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 » IHOP offering 'scary' pancakes for Halloween, in a break from their tradition of offering scary customers at 2AM all year round [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Finally, a blow is struck against the powerful, shadowy Drain Commissioner [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » School bus driver gets lost on way to school, wanders around for hours, winds up in Yonkers. Mrs. Crabtree impressed [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Russia offers to send international observers to ensure the U.S. presidential vote is conducted fairly [Hero]
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Mental Floss » John Cleese Recaps Six Seasons of 'The Walking Dead'
The British comedian needs just four minutes to get you up to speed. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Burglars say bicycle shop owner caught them, made them strip naked then tortured them for two hours. It's the Orlando way [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Trump/Putin '16 [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 15 Colorful Facts About 'Varsity Blues'
Chris Klein could have been the one who didn't want his father's life, but he was too tall. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New police radios in a PA county turn off without notice for no apparent reason. Chief Wiggins has Lou working on it [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Some vegans are more militant than others [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » We're Closing in on Discovering Planet 9 From Outer Space
If it's out there, it could be as big as Neptune. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Girl decides to test her boyfriend's loyalty by sending a porn star to hit on him, gets what she deserves [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » US says it's detected another failed launch of Best Korea's No Dong missile. No word if they will try launch of experimental Viagra missile to see if it will stay up [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » How the Man Who Bombed Oregon Became an Honorary Citizen
He came back 20 years later to try and make amends. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man goes on trial for farting in boy's face, judge waves briefs [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: It's time to help your fellow Farkers be their best for Taco Tuesday. Don't be stingy, show us the good stuff [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Apache attack helicopters now considered "American combat advisors" in Iraq [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » This just in: Your boss asking you to take a drug test after he walks in on you snorting cocaine is not entrapment [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » 5 Scientific Ways Your Senses Rule Your Love Life
You may not even realize how much your sense of smell or taste is influencing who you fall in love with. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The ultimate deterrent to auto theft: the manual transmission [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Trump answers sound like a student giving a report on a book he never read, which has prompted a Tweetstorm. "Little Women. I love women. Especially beautiful ones. Not nasty women. #TrumpBookReport" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what's developed [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » How Your Office's Social Culture Can Affect Your Health
New research shows just how important it is to get along with your coworkers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » German U-boat discovered off the coast of Scotland. The sub was purportedly sunk by a sea monster wanting to protect its territory, but researchers now believe it just wanted about tree-fitty [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » Watch Tesla’s Fully-Autonomous Vehicle in Action
From now on every Tesla will include self-driving hardware. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Janet Jackson's "Nasty" gets 250% Spotify boost after Trump calls Clinton a "Nasty Woman" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Most of us have tugged our arms up and down to try and get an 18-wheeler to honk their horn right? Well this young girl makes the mistake of doing so with a huge ship in the harbor [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Scrotum Frogs Near Lake Titicaca Die Off in Alarming Numbers
Scientists are still unsure of the cause. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oh yeah it's all fun and games until the guy with the 'Killer clown' mask dies after stepping on a landmine in Cambodia [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » 11 Secrets of Wildlife Photographers
Learn to think like an animal. [Link]
Mental Floss » Pick the '90s Best Picture Winners
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Great Avocado Crisis of 2016 has been averted. For those of you in the Midwest, an avocado is raw guacamole. And guacamole is like a cheesy bacon bean dip, but intentionally green, but not nerdy like hummus. And hummus is- nevermind, just try one
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Mental Floss » When Count Chocula Courted Controversy
The General Mills monster cereals have been a hit for decades–aside from Franken Berry doing strange things to a kid's poop. [Link]
Mental Floss » You Have to See Thursday's Top 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 20. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tourists in Iceland, wanting that perfect photo of the sea, are risking death at an alarming rate, with several paying the ultimate price. "Despite the new signs, something is clearly not getting through, as you see in the video," she lamente
