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.”
Mental Floss » 5 Extinctions That Wiped Much of Life off Planet Earth
The next time you’re feeling less than brave, remind yourself you’re already one of nature’s great success stories. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Are you poor, old, or a minority? Do you also need work done on your teeth? Instead of seeing a dentist, you might have to see a less-educated "dental therapist." Hope you like applesauce and jello [Strange]
[link] [56 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » You Can Teach Your LEGO Robot How to Do Anything, Including Fart
If you want your kids to learn how to program, teach them bathroom-joke code. [Link]
Mental Floss » ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Is Getting a Comic Book Series
When is it happening? Hopefully in the not-too-distant future. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The only solution to a bad guy with a drone is a good guy with a golden eagle [Cool]
[link] [40 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Designer Turns Her Grandparents' World War II-Era Love Letters Into Jewelry
Talk about heirloom pieces. [Link]
Mental Floss » Test Your Knowledge of Africa's Geography
[Link]
Mental Floss » Order The Beasts
[Link]
Mental Floss » Pick the Bugs in These Song Lyrics
[Link]
Mental Floss » Pick the Correct Movie Quote
[Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Cratered Facts About Mercury
2. It once had an imaginary friend called Vulcan. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hasbro decides to replace thimble on their Monopoly board game after voters decided it's out of date. To be replaced with a miniature Trump tower [Strange]
[link] [127 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pigeon caught smuggling a mobile phone into Brazilian prison. Someone musta sang (pics) [Strange]
[link] [26 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this black and white shot [Photoshop]
[link] [21 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Eaten at Arby's Lately? You May Be the Victim of a Data Breach
More than 355,000 credit and debit cards may have been compromised in a malware attack. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Judge orders a Kennedy to abstain from drugs, alcohol and having sex with starlets [Stupid]
[link] [38 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 'Keeping Up With the Kattarshians' Will Be Your New Favorite Cat Reality Show
Four kittens, one dollhouse. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oh, come on. We refrigerate everything. We keep guns in the refrigerator [Obvious]
[link] [80 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Tips for Staying Informed Without Experiencing Media Burnout
Has the news cycle got you stressed? Here's how to take care of yourself without unplugging completely. [Link]
Mental Floss » Hollywood's Brief Love Affair With 'Young Einstein' Star Yahoo Serious
The Australian made just three films before vanishing from the public eye. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Proposed bill would allow cities to determine "last call" time for bars in California. Similar bill failed in 2013, but every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end [Interesting]
[link] [72 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » You Can Use Facebook to Find—and Apply for—Your Next Job
Companies can now post job openings on the social network. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 'Stay out of our election,' France warns Russia, immediately followed by 'and stop snickering' [Followup]
[link] [51 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » McDonald’s Engineers a New Type of Straw for Slurping Shamrock Shakes
The STRAW is the fast food innovation that no one asked for. [Link]
Mental Floss » Honeybees Go 'Whoop!' When They Bump Into Each Other
They make the adorable sound with their wings when they're startled. Listen below. [Link]
Mental Floss » NASA Announces Winners of the 'Space Poop Challenge'
Last year NASA asked for help dealing with space poop, and the public came through. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Q: What's better than a giant image projected in NYC showing Putin lovingly spooning a very pregnant Trump? A: Nothing. Absolutely nothing [Amusing]
[link] [270 comments] [Link]
Futility Closet » Bertrand’s Paradox
We ask for the probability that a number, integer or fractional, commensurable or incommensurable, randomly chosen between 0 and 100, is greater than 50. The answer seems evident: the number of favourable cases is half the number of possible cases. The probability is 1/2. Instead of the number, however, we can choose its square. If the number is between 50 and … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tesla driver sacrifices his car to save a fellow driver having a stroke. Elon Musk pledges to cover the cost of repairs [Hero]
[link] [87 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Grab Thursday's Best Amazon Bargains Now
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Mental Floss » 50 Bizarre Passages from Medieval Europe’s Bestselling Travel Book
We read Sir John Mandeville’s whimsical travel guide so you don’t have to. (There be dragons.) [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Morning comes early to Ephrata, WA as electrical substation explodes [Scary]
[link] [35 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » PSA: When you're recycling an old TV, make sure it wasn't the one your friend stashed $100,000 in. Cash Stash trifecta now in play [Interesting]
[link] [44 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Science teacher proposes to math teacher in front of class filled with 5th graders. With video of 5th graders freaking out [Sappy]
[link] [65 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: It's Yiddish to Me
[Link]
Mental Floss » Drivers in Iceland are Being Pulled Over for Being Distracted by the Northern Lights
Distracted driving is still dangerous, even if the view is great. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not news: ICE detains undocumented woman. News: At courthouse, while seeking restraining order against abusive boyfriend. Holy F*ck: Likely based on tip from abusive boyfriend [Sick]
[link] [616 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Doctors say man's attempt at smuggling gold bars almost rectum [Dumbass]
[link] [55 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Wild Facts About ‘The Jerry Springer Show’
In 25 years on television, Jerry Springer has taped more than 4000 episodes, welcomed more than 35,000 guests, and witnessed some of TV's most infamous fistfights. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Abilify drug blamed for compulsive gambling, eating, shopping and sex. Sounds like it lived up to its name [Interesting]
[link] [72 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Student at Bristol University accidentally makes triacetone triperoxide. Typical bloody students [Scary]
[link] [86 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Inside London's Annual Clown-Themed Church Service
The annual event pays homage to Joseph Grimaldi, the father of modern-day clowning. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Don't be silly honey, that 'illness' you think you have is just the 'man flu'" [Obvious]
[link] [180 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this very strong man [Photoshop]
[link] [29 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California dam on the verge of overflowing. No not that one, the other one [Scary]
[link] [104 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 6 Ways Aircraft Changed the Course of the Vietnam War
Aviation technology drove the Vietnam War. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you want to get a pretty woman's attention, throw your dog at her, Mr. Smooth [Florida]
[link] [34 comments] [Link]
Weird Universe » Roy L. Gray, the Most Average Man
In 1927, William S. Dutton, a writer for American magazine, decided to locate America's most average man. The requirements were that whoever it was had to be:
A native-born American, of average age, average size, average education and average viewpoint. He had to own an average home on an average street, drive an average automobile and be head of a … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finally a cocktail syrup that tastes just like Mardi Gras, minus the urine, vomit, and underboob sweat [Spiffy]
[link] [45 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » It's Yiddish to Me
[Link]
Mental Floss » Need Some New Shirts? BustedTees is Now Half Off
Whoo! [Link]
Weird Universe » Miss Photoflash
The first foto below is of the 1945 contest. Given that it was the "First Revue" of the sponsoring group, we can tentatively date it as the first such contest.
