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 » Unable to contain their disdain, San Francisco airport rolls out the comfort pig [Obvious]
[link] [32 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 'Ready To Eat' chicken recalled for being Ready For Salmonella [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Judge who asked rape victim why she didn't just keep her knees together will soon be looking for a new job [Followup]
[link] [82 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A man has been given a 12-month suspended jail sentence, after a walker on his land was killed by. A) An electric fence. B) A dog. C) A cow [Scary]
[link] [66 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » RCMP share 24 experiences in 24 hours on responding to impaired driving. Half of the stories involve officers overhearing "Hold my beer, I'm going to try something" [PSA]
[link] [14 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » European Flying Car Company Receives $10 Million Investment
They claim their technology is safer, cheaper, and cleaner than the competition. [Link]
Mental Floss » Police Recover Stolen German Concentration Camp Gate in Norway
The gate once hung over Dachau's entrance, and says "Arbeit Macht Frei” ("Work Sets You Free"). [Link]
Mental Floss » A Glowing Crosswalk Debuts in the Netherlands
A new street feature in Eerbeek, the Netherlands illuminates pedestrians at night. [Link]
Mental Floss » 6 Ways to Splurge Strategically (and Get the Most Bang for Your Buck)
If you're smart about your budget, you'll have the means to spend a bit extra on high-ticket items or experiences. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Aleppo through a 7-year-old's eyes: "Under attack. Nowhere to go, every minute feels like death. Pray for us. Goodbye [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » 'Advocates' worry that President-elect Trump may stop plans to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, remove Bill Clinton from the $3 bill [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Time's Person of the Year shortlist, featuring 10 nominees, including "He's not my Person of the Year" [Interesting]
[link] [70 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Get a Free Fire Tablet When You Buy an Amazon Tap
Amazon's powerful Bluetooth speaker gets an amazing Deal of the Day. [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Are Poinsettias Associated with Christmas?
Short answer: Bob Hope and brilliant marketing. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A 'massive' stray goat has gone on a huge rampage through a town in Ireland, head-butting locals and jumping on cars [Weird]
[link] [55 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Top VW executives tell the world to just send guns and money [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Amazon Will Open a Grocery Store With No Checkout Lines
All the fun of shoplifting with none of the legal trouble. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Driver killed in Rising Sun crash. Locals say it's been the ruin of many a poor boy [Sad]
[link] [31 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You know the weather's farked in Canada when even cop cars and snowplows can't avoid epic wipeouts on a snowy incline. (Video included) [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this Semi sweet Bear bait [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » If you need a little break from things today, here's a beautiful time-lapse of heavy snow falling in Hawaii [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Massachusetts State Police will use drones against careless drivers [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » A tree grows in Brooklyn, and then gets mapped and quantified and made part of the municipal budget [Interesting]
[link] [23 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Harry Potter and 'Fantastic Beasts' Easter Egg You May Have Missed
The design studio MinaLima has been hiding a recurring character in the pages of The Daily Prophet since the third Potter movie. [Link]
Mental Floss » Sift Through Eight Decades of CIA Maps
The spy agency's cartography center just released a formerly classified selection of intelligence maps dating back to the 1940s. [Link]
Mental Floss » Amazon's 12 Days of Deals Heat Up with Today's Sales
Cyber Week is over, but the 12 Days of Deals are just getting started. [Link]
Mental Floss » Beware of This New Phishing Scam That Looks Like an Amazon Email
Protect yourself this holiday shopping season. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New York police plan to strengthen border security as Massachusetts legalizes marijuana [PSA]
[link] [141 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The North Pole to invade much of the US this week [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » What Is the Trendiest Baby Name in American History?
