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 » The last evidence that the 19th Century was not a hoax turns 117 tomorrow [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » CERN’s Particle Detector Now Has Robot Inspectors
The two automated inspectors patrol the Large Hadron Collider’s 17 miles of tunnels. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bad Astronomy urges us all to take on Bad Science [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Gun shops have a new marketing plan that's going gangbusters "Women and minorities, protect yourself from Trump voters" [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » Show
Children at London's Foundling Hospital were left with a tiny token that often served as the only clue to their identity. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "The cafe apologized and stated they fired the 'rogue' employee who was selling smoothies with a swastika drawn on it and that it is a coincidence 'Nutsy' sounds like 'Nazi'" [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » 6 Tips for Being Smart About Snow Forecasts
It’s easy to become a savvy consumer of snow predictions with a little bit of knowledge—and a healthy dose of skepticism. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » That million-woman march on Washington that's supposed to happen right after Trump's inauguration? Yeah, it's going to rank up there with those million truckers who totes shut down the city to protest Obama [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Love means never having to say you are sorry. Voting for Trump means never having to pay for reusable bags [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this military patrol [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Does Drinking a Hot Drink Really Cool You Down?
It sounds like an old wives' tale, but hot drinks really can make you cooler. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A new prime number has been found, and it's only 9.3 million digits long [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » FTC Requires Labels on Homeopathic Drugs: 'No Scientific Evidence' They Work
“There is no scientific evidence that this product works.” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » That guy that smuggled $165K worth of gold in his butt? He said he'll pay it back. Give him 3 hours. Stand clear [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Amazon's Favorite Versatile Pressure Cooker Is a Steal Today
If you're a chef with limited counter and cabinet space, it can be tricky to figure out what items are worthy of that precious culinary real estate. Should you buy a pressure cooker, a slow cooker, or a rice cooker? Luckily, you don't have to choose. The wildly popular Instant Pot IP-DUO60 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker manages to cram a … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Delta CEO Ed Bastian addresses angry Trump supporter on Thanksgiving flight: "the offending passenger will never again be allowed on a Delta plane, and we're refunding every other passenger's ticket price" [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Giant Japanese Sinkhole Begins Sinking Once Again
A section of road in Fukuoka, Japan that sank 50 feet earlier this month sagged around three inches over the weekend. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Suggestions for White House exit pranks Obama could play [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Wes Anderson’s H
A holiday commercial directed by Wes Anderson is exactly what you'd expect. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Active Shooter" didn't shoot anyone. Or have a gun. Was armed only with a car and butcher knife. Calls for common sense knife control expected right after retractions of "another active shooter" headlines [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Anger erupts as French sex offenders are put to work with dildos. Well, anger and other things (not safe for work) [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Radioactive material stolen in Iran. Authorities are on the lookout for a scientist and his teenage sidekick driving a DeLorean [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Durable Solar Roads Will Be Tested on Four Continents
The super-strong panels can support an 18-wheeler truck. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman on blind date pushed from car so dude can lead cops on high speed chase. Details to left, better blind date stories to right [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 15 Colorful Lyrics from National Anthems Around the World
The world's national anthems are a mixed bag of patriotism, poetry, and the peculiar. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cars not to consider for this year's Cannonball Run, even if you are two very attractive women tag-teaming across the country in a Lamborghini [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » The shooter on the campus is the dead [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Get Fit on the Cheap With This Fitbit Cyber Monday Deal
It's tough to stay healthy and fit during the holidays, but Amazon's making it a little easier this Cyber Monday. Stay active during the festivities and get a head start on that "Be healthier" New Year's resolution, with a new Fitbit at a bargain price. Amazon is knocking up to $50 off several of the most popular Fitbit models, so … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Judge grants motion for Dylann Roof to represent himself in court. In other news, Dylann Roof to be found guilty in 30 seconds [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Left Over
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Mental Floss » Here Are Amazon's Best Cyber Monday Deals
Cyber Monday is here, and Amazon is celebrating with deals you can grab from the comfort of your own home. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Best Cyber Monday Sales Around the Web
From the Smart Shopping team… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Guess what day it is [FarkBlog]
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Mental Floss » A Brief History of the Chicken Dance
It's on the dance floor at nearly every wedding today, but the success of "The Chicken Dance" didn't happen overnight. [Link]
FMyLife » dukemisery says FML
Today, my ex-girlfriend called saying she wants to get back together because of how mature and sincere I sounded last night. I despise her and I was drunk last night. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Can You Spot The Queen Among Her Corgis?
Your time starts now… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Remember that TFer's fantasy book that Fark made a best seller in July? Fun times, fun times. Today, all sales royalties are going to St. Jude's Cancer Research. Get one for yourself or a friend, signed copies available, too. DIT (Sponsored L
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Mental Floss » Today's the Best Day to Buy a KitchenAid Mixer
Only one Cyber Monday bargain can result in you having delicious homemade mashed potatoes. [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Twisted Facts About ‘The Far Side’
Offbeat, macabre, and sometimes controversial. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Either Jim Harbaugh can't let the officiating go or there's an active shooter on the OSU campus [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » New study shows that millions of Americans have dyslexia, pray to Dog [Murica]
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Weird Universe » Science of the Great Molasses Flood
The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 is one of the great weird news stories of all time. It was a tragedy (21 people killed), but also definitely weird.
What happened in brief: A tank holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, causing a 40-foot tsunami of molasses to flood through Boston's North End.
