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 » It's time for the annual story letting us all know that yes, it snows at the top of mountains. Even in Hawaii. Someone should write a book about lazy journalists writing not-news stories [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Angry mom yells at Cloud [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 27 Amazing Options for Your Next Ugly Sweater Party
Delight and disturb your family members with one of these impossibly silly sweaters. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Fabulous Facts About Jackie Kennedy
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of our country's most stylish and elegant icons for decades, but she was no empty, aloof beauty. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Stephen Hawking complains people sit too much [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Vincent Price named new president of Duke University, will serve for the funk of forty thousand years [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Snake-Like Robot from MIT Is Flexible, Customizable
Who says hardware can't be, well, soft? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man says he set wildfires in NC because he was 'bored' [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Sweden’s ICEHOTEL Will Now Be Open Year-Round Thanks to Solar Panels
Chill out 365 days a year. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Inflate your chicken to 20psi before cooking for best effect [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Guy who has had nothing but bad luck since hitting Powerball just had his house burn down [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Chickens in Colorado have begun playing musical instruments. Didn't the Book of Revelation cover this? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Tim and his friend with the big bow [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Creative Activities Like Baking and Knitting Boost Mental Well-Being
Research shows that the "flourishing" effect extends to the next day. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 1000-year-old Viking toolbox found. Sears Craftsman warranty still valid [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » It's Friday, and for some weird reason you're still wearing pants. Well, have a drink, lose the pants, and settle in: it's time for the Fark Weird News Quiz [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » Dear prospective landlords: You're not supposed to enter a tenant's apartment without permission. You're especially not supposed to have sex on their beds while they're at work. And cleaning up the mess with the tenant's wedding d
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Mental Floss » When Did Human Beings Start Using Containers?
When did human being start using containers? Dave Consiglio: Great question! We started making containers around 12,000 to 20,000 years ago. It may have been longer ago than that, but this is the earliest evidence. However, it is likely that we used gourds or other natural containers even earlier than that. But my guess is that the first “container” was … [Link]
Mental Floss » Barnes
It's time to break out your dress robes. [Link]
Futility Closet » The Squire’s Puzzle
Another conundrum from Henry Dudeney’s The Canterbury Puzzles: A squire has drawn a portrait of King Edward III with a single continuous stroke of his pen. “‘Tis a riddle to find where the stroke doth begin and where it doth also end. To him who shall first show it unto me will I give the portraiture.” What is the answer? … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sad that your Uber ride is over? Don't worry, they're still tracking you even after you get out of the car [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Russia fears that its banking system is under threat by global hackers who could exploit code in the country's 286- and XT-based financial network [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 10 Awesome Christmas Ornaments for U.S. History Buffs
Check out this collection of ornaments for the history lover in your life. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Magnetic "scientific, thinking" (space?) putty. Silly putty for geeks. What's the magnetic equivalent of copying the comic strip onto your silly putty?? (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Latest Harry Potter movie accused of being 'Anti-American,' proving the J.K. Rowling is not alone in having a wonderful imagination [Murica]
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Mental Floss » Visit the Gyllenhall: Your New Favorite Punny Internet Corner
We wish we knew how to quit this. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Michigan AG files suit to stop vote recount because it's expensive and really difficult and stuff. Kinda like fixing Flint's water problem [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Re: that sneaking suspicion someone went through your bags at the airport: They did, and they got paid handsomely for it [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » For $2, You Can Get Unlimited Frostys Next Year
All for a one-time fee of $2, most of which will go to charity. [Link]
Mental Floss » Ants Communicate by Swapping Spit
Scientists say the mouth-to-mouth exchanges transmit hormones and other important chemical information. [Link]
Mental Floss » The International Territory in the Middle of New York City
There is a way to leave the United States without stepping out of Manhattan. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Inventor of General Tso's Chicken dies at age 98. in lieu of funeral, body to be lightly breaded, deep-fried then served up with rice and egg roll (or substitute wings if you like) [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 10 Thirst-Quenching Facts about San Pellegrino
The sparkling water brand boomed almost immediately. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Story of Ethel Smyth: Composer, Suffragette, and Breaker of Operatic Glass Ceilings
On December 1, 2016, the Metropolitan Opera premiered an opera composed by a woman. The last time that happened, it was 1903. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I have no idea what you're talking about, so here are some lonely cars in New York City in the 1970s [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Woolly Mammoth Skeleton May Revise Experts' Timeline of Early America
The mammal appears to have been butchered 15,000 years ago, long before humans were thought to arrive in the region it was found. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » White House announces support for registering women for the draft. I wouldn't worry, though, the next occupant probably won't get us in any wars or anything [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently you can shoot people multiple times, kill them while shouting, "I told you not to fark with me" in a road rage incident and walk away without charges being filed, even if there are eyewitnesses [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Upgrade Your Headphones with Today's Amazon's Bluetooth Deal
