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 » Think you're safe because you locked down all your ports and scrubbed little Bobby Tables? Linux exploit discovered, and it's a big one [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Russia: Hey there Oklahoma. Mind if we send observers to watch your election? Oklahoma: Um, no? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Seattle now has more construction cranes than any other US city – including more than New York City and San Francisco, combined [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Richard Branson shares his terrifying encounter with Trump wherein he recounted his revenge fantasies. With bonus must. not. photoshop picture [Scary]
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Mental Floss » New Screen Time Recommendations for Babies, Kids, and Teens Released
A new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics advises parents about appropriate screen time amounts from infant to age 18. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There is no way these disguises can fail [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » The first thing they're supposed to teach you at Broadcast School is to never combine prescription medicine with alcohol before going on air [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Fight Out City Rivalries on the Chess Board With These Architectural Sets
Pit San Francisco's favorite skyscrapers against those of Los Angeles. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Russian aircraft carrier appears to be putting a smokescreen between England and France [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » New research finds beer drinkers are more fun to hang around with than wine drinkers [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Witness a Day in the Life of a Penguin Caretaker
What working at an aquarium really looks like, in 360° video. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nearly $90G in stolen beer recovered as police seize 719 12-packs from farm in Texas, which works out to a fairly impressive $125 each. That's some fine police math, Lou [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Animated GIF round-up– I need your best SFW animated GIFs before you head home for the day. Thanks [Advice]
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Mental Floss » Show
Skull-reading used to be all the rage. [Link]
Mental Floss » 4 Tips for Negotiating More Time Off Before a New Job
Here's how to score some much-needed R&R time between jobs. [Link]
Futility Closet » Black and White
Billiards chess is a variant of traditional chess in which the pieces carom off the sides of the board at right angles. In the diagram above, the white bishop at a2 controls the diagonal a2-g8 as in normal chess, but its attack also “bounces” from g8 to h7 and then back along the h7-b1 diagonal. Both bishops attack and move … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's always a tragedy to have to bury a parent. That doesn't mean you should panic and just plant him in your front yard when you find him dead [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Your honor, the defense requests that the defendant's comments about the judge being quote "biased against him because they are a mexican" unquote be struck from evidence on the grounds of it being just normal campaign rhetoric [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Finally, the scandal that will bring the Trump campaign down [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » WikiLeaks reveal John Podesta urged to involve Obama in discussions about existence of space aliens. "A conversation with you and President Obama regarding the next steps in extraterrestrial disclosure for the benefit of our country and our plane
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop people getting up on the wrong side of the bed [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Snow May Fall on the Northeast and New England by Sunday
It could leave a wintry coating on some towns in New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. [Link]
Mental Floss » Mississippi County Bans Clown Costumes Until After Halloween
The creepy clown phenomenon has swept the nation, and Kemper County doesn't want to be next. [Link]
Mental Floss » This LEGO Candy-Tossing Bot Makes Halloween Easier
Now you can lob candy at trick-or-treaters without actually having to greet them. [Link]
Mental Floss » Can You Name All Systems of the Human Body?
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Fark.com RSS » Kyrgyzstan cannot find its constitution, extra vowels [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » That Fark Weird News Quiz is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop–ever, until you take it [Survey]
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Mental Floss » Is It Legal to Shoot Bigfoot?
