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 » Your kid throws up and some of it gets on a £900 Louis Vuitton handbag which is now ingrained with the smell. The handbag's owner demands that you pay for it. What to do, oh what to do? [Strange]
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Mental Floss » The Checklist You Need to Prepare to Vote on November 8
The only thing more important than being an informed voter is having a plan. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » After her credit card is declined for a meal at a fancy restaurant, a woman leaps 14 stories to her death in the ultimate dine and dash [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're a wife-beating cop and suspected serial killer you can probably get a job…in another town…as a cop, of course [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Poker player loses appeal against casino over his £7.7 million winnings when court rules he cheated "without dishonesty or intention to deceive" [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 12 Biting Facts About Gila Monsters
Its gnawing, long-lasting bites are incredibly painful, it's the largest native lizard in the United States, and its venom inspired a popular diabetes 2 medicine. Meet the Gila monster. 1. VENOMOUS LIZARDS LIKE THE GILA MONSTER ARE MORE COMMON THAN WE ONCE THOUGHT. Our world is home to more than 4600 lizard species. Up until fairly recently, scientists believed that … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Parents of man shot while trying to rob Pizza Hut demand answers; "Why in the hell did this (Pizza Hut employee) have a gun?" Um, probably to protect himself from people like your son [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » A Spectacular Supermoon Is on the Way
The full moon will appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than usual on the night of November 14. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The battle lines in the fight to rid the U.S. of daylight saving time emerge [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Ways to get your kids to sleep: bedtime stories, lullabies, injecting them with heroin, glass of wa…Wait, WHAT? [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » See the Elaborate Kites Used in Day of the Dead Celebrations
In Guatemala, mourners celebrate the departed by building kites up to 57 feet in diameter. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ⠠⠊⠀⠺⠕ ⠥⠇⠙⠀⠇⠊&#~ ⠺⠕⠀⠉⠓⠊&#~
[link] [169 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Soda Sales Are Going Flat in the Workplace
More employers are cutting back on the sugary drinks available in vending machines and cafeterias. Will it help curb employee health issues? [Link]
Mental Floss » Play-Doh Launches Mobile App That Turns Creations Into Animated Characters
You can now make your Play-Doh creation run, jump, dive, fly, dance, and explore different interactive 3D digital backgrounds. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Entrepreneur plans to open a sex robot café offering tea and oral sex [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who beat his wife's heroin dealer with a bat gets probation, approval from the community, minor league offer from the Reds [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Nine 10-year-olds scheduled for expulsion hearings for bringing Kool-Aid to elementary school. "She said there's this epidemic going on at school with happy crack. I Googled it. I'm like Kool-Aid and sugar, are you serious?" [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 5 Simple Rules of Thumb for Packing Light
Follow these guidelines and we guarantee you can fit everything you need in a single bag. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » DEAR DEIDRE My penis is so big, I'm worried girls just use me for one-night stands… it's wrecking my life (not safe for work) [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Mother of newborn receives a $7,341 hospital bill for "delivery room services." In related news, the backseat of your car is a delivery room [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Man in Florida orders from Domino's but has no cash for delivery driver, so does what any self-respecting man in Florida would – jams as much pizza and cinnamon sticks in mouth as possible before cops show up [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what the Queen is really shopping for [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » China in awe of 80-year-old Wang as a half-naked grandpa does his little turn on the catwalk. Yeah, on the catwalk. He shakes his little tush on the catwalk [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » The Science of Earworms (Lady Gaga, We're Looking at You)
We even have tips for their extraction. [Link]
Mental Floss » Cubs Fans Leave Amazing Tribute of Green Apples at Harry Caray's Grave
"Sure as God made green apples…Some day the Chicago Cubs are going to be in the World Series.” Congrats, Harry. You were right. [Link]
Mental Floss » 'Cursed' Medieval Well Uncovered in England