Original foto here.
The next foto is from 1968, and definitively labels the contest as being in its 24th year. Did it end then, amidst the tumult of the era? … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chinese residents breathe a smog-filled small sigh of relief at the thought that China may lose its title as the country with the world's deadliest air. Sucks to be you India [Scary]
[link] [30 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Stuff in Space
Here, have some wonderful links! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "How many of us tell our children to avoid peer pressure, and to stay away from drugs because they are harmful, but openly provide catnip to our feline family members?" [Silly]
[link] [108 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The True Story Behind Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Wax sculptor Marie Tussaud's history is just as gruesome as the Chamber of Horrors in her London wax museum. [Link]
Mental Floss » Introducing The Beast, a 839-Foot Inflatable Obstacle Course for Adults
Just think of it as the upgraded bounce house of your childhood dreams. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Late Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch paid Rosa Parks' rent for up to a decade after she was burglarized. If only Papa John were half the man he was [Hero]
[link] [173 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man with nothing better to do for a few hours spends it blocking the view of police speed camera vans on the highway: "People have been loving it. One person got in touch and said: 'Not all heroes wear capes'" (pic) [Spiffy]
[link] [73 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Icelandic Drivers Pulled Over for Being Distracted by the Northern Lights
Distracted driving is still dangerous, even if the view is great. [Link]
Futility Closet » The Phonautograph
In 1857, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville patented a device for recording sound: A person spoke or sang into a barrel, causing a membrane of parchment to vibrate and a pig bristle to record a mark on a moving surface of glass or paper. This was useful in studying the characteristics of sound, but a century and a half would pass … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not news: You forget to plug in your phone to recharge overnight. Fark: The nursing home forgets to plug in Grandpa to recharge his heart pump overnight [Sad]
[link] [51 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Google's most sophisticated A.I. will murder anyone who stands in the way of its green apples [Scary]
[link] [73 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 615: "Holy Macro!". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
[link] [59 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » PSA: When donating a shirt to Goodwill make damn sure it wasn't the shirt where your husband was hiding $8000 in cash [Interesting]
[link] [43 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "City of the Dead" gets a little artistic sprucing up so the residents aren't so depressed because they live in a graveyard city [Cool]
[link] [10 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Some days, you just want to go shark fishing in your underwear [Scary]
[link] [14 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » While pop-culture assassins are dressed in black leather or wear cool hooded capes, the reality seems to be quite different [Spiffy]
[link] [44 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The mass beaching of whales in New Zealand in recent weeks was not just some ordinary tragedy, it was a warning that a HUGE earthquake is coming soon [Scary]
[link] [53 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Surprising Viking Boat Burial Found in Scotland
Such ships have previously been unearthed across Scandinavia, but recently, archaeologists report the first discovery of a rich Viking boat burial on the UK mainland. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How to live forever while only eating McDonald's. Probably it'll just seem like forever [Unlikely]
[link] [43 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Which famous musician do you think deserves a biopic? What actor or actress do you think should play him or her? I nominate Ian McShane for Ronnie Drew, or John Hodgeman for Roy Orbison [Survey]
[link] [155 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The strange love story of the UPS driver and Pearl the goat. With video goodness [Sappy]
[link] [28 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Substitute school bus driver sees mom struggling to get her wheelchair-bound daughter down flight of steps at their house, isn't having it. At all. Gets some buddies and some free lumber from Lowe's and builds deluxe ramp in an afternoon [Her
[link] [109 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this NYC streetscape [Photoshop]
[link] [15 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Pope Francis Used to Work at … a Nightclub?!
Back when he was still just Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Pope had to make ends meet just like the rest of us. [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Tips for Speaking Persuasively and Getting What You Want
The average audience will only listen for 1.5 minutes. This is how to grab and keep their attention. [Link]
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