The answer might not sound so trendy to you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » UK entrepreneur creates a 'Rage Cage' where people can come and smash up household items to release their pent-up anger. Isn't that what soccer riots are for? [Interesting]
[link] [48 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Shinzo Abe set to become the first sitting Japanese Prime Minister to visit Pearl Harbor later this month, though, given his outspoken nationalist sentiments, it's unclear if he is visiting to express regret, or just to "spike the ball" [
[link] [149 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 17 Devilishly Awesome Vintage Krampus Cards
For everyone who didn't make it on the "nice" list. [Link]
Mental Floss » Upgrade Your Cookware With This Amazon All-Clad Bargain
Looking for an easy upgrade to your culinary arsenal? Amazon has a great one today. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When you're a social justice warrior and a multi-tasker, you rally against the Redskins team name and the Northa Dakota pipeline at the same time [Obvious]
[link] [83 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Demon vandal hovers 40 feet in air to paint upside down crosses, 666 on church [Obvious]
[link] [45 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Moschino Designer Jeremy Scott Creates Most Expensive Barbie Set Ever
The look was inspired by his own wardrobe at the 2015 VMAs. [Link]
Futility Closet » Light Exercise
Artist Akinori Goto created this 3D-printed zoetrope, a rotating design that produces an animation when illuminated with a slice of light. It won both the Runner-up Grand Prix and the Audience Award at the 2016 Spiral Independent Creators Festival in Tokyo. He followed it up with “Ballet”: [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Danish doctors come out against circumcision, suggest it's a sensitive matter that should be cut off from debate [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Country singer falls off stage, breaks ribs, punctures lung, girlfriend leaves him, and dog up and dies [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Pat McCrory steps away from Governor's race, and not just to use a binary-gendered bathroom [NewsFlash]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Mmm, Cookies!
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Fark.com RSS » Police identify suspect who fired gun in Comet Ping Pong, epicenter of Clinton-connected viral "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory in Washington, D.C. [Followup]
[link] [229 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » Dear God Why says FML
Today, I finally determined the source of the horrible smell that periodically invades my apartment: there's nothing wrong with the plumbing as I previously thought, I can just smell my neighbors pooping in their bathroom on the other side of the wall. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » BREAKING: Time traveler visits younger self at Disney World, is disgusted by her decisions [Florida]
[link] [83 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Young Toddlers Know When You’re Lying, Say Scientists
Time for a new parenting strategy. [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Classic Movies You Can See in Theaters This Month
December is a very good month for movie lovers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good: Millions of teens are excited to read again. Bad: They're being spoon-fed an over-simplified, thrilling fiction delivered to them via text messages [Interesting]
[link] [76 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Horse drawn carriage accident injures three in Kansas City. This is not a repeat from 1892 [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » "It's fair to say that at this pace, the Caribbean is running out of coconuts" [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Kings Cross Celebrates the Holidays With a Tree Trapped in 'Ice'
The 23-foot-tall installation weighs over two tons. [Link]
Weird Universe » Miss Mona Lisa 1958
February 1958: A jury of "celebrated painters" convened for the Mona Lisa Grand Prix awarded the title of "Mona Lisa 1958" to Luce Bona. What made the award slightly unusual is that Bona hadn't been a contestant. The judges just happened to see her as she was walking by outside and decided she was the one. At least, that was … [Link]
Weird Universe » News of the Weird (December 4, 2016)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M504, December 4, 2016
Copyright 2016 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
Lead Story
Even Baking Soda Is Dangerous: Almost all law enforcement agencies in America use the Scott Reagent Field test when they discover powder that looks like cocaine, but the several agencies that have actually conducted tests for "false positives" say they happen up … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Cubelets – modular robotics pieces to build different robots, compatible with legos. This set is actually 9 cubes – basic 6-pack plus additional Distance, Drive, and Blocker cubes. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Smuggling gold in your butt, spider silk footwear, and an amphibiously gay duo: a few of Fark's favorite Headlines Of The Week for 11/27 – 12/03 [FarkBlog]
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Overheard In The Office » You Mean Shrimp Chow Mane?