Nab a pair of highly reviewed Bluetooth headphones for under $20. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Whoville set ablaze by cigarette. Police warn people to be on the lookout for a green man in a Santa costume, ask that if they see him to not touch him, even with a thirty nine-and-a-half-foot pole [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Finish the 1987 Movie Title
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Armed snowman decoration has a warning for thieves [Amusing]
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FMyLife » HR nightmare says FML
Today, I tried to fire the worst worker I've ever had over the phone because he never shows up for work anymore. He said no and went crazy. HR and the police are now involved. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Why 'Thriller,' the Most Iconic Halloween Music Video Ever Made, Was Released in December
Believe it or not, Michael Jackson’s landmark "Thriller" video premiered on December 2, 1983—weeks after the holiday it’s now synonymous with. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Looking after a newborn is like taking charge of a tiny, semi-comatose alcoholic" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Rancher will not kill P-45 because P-45 is the cutest kitty in Southern California. And the best known, what with making the front page every day now [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » It's not a cop party until an Assistant Chief Constable whips one out and screams 'Look at these, look at these, these are the breasts of someone who has had three children' at one of her subordinates who just had a boob job [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: National Tree Lighting
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FMyLife » Sorry? says FML
Today, I took a test. I got up to turn it in, and accidentally bumped into another student. We both whispered, "Sorry." Our teacher promptly gave us detention and a 0% on the test for talking. Sorry for being sorry? FML [Link]
FMyLife » ouch says FML
Today, my 4-month-old puppy made a break for it as soon as I opened the front door. I had to run after her barefoot, in just my dressing gown. It was raining. I fell over, forgot to break my fall and skidded along the unsurfaced road. She came back on her own while I was was laid on the floor. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Someone finally decided to peek inside an SUV covered in parking tickets. That's when they saw the corpse [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 11 Dashing Facts About ‘Robin Hood: Men In Tights’
Mel Brooks's charming spoof introduced the world to Dave Chappelle and extolled the virtues of form-fitting legwear. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Weird news stories from around the globe. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » By firing off purchase attempts to multiple online stores simultaneously, hackers can correctly guess your credit card number, CVV and expiration date in 6 seconds [Scary]
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Weird Universe » Hallucinogenic Fish
Sarpa salpa (above) is a type of sea bream found in the Mediterranean as well as in temperate areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It has one unusual quality. Eating it can cause hallucinations. For this reason, it's sometimes called the "dreamfish."
People have known about this for a long time. Apparently Sarpa salpa was occasionally eaten for recreational … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Michigan water authority considering allowing Nestlé to double the amount of groundwater it extracts – just a few miles from Flint – to bottle and sell for profit. Cost to Nestlé? $200 [Fail]
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Mental Floss » This Startup Delivers a Live Orchestra to Your Apartment
Groupmuse brings the symphony to you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man who is attempting to be the first to swim across the Atlantic Ocean has only gone 67 nautical miles in 3 weeks. Which means at the current rate he will not arrive until early 2018 [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this chair and its occupant into some more exciting surroundings [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » New LED lights unveiled at Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls? Slowly I turn… step by step… inch by inch [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 5 Facts About the Wild Life of 'Call of the Wild' Author Jack London
Revisiting a bit of the author’s wild ride can help us appreciate his uncanny insight into the world, and humanity’s never-ending search for a place in it. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » One of the major reasons Amazon has become a retail juggernaut? The $760 million in taxpayer money the government has used to subsidize it since 2005. Don't you love holding the free market's invisible hand? [Murica]
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Weird Universe » Special Chinese Kid’s Book
Who could resist spending $57.40 plus $10.00 shipping for a book with this description:
Turtle with a small purple alien friend scientific expedition. Crossing the Sea like Crossing the Sea two stories travel the world. Little Turtle purple alien with friends explore the ocean together. they saw the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef. but dangerous whale is near! Little … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man shoots home intruder, who should be thankful that he doesn't have to read this article [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » The Story Behind Lewis Carroll’s Unsolvable Riddle
The Mad Hatter’s riddle remains one of Lewis Carroll’s most enduring puzzles. [Link]
Mental Floss » National Tree Lighting
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Fark.com RSS » FAA to Dreamliner pilots – "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » By now, we all know the Internet Archive wants to back itself up in Canada. Here's why [Followup]
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Mental Floss » These Clever Jewels Help You Become a Walking Garden
Customizable jewelry for nature lovers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Here is why Americans are broke and obese. Now who wants to eat out tonight? [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » You're fatter than you think you are [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 11 Brilliant Gifts for the Kitchen Whiz in Your Life
Appetizing gifts perfect for your Martha Stewart-loving BFF, your culinarily gifted little bro, or just a coworker you’d like to bring in some treats. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fire & Rescue plays Pokémon Go, finds real-life Blastoise [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