Sasquatch might want to steer clear of Texas. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Major hack takes down Amazon, Netflix, PayPal, Reddit, Spotify, and Twitter. I'll bet it was Dave Matthews [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » NASA searching for spiders on Mars, hopefully with the intention of blowing the planet up if they find any [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Kodak Debuts a Smartphone for Photography Nerds
The Kodak Ektra phone is a camera first and foremost. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cool: Your mom buys you a Vivienne Westwood shirt. Fark: She didn't realize that the lovely golden pattern on the front in fact depicted a huge orgy all across the T-shirt [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 7 Historic Beaches Worth a Visit on the U.S. Virgin Islands
Presented by U.S. Virgin Islands. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Parents complain that 55' nude statue is inappropriate, say children should only see boobies on smaller statues, mannequins, paintings, National Geographic, the internet, and that magazine Dad keeps under the mattress [Boobies]
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Fark.com RSS » What a protective 'Zion Ceiling' looks like over a Utah bar [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Jeremy is frustrated because he's left-handed and no righties will have sex with him [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » Google Made a Major Change to Its Privacy Policy—Here’s How to Opt Out
Personal info from Gmail is no longer being kept separate from browsing data. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Feisty Grandma beats off intruder with beer stein and crowbar [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » After Unusual Tumor Surgery, Baby 'Born Twice' Is Thriving
The doctors removed LynLee Boemer from her mother's uterus to remove a tumor—then put her back inside. Now she's nearly five months old. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bricklayer has his penis snapped in half during vigorous sex session. Well what the hell did he expect? They're bricks [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » How crappy t-shirts, ironic band merch and millennials ruined style: "Everyone is milking the look of dressing like an absolute twat. We've been dressing like trash for so long we've forgotten what actual style is" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Argentina proposes microchipping soccer fans to stop hooliganism: "To my surprise, most of the Argentine football fans I interviewed weren't horrified by the Orwellian initiative and saw it as a practical way to keep stadium violence in check
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Fark.com RSS » CNBC: Here are tips on budgeting for your year-end bonus. Everyone: What is this 'bonus' thou speakest of? [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Europe's lost Mars lander was shot down by NASA to conceal life on the planet [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » You Need to See Friday'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 21. [Link]
Mental Floss » Retrobituary: Leonora Piper, Turn-of-the-Century Medium
“If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, it is enough if you prove that one crow is white. My white crow is Mrs. Piper.” [Link]
Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Strange news from all over. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Industrial spill results in chlorine gas cloud engulfing Kansas town of 11,000 [News]
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FMyLife » Lucachoo says FML
Today, my boyfriend presented me with a 30-minute montage video of him working out and flexing his muscles as my anniversary gift. FML [Link]
FMyLife » PhantomKitty says FML
Today, I called in about a job application I put in over a week ago. Apparently, the branch of the company that I applied to was never given my information, and the position was filled days ago. I've been checking the status of the position online daily, and it still says that it's open. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » This Teeny Frog Makes Its Own Insect Repellent
The Amazonian amphibian produces a chemical camouflage that renders it invisible to its aggressive ant neighbors. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Macra saf lay tebrekthoo ca unasans peaches wela sahumen [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: The Corner Chemist
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Machine learning e-course bundle. Pattern recognition and prediction in programming. Used in self-driving cars, speech recognition. Your computer knows you want steak and will suggest the route. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Either we just discovered 234 alien civilizations or we're making some drastically incorrect assumptions. But for now, we're going with the aliens [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » 15 Wondrous Facts About Wonder Woman
The Amazonian princess—who has conquered comics, television, and movies—is turning 75 years old. [Link]
FMyLife » kpjc says FML
Today, my boyfriend finally told me that he loved me. This would've been fantastic if he didn't say it when I caught him sleeping with my best friend. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Looks like the Russian hacking attack responsible for the recent email leaks was less "We've recompiled the firewall codebase megabites" and more "Click here to change your password" [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » 'All the President's Cocktails' Coloring Book Showcases Oval Office Drinking Habits
With recipes, of course. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Disorderly conduct charges are pending against a woman who authorities say smeared peanut butter on 30 vehicles outside a gathering in central Wisconsin that she mistakenly thought was a Donald Trump rally" [Dumbass]
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Weird Universe » Watered her lawn non-stop
1984 – Richmond, California: After 71-year-old Alice Richie's husband died, she began watering her lawn. And she didn't stop. She kept the sprinklers on 24 hours a day, for over a year. Rain or shine. Using over 20,000 gallons of water a day.
