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 » Family finds rattlesnake in toilet bowl, 23 more under the house. Don't sit down, Marie [Scary]
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Mental Floss » These Cardboard Drones Are (Highly Useful) Paper Airplanes for the Military
They're part of an effort to design single-use drones that can disappear after a mission is complete. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Agency responsible for Seattle light rail seems to forget escalators are transportation too, and critically important when light rail station designers opt not to include stairs [Fail]
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Futility Closet » Shimon
You know the singularity has arrived when the robots start playing marimbas. Shimon, engineer Guy Hoffman’s robot musician, doesn’t play programmed music — it improvises in ensembles with human players, communicating with a “socially expressive head” and favoring musical ideas that are unlikely to be chosen by humans, so as to lead the performance in genuinely novel directions. “The project, … [Link]
Mental Floss » Plants Tailor Their Chemical Weapons to Match Their Opponent
Researchers say field mustard plants can identify their attackers and select offensive gases accordingly. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » That's one talented pecker [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Randy Christian probes corpse found by squirrel hunter [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » FL votes cast for Mickey Mouse exceed Trump's margin of victory over Clinton. Florida tag edges out, Strange, Unlikely, and Sad tags by a hanging chad [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Hybrid Electric Bus Can Charge When It Pulls Up to a Stop
It takes seven minutes to fully charge the battery. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Topless women leave Buenos Aires beach peacefully but state "To make the tit-phobes happy, we're leaving this fascist beach, but we'll be back another day and there will be many more of us" (Not safe for work video in article) [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Caption Tiger Woods [Caption]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Valentine's Day is coming soon.. Have a dish you love to make for the special occasion? [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 11 People Who Turned Up Alive at Their Own Funeral
Sometimes, the most unexpected guest shows up. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If the groundhog sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter, if he doesn't, an early spring. If he sees Mayor de Blasio, he rolls over and dies [Interesting]
[link] [21 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Megabus Wants to Throw You a Free Wedding (on a Megabus)
Nothing says romance like double-decker seating and the open road. [Link]
Mental Floss » How a Deaf Signer Performs the Super Bowl Anthem in Time With the Singer
Comedian John Maucere describes what it was like to sign the anthem at the 2013 Super Bowl alongside Alicia Keys. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What hath globalization wrought? Somali immigrants in America, homesick for a taste of the old country, take advantage of unwanted feral camels in Australia, and sell them as burgers and kebabs in the states. Capitalism, ta-da [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this LEGO Porsche in its natural setting [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The Library of Congress Sigmund Freud Collection Is Now Available Online
The collection includes printed publications and personal letters. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's official: Matt Drudge has aligned himself with Jar Jar Binks in an effort to destroy civilization [Fail]
[link] [79 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Make Progress Toward a Safe, Effective Zika Vaccine
Their findings were published today in the journal Nature. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Y'ever have one of those days where you feel like crashing your truck into your old workplace, beating up your ex-boss, then keeling over? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Lessons learned from flying a B-17 over Italy include: Don't underestimate the Regia Aeronautica's fighter pilots, Texans are arrogant jerks, avoid French sausage [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Hitler phone up for auction, highest bid from anonymous bidder in Washington DC [Weird]
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Mental Floss » The Controversy Behind "The Super Bowl Shuffle"
The Shuffle was billed as a song to "feed the needy." The Chicago Bears nearly fumbled it. [Link]
Mental Floss » Here's How to De-Politicize Your Facebook Feed
A guide to getting back to a steady stream of cute cat memes. [Link]
Mental Floss » Canadian Couple Successfully Sues Neighbors Over Giant Manure Pile
David and Joan Gallan claim that the poop was a passive aggressive move. [Link]
Mental Floss » Most Americans Support Vaccination
Nearly 90 percent of participants in a nationally representative survey felt that the benefits of vaccination outweigh any potential risks. [Link]
Mental Floss » 6 French and German Dialects That Are 100 Percent American
The history of the United States is multilingual, and many non-English speaking communities have managed to maintain their languages, sometimes for hundreds of years. These dialects of French and German that go back a long way. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Let's revisit the cautionary tale of The Leaning Tower of San Francisco and see how things are unfolding [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Write a Stellar 200-Word Essay and You Could Win a North Carolina Farm
The property is valued at $450,000. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "A seemingly-psychic Twitter account has appeared, apparently predicting Brexit, the Trump presidency and Beyoncé's baby news. Because we've got too much time on our hands, here's our theory how they're doing it" [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » Facebook’s ‘Customer Service Number’ Can Lead to a Scam
The phone number, which was found on Google, attempts to steal money and gift cards from users. [Link]
Mental Floss » This Robot Can Pick Up Fruit Without Squishing It
Grocery warehouses could one day be totally robotic. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fearless praying mantis vs. the curious cat [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Dad of woman who had sex at courthouse and posted it on Facebook says he's NOT shocked [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Arnold Schwarzenegger responds to Trump: How about we switch jobs? Then people can sleep comfortably again [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » 27 rum and cokes in nine hours. Amateur [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Mayor accused of disturbing 14 graves, must now prepare for a zombie attack [Strange]
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Mental Floss » This Gadget Lets You Check If You Left the Stove On From Your Phone
Instead of dropping everything to rush home, you can turn it off through the app. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: It Lives by Night
[Link]
Weird Universe » Long Chess Game
Munro MacLennan and Lawrence Grant began a game of chess in 1926, while students at Aberdeen University in Scotland. However, it was an unusual game because they agreed to make only one move a year. Whoever's turn it was would write their move on a postcard and send it to their opponent at Christmas.
