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 » As a shock to no one except those involved, hipsters in San Francisco are playing Russian roulette with tasers at local bars [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Scientists Track Microbe Transmission from Mother to Infant
“We know the infant increases [its] microbial diversity after birth and will continue doing so until being an adult,” senior study author Nicola Segata tells mental_floss. “We needed to understand from where microbes are coming in the first place.” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » UK PM May to give President Trump an ancient Scottish drinking vessel, either as a show of friendship or a subtle suggestion that his ideas are what you'd expect from an old drunken Scotsman lying in a bog [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Pakistani game-show host turned religious presenter is banned for inciting violence after accusing activists of insulting Islam, because apparently that's how they roll on The Wheel of Blasphemy and The Price Is Jihad [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Year of the Cock starts Saturday, January 28, not January 20th as previously thought [PSA]
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Mental Floss » Map Plots the Fastest Route to America’s Michelin-Starred Restaurants
Visiting one restaurant a night, it would take travelers five months to reach them all. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Now they're arresting sandwiches in Florida [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » The women's march was so effective that there was a world wide drop of women reaching climax of 22% [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » 14 Secrets of Movie Trailer Editors
If you work on a Marvel movie, you'd better be prepared to get top-level security clearances. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Navy ships will install killer lasers next Tuesday [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently carjackers are getting ideas from Fark's Halloween thread [Scary]
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Mental Floss » The Best Time to Buy a Plane Ticket
You can save up to 30 percent if you book at the right time. Here's how. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Trump considers 20% tax on imports from Mexico to pay for the Wall because what do you mean NAFTA would prevent this [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Doomsday clock advances. Iron Maiden seen warming up [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this pampered pooch [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » A Brief(ing) History of the White House Press Secretary
The job is newer than you might think. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When considering that 8 people control most the worlds wealth, we should not lose sight of all this cake we can eat [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Alternative Fact: Man loses his man parts while showing off his 'scuba bong' [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » An Exhibition of Retro Screensavers Opens in the Netherlands
From 3D pipes to flying toasters. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Some magnificent bastard has bought the domain name "Alternativefacts.com" and redirected it to the most perfect place of all [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » 13 questions to ask before you get married. Question #14 should be, "Only 13?" [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Little Girls Start Believing Harmful Gender Stereotypes by Age 6
Five-year-old girls in an experiment had equal expectations of intelligence for both genders. Six-year-olds thought men and boys were smarter. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Marilyn Monroe postage stamps accidentally use picture of drag impersonator [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Human-pig hybrid embryo created. Human-pig-bear embryo soon to follow [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Remembering The Jerky Boys
After selling over 3 million albums of crank calls, the Boys went their separate ways. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » British navy tracks Russian carrier as it returns home wearing the same clothes it had on when it left [Followup]
[link] [65 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » This Browser Extension Will Correct All Your Grammar Mistakes
Never confuse "its" and "it's" again. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fantasy: calling a sex line named Babestation. Reality: getting a cranky old Irish woman who isn't happy you woke her up [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Germany approves controversial 'Foreigner' toll on Autobahn, despite objections from neighboring countries who call it a Cheap Trick [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » 98% of all adoptions in Japan are adult men being adopted by their bosses [Weird]
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Mental Floss » 7 Apps to Download to Learn a New Hobby
From singing to spotting birds, there's something for everyone. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman drops keys while fighting off phone thief. Bystanders promptly: A) call police. B) wrestle with thieves. C) steal her car [Sad]
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Mental Floss » David Bowie Is Getting His Own British Postage Stamp Collection
The collection’s 10 stamps feature cover art from six albums, and images of Bowie performing on tour. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Need to know if you've had too much to drink during the Super Bowl and shouldn't drive? Just breathe on the Tostitos bag [Spiffy]
[link] [59 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Retrobituaries: Native American Writer and Activist Susette La Flesche
Also known as Bright Eyes, she achieved several important firsts for herself and her people. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Remember the gun owner that saved the Arizona State Trooper in January? Convicted felon. Awkward [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Peanut "Brit"tle
[Link]
Mental Floss » How Do Wizards Poop? J.K. Rowling Just Told Us
Turns out magic sewage is still gross. [Link]
Futility Closet » An Empire’s Lamentation
When the Duke of Wellington died in 1852, his funeral procession was watched by a crowd of 1.5 million people. To commemorate it, Henry Alken and George Augustus Sala painted a panorama fully 20 meters long, which was released the following year: Wellington had certainly earned some distinction — his style was proclaimed in the London Gazette: Arthur,
Duke and … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finally a good reason to visit Indianapolis [Spiffy]
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Weird Universe » Variants of Yes
In 1926, the linguist Louise Pound published an article in the journal American Speech (Dec 1, 1926) warning that the word "Yes" was in danger of disappearing from oral speech. She noted: "Yes is a compound of yea-so, or perhaps of the old optative of the verb to be, Anglo-Saxon gea si, "yea be it." It was well established by … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Another of the (many) problems with legal weed: Cops have a really hard time knowing when you're too stoned to drive [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » This Website Makes Music Suggestions Based on Album Color
