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 » Mob boss Tommy Shots files $10M lawsuit over slippery balls incident in prison rec room [Strange]
[link] [42 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Gross-Out Board Games for Kids
Warning: Don't bring these out in front of polite company. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sure, she was driving a Hummer and stealing clothing from a donation bin, but she left something in return [Ironic]
[link] [176 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Elevate Your Coloring With Books From 67 Library Collections
Color in images from the archives of the Smithsonian Libraries, JSTOR, and more. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Take a pal and a confidant down the road to the new Golden Girls themed cafe [Cool]
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Mental Floss » How Used Coffee Grounds Could Save Refugee Lives
A recycled, coffee-based fuel log eliminates the need for women and children to embark on dangerous trips to collect firewood for cooking. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You've just finished governing a world power for the past eight years. Wat now? How about a kite surfing challenge with Richard Branson ? [Cool]
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Mental Floss » New Twitter Features Aim to Stop Harassment
Changes to Twitter's account creation process, searches, and replies are designed to shield users from the site’s biggest trolls. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Two rednecks confront each other over a traffic violation. Needless to say guns and some running over were involved [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 10 Roaring Facts About Jaguars
4. Jaguars will take on bears. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dad? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this mushing in progress [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » If you or anyone you know owns a sex toy named "Black Power Wand," you need to read this [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Don't Trust Groundhogs? Try These Weather-Predicting Animals
The groundhog isn't the only animal in the prognostication game. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Knitted cat mufflers are newest way to augment your cat's self-importance this winter [Amusing]
[link] [61 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » This Valentine's Day, Enjoy Chocolate Ramen in Tokyo
The toppings include a piece of chocolate and chocolate powder-coated foie gras balls with a chocolate center. [Link]
Mental Floss » A 'Vertical Forest' Is Coming to China
The towers will act as more than just a pretty facade; they'll absorb 25 tons of CO2 per year and emit about 132 pounds of oxygen per day. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » All four of Iceland's major volcanoes are suddenly gearing up for **something** after being repeatedly upstaged by Giant Meteor [PSA]
[link] [153 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Islands Currently for Sale—And How Much They Cost
In case you're looking for a private piece of paradise. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Pentagon admits they have carried out a few more airstrikes than they have previously publicly disclosed over the last few years. And by "a few," they mean "a few thousand" [Scary]
[link] [195 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Man's Pacemaker Helps Implicate Him in Arson
An alleged arsonist may have been betrayed by his own heart-assist device. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Saturday in the park, I think it was the Fourth of July. Saturday in the park, I think it was the Fourth of July. People dancing, people laughing. And cops writing tickets. Smoking's not allowed. And I've been waiting such a long time For tod
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Mental Floss » A London Brewery Is Giving Away Free Beer Every Time It Rains
Follow London Pride—the flagship beer made by Fuller's Brewery—on Twitter to score your free pint. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ♫ If I were a carpenter, and I were naked, would you hire me anyway, or would you say maybe ♫ (Not safe for work images) [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Human Zoetrope? How One Man's Ring of Tattoos Transforms Into an Animation
When the subject turns, his "animated tattoo" springs to life. [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Smiley Facts About Emoji
The hot dog emoji was a fairly contentious addition. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Great White NOPE bites boat off SC coast [Scary]
[link] [47 comments] [Link]
Futility Closet » Noted
In Pascal’s triangle, above, the number in each cell is the sum of the two immediately above it. If you “tilt” the triangle so that each row starts one column to the right of its predecessor, then the column totals produce the Fibonacci sequence: 
That’s from Thomas Koshy’s Triangular Arrays With Applications, 2011. Bonus: Displace the rows still further and … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hunk of Beef dog food is the perfect last meal for puppies before dad takes them to that farm with the big yard [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » China literally tests the waters by sending out ships to contest area of the East China Sea [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » It's Drew's 44th birthday. Photoshop an appropriate way for him to celebrate [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Bye, son [Cool]
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Mental Floss » New Gecko Species Gets Naked to Escape Predators
When trapped, the little lizard simply sheds its big scales and regrows them later. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Coyotes removed from North Side park after residents fed them, let them play with pets [Facepalm]
[link] [91 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Fark.com RSS » Wyoming, MN Police threaten to use nuclear option against drunk drivers; Say torture is justified because they Belieb it will act as a deterrent [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 13 Ways to Say You're ‘Mad as Hell’ Across the U.S.
These regional idioms—from the Big Easy and New England to the Appalachians and Hawaii—will help you liven up your livid language. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A 90-year-old-plus lungfish put down due to old age. "For a fish who spent much of his time imitating a fallen log, he sparked curiosity, excitement and wonder among guests of all ages who would hear his story" [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » New, less invasive and reversible form of male birth control available. All that it requires is this GIANT NEEDLE IN YOUR SCROTUM [Weeners]
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Overheard In The Office » Internet: I'm So Lonely– Nobody Ever Calls
Supervisor on speakerphone: Hold on a sec, I've got another call. Hello, this is Mark*.
Caller: Yes, am I in the right place?
Supervisor: I don't know, who were you trying to reach?
Caller: Is this the number for the internet?
Supervisor: No, I'm sorry, this is a state agency.
Caller: This isn't the internet?