In 1961, 35 years later, they … [Link]
Weird Universe » Eunoia II by Lisa Park
Mana Spotlight: Lisa Park & Eunoia II from Mana Contemporary on Vimeo.
Article here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Trump calls on National Prayer Breakfast attendees to pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger's Apprentice ratings [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Japanese antidote for overwork is taking "inemuri" naps in public. As opposed to the U.S. where it's called the Monday afternoon staff meeting [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 11 Sweet Facts About Cadbury
The British chocolate company is beloved around the world. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Smokeless tobacco is believed to cause oral cancer, tooth loss, cheek shrapnel, gum damage…wait, what was that last one? [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what this Slime gauge is attached to [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter [Sad]
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Mental Floss » It Lives by Night
[Link]
Mental Floss » Give Your Favorite Astronomer a Heart Nebula Necklace or Cuff Links
Make Valentine's Day out of this world. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Let us all give a toast to the bartender's handshake [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » If the cops show up at your home to arrest you on child pornography charges, it never looks good when they find you chopping up your tablet with a hatchet [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Twin Studies in Space
Starting another day with great morning links! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Lawnmowers kill seven times more people than refugees from Islamic countries. Trumpy planning on deporting Kubota back to Japan for the safety of 'Murica [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Okay campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today as America finds out whether there will be six more weeks of winter by pulling a rodent out of a hole on Groundhog Day. Live stream starting
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Fark.com RSS » This Valentine's Day, why not give your lover a bouquet of beef jerky formed to look like flowers? [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » People Waste More Food If They Have the Option to Compost It
Food waste is bad all around, even if it's handled in a responsible manner. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Researchers reveal Punxsutawney Phil doesn't care whether it's winter or not, he only comes out of his hole because he wants to get some [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » A Genius Theory for How Clifford's Owner Would Pick Up His Poop
No pooper scooper would be big enough, after all. [Link]
Futility Closet » Teaching by Example
“Two great duties, I think, we owe to posterity: one is progress, the other history. Only the former can we share in. The fruits of progress often apply to the generation which bears them. But the records of that progress come closer to being pure charity than any form of charity I know.” — Richard E. Byrd [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 613: "Frickin' Laser Beams". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » The lesson here is: Don't hand over your valuables to a stranger while you head off to have sex in the park, and then claim to have been robbed [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Father reunites with daughter he never knew after discovering she lives in same town and drinks at the same pub [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Lego brick made of 14 carat solid gold sells for £12,000, still hurts like a mofo when you step on it [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Presenting the world's first magazine devoted to redheads. Because "redheads are one of the smallest minorities all over the world and they have this special look which almost everyone reacts to" [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Your problem is obvious, if we're gauging the situation correctly [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Before you call the police to report a strange drilling sound, make damn sure it's not your vibrator going wild in the bathtub [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Turns out that convoy that drove through Louisville flying a Trump flag on Sunday belonged to a Navy Special Warfare unit. No, that's not ominous at all [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 11 Geeky Hats to Keep Your Noggin Warm This Winter
You may not lose half your body heat through your head, but it's still good to cover up. [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Alternate Uses for Your Fondue Pot
Fondue pots can be used for much more than cheese and chocolate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Teacher fired for working as porn actress more than 16 years ago says she didn't expect the district to shtupp so low [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Canadian billionaire denies he's been kidnapped by the Chinese secret police, the most professional, most polite, world-class secret police force in the world [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » Grammar Lessons From the Leaked CIA Style Book
In addition to hollow coins and decoder compact mirrors, it turns out government sleuths have a few grammar tricks up their sleeves. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sure your dog wants steak, but this deer wants fresh baked cookies and buns [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this human furball [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » US recalls smokeless tobacco for sharp metal objects, to be re-branded as "Skoal with Iron" [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 9 Facts About the ACLU
It's actually two organizations. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Prison guards reportedly held hostage inside Delaware prison [News]
[link] [80 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dawwwwwwwwwww… Cute red panda cubs go exploring at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Yes Subby said 'cute' red panda cubs [Sappy]
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