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 » Russian hacker caught in Prague before he had a chance to find the Hillary sex tape [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » After public outrage, Japanese city says it should not have stripped photographer of first prize after he unwittingly submitted festive pic of girl who was bullied into suicide, hands award back to him and apologizes to her family. Um, thanks [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » The first day of school can be hard on kids, but it's even cuter when it's an orangutan [Sappy]
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Mental Floss » Not Sure What Candle Scent You’ll Like? Keap Will Send You Testers of All of Them
An online candle company wants to be the Warby Parker of scents, allowing users to test its products by mail. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You don't need teeth to drink bourbon [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » People in Florida can't identify mystery smell. Here's a hint Florida, it might be you [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman breastfeeding baby at country club told to move to basement due to customer complaints that she wouldn't share any for their coffee [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Adobe Lightroom photo editing masterclass. I know I could figure it out on my own eventually, but sometimes I appreciate a tour. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Mental Floss » 8 Research-Backed Ways to Gain Grit
If you're someone who tends to get going when the going gets tough, we've got some good news: If you aren’t born with grit, you can develop it. [Link]
Mental Floss » What Happens if the Electoral College Ties?
While it would be a political crisis if the Electoral College completely disregarded the will of the people, it’s not impossible. [Link]
Mental Floss » Tips for Scoring a Satisfying In-Flight Meal
Dining at 30,000 feet doesn't have to be a source of dread. [Link]
Mental Floss » How Well Do You Know the '90s Best Picture Winners?
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Fark.com RSS » Diver whose escape from great white shark went viral calls his attacker "very beautiful and cute," says he went into water very next day [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Sea-Tac goats successfully trim bushes near landing strips, love the berries [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Having solved all other crimes, feds in California now have a new tool in the War On Crime – compulsory search of your cellphone. Even if you're not a criminal [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this sand walker [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Best Korea zoo trains Chimpanzee to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day. But don't worry, just like Bill Clinton she doesn't inhale [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Check your panties for slow cookers [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 7 Places Every History Buff Should Visit on the U.S. Virgin Islands
Presented by U.S. Virgin Islands. [Link]
Mental Floss » British Phone Booth Transformed Into ‘World’s Smallest Museum’
They're still waiting to hear back from the Guinness World Records committee for official designation. [Link]
Mental Floss » Match the Quote to the Movie
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Mental Floss » Complete the Trios
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How bad has the fighting gotten in Mosul between ISIS and Iraqi forces? So bad that civilians are escaping into the safety of Syria [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Med students at Washington University are going to have to figure out a different way to learn how to insert breathing tubes down patient's throats than by practicing on live cats [Strange]
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Mental Floss » The Most Popular Halloween Candy in Each State for 2016
Find out if your region prefers sweet or sour treats. [Link]
Mental Floss » Here's How You're Robbing Tomatoes of Their Taste
Millions of Americans are putting tomatoes into shock. Here's how. [Link]
Mental Floss » Can You Name All The Countries Beginning With 'L'?
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Fark.com RSS » China is about to launch stealth fighter designed to counter the USAF's weaknesses, which are reliance on tankers and the fact that the F-35 is only a threat to enemy aircraft if they hold still long enough for us to drop one on them with a crane
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Fark.com RSS » Here are the 25 worst mammals you can decide to keep as a pet, including several species of bears [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » France to get first 'Down Syndrome Restaurant,' probably to become the first restaurant in France where the waiters are actually friendly [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Oh, no, Sloth Bear. The zoo is gonna euthanize you. Run, Sloth Bear. RUN LIKE THE WIND. Oh, damn [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » New report states that the FBI has over 117 million Americans in their facial recognition database, about 50% of the population [Scary]
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Mental Floss » You Have to See Wednesday'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, October 19. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Ways a Post-Antibiotic Era Could Change Medicine
1. A scratch could become deadly. [Link]
Mental Floss » Countries Beginning With 'L'
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Mental Floss » Smithsonian Launches Kickstarter to Save Historic Ruby Slippers
In lieu of Emerald City magic, the Smithsonian is turning to crowdfunding. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dan Savage seeks to immortalize Donald Trump the way he did Rick Santorum. Parents, have you had "The Trump Talk" with your daughters? [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » "Not surprisingly, the history of cheese rolling is replete with tales of injury" [Weird]
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FMyLife » wtf says FML
Today, it's been 2 weeks since I ordered a printer so I could print schoolwork, that way I don't have to sit on campus so long to print it all out. It just got delivered in Arizona today. I live in New York. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Distribution of What
I'm glad someone is finally studying this Graph by: DamnJack Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Reasons the police are called to a car alarm
Graph by: xenedar Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » If Florida Man ever needs a mascot, this guy is a prime candidate [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Shopping at the Drugstore
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Fark.com RSS » The best Seattle homes for the millennial buyer. Unlikely substitutes for missing Delusional tag [Unlikely]
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Overheard In The Office » Hey, Listen, I Gotta Go Fly a Plane. Talk to You Later?