Exactly why the tank burst and why … [Link]
Mental Floss » Left Over
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Mental Floss » This Fuzzy Pink Llama Is Here to Help You Dust Your Home
Snow White isn't the only one who can enlist cute animals to help with chores. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman whom you never want to be behind in the checkout line shares how extreme couponing means she never pays for groceries [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » What does Elian Gonzalez have to say about Fidel Castro's death? [Followup]
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Futility Closet » Books
Just a reminder — Futility Closet books make great gifts for people who are impossible to buy gifts for. Both contain hundreds of hand-picked favorites from our 12-year archive of curiosities. Some reviews: “A wild, wonderful, and educational romp through history, science, zany patents, math puzzles, wonderful words (like boanthropy, hallelujatic, and andabatarian), the Devil’s Game, self-contradicting words, and so … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this highly unusual wine decanter [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The LEGO 'Addams Family' Mansion Could Become a Reality
The tiny Gothic-style mansion has 10,000 supporters on the LEGO Ideas website, and is now under official review. [Link]
Overheard In The Office » If We Get Caught Standing under Them Together, You Have to Teabag Me.
Office dweller: Hey, why do you have nuts hanging above your door? Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sky Chefs, your catering truck is cleared for landing [Fail]
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 131: Escape From Libby Prison
Libby Prison was one of the most infamous prison camps of the Civil War — thousands of Union prisoners were packed together in a converted warehouse, facing months or years of starvation and abuse. The Confederates thought the prison was escape-proof, and in this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll show how a determined group of prisoners set … [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Pieces of Inspirational Advice From Artists
Let quotes from artists like Vincent van Gogh and Diane Arbus get you through the day. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pop companies and other members of "Big Sugar" have been fighting against science for years, and new evidence shows a pro-sugar dentist published findings that claimed sugar was not harmful to teeth [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » College student claims his financial aid was canceled because he was seen wearing Nikes by administrators, who deemed him insufficiently impoverished [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » "I am d… d… drowning, s … s… suffocating" [Strange]
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Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #297
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Maybe some Canadian WU-vie can explain the subtext of this ad. Three men hold up photos of hockey players while looking benignly but perhaps jealously at the fourth fellow who is smart enough to have a beer in his hand instead, with his own hockey photo (program book?) resting on a tabletop.
Huh?
Original ad here.
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Mental Floss » 11 Brilliant Gifts for $20 and Under
You don't have to break the bank to show someone you care. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mr. Miyagi claims two more victims in Queens, deaf man demands hearing, and the Roof, the Roof, the Roof is on trial: a few of Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week for 11/20 – 11/26 [FarkBlog]
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FMyLife » calgarygal says FML
Today, I found out the little blue thing that my roommate has been sterilizing by boiling in our shared coffee maker, is a menstrual cup. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Your Christmas TV Schedule
Check out these links to start your day right! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » San Francisco transit system: "Help. Does anyone know how to get the ransomware off our ticketing machines?" [Fail]
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FMyLife » BreechInEducation says FML
Today, my boyfriend informed me that he was a breech baby, which according to him meant that he born out of his mum's butthole. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police in regards to 11-year-old stealing his parents' car after playing GTA: "Here we have an influence of a video game making kids try things without their parents' knowledge or consent" [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » Custom-Design the Ugly Christmas Sweater of Your Dreams (or Nightmares)
UglyChristmasSweater.com is taking holiday kitsch to new heights. [Link]
FMyLife » smalls727 says FML
Today, I was at orientation for my new job. There were only 6 other people in the training. Throughout the whole entire training, I kept smelling cat urine and moving further away from the other person. Only to get in my car and realize my cat peed in my purse. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Allergies suck says FML
Today, I had four separate allergic reactions. The first from the pillow at the hotel I was staying at, the second and third from two separate ice cream parlors due to cross-contamination, and the fourth from peanut dust in the air on the plane ride home from my vacation. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In today's WTF were you thinking moment, TV station airs segment showing beauty tips to cover up signs of domestic violence [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Drink Good Coffee No Matter Where You Are With Looptworks's Travel Kit
So you never have to go anywhere without a good grinder and an Aeropress. [Link]
Weird Universe » News of the Weird (November 27, 2016)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M503, November 27, 2016
Copyright 2016 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
Lead Story
Australian aviator David Mayman has promised investors that his personal jet packs will hit the market by mid-2017, though early adopters will pay about $250,000 for one, to fly a person at up to 60 mph for 10 minutes. The JB-10 (developed … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Stop giving children under 12 cold medicine [PSA]
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Mental Floss » 8 Smart Tips for Budgeting for Holiday Expenses
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Scary: Chinese man loses around $4800 worth of yuan outside of bank in a nasty gust of wind. Hero: Bank employees and people passing by help recover it all [Sappy]
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FMyLife » sig says FML
Today, I found out that I'm not welcome at my boyfriend's dad funeral, because his ex-wife has invited herself, and it would be too awkward to explain to his extended family, most of whom apparently don't yet know that he's divorced. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And then there's the case of a woman who is allergic to virtually everything … including her husband [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this shrub [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Watch: The Mathematical Problems Inherent in Secret Santa
…And how to solve them. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cool superhero backstory, sis [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » Bawsack says FML
Today, I missed an important meeting at work because I was vomiting from painful cramps. Just last week I was recommending that everyone get the implant because I hadn't had symptoms in two years. FML [Link]
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