Ditzy coworker, giggling: My hair smells like Asian noodles! Des Moines, Iowa [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this deer and its scenery [Photoshop]
[link] [33 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Ways Science Helps Catch Counterfeit Art
It’s estimated that anywhere from 2 to 50 percent of art in museums and on the market are counterfeits. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: 'Rocky' at 40
Starting another week of great morning links! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Second Russian SU-33 jet based on lone aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov crashes, leaving between six and zero SU-33 planes on board, depending on who you ask [Followup]
[link] [117 comments] [Link]
GraphJam » Hollywood's Waning Creativity
Quantifying Everything For Great Justice Graph by: (via Short of the Week) Tagged: best of week , creative , hollywood , Memes , movies Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » The 'arrogant' man behind the illegal artist enclave checks into a hotel – as friends claim he laughed at warnings that his condom-littered commune popular with drug users was a death trap waiting to happen [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Fidel Castro's hearse needs a push [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Mmm, Cookies!
[Link]
Mental Floss » Wrap Presents in a Flash Using This Japanese Department Store Technique
Santa's elves will have nothing on you. [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Brilliant Gifts for the Reader in Your Life
These creative, literary-themed products celebrate the written word. [Link]
Weird Universe » Mystery Illustration 34
This wordless packaging was designed in 1968 to hold a very common consumer item. What was inside?
The answer is here.
And after the jump. [Link]
Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 132: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Image: Wikimedia Commons
In 1944, a bizarre criminal assaulted the small town of Mattoon, Illinois. Victims reported smelling a sickly sweet odor in their bedrooms before being overcome with nausea and a feeling of paralysis. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll pursue the mad gasser of Mattoon, who vanished as quickly as he had struck, leaving residents … [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Hilarious Holiday Cards to Send This Season
Isn't laughter the greatest gift of all? [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Incredible Things You Can Only See in Northern Canada
Including an igloo cathedral. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Deadly Oakland fire now death toll now at 33 with less than 40% of the site searched [Sad]
[link] [151 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Fascinating Facts About Robots in the Home
Presented by Neato Robotics. [Link]
FMyLife » Allie cat says FML
Today, while in deep sleep, I was suddenly awoken by a tickle on my face and nearly threw my cat off the bed. Apparently, 4 a.m. Is the perfect time to touch noses with your human. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Crying When We're Happy May Help Us Regulate Our Emotions
Some good news for those of us who sob during cheesy commercials. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Have an extra $150,000 laying around you'd like to sleep on? Try out this $150,000 mattress from Swedish company Hästens Vividus [Interesting]
[link] [58 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » neverunderstood says FML
Today, my wife suddenly texted me to meet her halfway beetween our house and the supermarket. I immediately put my shoes on and started walking eager to get to her as fast as I could to surprise her. Turns out she was carrying three heavy bags and yelled at me for being slow and by foot. FML [Link]
FMyLife » drugdealersgf says FML
Today, my boyfriend told me, with complete confidence, that he's selected "drug dealer" as his career of choice. FML [Link]
FMyLife » BrokeStudentTryingToDoSomethingNice says FML
Today my mom, bored lover of games and mysteries, bragged about outsmarting scammers by burning all the post and gifts they have been sending her. For a special birthday / Christmas, I'd splurged on an expensive, interactive mystery game where you are mailed clues over the course of 6 months. FML [Link]
FMyLife » santabelly says FML
Today, I was trying to use the video editing software on my computer for a group project. It then wanted me to purchase another program that cost over $130. One of my teammates told me to buy it, because, "I could afford to skip a few lunches." FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Environmental Groups Use Dogs to Sniff Out Poop-y Pollution in New Jersey
The dogs are helping the city of Fair Haven, New Jersey find where human waste is leaking into the waterways. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Missed it by *that* much [Scary]
[link] [55 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 6 Budgeting Myths, Busted
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this All-American breakfast [Photoshop]
[link] [35 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » America's Oldest Mall Now Houses Micro-Apartments
…And the waiting list to get one is a mile long. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police collar decapitation suspect [Followup]
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