranger
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Fark.com RSS » Fark: Man punches wife after she exposes her breasts to another man. Farker: The man was her doctor. Farkest: She was breastfeeding her newborn son. Bonus: He also slapped the baby [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » How awesome is Albert Einstein? He helped bring electricity to the oldest and most traditional Oktoberfest tent in Munich that's still standing [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Our long national nightmare is over, the Peep strike has ended [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Slow news day. Let's see what our kids are up to, shall we? Kids: ***water bottles fly through the air*** Parents: "It's an epidemic" Schools: "MAKE IT STOP" Youtube: "Cool flip, bro" [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Trump watched Paris Hilton's sex tape, then asked her to host his Miss USA pageant. "I hate what happened with that sex tape, but it only made her hotter" [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Police issue warning for clowns on Long Island to get back in their clown cars and stop jumping in front of other cars [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » When considering possible reasons to break into someone's house, 'to shave my head' doesn't usually come to mind [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » 200 small earthquakes under the Salton Sea in California. Nearby San Andrea fault holding for now. Seismologists give 1 in 100 chance of a big one this week. Everybody can panic but it's really too late [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » British man hits the Antiques Roadshow jackpot [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » "Hey, we noticed some of the residents at your nursing home seem to be abused." "Oh, that, yeah that was poltergeists" [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Saudi Arabia condemns US 9/11 law, warns of 'consequences.' What are they gonna do, fly a plane into–oh [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember all those fat, lazy blob people being carted around in self-propelled armchairs in "Wall-E"? Well, Nissan apparently thought that was a good idea [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » New Wind Turbine Harnesses the Power of Typhoons
The design aims to employ the often-damaging energy that comes with powerful tropical storms. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Red clay bricks are selling for up to $1,000 on eBay because people are dumb [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 11 Collectible Facts About Hot Wheels
1. They were the brainchild of Elliot Handler, whose wife created Barbie. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Under the FOIA, FBI releases two truckloads of Nikola Tesla's e-mails [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Denzel Washington takes plea deal in strangling of Aretha Franklin [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Erdogan looks off Turkey's coast and notes that some Greek islands are really quite spiffy [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Product warning stickers we really need [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Scientists Develop Test-in-a-Box for Chikungunya Virus
The portable test kit does not require refrigeration and could provide faster, more cost-effective diagnosis in remote areas. [Link]
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