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 » You would think that the world's largest concrete war ship would have sunk by now. You probably didn't picture it sitting surrounded by gardens, either. Look quick, it's almost gone [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » Nicktoons Funko Dolls Are Coming—After These Messages
Time to celebrate with Push-Up Pops and a game of Pogs. [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Want to Brew Beer on the Moon
One small step for hops, one giant leap for malt-kind. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You're arguing with your 12-year-old son over the shoes he wants to wear to school. Do you: A) Stick to your guns B) Let him wear the shoes he wants. C) Abandoned him on the side of the highway. "What am I supposed to do? Be late for work?
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Mental Floss » Lillian Alling, the Woman So Homesick She Walked From New York to Alaska
Originally from Russia, Alling wanted to return home but couldn't afford ship fare—so she started walking. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The most Southern headline you'll read today: Celebrate your love with candlelit Valentine's Day dinner at Waffle House [Silly]
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Mental Floss » The Youngest Certified Yoga Teacher in the U.S. is Just 11 Years Old
Tabay Atkins got his certification last summer. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Yeah, and we're not gonna fall for a banana in the tailpipe [Strange]
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Mental Floss » How to Handle 5 Tricky Situations with Coworkers
Experts help us navigate tricky workplace scenarios, from finger-pointing coworkers to lunch thieves. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Russia claims that its aircraft have just flown in the first joint U.S.-Russian combat mission of the Syrian War. Which is interesting, since the American side is flatly denying it [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » Tesla's Autopilot Has Reduced Car Crashes, Government Agency Finds
By a whopping 40 percent. [Link]
Mental Floss » When Did U.S. Presidents Start Using Speechwriters?
Warren G. Harding was the first president with an official speechwriter, but even George Washington’s famous farewell address was prepared with the assistance of James Madison—five years before he delivered it. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what's in the beaker [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » New Exhibition Highlights the Fashion of Georgia O’Keeffe
The revered artist was also a style icon. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Lists of things that can give you cancer now includes crispy roast potatoes and browned toast [Unlikely]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“We speak of a manly man, but not of a whaley whale. If you wanted to dissuade a man from drinking his tenth whisky, you would slap him on the back and say, ‘Be a man.’ No one who wished to dissuade a crocodile from eating his tenth explorer would slap it on the back and say, ‘Be a crocodile.'” … [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 of Nature's Smelliest Plants
Fish, feces, and vomit, oh my! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bank robberies, which have declined 60% in 25 years, are taking a hell of a lot longer than they used to [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Spoil Your Valentine With a Bouquet of Beef Jerky Flowers
Because few things says "romance" like cured meat. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Two gored to death in Indian bull-taming festival. Bull may not be tame yet [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Peek Inside America's Most Expensive Home, Which Can Be Yours for $250 Million
The helicopter from the 1980s TV series 'Airwolf' is included. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mad Dog Mattis makes an explosive entrance in Washington by overseeing 31 strikes on ISIS in Iraq and Syria [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: The week that spawned a thousand memes [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » British leader refuses to comment on the Royal Navy's recent missile launch failure, and whether or not they were actually attempting to nuke Florida [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Japanese airplane will be stuck on the tarmac for another two years, narrowly missing the record set by American Airlines [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » Upgrade Your Home's Aroma with Amazon's Yankee Candle Deal
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hong Kong's top politician leaves government to live as a civilian, drives back to her former residence in the middle of the night because her new place didn't come with toilet paper and she didn't know where to get more [Fail]
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Mental Floss » The Delicious History of the White House Executive Chef
When it comes to culinary accomplishments, there’s no job more important than cooking for the president of the United States. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What scientists discovered underneath this Mexican pyramid. Spoiler: ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » If you really want to make someone happy today you can pay it forward, give someone an alarm clock, or start a flash mob at a hospital [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Title of Star Wars Episode VIII revealed. But which is it, the master, or the apprentice? [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 10 Stirring Facts About 'Cocktail'
Tom Cruise admitted that the film was not a "crowning jewel" in his career, but—nearly 20 years later—it's still a beloved guilty pleasure. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's an elephant fighting a tortoise. And who wins might just surprise yo … nope, no surprises there [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently according to science, you're probably showering far, far too much and need to have more pong [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Tracing the Evolution of Some of Disney's Most Famous Franchises
Just like ours, the Disney universe is large beyond comprehension, and constantly expanding. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And the moral of the story is: Never believe a fortune teller, especially when she tells you to become a prostitute [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » It has been zero days since the last kangaroo attack. It is always zero days since the last kangaroo attack [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Lawmaker bills Alaska $20,000 to ship a washer and a dryer, a piano, four air compressors, building supplies, enlarger parts, a band saw, a basketball backboard, lawn chairs, four weight benches, three fans and three vacuums to his rural home [Asinin
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this low muff [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 7 Food and Drink Hacks Based on Math and Science
Learning never tasted so good. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cops shoot dead homeowner while investigating a break-in, presumably to make sure the corpse didn't come back as a zombie [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Jim Smith Society
Jim Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania founded the Jim Smith Society in 1969. There's only one rule for membership. Your name has to be Jim Smith, or some close variation of it. For instance, Jamie Smith counts, which means there's a few female members.