Supervisor: Nope, sorry.
Caller: Oh, darn, okay bye.
Supervisor (back to the other line): … [Link]
Weird Universe » Topless Hat
1960's fashion. Wear it down to cover up. Wear it up for the au naturel look.
The Cincinnati Enquirer – July 5, 1964 [Link]
Weird Universe » The Great Texas Monorail Disaster of 1968
Somehow this seems like a particularly ignoble way to go, as if you had a fatal bumper-car accident.
Full story here.
[Link]
Mental Floss » This Restaurant Is Located in an Indoor Diving Pool
Diners must venture 16 feet below the surface to enjoy their meal. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You would think the U.S. government would be a little less casual when transporting the UFOs they find [Strange]
[link] [122 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this feline Pistorius [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Harambe-shaped Cheeto going for nearly $100k on eBay [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » 5 Ways the 'Little House on the Prairie' Books Stretched the Truth
On the 150th birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder, here’s a reminder that truth and fiction don’t always coincide. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This is Safer Internet Day, and authorities are pleading with people to embrace civility for just 24 hours. Especially you howler monkeys on the Politics page, they're definitely talking about you [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Ever wonder how Buddhist monks endure their vows of celibacy and poverty? METH [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Uber now being used for drive-by shootings [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Laura Ingalls Wilder
[Link]
Mental Floss » Relax With Space-Themed Bath Bombs
Relax like an astronomer. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Trail of the Holy Grail
6 Stops on the Hunt for the Holy Grail. The relic might be nowhere at all, but the places in the legend's history are real.
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Like the CIA and DARPA before them, the FBI will no longer receive FOIA requests by email as of March 1. You'll have to use fax machines or snail mail.
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Secrets of the Centenarians. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Think your driving-related puns are worthy for some freeway signs? The Arizona Department of Transportation is looking for you [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » It's bad when thieves use metal shears to cut the corner of your license plate that bears your registration renewal sticker. It really sucks when your HOA declares your now "unregistered" vehicle a violation and boots it [Asinine]
[link] [186 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 'The Terminator' Board Game Is Coming
A Kickstarter campaign to fund the game will officially launch on February 15. [Link]
Futility Closet » Desperate Measures
From reader Jon Sweitzer-Lamme: Pressed for materials during the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, the city’s Daily Citizen newspaper printed its last six issues on the back of wallpaper. Each of the issues for June 16, 18, 20, 27, 30, and July 2 was printed in four columns on a single sheet, as above; a reader who turned the sheet … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Child rapist arrested with this chilling quote from the story: One detective said that the human race hasn't invented words yet to describe what they found in the trailer of 57-year-old William Charles Thomas. (with mugshot timeline) [Sick]
[link] [190 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » High-Tech Paper Could Be Reused Up to 80 Times
The words are printed with UV light instead of ink. [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Common Myths About Online Degrees
Presented by Florida Tech. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Business Insider looks at the Fark/Google Ads wars of 2017 [Followup]
[link] [76 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Giant Meteor still mad about losing Wisconsin [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Turns out the airline carry-on limit for pancakes is 30 pounds, provided they're a gift for someone [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Drug Dealer: 'President Obama commuted my sentence, I guess I'll get in a high speed chase with 2 lbs of COCAINE' [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Forget Brexit, immigration, and the economy, the biggest issue facing Britain today is whether wigs make lawmakers too stuffy [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » If you have a Vizio smart TV, then Vizio knows EVERYTHING about you. What you watch, where you live and other personal data. And they've been selling the data [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Skateboarders, don't try this at home. Stick to your dweeby curbsides [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » News: Several ex-Philadelphia Flyers plan to play an exhibition game in Russia. Fark: Vladimir Putin plans on suiting up for the Russian team [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Ireland Looks to Become First Country to Stop Funding Fossil Fuels
The Irish Parliament has just passed a bill to halt all public funding of coal, oil, and gas companies. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » For the fourth time in a year, the Arctic will be hit by a hurricane-force winter storm that will raise temperatures as much as 50 to 60 degrees fahrenheit above normal. Nothing wrong with that, though, if it makes drilling for oil easier in the summ
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Fark.com RSS » Place your bets on what happened when two guns rights advocates walked into a police station wearing body armor and ski masks, carrying a rifle and handgun [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Move along, nothing to see here. Just a cement mixer modified to look like a space capsule on the side of the freeway [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: One of these things is not like the others [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » These Wooden Rings Hold Tiny Landscapes
5279795919001 Thanks to the lovely creations of jewelry designer Isabell Kiefhaber, you can wear an entire landscape on your finger. [Link]
Futility Closet » Unquote
“All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals the remedy of books.” — Richard de Bury [Link]
Mental Floss » MIT’s Transparent Gel Robot Can Catch and Release a Live Goldfish Underwater
It can kick a ball, too. [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Science-y Valentine's Day Gifts
Show your love on a molecular level. [Link]
Mental Floss » A Fireball Landed in Lake Michigan This Morning
The meteorite’s flaming descent was visible from Kentucky to Canada. [Link]
Mental Floss » What It Means If Your Snot Is Green
Clear mucus is normal, but green, white, and yellow may mean you're fighting off an infection. [Link]
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