Predominant.ly brings the experience of browsing through a record store into the digital realm. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Heinz gives employees Monday after the Super Bowl off, calls for America to do the same [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this high jumper [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Somebody out there figured out that if you inject pregnant horses with a hormone then extract their blood and use it on pigs, you can increase pork production. What the fark was going on in that lab? [Sick]
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Mental Floss » 10 Backwards Words That Ended Up In The Dictionary
From allerednic to yob, these ananyms and semi-ananyms have backed their way into the dictionary. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sex? [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Twinkies Ice Cream Arrives Just in Time to Ruin Your New Year Diet
The new flavor is just one in a line of Hostess ice creams. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When the zombie apocalypse happens and civilization begins breaking down, the safest place to be is either a converted missile silo or New Zealand [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Mexican President says (sic) "We're not paying for that farking wall." This is not a repeat but it will be [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Dan Rather announces a new news group to counter fake news and alternative facts Called "News and Guts" Real journalism, deep-digging reporting without fear or favor, is as important now, if not more so, than any time I can remember [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently, early to bed and early to rise will make you sick, poor, and covered with flies. So stay up late and have a good night because going to bed early can go fly a kite [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Peanut "Brit"tle
[Link]
Mental Floss » New Service Will Send Kids STEM Toys Each Month
A monthly present that will excite kids and parents alike. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Happy 20th wedding anniversary, honey. Here's a kidney" [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Thief problem: more and more people are installing $200 doorbell camera systems. Thief solution: steal the doorbell [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #302
TV in the teepee. What could be more natural? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Google has banned 199 publishers and probably only one false positive since it passed a new policy against not-news [Misc]
[link] [82 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The ever-darkening shadow of Monsanto-fueled superweeds – and the only thing that fights it is a World War II-era herbicide banned in Sweden, Denmark and Norway after it was linked to cancer. Thanks Monsanto [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Best excuse ever for being naked at a car wash – or worst? [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Keep Your Hands Warm and Ready to Text With Uniqlo's Heattech Glove Deal
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Mental Floss » Here's How 'Mario' Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Designs a Video Game
His approach results in a more immersive form of digital storytelling. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Bluetooth Name Has Its Roots in Viking History
Even the logo has meaning behind it. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And in court news, the most senior British officer to face court-martial in more than 50 years is accused of financial impropriety. And the previous record-holder? Buggery [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » It's only a matter of time before people start prospecting for cocaine in the water treatment plants [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 612: "Yellow 2". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » For the love of all humanity is there anyone who can help this old widower who's been sweeping the freezing streets of Inner Mongolia at -38°C to pay off his late wife's massive medical bills? [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » For $1000 you can now buy a kitchen appliance that turns food scraps into fertilizer in just 24 hours or for much less you can just get a rescue dog that will do the same thing [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Scientists conclude the secret to happiness is stripping off and getting naked – your happiness, that is, not the happiness of the other people on the bus (Not safe for work images in article) [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Attention seafood fans: Don't look now, but you're ingesting up to 11,000 tiny pieces of plastic a year [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » 2017 Australian Of The Year named, and it finally went to someone sober who didn't recently get into a fistfight with a saltie [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » 'Zion Curtains' to fall, but booze costs will go up in latest round of Utah's crazy liquor laws [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » How Robert De Niro's Landlord Landed a Role in 'Goodfellas'
Chuck Low repeated a familiar line to his famous tenant: "I wanna be in the movies, I wanna be in the movies." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Kim Young Suk accused of running a brothel at a spa. Kim Young Suk [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » BBQ pork is so big in Singapore that people pay migrant workers $3.50 (US)/hour to stand in line to buy 100 pounds of it [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Elites are turning their backs on Kim Jong Un which is usually when Kim Jong Un has them arrested and shot [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Bringing 'The Magicians' White Lady to Life
Rather than using visual effects, the people behind 'The Magicians'—which returns tonight for its second season—used practical effects to bring a half-human, half-doe creature to life. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man, enraged over missing chicken nugget order, jumps over McDonald's counter, repeatedly fires guns at employees, customers in crazed rampage. But, since he's Kiwi, he used Nerf guns with foam bullets. "It was a silly thing he did" [
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this factory furnace [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » When traveling, some people accidentally make a wrong turn. Others accidentally take the wrong bus or train. Then there's this guy [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Breathtaking Photos of Abandoned and Forgotten Places
5285404007001 Photographer Matt Emmett specializes in shooting abandoned buildings and other structures. There's something eerie about knowing that these locations that exude total stillness and silence were once inhabited and lively, but there's also a beauty and a crumbling majesty to many of the places he shoots. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Apparently any method of self-publishing on the internet is a 'terrorist tool' (with the possible exception of pen and paper – but watch yourself) [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » European Officials Bust International Art and Antiquities Trafficking Ring
Police say 75 people were arrested, and more than 3500 artifacts and pieces of art were recovered. [Link]
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