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 » Arkansas teen pushing to make an official state dinosaur. Mike Huckabee honored by the nomination [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » RCMP across Canada, lose connection to CPIC database. No record, warrant, license plate or ID checks. Evidently this can happen now [News]
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Mental Floss » Watch 112-Year-Old Footage of Teddy Roosevelt's Presidential Inauguration
Times change, but the pomp and circumstance stays the same. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man who killed Seattle Police Officer found mysteriously dead in prison. Well, there's probably not a big mystery here [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Infographic: 10 Popular Health Myths, Debunked
Brushing your teeth after every meal might do more harm than good. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Thirty firefighters killed, 75 people injured and many still missing as huge high-rise building collapses in Tehran fire [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 9 Facts You Should Know About Maggie Hassan
Advocating for a son with cerebral palsy helped propel her into government work. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Best Korea plans to assault the ocean once again [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Gung hay fat choy.. and welcome to the year of the fire rooster. Do you have any recipes to celebrate Chinese New Year? Share to the right [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 86 Books Barack Obama Has Recommended During His Presidency
This list should last you until our nation's next Inauguration Day. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Hey judge, fark you" – still not a sound strategy [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » It's important to check your rear view mirror when backing up. Got that, United Airlines pilot? [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Why Hokkaido is Japan's "America." Or America is Britain's "Hokkaido" Either way, yee-haw, pardners [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Pick the Missing 'M' Words
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Mental Floss » Pick the Missing 'A' Words
Take the quiz! [Link]
Mental Floss » Pick the Wintery Punch Line
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Admiral Benbow and his luxurious locks [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Having absolutely NO other stories to report on, the BBC tackles the tough issues such as: "Why do we put 'The' in front of the country Gambia when talking about it?" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Not gonna be deceased yet. Wouldn't be prudent at this juncture [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Ben Franklin’s First Print Job on Display at the University of Pennsylvania
It’s the only known copy of the print job that secured Franklin a full-time job in the professional printing industry he would later dominate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Giving someone lottery tickets is a quick and easy way to scratch someone off your Christmas list and then yo THE BASTARDS WON WHAT???? [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Coming Soon: Hulu Will Add Offline Viewing Option
The streaming service will also add live streaming and cloud DVR. [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Secrets of Caterers
No, they don't make everything from scratch. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sweden sets new record for wind speed, clocking in at 106.93 miles per hour or 394 börks per lutefisk [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Doll Wars: When Barbie Dragged Sindy Into Court
In 1989, Mattel accused Hasbro of manufacturing a Barbie clone. To present their case, the dolls were stripped naked in court. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » We haven't had a good "mom brings machete into day care" story in awhile [Florida]
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Mental Floss » New Disney Video Appears to Confirm 'The Pixar Theory'
Could Woody and Buzz know Nemo and Dory? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Zenon wasn't inert when he picked up his 14th DUI arrest [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » "Help, my hotel is buried under an avalanche." "No, it isn't." "Yes, it is." "No, it isn't." "What the–? We need help here." "Oh, I'm sorry, this is the argument line" [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » These Museums Are Offering Free Admission on Inauguration Day
Mark the occasion with some culture. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's Fark-ready headline: Kentucky elected official hit by car, cattle threatened; ex-opponent pleads guilty [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Four words that strike terror into all that hear them: London international mime festival [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Popcorn
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Mental Floss » Pick the 'D' Literary Characters
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ISIS was building this fighter jet in a garage in Mosul when Iraqi forces overran it: "If it had been operational, ISIS would have been only the second terrorist group in history to have had air attack capabilities" (pics) [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Today in unexpected combinations that can kill you: Grapefruit and cholesterol medication [PSA]
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Mental Floss » Should You Splurge on an Impulse Buy? This Chart Can Help You Decide
It can be hard to talk ourselves out of an exciting sale, but your bank account will thank you. [Link]
Mental Floss » A Brief History of Presidential Libraries
The modern presidential library is more than a roadside attraction. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Apparently, a furious Clark Griswold now drives for UberEats [Florida]
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Weird Universe » Miniature Driving School
Back in the 1930s, if a Detroit judge suspected a driver was mentally unfit to be on the road, he might send the driver to see Dr. Lowell Selling, who would test the driver using a miniature street intersection to simulate various situations. However, I'm not sure what exactly this testing involved, beyond that vague description.