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Fark.com RSS » "I'm looking for a guy who is really trusting and healthy. You must have both kidneys, non smoker, and not be a big drinker or take any drugs that could damage the liver. Type O negative blood a plus." No red flags there, eh? [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Amazon Debuts a Kindle for Manga in Japan
It’s designed to show comics better than the standard Paperwhite. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man rappels into Montreal sporting goods store and makes off with over $100,000 worth of hockey sticks in the most Canadian robbery of the year [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Lookups of 'Ombre' Spiked During Debate After "Bad Hombres" Comment
During last night's debate, in an exchange on the topic of immigration, Donald Trump said, "We have some bad hombres here and we need to get them out." The phrase bad hombres immediately became a hashtag on Twitter and the source of jokes all over the internet. But there was some confusion about the word hombre, as shown by the … [Link]
Mental Floss » 6 Classic Séance Tricks Explained
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many mediums deceived their way to fame. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Stephen Hawking is seriously worried about AI killing us all. But what does he know, really? [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Look Up! The Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Overnight
It will be a veritable fusillade of meteors hurled by the phantom limbs of Halley's comet. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Scary date? Creepy guy from Tinder? Go to the bar and ask for 'Angela' [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » And now for something completely different: an archival photograph of two Englishwomen having formal tea with their sheep [Strange]
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FMyLife » Modeon123 says FML
Today, I was eating my lunch. When I opened my mouth to eat a spoonful of rice, a bee flew right inside my mouth. My tongue got stung. FML [Link]
FMyLife » jaymaag25 says FML
Today, it seems like everyone in my family knew about my boyfriend's new engagement, all except me. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Brazilian Monkeys Make Stone Hammers That Look a Lot Like Early Human Tools
Researchers say it’s possible we’ve mistaken capuchin artifacts for those made by early humans. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And the winner of today's clickbait award goes to: Secret Nazi 'Treasure Hunter' Arctic lair was sabotaged by polar bears, says scientists [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Staged shooting as motivational stunt
November 1993: As high school football coach Dale Christensen was giving a pep talk to his players in the school cafeteria, hours before a game, a fight broke out between two students and Christensen moved immediately to intercede.
Then shots rang out. Christensen fell to the ground, blood spreading across his shirt. Christensen's son (who was a player on the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I'll see your ceiling cat meme and raise you one actual Ceiling Cat [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Drugstore Browsing Continued
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Fark.com RSS » The Windsor Humane Society is deeply sorry for its recent "Grab a pussy" pet adopt-a-thon [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Donald Trump goes on Twitter before 5AM again, pronounces himself the winner of the debate. A check of all known alternate realities disputes this claim – even the one where he's running against a sentient fern [Fail]
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Overheard In The Office » 11AM Grab a Quick Smoke
Co-worker #1: There’s an all-hands meeting today at 11:45.
Co-worker #2: Oh, I’m going to be busy then. Do I have to go?
Co-worker #1: Do you have hands? 4540 Lacey Boulevard SE
Lacey, Washington Overheard by: Melisa [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Movies Referenced in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’
The midnight movie staple is a love letter to the golden age of offbeat cinema, written in bright red lipstick. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Achtung. This is not a test. This is Rock and Rol-waitaminute, wrong headline… Hey, you, out there in the cold, writing fiction, getting old, can you see this? THIS is your Fark Writer's Thread "Oops, I forgot again" edition [CSB]
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Mental Floss » Meet the Librarians Who Act as the New York Public Library’s Human Google
The "Ask NYPL" hotline still receives more than 30,000 calls a year. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Shotgun robber's 11th suspected Denny's job runs astray of Ezekiel 25:17 [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these water walkers [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Meanwhile in Iraq, the battle of take back control of Mosul from ISIS is going well. In fact, it's going quite a bit faster than planned. So hey, good news [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Jury to decide the fate of Branch Dildonian domestic terrorists, whose bold strategy to overthrow the government was take over an aviary [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 10 Historical Figures Who Loved Suspenders
Even in a belt-dominated fashion landscape, many still prefer these uplifting pant-hoisters. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Massachusetts voters may legalize pot because a rich dead guy liked it and nobody cared enough to write a big check to the "no" movement [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Fabulous Lady Diet Food
This is one of those rare instances where I can learn nothing on the internet about an old-time product. I suspect it was simply a forerunner of such drinks as Metrecal. If anyone can discover the secret ingredients of this drink, or even more press about it, they will be a master sleuth!
Original ad here.