St. Anne's Well was once believed to cure skin and eye diseases. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If there's a Flying Spaghetti Monster, then he's probably composed of 'su filindeu,' the rarest pasta in the world, made by only three women on the planet [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Louvre Museum Offers Protection for Endangered Cultural Treasures
The institution wants to safeguard artifacts rescued from conflict-ridden countries. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good news, D.C. Farkers. You can't have a functioning Metro system, but you may soon be able to catch a gondola across the Potomac [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 15 Sandwiches Everyone Should Try Once
Grab one of these classics to properly celebrate National Sandwich Day. [Link]
Futility Closet » Unquote
“Those praised in a book take that praise, and more, as their due. What you meant as a gift is accepted as an obligation. In a second printing of one of his books, a writer listed the misprints in the first. Among them was the dedication.” — Baltasar Gracián [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New Swiss chocolate may alleviate menstrual pains, offering further proof that chocolate can solve anything period [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Who-is-living-with-whom says FML
Today, my mother finally finalized her divorce! Unfortunately, she'll have to sell the house, and when she does, she'll move in with me. I only moved out a month ago. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Schools locked down over active-mauler threat after bear steals a student's Hot Pocket. When will America end its deadly fascination with the right to arm bears? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "The reason millennials are catching STIs quicker than they catch Pokémon? Many are simply not using condoms" [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Mercedes-Benz's Tech Promises to Protect Your Ears in a Car Crash
When the car detects an impending crash, it emits an audio signal, causing your ear muscles to contract to protect your hearing. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not news: Woman spends $30K on plastic surgery to look like Ivanka Trump. News: She came out looking like Tomi Lahren. Fark: She's voting for Hillary [Weird]
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Mental Floss » How to Tell Whether a Political Poll Is Reliable
Election polls are everywhere right now, but they are not all equally trustworthy. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Don't tell your kids, but in the UK the current rate for a tooth from the Tooth Fairy is $7.50 [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » White rabbit appears once a month to wave at commuters before checking his appointment book and being chased by a giant girl and a pervert [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 10 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Zoos
Don't tap on the glass, or the zookeepers might follow you. [Link]
Mental Floss » 'The Chicago Tribune' Shares Their Cover From the 1908 Cubs Win
The perfect way to celebrate the end of a 108-year-old curse. [Link]
Mental Floss » A New Type of Wheelchair Is Designed for Dancers
It mimics the movements of the person in it—but you'll never get your costume stuck in the wheels. [Link]
Mental Floss » Can You Match the Landmark With the City?
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » University of New Mexico's head of campus organizes Bigfoot expedition…and guess what taxpayers? [Weird]
[link] [69 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Nab a Great Deal on a Top-Rated Electric Toothbrush
Cleaner chompers for under $20 with an on-screen coupon! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Well, it is General Lee high school [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Two Year Membership to Cudoo – a library of professional development videos teaching foreign languages, professional, and computer skills. With an international flavor – website says "wildly cultural." (Sponsored Link)
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Fark.com RSS » "Killing a police officer should be a mandatory death sentence," posted a woman whose son just killed two Des Moines police officers [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » Why Are Elections on Tuesdays?
Ever wonder why Americans always vote in federal elections on Tuesdays? According to NPR, there are a few reasons—including a little something to do with the horse and buggy. [Link]
Mental Floss » When Theodore Roosevelt Tried to Reform the English Language
He'd had enuf of the old way. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: All "Soul"s Day
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » Energy drink filled with radioactive material will not cure impotence (even if a study of newts shows it does) and may cause you to develop holes in your skull [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » You Won't Want to Miss Thursday's Best Amazon Deals
Sewing machine bargains, skillet steals, hand deals on tools, and much more. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » May I have a great big mug of NOPE [Scary]
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Weird Universe » Name That List, #34
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.