Loud guy on cell: No way! Last time they didn’t charge me with a felony! Blue Grass Airport
Lexington, Kentucky Overheard by: Glad to be leaving the States [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Classic Facts About ‘Rashomon’
The 1960 classic brought Japanese cinema to the world cinema stage, and turned Akira Kurosawa into an icon. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Montreal Protocol becomes the most successful climate agreement ever: "Remember the hole in the ozone layer? If you grew up in the 1980s you sure do. As a result of this global effort to get rid of CFCs, the ozone layer is slowly healing" [Sp
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GraphJam » Challenges of being a radiology tech
Graph by: Unknown Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Man divorces his wife after he sees her without make-up for the first time [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Tasmanian Devil Milk Could Help Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Marsupial milk has evolved to provide extra immune support. [Link]
Weird Universe » Most Expensive Potato Chip
Swedish beer-maker St. Erik's Brewery recently debuted the world's most expensive potato chip. A box of 5 chips cost 499 kr, or around $56, which comes out to about $11 per chip.
They're made with a bunch of fancy-sounding ingredients: Matsutake, Truffle Seaweed, Crown Dill, Leksand Onion, India Pale Ale Wort, and Ammarnäs Potatoes.
However, you can no longer get … [Link]
Weird Universe » Ted V. Mikels, RIP
Obituary here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This is the terrifying moment four divers were left trapped underneath a huge great white shark after it cut their air supply and dived down inside their cage [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge: Update this old Apple ad [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Oryx calf born in Chad for the first time in three decades. Mrs. Chad left speechless [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » The Etymologies of 13 Words From the 2016 Election
Here’s a look back at some of the buzzwords the campaign and candidates have given us—and a look into their surprising histories. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ♫Rollin' rollin' rollin', keep those tanks a goin', Rollin' rollin' rollin' Mo-sul♫ [Followup]
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GraphJam » Logical Coefficients
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Fark.com RSS » If you can't find doves to release on your wedding day I guess pheasants will do [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Hot dogs 'must be renamed' in Malaysia, says religious government body [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Shopping at the Drugstore
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Mental Floss » 9 Places You Might be Losing Money in Your Home
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you refrigerate your tomatoes, you'd better get ready to feel the wrath of self-righteous foodies being vindicated by science [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Teacher who left negative feedback on Expedia customer survey after insurance snafu finds her trip cancelled and a "Fark You" message in her account [Asinine]
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FMyLife » KitKat20 says FML
Today, I got up early for a doctor's appointment and chugged two cups of coffee. Ten minutes before I was supposed to leave, my doctor calls asking to reschedule, which would have been fine had I not cleared my whole day for this appointment. Now I'm too wired to go back to bed. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Here's One Diagram That Explains Every Conspiracy Against Donald Trump
Submitted by: (via The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) Tagged: stephen colbert , venn diagram , election 2016 , information , Video , politics Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: 'The Walking Dead’s' Carol
Start your day with these great links! [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Things You Might Not Know About the U.S. Virgin Islands
Presented by U.S. Virgin Islands. [Link]
GraphJam » The High Price of Materialism
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: advertising , materialism , political , Video Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Forever a Scapegoat
Graph by: pcman1985 Tagged: blame , Pie Chart , Sad , work Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Got to Sample Some Great Smog
Graph by: featherpixel Tagged: LA , Pie Chart , the worst , traffic Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » Artist Olly Moss Creates New Set of Minimalist 'Harry Potter' Posters
The works are only available until Monday, October 25. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's important to remember guide dog etiquette. For example, never distract or pet someone's service dog. Also, don't kick it in the face [Asinine]