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Fark.com RSS » When will we learn to not let well-meaning amateurs fix Jesus' face? [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Drugstore Browsing Continued
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Mental Floss » A New 'Game of Thrones' Coloring Book Is Coming This Month
Better stock up on red crayons. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Year’s Best Microphotography
A round of great links just for you! [Link]
FMyLife » Confused Clipboard says FML
Today, my math teacher explained his concern for how "clipboard" should be pronounced similar to "cupboard." I thought he was crazy. I then later found myself saying it the new way to my mother. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » How Translators Adapted the 'Harry Potter' Series for a Global Audience
Thanks to a lot of hard work and creativity, the books are now available in over 60 languages. [Link]
GraphJam » It'll Have to Do; My Thumb Hurts
Graph by: Laurynnn Tagged: ipod , Pie Chart , shuffle , skip , song Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Breakfast Diagrammed
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: dairy , eggs , flour , pancakes , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Los Angeles gets rain for the first time in 165 days. Hundreds of motorists frantically check their owner's manual to see how to turn on their windshield wipers [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 9 Things No One Told You About Becoming a New Parent
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Feeding cows seaweed cuts down on their methane production. Now if only we could feed it to that one dude who rides the elevator every morning [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » MN Supreme Court rules that BB guns are NOT firearms, despite fierce opposition by lobbying group, Mother's of One-Eyed Kids Association of America [Interesting]
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Futility Closet » Royal Descent
A puzzle from Stuart Collingwood’s Lewis Carroll Picture Book, 1899: A captive Queen and her son and daughter were shut up in the top room of a very high tower. Outside their window was a pulley with a rope round it, and a basket fastened at each end of the rope of equal weight. They managed to escape with the … [Link]
Mental Floss » A Luxury Treehouse Is a Glamper’s Dream
The $380-a-night treehouse cabin in southern England features a personal sauna, a wood-burning stove, and more. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » American tourists in Iceland will outnumber Iceland's population this year [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 7 Memorable Corgis From Pop Culture
Meet Holly, Molly, Rufus, and more. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 598: "What's Bugging You?". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » Support for legal Cannabis reaches an all time…um, yeah, well, you already know. *Sigh, fine… HIGH [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Town of 200 residents told that one of them is a murderer, unable to figure out who it is despite knowing the suspect's age and that they are not in town. Subby thinks he knows why the crime went unsolved for so long [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Man in wheelchair commits suicide with pipe bomb. Oakland chicken restaurant owners adjust their ties [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » State Police warn motorists not to turn around and follow wrong-way drivers. You ain't the boss of me, pal [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Presidential Debate after party thread – HAVE YOU SEEN IT? HAVE YOU??? [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Presidential Debate Thread 5 – RIGGED [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Diversifying its product line, Samsung releases new Galaxy Note 7 prenatal gender tests [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Presidential Debate Thread 4 – Largely Debunked [Live]
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Mental Floss » Forget Mavis Beacon: Self-Taught Typists Are Nearly as Fast as Touch Typists
A study of trained and self-taught typists found comparable speed and efficacy in practical tasks like emailing. [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Haunted Houses You Can Buy Right Now
If you've ever wanted to meet the ghost of a circus bear, do we have a deal for you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Presidential Debate Thread 3 – NO U [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Portland Bagelworks, among other businesses, rocked by gas explosion. Well at least it wasn't Voodoo Donuts [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » No, it's not over yet. Presidential debate Thread 2 [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Are you desperate to get laid by vapid and worthless Tinder matches? Well, good news, now you can pay to have them see you first in their feed [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » "Drive A Tank" normally offers people a chance to demolish an old car with a tank for $649. But for an additional $249, you can throw in a Clinton or Trump dummy [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » Le Karnice, the Victorian Coffin Designed to Save Lives
Fears of premature burial were rampant in the 19th century. A coffin designed by a count tried to come to the rescue. [Link]
Mental Floss » Burrowing Echidnas Act as Natural Hoes
Scientists say the spiky mammals turn over tons of soil each year in Australia. [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Astonishing Facts About Bats
Get face-to-face with some of the most bizarre bats in the world. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tonight, what happens in Vegas won't be staying in Vegas: it's your third and final 2016 Presidential Debate. Can Penn and Teller do us a solid and make the whole thing disappear? Live at 9PM ET on every channel in existence [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop the Queen admiring the Queen [Photoshop]
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