Urban rabies Lobster-claw hand, bilateral Fall into well Complete loss of teeth, unspecified cause Pecked by turkey O'nyong-nyong fever Hang glider explosion injuring occupant Contact with hot toaster Major anomalies of jaw size Intrinsic sphincter deficiency Underdosing of cocaine Prolonged stay in weightless environmentBurn due to water skis … [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Heartwarming Facts About ‘Father of the Bride’
6. The wedding cost a whopping $249,323. [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 4PM Monitor Calls
CSR on phone: Excuse me, I’m not a woman I am a man and you are being very nasty…I’m not yelling at you; do you want me to yell at you? 1650 Broadway
New York, NY [Link]
Mental Floss » Encode Rings Transform Three Seconds of Speech Into a Unique Piece of Jewelry
No two designs are the same. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Steven Seagal receives hot and steamy Russian citizenship from Putin's hands [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop challenge: Create a useless book. LGT example [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » New report from the Romero Institute of Research indicates people fall for fake news stories [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 15 Perfect Metaphors Hidden in Word Etymologies
It's human nature to conceive of abstract ideas through more immediate, concrete experiences—which is to say, through metaphors. Most of the words we have for abstract concepts began this way. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Drunk, stupid and doing handbrake drifts on the edge of a 150-foot cliff is no way to go throu … never mind [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » If you are running for the legislature, you should know something about the internet. Also, you should not post revenge porn. And don't plead internet stupid and say you can see that stuff on National Geographic. This isn't 1950, Mr. Candidat
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Fark.com RSS » Pakistan's illegal kidney trade is flourishing, complete with the old "bathtub of ice" urban legend being reality [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » FBI: Yes, actually, any day now [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » British High Court rules that BREXIT does not have to mean BREXIT [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » All "Soul"s Day
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FMyLife » LittleRed79 says FML
Today, it's difficult being a single woman in my city: The female/male ratio is 3:1, and the last 3 dates I've been on were with a guy who kept asking for nudes, an aggressive raging alcoholic, and what turned out to be a married man. I'm seriously considering adopting several more cats. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Instagram Account Provides News Updates—With Cookies
Current events just the way we like them: covered in frosting. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Catholic Church releases update of its 600-year-old "Ars moriendi" guide to dying well, because you don't want to die half-arsed, now do you? [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » The Green Corn Dance
Have a spanking good time!
Original page here.
[Link]
FMyLife » Farterella says FML
Today, I was the only girl in gym class who couldn't lift the weight, and the only one to fart multiple times during the attempt. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And the moral of the story is never date a pregnant woman who goes by the nickname 'Dollar' and has a tattoo across her chest that reads, "TRUST NO ONE" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » If driving around on Halloween night with electrical wires protruding from your penis is wrong, I don't want to be right [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: About Redheads
Fascinating links to start a great day! [Link]
GraphJam » We found a witch! May we burn her?
Graph by: gerudo Tagged: flow chart , holy grail , made of wood , monty python , weighs the same as a duck , Witches Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » Kansas Museum Pays Homage to Presidential Runners-Up
The exhibition is called “They Also Ran"—and soon, it will have a new portrait gracing its walls. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Spire London is a 67-storey 235-metre building to be built in the Isle of Dogs. And as you may have noticed, it looks like an enormous penis and balls [Giggity]
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FMyLife » TheSadPupper says FML
Today, daylight savings is on the way. Two years ago, I planned to propose right before the time change, all to have an extra hour of "the best day of my life". Now I have an extra hour to remember how distinctly single I still am and how awful she was. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 75-year-old man fights off armed carjackers: 'One pulled a knife and my reaction to that was if you come close to me I will stick that knife up your bum. People of my age are entitled to a quiet life, and I will fight every time" [Hero]
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Futility Closet » Alternate Routes
How many pairs of prime numbers are there whose sum is 999? SelectClick for Answer One. Any pair of numbers with an odd sum must have an even member, and there’s only one even prime. So there’s only one answer, 997 + 2 = 999. [Link]
Mental Floss » These Jeans Are So Heavy They Can Stand Up on Their Own
The denim is three times heavier than in regular jeans. [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Creative Ways to Pop the Question
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Book it. Done [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » Scottish brewer pushes boundaries of beer innovation to come up with… yet another IPA [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » 35 out of 36 Best Koreans say they know people who joke or complain in private about the government, according to a candid survey with a margin of error of plus or minus one antiaircraft gun firing squad [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 600: "WTF 2". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » It's getting to the point where schools can't even have mock presidential elections because kids start parroting racist rhetoric [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » China comes up with appropriate punishment for morons who drive around with their high beams on all the time [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » New outrage from millennials; hating groceries [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » And this is why you should avoid illegal surgery, especially on your penis [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » American student takes waste product destined for the trash and creates a way for Cambodian children to get clean. Confused? You won't be after this episode of soap [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Biker flung over cliff in fatal crash on "The Dragon" selfies goodbye to family, finds his St. George is some guy from Alabama [Hero]
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Mental Floss » 7 Filtered Facts About the Unappreciated Spleen
5. You can live without it. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bad: The cops bust your underage drinking party. Good: You manage to escape into the woods. Fark: You have to call 911 for a rescue after getting lost [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple married for 74 years dies only hours apart. Amazingly, article does not contain the phrase "in a blaze of gunfire" [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who set out in jungle to 'find himself" settles for being found by search and rescue crews instead [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » If you know any man who wore a tutu and wig during a break-in at a farmers market, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office would like to dance with him [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this brick in hand [Photoshop]
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