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 » Renewable energy becoming too plentiful and cheap for coal companies? Simple, propose legislation to ban them and fine any utility for using renewable energy. Welcome to Wyoming [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Eugene Cernan, the last moon walker, has died. SHAMON [Hero]
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Mental Floss » Why Is There No "E" Grade?
Spoiler alert: there used to be. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Out of respect for the Boss, the B-Street band backs out of Trump inauguration gala [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » The US Patent and Trademark Office is empowered, by the so-called "disparagement clause" of a 1946 law, to protect American sensitivities by denying trademark protection to "immoral, deceptive or scandalous" trademarks. Enter "The
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Fark.com RSS » If you are receiving disability payments for a disabled right arm, don't go to Disney World and use your right arm [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » This is how you use the Wendy's Drive Thru, West Virginia style [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » "I cannot believe that worked": A jackknifed semi truck that was blocking Interstate 80 performs a controlled slide for over a mile to reach an exit and re-open the road [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Those responsible for hacking the hackers, have been hacked [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » "A knife-wielding assailant butchered a 20-year-old man during a wild soiree inside the home of University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor ". Soirée? Who talks like that? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » A self-described 'comedian' and Dallas fan from Florida gets a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl LI Champion tattoo on his arm. Fark: Now needs tattoo removal advice [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 8 Surprising Facts About the Deepest Part of the Ocean
1. More people have been to the Moon than have explored the hadal deep. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » People are now abusing opioids prescribed to pets. Your dog still wants steak [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop the new Los Angeles Chargers logo [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Coastguard called out to reports of cries for help find two amorous owls instead. ORLY [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » No, pot is not legal in North Korea. Like most other minor offenses, you would face a fine, hanging, flame-thrower and 120mm mortar detonation for a first offense, and it gets worse from there. So don't get any ideas [Amusing]
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Futility Closet » Extreme Measures
Zürich has a singularly violent way to welcome summer: They roast a snowman until its head explodes. At the spring holiday Sechseläuten, traditionally celebrated on the third Monday in April, residents build an effigy of winter in the shape of a giant snowman known as the Böögg, pack it with explosives, and set it afire. “It is believed the shorter … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pennsylvania's 'free the six pack' law to take effect this week. Subby's six pack went free-range years ago and hasn't been seen since [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Astronaut realizes too late that there's not a Snapchat filter to cover up mystery lights outside the International Space Station [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » This Robot Helper Is Designed to Keep Older People Company
Many seniors live alone, but a robot design called ElliQ wants to make sure they aren't lonely. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Zhou Youguang, who simplified writing Chinese has died at 111. Apparently he got his idea after spending his first 110 years trying to finish reading just one book [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Front page ruckus in Greenwich CT involves booze, swearing, AND yelling. That's a whole year worth of mayhem in one afternoon [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » IMF: Well, because of Trump and Brexit, let's pin all our hopes on Canada. (We're doomed) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Suddenly, ANTS [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » 20 John Carpenter Quotes About Horror Movies
“Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre.” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How one decorator tried – and failed – to make Trump Tower tasteful [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: "King" Day
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Fark.com RSS » In Alabama, today's holiday is Robert E. Lee's birthday. Happy Spite Day, everybody [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're so drunk that firefighters have to pull you off a utility pole, you're an idiot. If you're drunk enough that firefighters have to pull you OUT of a utility pole, you're a legend (pics) [Hero]
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Mental Floss » You Shouldn't Miss Amazon's Top Monday Deals
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Meet the eight men who have as much money as half of the world. Combined [Sick]
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Weird Universe » Shoes for Walking on Water
Inventor K.O.F. Jacobsen of Seattle, Washington debuted his water-walking shoes in 1934 at a Cincinnati inventors' congress. He later displayed them at several other meet-ups of inventors. But although I've found several photos of models wearing the shoes, I haven't been able to find any photos of someone actually walking on water with them.
The Decatur Daily Review – Mar 30, … [Link]
Weird Universe » Hinkle Tablets
In 1915, this nostrum contained a nice little dose of strychnine. One assumes that by the time of the 1956 advert, they had eliminated that ingredient.