Her yard turned into a swamp, breeding mosquitoes. The runoff poured over onto her neighbor's properties, damaging … [Link]
Mental Floss » This Wheelchair for the Developing World Is Made From Bicycle Parts
It's cheaper to build and easier to navigate than traditional wheelchairs. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Facebook users can now endorse a presidential candidate. Which is good news for anyone who wants to be de-friended by half the people they know [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this mirror o' gold [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're a police officer responding to trespassing call at an abandoned home, make sure you don't draw your gun on the city official inside giving a journalist a tour for a story on foreclosed homes [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 8 Historic Accounts of Werewolves
The idea of a person turning into a dangerous animal has been part of folklore ever since folklore was invented. It's quite popular today, at least in fiction, since the transformation makes a great special effect. But there have been real people in various parts of the world who went down in history as practitioners or victims of lycanthropy. In … [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, as usual, I got to my internship early, did everything my bosses asked. At the end of the day, I was fired after 3 weeks of working unpaid overtime because they found an applicant with more experience for the job I applied to and they wanted to cut costs. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's come to this: All clowns have been banned from Kemper County, Mississippi until the day after Halloween [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » "Yoga pants can be adorable on children and young women who have the benefit of nature's blessing of youth. However, on mature, adult women there is something bizarre and disturbing about the appearance they make in public." Oh, no, you d
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Fark.com RSS » Today's teacher arrested for sleeping with multiple students and posing for nude photos with them is from Pennsylvania [Murica]
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Mental Floss » The Corner Chemist
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FMyLife » Jen says FML
Today, I had to call a customer. I usually try to avoid calling customers because I have a very prominent speech impediment. Well, it turns out the customer I called also has a speech impediment and thought I was mocking her. She hung up on me and filed a formal complaint with my company. FML [Link]
FMyLife » macguy says FML
Today, I got mugged. For my Big Mac. What the fuck? FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I woke up to find my face covered in scratches, some of them bleeding. I was rather puzzled, as I don't have a cat. Then I realised that the feathers in my pillow had stuck out and scratched my face. I was attacked by my own pillow. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my boyfriend dumped me by getting his mum to message me on Facebook. I got the message while I was packing for an overseas trip to visit him. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Looks Legit.
… or maybe not. Graph by: (via memewhore) Share on Facebook
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Weird Universe » Kenner Easy Care Manicure Set
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Fark.com RSS » GTA 6: GTA [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Gothic Horror Movies
Links for your weekend reading pleasure. [Link]
FMyLife » Kay says FML
Today, at the register, I got a spontaneous nose bleed. The lady behind the counter apparently didn't do well with blood. Her face turned white, she passed out and fell with her head on the counter. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » The Ancient Connection Between Corgis and Fairies
Presented by BBC America. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Former Wells Fargo workers say they were so stressed at work they were chugging hand sanitizer to make it through the day [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 8 Steps to Start Improving Your Finances Today
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Futility Closet » Directions
Before 1914, white explorers of Hudson’s Bay knew very little about the location, size, or number of the Belcher Islands — cartographers placed them on maps largely by guesswork, and some even doubted their existence. In 1895, an Inuit named Wetalltok sketched the map above on the back of an old missionary lithograph, but explorers remained skeptical. “That a land … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What starts with 'a', ends with 'uck' and has an 'f' in it? If you had 'a stolen Cocoa Beach firetruck,' they'd really like it back [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 6 U.S. Virgin Islands Traditions You'll Want to Adopt
Presented by U.S. Virgin Islands. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Just imagine what he'd have done with that Trans Am [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » Michael Hayden, former head of the NSA and CIA, on Russia's hack of DNC emails: "Well-played. Game on" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » How do you say "man bun" in Brazilian Portuguese? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Washington DC listed as the third rattiest city in the U.S., immediately jumps to number one when Congress is in session [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Boaty McBoatface is taking the Arctic Challenge [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Superomniphobic tape adheres to any surface. Um dittle-ittle dittle, um dittle aye [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Former Fox, CBS anchor opens up about new career as gay porn star: "Sorry if the haters have decided that gay guys over forty are supposed to put on the board shorts, move to the suburbs and settle down to bridge parties once per week" [Obvio
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Fark.com RSS » Author of Cajun dictionary honored in Welsh because it makes perfect sense revering incomprehensible language expert with another incomprehensible language [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » How Too Much Tech Can Hurt Productivity
Checking email isn't just distracting: It can bring your focus to a screeching halt. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Married Donald Trump was once good friends with the star of "Porking with Pride #2" [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Millennials fall for online scams more often than baby boomers. Fortunately, they don't have any money [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Any time a female prison worker is caught smuggling a syringe full of inmate sperm out of the jail, there's going to be questions [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Buzzfeed fact-checks partisan Facebook pages and finds that most truthful posts have the fewest shares [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 8 Hair-Raising Facts About Black Cats
There's a lot to love about these furballs. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Baby Finster has pulled the same gag fifty times this year already [Sad]
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Futility Closet » Speaking Volumes
A puzzle by A. Kozlov from the Soviet popular science magazine Kvant: Watching a solar eclipse, a girl asks her father how much farther away is the sun than the moon. He says, “As far as I remember, 387 times farther.” She says, “Then I can figure out how much greater is the sun’s volume than the moon’s.” He thinks … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » They were about to eat Taco Bell, then they dropped dead, and nobody knows why [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Dora exploring someplace new [Photoshop]
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