Great links to last the entire weekend! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This grandma wanted to make sure everybody ate a lot of food on Thanksgiving [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » Professor FacePalm says FML
Today, the police gave me a ticket for obstructing a loading bay as the vehicle "was not parked within the loading bay markings". I couldn't get the vehicle fully into the loading bay because there was a police vehicle in the way. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » One time Fidel wanted me to get him some Viagra. "Why?" I asked. "For my Cuban missile crisis," he said. Then we laughed for twenty minutes straight [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » ♫ The Love Boat, polluting the ocean, covering it up ♫ [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was talking to my mother when we both heard a continuous buzzing noise. Unable to locate the source of the noise we gave up. About an hour later, my mother yells down the stairs to me. Turns out my dog stole my vibrator, chewed it and presented it to my mother. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man driving 115 MPH on Route 6 in Rhode Island, while live streaming to Facebook Live, ends the way you'd expect it would [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » The Lycurgus Cup
Roman craftsmen made a remarkable coup around 300 A.D. — they produced a cup that is red when lit from behind and green when lit from the front. The effect occurs because the glass contains tiny proportions of gold and silver nanoparticles that reflect light of certain wavelengths. The workers themselves may have discovered the technique by accident, and may … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Alaskan city spends all summer developing a way to help the homeless. Just kidding, they spent all summer making an app for people to call in police raids on homeless camps [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Maids-a-milking did not get a raise this year [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Victoria's Secret accused of featuring 'racist lingerie' in fashion show, as paying hundreds of dollars for dental floss tied in knots is cultural appropriation (Not safe for work) [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Lt Governor in NJ says that if the minimum wage is raised to $15 an hour, residents will have to pump their own gas. Next she'll be saying they will have to scan their own groceries [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » UNESCO declares Belgian beer culture a treasure of humanity. Admiral Ackbar declares, "It's a Trappist" [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » A new kind of low: Stealing the Salvation Army kettle and leaving in a $70,000 SUV [Sad]
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FMyLife » NoFriends says FML
Today, I found out that my friends from high school have yearly meet-ups to catch up and talk about what they've done since school. They've done this for 3 years. I havent even been invited once. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Now that marijuana is legal in my state can I come to work stoned? The short answer is: NO. The long answer is: NOOO WAAAAAY, DUDE [Advice]
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Fark.com RSS » Chicago police hold gun-buying sting, discover criminals bring guns to gun buying stings [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Jesus-thieving three admit Wollongong mall nativity heist. Try saying that three times fast [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Concrete statue of Jeebus survives Tennessee wildfires, so OF COURSE it's a miracle [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » In the weeks leading up to Christmas, two slightly grumpy alpacas join eight others on guard duty – protecting 24,000 free-range turkeys from being attacked by foxes [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Alleged criminal masterminds with 300 stolen purses in their possession are captured because they forgot to turn off Find my iPhone [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » For $1 million, you can get intimate with Mike Pence [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » France has decided Sausage Party is suitable for 12 year olds. Naturally some people have a problem with this [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Someone took Walmart's Black Friday door buster ad a little too litterally [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Guy who created 7000 false identities and performed $200 million in credit card fraud sentenced to…. two years? [Asinine]
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FMyLife » neverdatingagain says FML
Today, after three years of dating, my boyfriend finally proposed. To my best friend. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Seattle home prices have risen %12 since last year, because it's not a bubble if you can't pop the damn thing [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » If you lost an elephant around 10,000 years ago, Los Angeles Metro would like a word with you [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Make-A-Wish foundation: What is your wish? Kid with cancer: I want to blow stuff up. Make-A-Wish foundation: We can do that [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » The owner of the world's oldest cat fears he may have relinquished his title [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » And the state with the worst drivers is [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Guy says woman's meth sentence is "idiotic" and "grossly unfair." The guy is not her dealer, he's the judge who sentenced her [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » A.C. Gilbert, the Toymaker Who (Actually) Saved Christmas
In 1918, the U.S. government threatened to close down toy factories and discourage gift-giving to shift focus toward the war. A.C. Gilbert wasn't having it. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Actual headline: What do you call that feeling when you see something cute? c) Ugly Ass [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge: Finish this sketch [Photoshop]
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FMyLife » Pissy says FML
Today, I was traveling home with my four-year-old son. While we were standing in line at the security checkpoint, I hear the sound of water dripping and turned to find my son urinating on the floor. He'd read a sign that said we weren't allowed to take any liquids with us. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In today's mugshot lineup: Inmate gives the cops the bird [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Beaver dam does what a beaver dam does and floods a road. It helps the road was sinking anyway but we'll blame the beavers. Bonus beavers behaving badly trifecta in blay [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » In most countries it would be cool to make your daughter pass a gruelling obstacle course in your back garden. But this is America, so it's fine [Cool]
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