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Futility Closet » Special Order
In 1961, irate at receiving a bill for an £85 surtax from the Inland Revenue, A.P. Herbert sent them a check in verse: Dear Bankers, PAY the undermentioned hounds
The shameful sum of FIVE-AND-EIGHTY POUNDS
By “hounds,” of course, by custom, one refers
To SPECIAL INCOME TAX COMMISSIONERS:
And these progenitors of woe and worry
You’ll find at LYNWOOD ROAD, … [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Things You Might Not Know About Chris Wallace
After being arrested during a Harvard campus demonstration, Wallace used his only phone call to file a news report. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When it comes to enforcing drug debts you really have to give those Mexican cartels a hand [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Lifelike Animal Sculptures Made Entirely of Rolled-Up Newspaper
Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama recycles newspaper into a menagerie. [Link]
Mental Floss » 20 Fascinating Facts About ‘Doctor Who’
Everyone's favorite Time Lord was never referred to as that until the sixth season. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Teacher charged with sexual exploitation of a minor claims that she's the real victim, because of the student's "elevated vocabulary." So that's what they're calling it these days [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » If you can somehow make it through the rest of this hellish 2016, caramel M&Ms are coming in 2017 [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Waitress gets a note telling her she should be home taking care of her husband, just like the Bible says [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » You may want to order your next soda with no ice [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » See if you can spot the cunning way this shoplifter is hiding his stolen goods [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » BREAKING: "Pop-up" Halloween stores close after the holiday. We'll have more on this as it develops [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » IBM's AI Watson is being used to diagnose diseases. Not sure why Watson keeps saying 'Humanity is. The Disease'. It's probably nothing [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Smoking can kill you. NJ college student falls off frat house roof after stepping out to catch a smoke [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Ever wonder what happens if a truck carrying steel beams stops too quickly? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "Welcome to 'Only Used Trucks.' Hey, check out this baby over here. It's practically brand new, fresh from the factory. Not a dent or a scratch, and rattle free. Sweet, huh?" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Man hospitalized with hole burned into his esophagus after eating ghost pepper burger. "For whatever it's worth, the patient had successfully finished the burger" [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » If you go boating, don't drink. If you drink while boating, don't let your five friends get drunk. If you let your five friends get drunk while boating, don't let them get so drunk that they cannot even speak to the police after you hit t
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Mental Floss » PBS’s New Tablet Puts Your Kids’ Screen Time to Good Use
The device comes pre-loaded with more than 30 educational apps. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's fair to say they don't fark around with killer clowns in Mexico [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » And into the void that was the chat window in the livestream of the assault on Mosul, the commenters howled "Where's the Kaboom? There are supposed to be earth-shattering kabooms" [Awkward]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“Travelling is one Way of lengthening Life, at least in Appearance. It is but a Fortnight since we left London; but the Variety of Scenes we have gone through makes it seem equal to Six Months living in one Place.” — Benjamin Franklin, letter to Mary Stevenson, from Paris, Sept. 14, 1767 [Link]
Fark.com RSS » France taken in rush by brown epidemic. This is not a repeat from 1940 [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 10 Amazingly Intricate Jack O’Lanterns
Pumpkins can be works of art. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In your future I see you traversing a narrow valley between two giant peaks, each capped with a supple pink tower [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Scary: Grandmother has seizure. Worse: of half a million bucks worth of cocaine [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » The Smithsonian found a spot for Bootsy Collins, but not the first Black Supreme Court Justice in their National Museum of African American History [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this prancing tennis player [Photoshop]
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