Original letter here.
Original ad here (page 13).
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Fark.com RSS » Five Generations Show Up for WWII Veteran's 100th Birthday. " All Russell Halchak of Nanticoke wanted for his birthday were some scratch-off tickets. When you're 100 years old, you've got all the gifts you really want" [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't you want to have sex so badly that you would do it with your kids in the backseat? [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » Power Up With This Super Mario-Themed Radish Shaper
This is an impractical kitchen tool we can get behind. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The second most wanted fugitive by the FBI can be moved up one spot on the list [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » During his final days in office, Obama considers Manning up [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: If life played by Disney rules [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently sitting on a wall leads to pot smoking [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Did John Titor, an alleged time traveller, actually predict the rise of Donald Trump? [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Another Missouri school district considers 4-day week due to budget cuts. Parents do not like this new math [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Hundreds of students seeking "sugar daddies." Nihil sub sole novum [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » "King" Day
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Fark.com RSS » Trksh frght pln crshs n Kyrgyzstan nghbrhd [Scary]
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Mental Floss » See Chewbacca Turn Badass In a Deleted ‘The Force Awakens’ Scene
Han Solo warned you! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Foreigners likely tried to influence Canada's election. This news makes me hot blooded [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The history of one of LA's oldest still-operating restaurants, Philippe's, and the city's signature sandwich, the French Dip. Subby is hungry for roast beef and au jus now [Spiffy]
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GraphJam » So STFU, First World Problem Whiners
Graph by: Dreyfus (via d.yimg.com) Tagged: best of week , First World Problem , infographic , stfu , whiners Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Special Effects Tricks of Early Cinema
Great links for everyone! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Naked woman leads police on multi-county high speed chase. Surprisingly, not in Florida [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 10 Words for Fanciful, Obscure, Batty, Nonexistent Creatures
Since the days of yore, tales of imaginary creatures have been spread by storytellers, myth-makers, and drunk guys lost in the woods. But not all are as literary as the Bandersnatch or as hairy as the Yeti—some non-existent creatures, like the ones mentioned below, are nearly nonexistent in language as well. [Link]
Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 137: The Mystery of Fiona Macleod
Image: Wikimedia Commons When the Scottish writer William Sharp died in 1905, his wife revealed a surprising secret: For 10 years he had kept up a second career as a reclusive novelist named Fiona Macleod, carrying on correspondences and writing works in two distinctly different styles. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll explore Sharp’s curious relationship with … [Link]
Mental Floss » This Week, Dog Lovers Can Take a London Bus Tour With Their Furry Friends
The 90-minute tour takes riders to the city's best dog parks and canine-themed cultural attractions. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Eskimos have 17 different words for snow, Eritreans none. Which makes it surprising that an refugee agency would resettle Eritreans in Missoula, Montana, of all places [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 10 Misconceptions about Holidays
Don't miss an episode—subscribe today! Images and footage provided by Shutterstock. Here's a transcript courtesy of Nerdfighteria Wiki. Hi I'm Elliott and this is Mental_Floss Video. Today I'm gonna talk about some misconceptions about various holidays and then I'm gonna go have a piña colada. I don't know why I'm wearing this. 1. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS AN IRISH HOLIDAY … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Kids badly burned roasting marshmallows forced to rethink approach before roasting s'more [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Teen uses machete to circumcise himself and "injures himself in the process." Well, that probably goes without saying [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » News of the Weird (January 15, 2017)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M510, January 15, 2017
Copyright 2017 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
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Leading Economic Indicator: The salary the Golden State Warriors pay to basketball whiz Stephen Curry may be a bargain at $12 million a year, but the economics is weirder about the prices Curry's fans pay on the street for one of his … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Grab your thinking caps, it's the Fark Weekly Weird News Quiz [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Scientific report on marijuana benefits research creates big buzz, major munchies [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this moment of reflection [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » On This Day in 1975, Space Mountain Opened
The opening featured astronauts, balloons, and thousands of doves. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Vermont Supreme Court rules in favor of protection from unreasonable expectations of building image [Interesting]
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