Smith said that he started the society as a way to show pride in having the second-most … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Apparently the people of Australia killed off a load of ancient prehistoric species, such as lions and giant kangaroos. Must have been some barbecue [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: "Hand"writing
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Mental Floss » 'Super Mario'-Themed Shot Glasses Will Warp You Into Inebriation
Be careful where that pipe leads you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Maybe it's time to quit smoking when the billboards start coughing at you [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » The Women's March was very successful. So, now what? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Shoot and kill your coworker during a robbery? That's fine, since the place was being robbed, we will just pin the murder charge on the robber [Asinine]
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Weird Universe » House Call from Faux Dress Fitter
Despite all the contemporary tales of ingenious upskirt photographers and toilet-cam operators, I don't believe anyone has recently utilized the "free dress comes with home fitting service" routine.
Original article here.
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Fark.com RSS » And CNN's balls grew three sizes that day [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Infographic Traces the Evolution of Some of Disney's Most Famous Franchises
Just like ours, the Disney universe is large beyond comprehension, and constantly expanding. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » For two and a half hours, United stopped breaking guitars [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » New bill in Nebraska would let teachers use physical force on "violent, unruly" students [Murica]
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 138: Life in a Cupboard
In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll tell two stories about people who spent years confined in miserably small spaces. North Carolina slave Harriet Jacobs spent seven years hiding in a narrow space under her grandmother’s roof, evading her abusive owner, and Irishman Patrick Fowler spent most of World War I hiding in the cabinet of a … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New Radio Station "El Booty" launches, calling themselves "The Official Station For Latina Strippers Of Tampa Bay" [Florida]
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Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: Wilson Calls For “Peace Without Victory”
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 264th installment in the series. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Yakkity-Sax kept running through my head while watching the clean up [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Someone finally launched the perfect Kickstarter for Caturday fans. Do want [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » After 22 years, Gambia's dictator loses election. What to do? Simple … just empty the state coffers and ship out all luxury vehicles by plane before leaving the country [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Drunkest skiier in the world found in French Alps, because when you're really wasted, strapping boards to your feet is a good idea [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » I've never watched the Harry Potter movies. Are they worth it? I'm 52 y/o and have a lot of free time this week and am not able to go out and actually do much. Yes/no? [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Sniper kills three ISIS members with one bullet that ricocheted. Yosemite Sam unavailable for comment [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » As if Iraqi Kurds don't have enough problems, now they have hipsters to deal with [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Armed bystanders get 1 person killed, 5 others shot during robbery [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » What will improve my already delicious hoagies? How about deep-frying the whole thing and calling it a Zoagie? [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Kentucky Amish file suit against the state over horse diaper law [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Watch Sculptures Appear to Undulate Under Strobe Lighting
Math +3D printing + turntable = trippy animation. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tricks to make a bad wine better. Bonus: Article does not use the phrase "life hack" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this abandoned bridge…or BEST DIVING BOARD EVER [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » DISASTER STRIKES: Sierra Nevada Brewing Company announces massive beer recall [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » If you work the night shift you should let your family know you're coming home early [Sad]
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