I found a brief … [Link]
Weird Universe » Devolution Through Beer
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Futility Closet » In a Word
Image: Wikimedia Commons mournival
n. a set of four things or people luculent
adj. of compositions: brilliant, admirable; hence of a writer or orator chrysostomic
adj. golden-mouthed palmary
adj. holding the first or highest place; pre-eminent; excellent [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Charity begs people to stop donating chainsaws and women's high heels to disaster victims [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 9 Hardened Facts About Charles Bronson
He took up smoking at age 9. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When you kick it to the great beyond, have you gotten your digital life in order? [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » City Maps Replace Transit Stops With Popular Instagram Hashtags
#Cronut, #innout, and #currywurst are all included. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this Zachary Taylor supporter [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Nearly 70,000 uppity broads – including Jane Fonda and Ariana Grande – expected at anti-Trump Women's March in Los Angeles [Murica]
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Mental Floss » 15 Abstract Thinking Words With Concrete Etymological Roots
How would you explain what it means to think? This act, though central to our very humanity, is an incredibly abstract process. Behind many of our thinking words, however, are some concrete Latin etymologies, and they show how we like to understand our mental activity through very physical metaphors. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There are many good reasons why you might feel the need to drive 91 mph in a snowstorm. Because you're late for an appointment to get your stereo installed is not one of them [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Owner of cobra farm isn't worried about getting bit, says knowing is half the battle [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Popcorn
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Mental Floss » Solar Charger Lets You Power Your Phone From the Sky
Let the power of the sun power your phone. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finally, a free clinic that isn't an abortionplex [Spiffy]
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GraphJam » Never Unfunny
Graph by: buckles_b (via www.bite.ca) Tagged: best of week , farts , hilarity , loud , roflmao Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Thinking about fleeing the US to Canada because of Trump? Sure, that is the sensible thing to do, but have you thought about moving to Japan? [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Brain behind killing Pinky to be evaluated for mental competency [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Iranian female bodybuilder arrested for posting non-nude nude photos [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Meet the Secret Grammarians in Ecuador Who Correct Graffiti Mistakes
These grammar police are taking it to the streets. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man builds an inverted aquarium so fish in a garden pond can see what it looks like on the surface world [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Assange: That pledge to turn myself In? That wasn't so much a pledge, it was more "I Didn't Think You Would Really Do That" [Followup]
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Mental Floss » You’re Probably Using the Drawer Under Your Oven Wrong
You might be storing your pans in a drawer meant to keep your food warm. [Link]
Futility Closet » Area Magic Squares
On December 30 William Walkington sent this greeting to a circle of magic-square enthusiasts — it’s a traditional magic square (each row, column, and diagonal sums to 15), but the geometric area of each cell corresponds to its number. He added, “The areas are approximate, and I don’t know if it is possible to obtain the correct areas with 2 … [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Robots Designed to Optimize Your Life
Presented by Neato Robotics. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Seriously, who would want to steal a concrete buffalo? FARK: He was too weak to carry it back to his vehicle [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Pastor claims his shoe can cure vaginal warts. In somewhat related news, Red Forman claims his shoe can cure dumbassery [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 611: "Just Desserts Part Deux ". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » The worst thing to happen to your body after you hit 40 isn't cancer, heart disease or sexual malfunction, it's chronic insomnia [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Torn from the Front Page of the Bangor Daily News: "A Maine high school band has driven two Portland politicians to socialism" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Woah woah woah dude, did we really spend that much money on weed last year? Woah [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Denver starts work on becoming the first city in the nation to allow the use of pot in public places [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » If you've been disemboweling deer and leaving the carcasses by the side of the road, officers of the Ohio Fish and Game Department would like to show you how to donate them to the local Food Bank, in person [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » "NJ Transit bus carrying 25 people struck by bullets in Jersey City." Good thinking there, using a bus instead of 13+ ambulances [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Expert bomb maker gives his 4 sons a lesson in what NOT to do when building a roadside bomb [Hero]
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Mental Floss » Hair Follicles May Help Wounds Heal Without Scars
The researchers say they've pioneered a method to regenerate the skin. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This is why you should always clean your belly button [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » CIA declassifies Stargate program. Col. O'Neill unavailable for comment [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these trees on a cliff [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The Mysterious Disappearance and Reappearance of Roger Tichborne
In 1854, wealthy heir Roger Tichborne was presumed dead in shipwreck. In 1865, he reappeared—but was it really him? More than 100 years later, we still don't know. [Link]
Mental Floss » Biologist Names Moth After Trump to Send Message About Conservation
Vazrick Nazari said he hoped the move would publicize the need to “continue protecting fragile habitats in the U.S.” [Link]
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